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Camp Greystone Parent Handbook Camp Greystone 2016 Session Dates: Junior: Sat the 2016 camp greystone parent handbook Camp Greystone 2016 Session Dates: Junior: Sat. May 28 - Fri. June 3 June: Mon. June 6 - Fri. June 24 Main: Mon. June 27 - Thurs. July 28 August: Mon. Aug 1 - Fri. August 12 Required Forms Available Now! All forms must be completed Online. Log in to your account from our homepage www.campgreystone.com. Click on Forms & Documents. All forms must be completed by May 1st. Need More Information? Please visit our website for more extensive details about all of the topics explained in this Parent Handbook. 21 Camp Greystone Lane, Zirconia, NC 28790 Office: 828.693.3182 Fax: 828.693.1562 Health Hut: 828.693.9841 www.campgreystone.com Welcome to Greystone! We are so excited about welcoming your daughter to Greystone in just a few short weeks. We hope this Parent Handbook will serve as a guide to help prepare you for your daughter’s summer of fun. Have questions or need some help? Please feel free to contact us. Summer 2016...here we come! Camp Directors Jimboy and Margaret Miller: Directors/Owners [email protected] [email protected] Libby Miller: Senior Director Laura Hollowell: June, Main, and August Camp Director [email protected] Ellen-Anne Skelton: Program Director [email protected] Sarah Brown: Head Counselor [email protected] Katie Miller Grant: Junior Camp Director [email protected] Smith Houts: Junior Camp Assistant Director [email protected] Kelly Pinkley: Junior Camp Assistant Director [email protected] 1 General Information BIRTHDAYS A camper’s birthday is very special! Campers celebrate with a cabin party and a Birthday Ball celebration. For birthdays, campers may receive cards, letters, and ONE birthday package (no food) from the parents. It should be addressed to Laura Hollowell. (See the No Package Policy on page 8.) PENPALS In the springtime you will receive a card with the name of your daughter’s Penpal. Encourage your camper to write her Penpal; it is disappointing when a Penpal does not write. Request for your camper’s Penpal to be in her cabin (on your Cabin Request Form) if that is important to you. We do not automatically put your camper’s Penpal in the cabin. Try writing a 2nd time if you have not heard from your Penpal. In addition to a Penpal, all 3rd and 4th graders at Main Camp will receive a “Big Sister” in the spring. At Main Camp, our 9th - 11th graders don’t have a Penpal. CABIN ASSIGNMENTS We encourage campers to attend without concern for cabin requests, but we will make every effort to place your daughter with ONE special requested friend, IF that friend also requests her. 2 Need More Information? Please visit the Parents section of our website. Please understand that clear communication with your requested friend is very important. If you do not think it best to be with a camper who is requesting your daughter, be honest with the parents involved. Such difficult conversations are easier before camp. Cabin requests are not confidential. We place girls in the cabin with other campers in their same grade. If space requires us to have a cabin with two grades in it, then we will consider double requests from girls who are one grade apart only. Please do not assume that we know your request already. If your girls are twins, please let us know if they are requesting to be together. If you have questions about cabin requests, please contact: Junior camp - [email protected] June, Main and August - [email protected] If you would like to request someone, please fill out the Cabin Request Form before the deadline. Feel free to not request anyone….meeting new people is the best part of camp! We do not allow bunk saving at camp – first come, first served on Opening Day. You will find out your daughter’s cabin assignment when she arrives on Opening Day (not before). 3 NO VISITOR POLICY Greystone has a No Visitor Policy that applies to all of our camp sessions. This policy includes trips out of camp with parents/friends; these are not allowed. We recommend parents visit camp on Opening and Closing days to tour camp. Greystone will be closed to visitors between sessions as we prepare for Opening Day. We do still love giving tours to prospective camp families - tell your friends! Required travel during camp? Any campers with required travel that occurs during camp must be pre-approved prior to Opening Day. Please e-mail: [email protected]. EARLY BIRD ENROLLMENT Save a spot for 2017! Early Bird Enrollments for our 2017 sessions will open for ALL 2016 campers (who are in good standing) on Friday, August 12th. We will send you a letter and a series of emails as we enter the Early Bird time frame; we do not want there to be any misunderstandings. You must complete this registration prior to Sunday, August 28th in order to be guaranteed a spot in the session of your choice. It is normal for camp to fill during the Early Bird Enrollment, so it is very important that you not delay in registering. Your deposit is fully refundable until November 1st, so consider this to be a no risk decision! 4 PERSONAL ALLOWANCE New this year! You may easily add money to your daughter’s Store account online with a credit card! The Store Allowance/ Personal Expense account is designed to cover any extra expense a camper incurs while at Greystone (such as purchasing Greystone merchandise, medications, items your daughter forgot or might run out of while at camp, Main camp group picture, and more). Please refer to your Online Forms to add money to your daughter’s Greystone Store personal allowance account. Suggested amounts: Junior: $75, June: $125, Main: $175, August: $100 The Greystone Store is online: www.thegreystonestore.com. We encourage you to buy clothing and larger items prior to camp. Use your Greystone Account login to sign in. Main campers: For campers who have attended Greystone for 5 years (3 of those at Main), you can buy a ring or charm. You must place your order with The Greystone Store NO LATER THAN May 1, 2016. Please fill out your Online Form to place your ring or charm order. ELECTRONICS/VALUABLES We do not allow electronic items, including cell phones, IPOD’s, DVD players, Wi-Fi Devices, e-readers, iPads, etc. If brought to camp, these items will be placed in our safe on Opening Day. Digital cameras without Internet capabilities are allowed. Please do not bring any valuables to camp! 5 LABELING POSSESSIONS Please label everything you send to camp (see pg. 25). Write your daughter’s last name and first initial in everything - including cameras, shoes, socks, underwear, Bible, etc. LAUNDRY Your daughter’s laundry is washed, dried, and folded for your daughter while she is at camp. Please send clothing of a simple nature that will look neat with a tumble-dry process, colors and whites mixed together. Please label your things! Number of times your daughter’s clothes will be washed: Junior camp: no laundry service, due to short session June camp: 2 times Main camp: 4 times August camp: 1 time Girls must change sheets once during the June and Main camp sessions. There is an optional sheet change on Sundays at all of our sessions. We provide sheets for all campers; however, if you would like to use personal sheets, please send more than one set for sheet changing. 6 Communication LETTERS & FAXES Letters: We strongly encourage you to send hand-written letters. Since “snail mail” takes time, send letters before camp (we add the cabin number). Please send flat standard sized envelopes only. Do not put anything in with your letters. (see p.8). We also provide mail bins on the office porch on Opening Day, to leave mail for the first few days of camp. Please address letters to your camper in the following way: Camper’s Full Name, Cabin Number Camp Greystone 21 Camp Greystone Lane Zirconia, NC 28790 Faxes: Campers may send and receive faxes. Please give your daughter your fax number, if you would like for her to send a fax home. Please include camper’s full name and cabin number when sending a fax. Camp Fax#: (828) 693-1562 Charges (applied to Store Account):$1 to receive; $3 to send EMAILS To e-mail your camper, you must first log in to your Greystone account. Once logged in, you may send free e-mails. You only need to purchase “Camp Stamps” if you want to add a game or stationery to your email ($1 each). Use the CC: field to send the same message to multiple campers. Please use only text in e-mails (no attachments). E-mails are printed every day at 11 a.m. (except Sunday). 7 Under the Online Community menu, you may create guest accounts for family. We do not allow friends to e-mail campers (send letters). Do not give out your password. Your account is connected to your financial information. E-mails with inappropriate content are not delivered. NO PACKAGE POLICY Greystone is Package-Free! Campers may not receive packages at camp. All large envelopes, padded envelopes and regular envelopes containing “anything” (other than your letter) are considered packages and will be returned. However, if there is a necessary item left at home (see examples on website), or ONE birthday gift (no food) from the parents, you may mail the package addressed to: Laura Hollowell ATTN: (Your Camper’s FULL Name) 21 Camp Greystone Lane Zirconia, NC 28790 Please make sure that your camper’s name is clearly marked.
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