STORY CITY, Iowa — Riverside Lutheran Bible Camp will be closed this week following confirmed COVID-19 cases among its staffers and some campers.
Associate director Cheri Schendel-Hennager tells Local 5 the camp, which ended early last week because of the outbreak, decided to hold off this week after consulting with the Hamilton County Department of Public Health.
Schendel-Hennager says canceling camp will allow "our team to spend the week focused on restoring wellness (for some) OR remaining well (for the majority)."
The camp's leadership team has been reaching out to parents of campers who expected to be there this week, Schendel-Hennager added.
"... We are focused on ensuring our summer team members who tested positive are checked on, improving, fed, and that their emotional/spiritual needs are also being tended to," she said via email.
Watch: Hamilton County Public Health talks about COVID at local camp