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Air out the cabins: Whitmer lifts Covid restrictions on sleepover camps

June 12, 2020, 1:07 PM

Hello muddah, hello fadduh*, your kid's going to camp after all. Or can, if you want to send them. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer lifted restrictions on Michigan summer camps in her latest round of executive orders signed Friday. 


Gov. Whitmer shopping in Detroit this week (Photo: State of Michigan)

According to a press release from the governor's office today:

Executive Order 2020-120 requires camps to follow guidance issued by the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs. These guidelines will be published in the coming days and were developed in close collaboration with public health experts and the camp industry. 

The Executive Order also allows certain K-12 school sports activities and other in-person extracurricular school activities to resume. Such activities, however, are permitted only to the extent that they are consistent with rules requiring social distancing and, across most of the state, the closure of indoor exercise facilities.

“As we’ve worked together to bend the curve and protect our families from COVID-19, our kids have lost time in the classroom and missed out on playdates, birthday parties and graduations. That’s why I’m glad they’ll have an opportunity to spend a week or weekend away at camp,” Whitmer said.

* (This cultural reference is proof the person who wrote this is almost ready for Social Security. Apologies.)



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