General Information

 Summer Camp Brochure 2012

Camp Schedule

Meals are eaten at 8:00 a.m., noon and 5:30 p.m. with tuck at 3:30 p.m. and a snack at 9:00 p.m.  Each day the campers will have the opportunity to participate in smaller cabin-based activities and games, larger all-camp activities and games, and specific times of learning from God’s Word.  At 1:00 p.m. each afternoon, we have a rest hour for all the campers and staff.  This is an important part of our effort to keep your child rested and safe at all times while at camp.  Campfires are a regular feature of the evening programs and are used to sing and share about God’s Word.

Accommodations

 Our facility has a dorm-styled layout with three large rooms in both the girls’ and boys’ dorms.  The washrooms are accessible from the dorms only.  Each washroom and some hallways are equipped with lights that cannot be turned off by campers.  These serve as a safety measure so that the campers cannot turn out lights on each other to scare and/or hurt each other.  Each camper has their own bunk and vinyl-covered foam mattress. They are not allowed to sleep together in the same bunk space.  Each cabin has two staff.  These staff do not leave the cabin once the campers go to sleep, but are required to stay in the cabin and sleep with their campers each night.

Meals

Meals are served each day in the dining hall at camp.  The campers sit together with their cabin group and leaders at a table. Generally the campers will go through a food line where their plates are served for them.  It is a rare thing for a camper not to be able to have a second portion should they be able to eat it.  A small dessert item is served with lunch and supper each day.  All of the meals are prepared here at the camp with no deep fried items on the menu and very little use of prepared or pressed meats or food items. 

Food Allergies/Issues

While we encourage each camper to eat what is being served, we realize that some children may have dietary or medically related food issues.   When you register your child on Sunday afternoon, please relay any necessary information to our camp nurse who will ensure that the kitchen staff are aware of any special needs or concerns.  If the food issue is of a more serious nature, we will also have you speak with our cook on the registration day.  Our approach on these issues is that if you as a parent/guardian are comfortable entrusting your child to us, we are more than happy to accommodate these special needs.

Medications

We are prepared to assist you as the parent/guardian in caring for your child while he or she is at camp. On registration day, please provide any required or precautionary medications and the appropriate dosages to our nursing staff with all the pertinent information.  We will ensure that your child receives their personal medications each day as required.  Any care given will be charted and available to you to view when you pick up your child.  All medication is stored in our health centre under lock and key.

Camp Nurse

Being located only 8 km from the Durham hospital, we feel especially able to care for emergencies as they arise.  During all of our summer camps, we endeavor to have a qualified lifeguard who has first-aid training on our leadership team.  For more serious injuries, we will allow our camp nurse to decide how to deal with the situation.   The injured camper will be taken to the hospital in Durham to be checked by the doctor on duty. While they are on route, we will call the provided emergency contact phone numbers and continue to do so until we have reached the emergency contact person you have specified.  We will keep a record of any such events and any time your child visits the nurse.  This procedure allows our staff to know what is going on with your child and gives you as the parent/guardian an opportunity to view these events. 

Behavior Issues

While every attempt is made to love and care for each child that attends camp we know from experience that some children will act in a way that draws them extra attention.  We seek to be proactive and in many cases simply assign extra staff where needed before any issues flare up.  Our next response will be to contact you as parents/guardians to ensure that we are not missing something in our approach to your child.  In the event that the child acts in a harmful way towards themselves or any other camper, especially younger campers, we will contact you to have you come and take your child home.  While this is a rare occurrence, it does happen. Once the level of attention given to a single camper taxes our staff to the point where other campers are potentially in jeopardy or will potentially experience a less than full week of camp, then the child in question would be better at home.