Orientation Checklist
1. Welcome
The purpose of Camp - JOY! Joy is the purpose of life.
Schedule: • Schedules are posted on main buildings and in registration folders. • Full participation • Quiet time in units 10 pm – go to units quietly; whisper when you approach the unit Anyone is welcome to ask noisy ones to be quiet. • Lights out and close Dining Hall at 11:30 pm pending on current schedule. Listen to the evening monitor and help clean up. • Midnight curfew: Half hour after dining hall closes (midnight, pending on current schedule). Be in cabin or lodge.
Kitchen: • No raiding the kitchen. • If you have personal food that needs to be stored in the fridge, please ask the cook where in the fridge to store it.
Infirmary: • Explain location • Introduce the nurse; cell phone # • Parents can help their children with bandages in the infirmary
Safety • The waterfall outside camp is off-limits without an adult. • No fireworks, firecrackers, stink bombs, air/pellet guns • No playing with knives, sticks • No pranks (especially during the last night)
Mention points on the Code of Conduct • Consequences for those who offend the conduct including the night curfew
2. Practical Issues
Mattresses: • More are on the porch of the lodge in your unit. If not enough, talk to [introduce general affairs director here].
Cabins: • No changing cabins or lodge without asking registrar. The cabin may be assigned to visitors or late people. We need to be aware where everyone is located. Empty units should stay empty and clean.
Cubbies: • Explain location. Above and below your name. Adopted children: Use cubbies of adopting family. Young adults: Use cubbies on the bottom that have no names.
Swimming: • Children age 10 and under must be accompanied by adult. • Swimming during free time only and only with our lifeguard present (introduce them).
Cars: • Park and walk. Unless you have a medical situation, don’t drive your car at night to and from the units. It wakes up others. • 5 mph speed limit. Watch for kids; don’t stir up the dust for walking people. Rangers can stop you, if you go too fast.
Bears: • No food in the cabins. • Food must be locked in cars with windows rolled all the way up.
Evenings: • Come to evening activities with a flashlight. • Park rule: The park is closed after dark. Unless you drive to or from Shehaqua, don’t go after dark outside the Shehaqua area which starts at the gate on the gravel road.
Lost & Found: • Inside camp office building, any time of day
Mugs: • Cleaning & using mugs (explain system)
Visitors – you can bring them, but: • Inform them of the camp rules. • Make sure they talk to the registrar when they arrive.
3. Morning Service
By unit, designate unit parents Unit parents wake up cabins, lodges, lead and pass on morning readings Wake up at 7:00, morning service starts at 7:30, finish by 7:50 am in order to go to breakfast by 8:00 am.
4. Announce groups and teachers
Point out adult discussion in morning and afternoon. Make it clear which groups start at 9 am and which groups start at 9:30 am Group setup/cleanup schedules – mention which group is for next day’s breakfast Group leader meeting – meet at flagpole at 7am Groups meet, pray and close
