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Teen Trails

A very popular YM-YWHA summer program for youths was “Teen Trails”. The Y would organize trips for teenagers to visit fun destinations. Below are a few photos depicting some of those trips. Can you help identify these teens are and where they are headed?

Passaic New Jersey Y, Teen Fun Day bus

Passaic Y teens preparing to board their bus for a fun day.

Paterson New Jersey Y, Teen trip, August 1983, Wagner Tours bus

Paterson Y teens preparing to go on a trip, August 1983.

Paterson New Jersey Y, Teens, Hersey Park PA

Paterson Y teens posing for a photo at Hershey Park, PA

Paterson New Jersey Y, Teens, Sandy Hook NJ beach, 1966

Paterson Y teens having a fun day in the sun at Sandy Hook, NJ, 1966.

Stanley Harelick, Teen bus trip, Northern New Jersey, 1983

Stanley Harelick (with sunglasses) and other parents greeting a bus load of teens returning from a trip, 1983.