Summer is the feeling of hot blacktop on the soles of your feet, the timeless sound of the ice cream truck and, the smell of freshly cut grass. Summer is when nostalgic childhood memories are created. For Allie Martin, 9 and her sister Katie Martin, 12, of Shelburne Falls, summer is the time that they are reunited with their friend Brianna George, 11, of Fort Greene, Brooklyn as they have been for the last six summers by way of the Fresh Air Fund.
