Emergency Camps Provide Education and Recovery Support for Children Evacuated from Washington Wildfires

When wildfires strike, these camps give kids a safe place to recover

Providers like Project:Camp offer emergency education and care to families as climate change brings more destructive weather One week after evacuating from the wildfires that devastated parts of this eastern Washington city, Mareesha Backman handed over her youngest son to a stranger and took her first deep breath of relief. Spokane public schools was hosting what has become a growing part of disaster response: a day camp for children of survivors. Backman showed up that first day feeling “st...

By Anya Kamenetz in Spokane, Washington