The Ukrainian National Foundation board and Soyuzivka management have made the difficult but necessary decision to cancel all overnight camps at Soyuzivka for the upcoming summer 2020 Season. This difficult decision was made to comply with the order issued on Friday, June 12, by New York State Commissioner of Health Dr. Howard Zucker, citing the risks of COVID-19 and the difficulty in enforcing social distancing and mask use.
“Overnight camps have congregate settings and sleeping arrangements in close quarters that present too many risks,” Dr. Zucker said in a statement. “In such a setting, even a single positive case in a camper or staff member could create an untenable quarantine situation and overwhelm camp health personnel that may not be able to handle a serious infectious outbreak of this nature.”