Green Acres E-Newsletter

JUNE 2010

GREEN ACRES CINCH BAGS

To help our campers stay organized and to keep the contents of backpacks dry, every camper will recieve a free water resistant 'cinch' bag for storing their wet towel and bathing suit.

Cinch bags will be distributed at camp on your child's first day. Our camp staff will use permanent markers to label these bags for our campers.

PEANUT & OTHER LIFE THREATENING ALLERGIES

Our policy with respect to keeping our allergic campers safe is drawn from Anaphylaxis Canada's resources for camps.

We are appealing to the camp community to keep peanut butter (in particular) and other peanut/nut products out of the camp. Parents must never send to camp food to share with other children. There is also a list of packaged “safe food”, which has been included in our Parent Handbook. In addition, please refer to ingredient labels which will indicate if a food item "may contain nut or nut products" or "are manufactured in a facility that uses nuts". These items are not allowed at camp. In short, the risk of accidental exposure to a food allergen has been diminished although it can never be completely removed.

Green Acres is a “nut safe/nut aware” camp. Green Acres is not a 'Nut Free' camp. We simply cannot have absolute control over the contents of lunches and snacks that are brought to camp each day. Looking out for everyone's interests, our staff receive training on how to recognize anaphylactic symptoms and are Epi-Pen trained by our camp nurses. We do our best to ensure a very safe and accommodating environment for those staff and campers with anaphylaxis.

"THERE'S AN APP FOR THAT!"...
NEW - TEXT MESSAGES
FROM THE CAMP BUSING OFFICE

The camp will send a text message to alert those parents whose children travel on a camp bus when the camp has become aware of a significant delay
enroute.

"MEET THE COUNSELLORS" EVENT FOR JULY CAMPERS

If your child starts camp on July 5th, 2010 then please join us at camp on Tuesday June 29th from 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. for our pre-summer Open House. This will be a great opportunity for your campers to meet their counsellors, sport instructors, riding instructors, swim instructors and all the other great staff they will be sharing their summer with.

For all other Green Acres campers, we encourage you to join in the excitement and get a peek of camp and our amazing camp staff. Remember you won't meet your child's counsellors, but you will have an opportunity to meet their Unit Head & Assistants as well as all the specialty staff.

CAMP ENROLMENT UPDATE

Green Acres runs MANY amazing camp programs. See 'Our Family of Camps' webpage for more information.

Due to a very high enrolment, please note space availability in the following programs:

Bunnies, Chipmunks, Beavers, Buffaloes, Bears, Eagles, Seniors, Grads, Alumni & LTP (Pre-Nursery - Grade 9) - Please contact the camp office for space availability in July.

BOB Camp (3 Weeks Camp Green Acres and 1 Week Camp Wahanowin) - The Boys Trips in July are waitlist only. The Girls Grades 3 & 4 July Trip is waitlist only, while limited spaces remain in July for Grade 2 Girls.

Saddle Champs (Half-Day Horseback Riding & Half-Day Traditional Camp) - Please contact the camp office.

All-Star Sports Camp
- Ball Hockey is waitlist only all summer.
- Rock Climbing & Rope Challenges is waitlist only all summer.
- Golf as a Major (morning sport) is waitlist only in Weeks 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7 and has limited spaces available in all other weeks as a Major sport. It is available all weeks as a Double Minor (afternoon sport)
- Tennis as a Major (morning sport) is waitlist only in Weeks 2, 3 and 4
- Soccer as a Major (morning sport) is waitlist only in Week 1

The following All-Star Sports Camp programs have limited spaces in July:
- Baseball
- Skatepark Adventures
- Tennis
- Soccer
- Landsports

Ice Hockey has very limited spaces in Weeks 5 & 6.

Extreme Biking has limited spaces in Weeks 3 & 6

Cedar Creek - Please contact the camp office.

Please note that all applications are now being accepted on a "first come" basis. We do not want you or your friends to be disappointed as camp spaces are continuing to fill quickly.

Camp Green Acres is the only day camp to offer the "No-Risk Camp Refund Policy". After more than 40 years in camping we are so confident in the excellence of our staff, our facilities, our programs and our activities that we know your child will just love our camp. We'll bet your camp fees on it!

UPCOMING EVENTS

Tuesday, June 29, 2010
5:00 - 6:30 Meet the Counsellor Evening (For July campers)

Monday, July 5, 2010- First Day of Summer Camp!

Wednesday, July 21, 2010- Family Night

CHECK US OUT ON THE WEB

See our Video Introduction to the magical summers your children will experience at Camp Green Acres!

View a step-by-step Guided Tour of Camp Green Acres

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