Normally, the program features more than 200 kids at one site in the village. This year, organizers cut the program occupancy in half and split the remaining kids throughout four sites in the village to help mitigate the spread.
“If we were to have a case of COVID-19 at a specific site, the first thing we would do is shut down the site immediately,” Village of Hamburg Recreation Supervisor Josh Haeick said. “We are prepared for that reality, but in the interest of the safety and well-being of all the kids and our staff in the program, we would have to shut down that specific site until further notice.”
“We’re going to do our best at every moment to social distance whenever and at all times possible,” he said. “Parents know, as we all know, there’s a level of risk getting 25 kids together but we’re going to limit that risk. Our staff has spent hours of training making sure that we understand and they understand how to limit that risk as much as possible.”