Online Registration
(if you would like to register a 4-year-old camper)

Uncle Bill's Kids Club (another program for 4 and 5 year olds)
Registration Fees
Weeks Available
Sunshine Days Schedule
Change of Weeks
Cancellations/Penalties

Registration for our 2009 Sunshine Camps
is now open to all families.

Our 4-year-old campers are a very important part of our camp! Each week we have one group of boys and one group of girls who begin the amazing Journey of Memories called Camp Thurman!

Very special counselors, who have a desire and talent to work with our youngest campers, lead these little ones each day through an activity schedule we call Sunshine Days. These are days filled with fun things to do [some new, some familiar], talking about Jesus, spending time with a counselor who delights in them, and starting their own tradition of looking forward to an exciting, happy week at Camp Thurman.

Sunshine Days sessions are scheduled each week, with one group of 10 boys and one group of 10 girls each session. 

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REGISTRATION FOR SUNSHINE CAMPERS:  If you would like to register your child, you may use our online registration.  If your family was a 2008 participant or you have already registered another child in your family for 2009, be sure to use the Returning User side of the login.  New families use the First Time User side of the login. 
Or, you may download a Regular Registration form from our FORMS page or pick one up from the camp office or from the FORMS box just outside our entrance gates on Sarah Dr.  It is the white rectangular box closest to the gates.  Once you have filled in the forms, you may turn them in by mail, at the drop-off outside our entrance gates, or in person at the office.

The Camp Office will be open on Wednesdays, from 10:00 to 4:00, or you may contact us by leaving a message on 817-274-8441 or by sending an email to campthurman@sbcglobal.net.  Office Email is answered Monday through Friday.

The fee for Sunshine Days registration for our 4-year olds in 2009 is $170 per week for the short day program which runs from 9:00 AM to 1:15 PM. 

Waiting List Registrations are recorded in the order they are received.  There is a $6 non-refundable deposit required to be listed on our waitlist.  Traditionally we are able to place about 50% of our Regular Day Camp waitlist campers.  Because of the smaller number of available spots in the Sunshine Days Program, chances of moving in from those lists are much less.  Being placed from any waiting list will depend on any cancellations we receive. We will keep your camper's name on our waiting list until the day before the session you have chosen, unless you call to ask us to take you off the list.  If we are able to place you from a waitlist into a confirmed status, we do NOT call first, so if you change your mind, please contact us in writing to remove you from that waitlist.

Or, if your chosen weeks are full and you do not want to be placed on the waiting list at all, please indicate that on your form.  Otherwise we will place you there.  If you are mailing in a check with a waitlist registration, please make it for $6 per week only.  If we are able to place your child, we will auto-bill through eCheck the balance.  If you prefer to pay with debit or credit card, you will be charged $6 per week at the time you are placed on the waitlist.  We will auto-bill your debit/credit card the balance if we are able to place your camper.   If we do place you from the waiting list, you will receive an email confirmation to let you know which week.  Unless you respond within one week that you do not want to be placed, you are committed to that week.  <top>

                                                                      
Before you go to the online registration page, please read the information above and below, especially the waitlist instructions and the cancellation policy.   <top>

We will record each of the online regular or wait list registrations as we receive them.  If you choose this option to register, you may use a debit/credit card or electronic check.  Online registrations for available weeks are confirmed immediately.  If a week is FULL, you may register for the WAITLIST for that week.  There is a $6 non-refundable fee to register for a waitlist.

PROCESSING FEE:  Each camper's fees will include a one time per season $5 processing fee.
 
Payment of the registration fees may be made in installments.  If you would like to pay in that manner and you are not registering online, you may print the Multi-Pay Plan info and form online.  If you mail or drop-off your registration form, and you would like to pay in installments, the Payment Plan Option sheet must be attached to your registration form.  If you use the online registration, you may indicate that option during the payment process, without the need to mail in a Payment Plan sheet.  Payment installments will be automatically charged or drafted from your checking account on dates you will be given in an additional payment-plan information email.

A limited number of scholarships are available each year; however please register early as all scholarship monies are usually awarded by April 1st.  If you would like to provide a scholarship for a child in the community to have a week of unforgettable memories, please call or email, and we'll welcome your tax-deductible contribution.  Scholarship donations are used only for providing camper scholarships.  You may designate specific campers, or we will offer the scholarship to a child who otherwise would not be able to participate.  Scholarship forms may be downloaded from our FORMS page.  <top>
  
Fill in your choice of "Place in a group with" on the Registration Form carefully. Check to make sure your "group-mate" choices are registering for the same week you are, that they are of the same sex and within one year of the same age. The staff at Camp Thurman wants to place your child in a group which will make his/her experience here the happiest possible, and we do our best to fulfill your requests, but once the weeks are full, and the groups are formed, it is very difficult for us to change one camper from group to group without disappointing another camper.  <top>

Change of Weeks:  Once your registration has been submitted, you are committed to that week.  If later, you find it necessary to request a change of weeks, you must do so in writing, either through the website  or regular mail.  No change of weeks will be made by phone.  If the week you desire is available, we will be glad to make that change; however it will not be official until you receive a Change-Of-Weeks Confirmation from the office or you see that change on your MyCampThurmanAccount online, so please let us know if you do not receive one, and please keep that confirmation for your records. 

As long as you request a change of weeks at least two weeks before your camp date, and the week you would like to move to is available, we will make that first request for a change for a $5 fee.  Any subsequent requests will be a $10 fee.
Change of weeks during the last two weeks before camp will be considered a cancellation and re-registration.  You will be required to pay for an additional week.

Cancellations/Penalties:     There is a $25 charge for returned checks.  A 50% refund is available if you cancel at least two weeks before your session date.  No refunds will be made for cancellations in the last two weeks before your session date.  Cancellations must be requested in writing, either through the website or regular mail.  No cancellation of weeks will be made by phone.  <top>

  
Sunshine Days Schedule:  The 4-yr-old campers' schedule is very similar to that of all-day campers. [Click on the Schedules button from the menu to see more schedule information.]
Here are Sample Time Schedules for Sunshiners.

Morning Schedule: