Climate change is now threatening a pillar of childhood: summer break
Climate Climate change is now threatening a pillar of childhood: summer break July 26, 20265:00 AM ET By Ava Berger Camp Widjiwagan in Ely, Minn., was blanketed by wildfire smoke in July. YMCA of the North/YMCA of the North hide caption toggle caption YMCA of the North/YMCA of the North On a beautiful summer day in July, seven-year-old Penelope is turning into a mermaid. "I like playing mermaid," she says, with her feet dangling in the swimming pool at Beauvoir Summer Camp in Washington, D.C.
- ▪Climate Climate change is now threatening a pillar of childhood: summer break July 26, 20265:00 AM ET By Ava Berger Camp Widjiwagan in Ely, Minn., was blanketed by wildfire smoke in July.
- ▪YMCA of the North/YMCA of the North hide caption toggle caption YMCA of the North/YMCA of the North On a beautiful summer day in July, seven-year-old Penelope is turning into a mermaid.
- ▪"I like playing mermaid," she says, with her feet dangling in the swimming pool at Beauvoir Summer Camp in Washington, D.C.
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| Original publisher | NPR Topics: News |
| Canonical URL | https://www.npr.org/2026/07/26/nx-s1-5900911/wildfire-smoke-fires-camp-minnesota |
| Publication time | Sun, 26 Jul 2026 05:00:00 -0400 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-07-26T09:02:53.082Z |
| Last seen | 2026-07-26T09:02:53.082Z |
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| Publisher visit | Yes — open original |
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| Retrieval / RAG | May the content be exposed for third-party retrieval-augmented generation? | Not asserted |
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| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
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Climate Climate change is now threatening a pillar of childhood: summer break July 26, 20265:00 AM ET By Ava Berger Camp Widjiwagan in Ely, Minn., was blanketed by wildfire smoke in July. YMCA of the North/YMCA of the North hide caption toggle caption YMCA of the North/YMCA of the North On a beautiful summer day in July, seven-year-old Penelope is turning into a mermaid. "I like playing mermaid," she says, with her feet dangling in the swimming pool at Beauvoir Summer Camp in Washington, D.C. "Like, I'm a human, and then I turn into a mermaid and I use one of the pool noodles as a dolphin, and I play with my friends," she says. It's Friday, which means free swim, and the kids are splashing around on blue kickboards and sinking miniature torpedo toys.
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