Now in our 120th year, Southampton Fresh Air Home (SFAH) is a not-for-profit center offering year-round recreational and educational programs for children and young adults with physical disabilities. SFAH provides an environment in which youngsters can socialize with one another and enjoy playing and competing in games and sports designed for them.
Campers mature and develop in the Home's unique and supportive environment of love, understanding, and creative play. Many children who come to the Home enjoy their first experiences of leadership, competition and independence - experiences they carry with them throughout their lives. SFAH is one of the few residential camp facilities in the eastern United States that accommodates physically disabled children.
Campers mature and develop in the Home's unique and supportive environment of love, understanding, and creative play. Many children who come to the Home enjoy their first experiences of leadership, competition and independence - experiences they carry with them throughout their lives. SFAH is one of the few residential camp facilities in the eastern United States that accommodates physically disabled children.
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The Southampton Fresh Air Home (SFAH) is a not-for-profit residential center offering summer camp sessions and year-round programs for children and young adults with physical disabilities. Our mission is to provide an enriching, recreational and educational experience.
We are committed to helping our children develop physically, emotionally, and educationally, with the goal of fostering self-esteem, maturity and independence through a broadly balanced program, while providing their families with a well-deserved respite.The Southampton Fresh Air Home is dedicated to improving and expanding its programs and facilities as new opportunities, technology and financial support become available.
We are committed to helping our children develop physically, emotionally, and educationally, with the goal of fostering self-esteem, maturity and independence through a broadly balanced program, while providing their families with a well-deserved respite.The Southampton Fresh Air Home is dedicated to improving and expanding its programs and facilities as new opportunities, technology and financial support become available.
David Billingham, our Camp Director, has worked at the Southampton Fresh Air Home since 1994, first as a counselor, then assistant director, and camp director since 2000. For David the Southampton Fresh Air Home is more than a camp. He and his wife Kara met at the camp as counselors, and worked together for years to create the Home's unique atmosphere.
Founded in 1901 The Southampton Fresh Air Home (SFAH) has always been dedicated to working with children with physical disabilities. Today, 119 years after its humble beginnings, SFAH is a premier sleep-away camp for physically disabled youth. Children between the ages of 8 to 18 participate in three-week and one-week sessions during the summer months.
Join us for small group themed overnight sessions at SFAH all year round! We also take our campers on outings to your favorite places including skiing, sports games, concerts, museums, craft workshops and more!
Our focus in this program is to provide our campers with fun and meaningful activities which allow them to explore and develop essential life skills which include but are not limited to; communication, decision-making, independence, self-awareness and creative thinking.We host several events annually for all of our campers, alumni and their families.
Our focus in this program is to provide our campers with fun and meaningful activities which allow them to explore and develop essential life skills which include but are not limited to; communication, decision-making, independence, self-awareness and creative thinking.We host several events annually for all of our campers, alumni and their families.
SFAH is looking for warm, nurturing, empathetic people who will contribute to the sense of community and well-being of our campers, who range in age from 8 to 18 years. SFAH takes great pride in being among the most prestigious residential summer camps for the physically challenged in the United States and we strongly believe in making sure that everything we do is of the highest quality.
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Daisy Jones
Jan 17, 2019
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I attended this camp every summer from the the age of 6 in 1955 until aged 12 in 1961 and it was one of the most important, meaningful experiences of my life. And the most fun! I cherish my wonderful memories. The campers who attend this camp are members of a very exclusive club, and most of the time being a member of this club is not what anyone would want. You see, you have to have a physical disability to be eligible to attend this camp, through the Hospital for Special Services in Manhattan. When I was a child we had many polio victims. Today, while polio is nearly wiped out, the more common
Kenny Richetti
Sep 08, 2018
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Iris Rosken
Jan 10, 2016
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