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The 12-year-old boy had been required to sleep in a tube-like tent, enclosed by a solid plastic sheet. Upon discovering that the zipper for the tent was broken, the report says, "staff needed a zip tie out of the tool bag."

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More children were expected to sign up, but Garner camps are not seeing what they're used to.

<p>AND I UNDERSTAND, THERE COULD BE A CHANGE IN DEMAND? &gt;&gt; Reporter: YES THAT'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SUMMER CAMP GOING BACK. SINCE THE PANDEMIC NOW THAT THE TOWN OF GARNER WILL BE RETURNING TO SUMMER CAMP. HOWEVER, ONE OF THE THINGS THEY SAY TO US IS THAT THEY ARE NOTICING NOT AS MANY PARENTS ARE SIGNING UP THEIR KIDS. THEY SEE FEWER CHILDREN AND THEY SAY THEY ARE NOTICING SOME OTHER CHANGES BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC. TO FOLLOW THE CDC GUIDELINES, THEY HAVE SAID THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE ACCEPTING FEWER CHILDREN BUT AGAIN, THEY DON'T SEE AS MANY PARENTS SIGNING THEM UP AT REGISTRATION IS NEARLY FULL BUT SO FAR, THEY'VE ONLY FILLED UP HALF THE SPOTS. THEN THE STAFFING THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT SAYING THE CITY BY NOW WOULD HAVE MORE THAN 70 APPLICANTS. RIGHT NOW, THEY ONLY HAVE 20 APPLICANTS. IT IS NOT JUST GARNER HAVING THAT DIP. CABINETS ACROSS THE STATE HAVE THE SAME THING AND THEY ARE NOT SURE OF THE EXACT REASON. &gt;&gt; IT IS DISAPPOINTING FOR ME, RIGHT NOW THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WANTING THESE JOBS. IT IS THE BEST SUMMER JOB, A TEENAGER OR COLLEGE STUDENT CAN HAVE. IT SEEMS TO BE NOT JUST A GARNER ISSUE BUT A STATE AND LOCAL AREA ISSUE. &gt;&gt; Reporter: TO LEARN MORE ABOUT BEING A CAMP COUNSELOR OR TO GET SIGNED UP FOR SUMMER CAMP THIS YEAR, VISIT WRAL.COM.</p>

Garner camps seeing fewer kids sign up under COVID-19

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Camp Rockmont, a camp for boys in western North Carolina, and WRAL are teaming up to give away two weeks of overnight camp.



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Three overnight camps that draw hundreds of children from across the Triangle announced that they will not operate this summer.

Kanata, Sea Gull and Seafarer cancel summer overnight camps

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WRAL's Julian Grace has more on how summer camps will look and what extra precautions camp directors have to take when it comes to sports in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.

MORE THAN 800,000 ARE RELATED TO COVID-19. >>> SUMMER DAYCAMPS CAN SOON REOPEN BUT THEY WILL BE FACING RESTRICTIONS, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO SPORT SPORTS. SOCIAL DISTANCING WITH KIDS CAN BE VERY DIFFICULT. >> Reporter: IT CAN BE VERY DIFFICULT. AND WE REACHED OUT TO SOME OF THOSE DIRECTORS EARLIER TODAY. AND THEY TELL US THEY'RE CONTEMPLATING HOW THEY WILL PRACTICE SOCIAL DISTANCING WHILE KEEPING THEIR CAMPS OPEN. AND AS YOU KNOW, WITH SOME SPORTS, THAT TASK BECOMES VERY DIFFICULT. >> DEFENSE, DEFENSE! >> Reporter: WHEN KIDS CAN PLAY A CONTACT SPORT IN A SUMMER CAMP. ONE THING CLEAR, THINGS WILL LOOK DIFFERENT FOR DAY CAMPS THIS SUMMER. TODAY DR. MANDY COHEN GAVE A PERSPECTIVE ON WHAT WILL AND WILL NOT BE ALLOWED. >> DAY CAMPS CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH SOME RESTRICTIONS, AND ONE OF THEM WAS AROUND SPORTS. SO WE SAID WE NEEDED TO LIMIT SPORTS ACTIVITIES WHERE KIDS WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SOCIAL DISTANCE. SOMETHING LIKE BASKETBALL, WHERE YOU JUST CAN'T PLAY BASKETBALL AND SOCIALRY DISTANCE AS OPPOSED TO SOMETHING LIKE TENNIS OR GOLF. OR SWIMMING. >> WE'RE GONNA COME V TO COME UP WITH A WAY TO BE ABLE TO NOT ALLOW AS MANY KIDS AS WE NORMALLY WOULD HAVE, SAY, COME INTO THE PROGRAM. JUST BECAUSE WE WANT TO CARE FOR THEIR SAFETY AS WELL. >> Reporter: WE WANTED TO KNOW FROM PARENTS THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT SUMMER DAY SPORTS CAMPS AND COVID-19. PARENTS QUICKLY STARTED TO POST. EVEN WITH THE TIGHTER RESTRICTIONS, IT DOES MEAN THERE WILL STILL BE SOME PRACTICE. >> IT MEANS SOME OF THESE OTHER SPORTS, THEY'LL AT LEAST GET TO START WORKING OUT TOGETHER. MAYBE THEY'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET OUT THERE AND TRAIN A LITTLE BIT. DO SOME CARDIO WORK, SOME WEIGHTLIFTING HOPEFULLY AT SOME POINT. >> Reporter: ONE CAMP DIRECTOR I SPOKE TO EARLIER TONIGHT, SHE TELLS ME SHE'S NOT SURE IF SHE WILL OPEN HER CAMP THIS SUMMER BECAUSE SHE'S NOT SURE THAT PARENTS WOULD EVEN SEND THEIR KIDS BACK. WE SHALL SEE. >> TOUGH CALL. YES, WE WILL. JULIAN, THANK YOU. >>> AS FOR OVERNIGHT CAMPS, DR. COHEN CLARIFIED THEY WILL REOPEN IN PHASE 2. >> WHILE OVERNIGHT CAMPS ARE NOT GOING TO BE OPERATING IN PHASE 1, WE HAVEN'T YET MADE A DECISION ABOUT WHAT ONSHORE CAMPS DOLL IN PHASE 2. WILL DO IN PHASE 2. WE'VE BEEN AWAITING SOME NATIONAL GUIDANCE FROM THE CDC SOOEDS AND PREVENTION AND FROM THE AMERICAN CAMP ASSOCIATION TO DETERMINE HOW WE'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD WITH OVERNIGHT CAMPS. >> CLAFRPG THERE IT WILL BE AT LEAST PHASE 2 BEFORE THOSE

Camp directors know extra steps will need to be taken for sports

Though some summer camps already are canceled for the summer, Gov. Roy Cooper had some good news on Tuesday for parents juggling work and kids at home: Day camps can operate during this first phase of the state's reopening.