Another day camp says Pa. swim club accused of racism treated it well

2nd day camp says Pa. swim club treated it well

HUNTINGDON VALLEY, Pa. — A second day camp whose children were turned away by a Philadelphia-area swim club later accused of racism says its group was treated well.

Joanne Rosenthal of the Storybook Children’s Center in northeast Philadelphia said Friday she believed The Valley Club in Huntingdon Valley when it says her group was turned away because of crowding.

Another camp, Creative Steps, had arranged for 65 mostly black and Hispanic children to swim there. Director Alethea Wright says some children reported hearing racial comments and the camp’s money was refunded a few days later.

The club says it couldn’t accommodate so many children.

Rosenthal says at least half her group of about 25 were minorities.