Peterborough March break camps return as pandemic restrictions ease
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'This is a good way to come out, be a bit social, but still do your physical distancing and have fun,' said the owner of Rock and Rope Climbing Centre of March break activities.
Since the COVID-19 pandemic first began, Ontario had one March break in lockdown and one moved to April, but it seems this year some March break camps and programs are making a comeback.
Karen Clysdale heads up children’s programming at the Peterborough Public Library in Peterborough, Ont. She said the team there has been busy getting things ready for March break 2022 in keeping with current pandemic protocols.
“We’ve tried to have a balance of things you can come in and do at the library as well as things that you can register for and do at home,” she said.
Programming there includes in-person activities like a storybook walk and a storybook character scavenger hunt as well as take-home projects – called curious cases – themed boxes that can be signed out from the library.
“We needed to make sure that people felt safe but we also want to make sure that people are still coming to the library and remembering that we are here,” said Clysdale.
“We want to connect to the community. This one little week in the middle of the year is really important for bringing kids into the library, and so we are trying to meet everyone’s needs at the same time.”
For online events, Clysdale said they have authors lined up to discuss their books and run youth workshops.
Library programs are free of charge. Register on the library website.