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  2. The Fresh Air Fund - Wikipedia

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    The Fresh Air Fund is a 501 (c) (3) not-for-profit agency founded in 1877. At sleep-away camps in New York’s Mid-Hudson Valley, visiting volunteer host families along the East Coast in NYC-based programs, children get to have new experiences, learn new skills and gain new perspectives. Fresh Air children also participate in year-round ...

  3. Baby cage - Wikipedia

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    Baby cage. A baby cage was a bed in a wire cage suspended from city apartment windows. The "health cage", as it was initially called, was invented by Mrs. Robert C Lafferty to provide babies with fresh air and sunshine while living in crowded cities. [1]

  4. George Junior Republic - Wikipedia

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    New states were established between 1908 and 1910 at Chino, California, Grove City, Pennsylvania, and Flemington Junction, New Jersey. In February 1908, the National Association of Junior Republics was formed with George as its founder and director, its aims being to establish at least one republic in each state of the Union.

  5. Lower East Side - Wikipedia

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    September 7, 2000 (original) May 2, 2006 (increase) [5] The Lower East Side, sometimes abbreviated as LES, is a historic neighborhood in the southeastern part of Manhattan in New York City. It is located roughly between the Bowery and the East River from Canal to Houston streets.

  6. Flushing Meadows–Corona Park - Wikipedia

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    Flushing Meadows–Corona Park. /  40.74583°N 73.84472°W  / 40.74583; -73.84472. Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, often referred to as Flushing Meadows Park, or simply Flushing Meadows, is a public park in the northern part of Queens in New York City, New York, U.S. It is bounded by I-678 (Van Wyck Expressway) on the east, Grand Central ...

  7. Terry Gross - Wikipedia

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    Terry Gross (born February 14, 1951) [1] is an American journalist who is the host and co-executive producer of Fresh Air, an interview-based radio show produced by WHYY-FM in Philadelphia and distributed nationally by NPR. Since joining NPR in 1975, Gross has interviewed thousands of guests. [2] [3]

  8. Fresh Air - Wikipedia

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    Fresh Air is an American radio talk show broadcast on National Public Radio stations across the United States since 1985. It is produced by WHYY-FM in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . The show's host is Terry Gross .

  9. Valley Stream, New York - Wikipedia

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    Valley Stream is a village in Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York, United States.The population in the Village of Valley Stream was 37,511 at the 2010 census.. The incorporated Village of Valley Stream is within the Town of Hempstead, along the border with Queens, and is served by the Long Island Rail Road at the Valley Stream, Gibson, and Westwood stations.