Camp director says goodbye after 46 years of guiding youth: 'It has been a blessing'

Alvin Edinburgh, director of Trinity Episcopal Enrichment Program summer camp for 46 years, poses in the library at Trinity Episcopal Church in New Orleans, Tuesday, July 2, 2024. (Photo by Sophia Germer, The Times-Picayune) Alvin Edinburgh, director of Trinity Episcopal Enrichment Program summer camp for 46 years, talks on the phone outside a classroom at Trinity Episcopal Church in New Orleans, Tuesday, July 2, 2024. (Photo by Sophia Germer, The Times-Picayune) Alvin Edinburgh, director of Trinity Episcopal Enrichment Program summer camp for 46 years, holds open the door for campers as they go out to play in water at Trinity Episcopal Church in New Orleans, Tuesday, July 2, 2024.

(Photo by Sophia Germer, The Times-Picayune) Alvin Edinburgh, director of Trinity Episcopal Enrichment Program summer camp for 46 years, poses in the library at Trinity Episcopal Church in New Orleans, Tuesday, July 2, 2024. (Photo by Sophia Germer, The Times-Picayune) Alvin Edinburgh, director of Trinity Episcopal Enrichment Program summer camp for 46 years, poses in his office at Trinity Episcopal Church in New Orleans, Tuesday, July 2, 2024. (Photo by Sophia Germer, The Times-Picayune) Romaine McCarthy still remembers the first year she attended the Trinity Educational Enrichment Program on the campus of in New Orleans and met program director Alvin Edinburgh.

“The very first thing I noticed was how Alvin interacted with everyone, talking to us individually and getting to know us,” said McCa.