For the second consecutive year, the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) is cancelling their spring and summer youth camps.
The cancellation was announced Friday due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the camps usually take place during the spring and summer months.
PSP is hopeful that they will be able to resume the camps in 2022.
"Camp Cadet, Commissioner's Honor Camp, and Sunny Day Camp are sources of community partnership and pride throughout PSP, especially among the personnel whose hard work and dedication make them possible," said Colonel Robert Evanchick, commissioner of the Pennsylvania State Police. "We made the difficult decision to cancel camps in the interest of the health and safety of all participants, but we remain hopeful the programs will resume in 2022."
PSP volunteers coordinated dozens of youth camps across the state, including 27 sleepaway camp cadet programs.
"Although increasing vaccine availability and decreasing COVID-19 case counts are sources of optimism, we feel it is too early to host these types of large-scale programs where social distancing and other mitigation requirements are not possible," said Colonel Evanchick.
