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NEW YORK, March 26, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton addressed over 3,000 summer camp and out of school time professionals on Thursday, March 19th at the American Camp Association, New York and New Jersey's Tri-State CAMP Conference, the largest gathering of camp professionals in the world. The conference took place at the Atlantic City Convention Center in Atlantic City, NJ and provides professional development for camp and out of school time professionals.
In her keynote, Secretary Clinton said, "Thank you for what you do for so many young people. I heard Jed say that in many ways camping really is about life skills, it's about that village I wrote about all those years ago, it's about bringing adults and kids together in ways that really build confidence and resilience." Secretary Clinton added, "Every child needs enrichment beyond what they have in their family or certainly in the classroom...I am very grateful to everybody in this industry who cares about kids, who gives your best every single year to make sure they have good experiences, who kind of fills in that village for so many children and provides good role models as...