{"id":23181,"date":"2021-07-23T12:03:28","date_gmt":"2021-07-23T17:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsfirings.com\/?p=23181"},"modified":"2021-07-23T12:03:28","modified_gmt":"2021-07-23T17:03:28","slug":"hello-muddah-hello-fadduh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportsfirings.com\/?p=23181","title":{"rendered":"Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh…"},"content":{"rendered":"

…here I am at Camp Granada<\/del> Quinebarge.<\/p>\n

The rustic overnight camp abruptly shut down earlier this month after just six days. Camp directors informed parents, who had shelled out $3,400 for two weeks, that they needed to pick up their children the next morning, following a \u201csummer of challenges\u201d capped off by delays from the camp\u2019s food supplier that made continuing untenable.<\/a>
\nThe decision to close the 85-year-old camp in Moultonborough, N.H., in the middle of the summer left campers bereft, counselors stewing, and some parents furious. Soon, stories began to circulate of problems that went much deeper than late deliveries: counselors hired just days before camp and lacking basic training; a counselor punched in the face by a child and a camper later hit in the head by the same child; dirty dishes provided at multiple meals; at least four campers vomiting and getting quarantined, while some parents said they weren\u2019t informed; and staff quitting and being fired in high numbers.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

…<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have been in tears, bored, and devastated the whole day. [The camp director] is lying to you all,\u201d the camper wrote. \u201cYou have to trust us. You have to. We are not joking and we are not having fun. So many things are wrong with this place.\u201d The boy\u2019s father, who found the note folded in his son\u2019s pocket days after camp closed and provided it to the Globe, requested anonymity to protect his son\u2019s privacy.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n