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Camp Hours
Directions to Camp
Early Pickup
Camp Clothes
Sunscreen
What NOT To Bring
Lost and Found
Extra Money
T-Shirts
Lunches/Water
Camp
Photos
Rainy Weather Days
Special Grouping Requests
Counselor and Group
Assignments
Family Treasure Days
Open House
Traffic Information - You will enter
the campgrounds at the gate at the end of Sarah Dr. With the
small number of campers participating in this special camp, there
should be no problem with traffic. If you would like to come
to the office or visit with the counselor, please park head-in on
the east side of the parking lot.
After your registration has been
confirmed, here is some further information you'll need:
CAMP HOURS:
Each day you may drop off your child
between 8:45 and 9:00 AM and pick them up at 12:30 PM. If you
would like to talk with the counselor, please park head-in on the
east side of the parking lot.
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DIRECTIONS TO CAMP:
The campsite and office is
located one block north of Pioneer Parkway (also called 303) just
off Roosevelt. If you are coming from the south:
1) Come north on 360, 157 or Cooper;
turn left (west) at Pioneer Parkway ; go just one block past Bowen
to the traffic light at Roosevelt. Turn right (north) onto
Roosevelt. Drive just one block; turn left onto Sarah and in
through our gates onto the campsite.
2) You may also come north on
Green Oaks; turn right at Pioneer Parkway. At the traffic
light at Roosevelt (by Campo Verde Restaurant), turn left
onto Roosevelt. Drive just one block; turn left onto Sarah and
in through our gates onto the campsite.
If you are coming from the north:
1) Come south on Collins, Cooper or
Fielder; turn right (west) at Pioneer Parkway ; go just one block
past Bowen to the traffic light at Roosevelt. Turn right
(north) onto Roosevelt. Drive just one block; turn left onto
Sarah and in through our gates onto the campsite.
2) You may also come south on
East Chase; turn left at Pioneer Parkway. At the traffic light
at Roosevelt (by Campo Verde Restaurant), turn left onto
Roosevelt. Drive just one block; turn left onto Sarah and in
through our gates onto the campsite.
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EARLY PICKUP:
If you need to pickup your child
early, please tell the counselor in the morning and call us in the
office at 274-8441 so that we may help remind the counselor.
Remember, counselors and campers follow a loose schedule and may be
participating in an optional activity. Please allow us 20
minutes time to locate and bring your child to the front office.
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CAMP CLOTHES:
The campers WILL get dirty, so please don't send them in anything
that can't get messed up. Campers need to wear their swimsuits. Boys
wear shirts with their swimsuit, and girls wear their suits under
shorts and shirts. At this age, the tankini style two-piece
suits for girls are preferable.
Campers should wear comfortable shoes, with closed toe preferable.
Water shoes or Crocs work well in the water and on the trails.
However, be sure they are not brand new, as that sometimes results
in blisters. Socks tend to get hopelessly dirty or get lost
very easily, so any closed-toe shoe that does not require socks is a
better choice.
TOWELS:
Camp Thurman will be providing
towels for this camp, so you do not need to send one.
Please mark EVERYTHING with
your child's name.
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SUNSCREEN:
If your child needs to have sunscreen,
and he or she is unable to put it on themselves, please choose the
waterproof, all-day brands and put it on them just as they arrive
each morning. The counselor simply does not have the time to
put sunscreen on each of the children and still allow them their
full swim time.
WHAT NOT TO BRING:
Money - please do not send money with your child!
Campers should not bring any electronic equipment (video games, cell
phones, etc.). Please do not send water guns.
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LOST AND FOUND: We do have
procedures which help keep camper and belongings together, but kids
are kids, and it is inevitable that things will get lost. Talk with
your children about the importance of dressing completely after
swimming, putting items back in backpacks, and checking to make sure
they have not accidentally picked up items which do not belong to
them. ALL items your child brings should be marked with the child's
name, especially swimming items.
If a lost and found item has a child's name on it, we return it to
the counselor each day. If it does not have a name on it, it is
placed in the Lost and Found bucket outside the camp office or is
hung in the area beside the First Aid shed. After the week is
over, it is taken to the storage shed, which is a long way from the
office and most campsites. It is impossible for us to look through
the items for you after your week of camp. However, if you would
like to come to camp and search for the item yourself, we will be
glad to direct you to the Lost and Found Shed. Every two or three
weeks, all unclaimed items are given to Mission Arlington.
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EXTRA
MONEY? PLEASE DO NOT SEND MONEY of any
kind with your children! Snacks will be provided for the
campers in this special camp, so they will not need to purchase anything.
Parents may still pay for other merchandise at the Trading Post with cash,
checks, or credit card.
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T-SHIRTS:
Your camper will receive a free special T-Shirt designed just for
Uncle Bill's Kids. Those will be passed out to the campers at
pickup time on Monday. If you would like to purchase one of
the other CT T-shirts, you may indicate that on their registration
form, or you may purchase one at Open House or during the camp week.
If you pre-pay for one of the optional shirts, you must pick it up
before the end of your camp week; we do not automatically give
those shirts to the campers.
LUNCHES/WATER: Remember,
this camp dismisses before lunch, so you do not need to pack any
food; also, we will be giving each child a bottle of water each day,
so it is also not necessary to send any type of cooler.
CAMP PHOTOS: This year you will
receive a CT Memories photo package free. It contains two
photos (group and individual) mounted in a souvenir folder.
Counselors will give these folders to the parents at pickup time on
Thursday or Friday. If your child is not present on the day we
take photos of your group (either Monday or Tuesday), we will not be
able to take retakes of the group, but we will try to take one of
your camper and his counselor, so in the case of absences the
package you receive will be the individual photo and the group photo
(without your camper).
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SPECIAL GROUPING REQUESTS:
The Camp Thurman staff wants to place your child in a group which
will make his/her experience here the happiest possible, so please
be assured that we will do our very best to fulfill your requests.
Since this camp will be limited to only 4- and 5-yr olds, the only
restrictions for grouping will be that the campers are of the same
gender. Just be sure you have let us know at least 3 weeks in
advance that you would like your camper placed with a particular
friend.
Once the week is full, groups are formed with requests in mind.
Closer to camp time, once a child has been informed that he is in a
specific group, it may very well bring unhappiness to another child
if we try to rearrange groups, so please do not ask to change groups
when you arrive on Monday morning of camp week.
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COUNSELOR AND GROUP
ASSIGNMENTS: Grouping is done a couple of weeks
before each camp date, and counselor assignments are made the
weekend before each camp week starts. Your child's counselor will
call him or her to let them know whose group they'll be in. When you
drop off and pick up your child, you will look for that counselor's
name on the signs in front of the office pavilion area or south of
there. If for some
reason your child's counselor does not reach you, on Monday morning
there will be a table in the pavilion area where you'll be able to
confirm your child's group and counselor.
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OPEN HOUSE: Our
Open House will be on Saturday, June 6th, this year. Anytime between
10AM and 3PM, please stop by the campgrounds to meet the staff and
camp board members, take a tour of the facilities, and buy camp
"stuff".
FAMILY
TREASURE DAYS: Ever wished you could come to
camp with your children? Well, you can! Our fourth annual
CT Family Treasure Day will
be on Sept. 12th in 2009.
RAINY
WEATHER DAYS: Our normal procedure for rainy
days is to keep the camp open. We have four separate covered
areas where we bring the campers for songs, games, and skits until
the rain stops, and then we go back out into the camp for our
regular activities.
If your child is uncomfortable with stormy weather, you are always
welcome to pick them up early or bring them in late.
Please come through the office to arrange early pick-up or late
drop-off.
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