Area residents are invited to share their community with a Fresh Air child this summer.

Thousands of volunteer host families in rural, suburban and small town communities across 13 states from Virginia to Maine and Canada open their hearts and homes to New York City children from low-income communities through the Fresh Air Fund’s Volunteer Host Family Program.

The Fresh Air Fund, an independent, not-for-profit agency, has provided free summer experiences to more than 1.8 million New York City children from low-income communities since 1877.

FMI: Lynne Dailey, 207-314-2173, www.freshair.org.