2024 grant applications are CLOSED.
Check back again in February.
Email vascacamping@gmail.com with any questions.
VASCA is a nonprofit agency providing grants to support summer respites for low-income elderly residents of New York City.
Hundreds of City seniors annually benefit from scholarships which permit them to escape to the countryside and attend camps for up to two weeks each summer.
We encourage those who want to support our mission to sign up or donate here.
Providing summer escapes for low income NYC seniors for over 60 years!
CAMPER QUOTES
“There are no words to explain how much it means to me to get away from the city at least once a year. It gives me the chance to see all the friends I’ve met up there in the past and also make new ones. I fractured my spine and have 2 steel rods implanted in my back, so I am in a lot of pain most of the time. When I visit camp, it’s like a miracle cure for me; the combination of fresh, air, sunshine, the serene atmosphere and the overall sense of peace and well being. I come back refreshed, revived, pain-free and all ready for the winter. Then I start counting the months until I can go to camp once again. If it were not for your program I would never know what a ‘vacation’ was like.”
- Carmen M., 65, Manhattan
