CAMPS

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN

CAMP INFORMATION FOR 2013 IS NOW HERE

Price: $629 for residents of 19053 and Upper South; $829 for nonresidents (flat fee; price will not be prorated for attending partial season)

When: Monday through Friday, June 24^th-August 23^rd from 8:00am-5:15pm (possibility of extended week will be announced after Neshaminy announces 2013-2014 calendar)

Registration: Opens for residents as soon as the registration packet is available (residents include ALL 19053 residents and Upper Southampton Township); February 18^th for non-residents

Groups: Pioneer Camp (Ages 3-5), Discovery Camp: Ferderbar Location (Ages 5-12 only), & Dolphin Location (Ages 7-12 only), Teen Camp (Ages 13-18), C.I.T. Program (Ages 13+)

Important Dates: There will be no Camp on Thursday, July 4^th.

Illness: Lower Southampton Township cannot provide care for sick children. Please do not send your child to camp if he/she feels ill. We ask that you keep your child home if the following symptoms occur:

• §Fever within 24 hours
• §Vomiting, Diarrhea
• §Contagious or Unidentifiable Rashes
• §Congestion with Sneezing, Nasal Drainage and Coughing
• §Ear, Eye, Throat Infections-Unless on Antibiotics for 24 hours
• §Nits and/or Head Lice

We are concerned about the health and welfare of each child. In the event that he/she becomes ill or injured, you will be contacted immediately and required to pick up your child as soon as possible. Please be sure information on the Emergency Form is completed, accurate and up to date. It is not necessary to notify camp directors of your child’s absence unless he/she will be out 3 days or more.

Safety: You will be provided with only two pick up cards for each parent/guardian. If someone else is picking up your child, you must provide them with your card. No child will be released without a pick up card so please keep these cards in your car or a safe place.

Policy on Behavior: Please refer to registration packet discipline policy for additional information.

Visitors: To protect the safety of all campers, Lower Southampton Township Camp will not permit visitors at all during camp hours. All employees receive Child Abuse Clearance and a Criminal Background Check prior to employment.

Release of children: Any individual to whom children may be dismissed must be given the pick-up cards by the parent. Campers will be released only to those individuals who carry pick-up cards for those children. If for any reason someone will pick up a child without a pick up card, the guardian must notify the Parks and Recreation office, which will then verify identity and notify the camp director.

What to wear & bring: Campers will need to bring a lunch (no refrigeration provided), water bottles, sunscreen, and closed-toe shoes daily. Sunscreen must be applied before arriving to camp. All items should be labeled with your child’s name. Be sure to submit the sunscreen permission slip with your registration packet so your child is protected from the sun. Please be sure the sunscreen has been tested on your child at home several times before using it for camp. Campers should arrive to camp with their bathing suits on as there are no dressing rooms. We encourage campers to not share their food with other campers due to food allergies. It is also important to bring enough water daily and to avoid bringing soda or juice, which attract bees and insects.

Personal Items: All personal items must be labeled with your child’s name on it and kept in his/her bag. Lower Southampton Township will not be responsible for lost, damaged or stolen items. It is best to keep electronics, toys, and other valuable items at home.

Lost and Found: All items found on the playground or in the building are placed outside the office where they are stored. Eyeglasses, lost money, or jewelry is given to the site director. Please have your child check the lost and found containers if s/he has lost anything. It is a good idea to put your child’s name on lunch boxes, jackets, etc. to avoid confusion. At the end of each week of camp, a considerable amount of good clothing, towels, and lunchboxes have accumulated. Unclaimed items will be donated to a charitable organization if not claimed by the end of camp season.

Peanut allergies: We must do all we can to provide our campers with a safe environment. In an effort to allow all campers to participate fully in all camp activities, we ask that you do not send in any food for snacks or meals that may contain peanuts or peanut oil, but if you do, please label the outside of the container as containing peanuts. We will reserve a peanut-free area when campers eat lunch. Children without allergies may sit here with friends only if they do not have any items in their lunch that contains peanuts.

Activities/Theme Weeks: Activities include field trips, swimming, arts and crafts, special guests, sports and so much more! Past theme weeks have included:

Scavenger Survival Let’s Go Green / Inventions

Wildlife Around Us Music of the Earth

Circle of Life Carnival Campout

Trips: All campers will make a tie-dyed T-shirt to wear on all trips during the first weeks of the season. Please be sure your child comes to camp on scheduled trip days with their T-shirts on.

Discovery Camp Field Trips: (these are past trips; 2013 trips will be announced)

Brunswick Zone

AMC Neshaminy

BounceU of Langhorne

-Transportation is usually included; if not, we will notify everyone well in advance

Teen Camp Field Trips: (these are past trips; 2013 trips will be announced)

Brunswick Zone

Nifty Fifties

Roller Palace

Beach

Movies and Mall Lunch

Picnic @ Core Creek Park

-Transportation is usually included; if not, we will notify everyone well in advance

Field Trip Required Items List

As trips have not yet been determined, there is no set list of required items, but in past these items have been encouraged for any field trip we’ve enjoyed.

• Bagged lunch/ money (remember: Lower South holds no responsibility)
• Water
• No electronics, except cell phones for emergency purposes
  • oPlease remember to label everything and put it in a small backpack
• Appropriate, comfortable clothing
  • oSneakers
  • oSocks are required for certain trips. e.g. bowling, BounceU

Summer Camp Lunch Policies

Lower Southampton Township summer recreational camps do not include lunches for campers. We will not be continuing the lunch program from 2012; we are discussing other options; if any changes are made, we will notify everyone in advance. For now the policy is as follows. Campers at the Dolphin Swim Club, which includes Dolphin, Teen, and some CITs, have two lunch options- bag lunch or bought lunch. The snack stand at the swim club, Tide Me Over, opens at 11am and provides a number of fast, easy, and healthy choices. Money for buying lunch can be sent in on a daily basis; we are not responsible for lost lunch money. When opting to bring in lunch, be sure to pack the lunch in a lunchbox clearly marked as your child’s property, keeping in mind that refrigeration is not available. There is no opportunity for purchasing lunch at Ferderbar or Pioneer camp so be sure to pack the lunch in a lunchbox clearly marked as your child’s property, keeping in mind that refrigeration is not available. We will publish an updated snack stand menu when it becomes available.



Lots of Fun at some recent Camps.