I’m sitting here watching the cutest scene out on the Duveneck House lawn: a camp counselor playing her ukulele, 9-year olds just grinning away and singing along gustily - good old fashioned fun. No gimmicks. No batteries required. That’s what this place seems so profoundly able to provide for the world-weary. Exactly what our weekend programs do: give folks a breather, away from the mall, away from the pressures of our hectic urban life and back to a healthier and more balanced human-ness.

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