2013 GREYSTONE PARENT HANDBOOK Camp Greystone 2013 Session Dates: Junior: Mon
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2013 GREYSTONE PARENT HANDBOOK Camp Greystone 2013 Session Dates: Junior: Mon. May 27 - Fri. May 31 June: Mon. June 3 - Fri. June 21 Main: Mon. June 24 - Thurs. July 25 August: Mon. July 29 - Fri. August 9 Required Forms: All forms must be completed Online. Forms are due by May 1, 2013 for all of our sessions. To access your forms, please: 1. Log in to your account from our homepage www.campgreystone.com. 2. Click on Forms & Documents. All forms must be completed by May 1st. 21 Camp Greystone Lane, Zirconia, NC 28790 Office: 828.693.3182 Fax: 828.693.1562 Health Hut: 828.693.9841 www.campgreystone.com Table of Contents General Information .............................................................. 2 Communication ..................................................................... 9 Opening Day ........................................................................13 Travel ...................................................................................14 Health & Safety ....................................................................20 Junior Camp .........................................................................25 Junior Camp Packing List ....................................................27 June, Main & August Camps ...............................................28 June, Main, & August Packing List .....................................30 Directory ..............................................................................33 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] Kelly Carew: Program Director [email protected] Sarah Brown: Head Counselor [email protected] Katie Miller Grant: Junior Camp Director katie @campgreystone.com Smith Houts: Junior Camp Assistant Director [email protected] To find out more about our Directors, please visit the Meet the Directors page on the About Us section of our website. 1 General Information BIRTHDAYS A camper’s birthday is very special at camp! From the whole camp singing “Happy Birthday,” to the cabin party the day of the birthday, to the special Birthday Ball held once each session (where the birthday girls from that session sit at a banquet table with Libby and are honored at the big talent show later that evening), campers love having camp birthdays! For birthdays, you may: • Send birthday cards and letters. • Send ONE birthday package (no food) from the parents. It should be addressed to Laura Hollowell. (See the No Package Policy on page 10.) • Send a watermelon or fruit basket. PENPALS In the springtime you will receive a card with the name and address of another camper who is coming to camp. She is your daughter’s Penpal, a fun and helpful tradition everyone loves! Encourage your camper to write her Penpal; it is disappointing when a Penpal does not write. Things to remember about Penpals: • Make certain your daughter writes her Penpal immediately. • Be patient... some campers are slow to write. 2 • Request for your camper’s Penpal to be in her cabin if that is important to you; we do not automatically put your camper’s Penpal in the cabin (do this by filling out the Online Cabin Request form). • Write a second time if you do not hear from your Penpal. The second letter usually does the trick. In addition to a Penpal, all 3rd, 4th, and some 5th graders at Main Camp will receive a “Big Sister” in the spring. Enjoy writing to your Big Sister. Main camp 9th - 11th graders will not receive 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. One of the real benefits of a camp experience involves meeting and making new friends from different places. 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 Opening Day! Cabin requests are not confidential. If you would like to request someone to be in your daughter’s cabin, please fill out the Online Cabin Request form before the deadline. Please remember, we try to accommodate all mutual cabin requests. Feel free to not request anyone…. meeting new people is the best part of camp! 3 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 (we will not tell you prior to Opening Day arrival). NO VISITOR POLICY New for 2013: No Visitor Policy! In an effort to provide the best camp experience possible, Greystone has a No Visitor Policy. Camp is a very close-knit and relational community. This bond represents the best aspect of the camper experience and also makes our camp a very secure environment. Visitors negatively impact both of these outcomes. When large numbers of visitors arrive for special events or during the weekend, their presence not only changes the camp “feel”, but also represents a very real security challenge. The No Visitor policy applies to all of our camp sessions. This policy also includes trips out of camp with parents or friends; these are no longer allowed. We recommend parents visit camp on Opening and Closing days to meet Greystone counselors and view the camp facility. Greystone will be closed to visitors between sessions, as we prepare for Opening Day. We will still give prospective campers tours of our camp facility. Please fill out your No Visitor Policy Online Form to indicate that you have read and understand this policy. 4 Despite the No Visitor Policy, there are many ways to connect with us throughout the summer: Parents: • Follow along with our daily News updates • Sign in to your account to see daily photos • Write or e-mail your daughter often • Listen online to our Morning Assembly devotions Previous campers & counselors; Skip-year girls: • Write to your friends at Greystone • Follow along with our daily News updates • Sign in to your account to see daily photos • Listen online to our Morning Assembly devotions Alumnae campers and counselors: • Put your name on the waiting list for our fall Greystone Alumnae Reunion • If you have not been to camp recently, schedule a camp tour to see camp as it is today Sunday Church: • Listen online each week to our Sunday sermons Syncro Show, Play Production, and Horse Show: • We hope to film or live stream all of these events so that you can see our camp productions 4th of July: • Sign in to your account to see photos from the carnival • Watch our 4th of July video short after the summer 5-year celebration: • You will love our new system for sharing our oldest campers’ favorite memories (coming this summer!) 5 EARLY BIRD ENROLLMENT After your camper’s session ends, you will receive information about early birding for next summer. This registration will not be available until after your camper’s session is over; please do not re-apply until that time. You must complete this registration within three weeks of your camper’s session ending to ensure your spot for next summer. Deposits are fully refundable until December 1. PERSONAL ALLOWANCE The Personal Allowance account is designed to cover any extra expense a camper incurs while at Greystone. This includes stamps, offerings, prescription drugs, CANDY SHOPPE (flat fee per session), faxes, etc. Also available to the camper are items in The Greystone Store. The Greystone Store carries small items commonly forgotten or lost, such as toothpaste, film, batteries, shampoo, etc. It also carries apparel, gift items, books and stationery. Junior Camp does not have a Personal Allowance account; however, the store will be open Opening & Closing Days. For the June, Main, and August sessions, you will need to print the Personal Allowance sheet from your Online Forms and mail it back with a check made out to the Greystone Store. Please do not include your daughter’s Personal Allowance with her activities or tuition payment. We encourage you to buy clothing & larger items prior to camp from our camp catalog (available on our website in March). We do NOT allow account overspending, so you 6 might want to consider adding to your daughter’s allowance if she will be purchasing more expensive items while at camp. Suggested amounts for store allowance: June: $100, Main: $175, August: $75 ELECTRONICS/VALUABLES We do not allow electronic items at camp, including cell phones, IPOD’s, DVD players, Wi-Fi Devices, e-readers, iPads, computers, etc. We will take these on the first day of camp and put them in the camp safe. ONCE THESE ITEMS ARE IN THE SAFE, THEY WILL REMAIN IN THE SAFE UNTIL CLOSING DAY. We will not get your cell phone out of the safe until Closing Day. As always, we recommend that campers not bring valuables to camp! Greystone cannot be responsible for any lost items, and often these items are irreplaceable. Digital cameras without Internet capabilities are allowed. We will be checking cameras on Opening Day. LABELING POSSESSIONS Please label everything you send to camp! Get a “Sharpie” and write your daughter’s last name and first initial in everything. • Write her name on disposable cameras. • Show your camper where her things are marked. • Please do not forget to label items such as shoes, cameras, Bible, sleeping bag, tennis racquet, etc. 7 LAUNDRY Your daughter’s laundry is washed, dried, and folded for your daughter while she is at camp. (There is no laundry at Junior Camp). We wash the clothes at camp, with cold water, colors and whites sometimes mixed together. Our laundry service has a 24-hour turn around time, with campers’ clothes being picked up during rest hour and being returned the following rest hour. Number of times your daughter’s clothes will be washed: Junior camp: no laundry service June camp: 2 times Main camp: 4 times August camp: 1 time Please keep in mind that this is a commercial laundry, so please send clothing of a simple nature that will look neat with a wash and tumble-dry process.