From the Archives: A kiss for mom before leaving for summer camp
For years, the Los Angeles Times Charities supported the Los Angeles Boys Club in Lincoln Heights. One of the club’s programs included trips to summer camp.
A short story in the July 7, 1955, Los Angeles Times reported:
Nineteen members of the Los Angeles Times Boys Club left yesterday on the club’s first summer camp outing of the season.
The boys, ages 7 to 13, were taken to the Deep Creek public camp in the Arrowhead area. Six more groups will go later.
Camping gear was lashed to one of the club’s buses which the boys boarded at the clubhouse, 2635 Pasadena Ave. Accompanying the group were Director Nick Lucero and four counselors.
In 1990, the club became the Los Angeles Boys & Girls Club and is still in the same location.
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