Plan for camp: Info for parents

• Register online and pay with VISA or MasterCard.
• Contact us to make an appointment to pay by cash or Interac.
• You must make a minimum $100 deposit with each registration.
• All cancellations are subject to a $100 administration fee until the first day of camp; refunds are not available for no-shows.
• Please help expedite check-in on your first day of camp by paying your camp fees online before you arrive!
• If you require assistance registering, please contact us.
• You may also contact us to request a paper brochure and mail it to our office.
• We do not accept personal cheques.

Available Discounts & Sponsorships

Sibling Discount: Subtract $30 off the fee of your third child and subsequent children; you must contact us after registering to receive this discount. Note: Does not apply for Family camp.

Want to pay in instalments? You may opt-in to a payment plan; just select that option when you register online.

If you have difficulty paying for summer camp, we are happy to help! Please phone our office to discuss payment plans or to arrange partial financial assistance. You will register for camp during this application process, so please don’t register online.

Waitlists

Camp is popular! If the camp for which you want to register is full, you have the option to register to be on the waiting list for that camp at no charge. If we receive a cancellation for a camp, we contact campers on the corresponding waitlist in the order they signed up. You will never be transferred from a waitlist to a camp without prior contact from our camp staff.

Important Notes

All campers are expected to abide by camp rules while on site and/or in the care of camp staff. While camp is in session we regularly take videos and photos which are used to promote our camp and to produce our weekly souvenir video. Your camper may be included in these materials and in similar materials produced by our parent organization, One Hope Canada.

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Before You Arrive

• Pack everything you’ll need (see our checklist).
• Label your child’s clothing.
• It is your child’s responsibility to make sure that they return home with everything. To help reduce mix-ups, please label their clothing.
• Make sure your child is healthy and check your child for head lice.
• Please review our health policy and contact us if you have any questions.
• Arrive on time (directions available on our Contact page).
• Print off and sign the informed consent/assumption of risk form and bring it with you to check-in
• CAMPER CHECK-IN is between 4-5:30 PM on the first day of your camp.
• CAMPER PICK-UP is at our parent’s program at 6 PM on the last day of your camp.

Summer camp packing list

• Bible, pen, and paper – if you don’t have your own Bible we are happy to supply one for you at registration
• Sleeping bag and pillow
• At least two changes of warm clothes and two changes of light clothes
• Two pairs of footwear; we recommend quality sandals or shoes and rubber boots
• Rain gear
• Flashlight and batteries
• Toiletries (shampoo, toothbrush, etc.)
• Hat, sunscreen and bug spray
• Towel and action-appropriate swimsuit — please leave small, poorly fitting, or immodest bathing suits at home!
• Water bottle with your child’s name on it
• If you want to ride horses, please bring long pants
• Up to $20 to spend at the Tuck Shop
• Each camper must bring an assumption of risk form with them to check-in; this form must be signed by their parent/guardian
• Fanatic option: Watersports campers may bring their own wakeboards, wakeskates, etc. if they desire

Please, leave these things at home:

• Valuables – this includes expensive clothes and electronics
• Cell phones – campers may not have cell phones or other communication devices
• Dangerous items – knives (unless you are at Wild Camp), firecrackers, and fireworks
• Food – we want our wildlife to stay outside your cabin; don’t worry, snacks are available at our Tuck Shop daily.
• Drugs and alcohol – if any camper brings intoxicating or illegal drugs, tobacco products, or alcohol to camp, the camper will be sent home at their parent’s/guardian’s expense.

DIRT and Paintball Fanatics

In addition to the above, please bring:

• Two pairs of shoes or boots to paintball in (sandals don’t count!)
• Warm bedding: you are sleeping in a large tent, so bring an appropriate sleeping bag
• Camouflage if you have it! (Quinn the Eskimo in Saskatoon is a great place to gear up)
• At least 2 changes of paintball clothing
• Long pants
• Long sleeve shirts (you can not play in t-shirts; sweaters are not recommended for hot weather)
• Rubber boots
• Clothes to lounge around in during the evenings (sandals are fine for this)

Some things that would be nice to bring:

• Your own paintball equipment (note: we use high pressure air, not CO2). We supply everything, but if you want to play with your own equipment, you may do so
• Neck warmer if you have one (it helps protect your neck)

Wild Camp

Download the packing list for your camp:

• Wild: Northbound packing list
• Wild: SK River packing list

Our mission team and volunteers are chosen and trained with a view to providing a safe environment for children. We always aim for physical safety in activities, disease prevention practices, mitigating environmental dangers (such as sun and insect exposure), and bullying prevention. Our goal is to have maximum supervision, that is, to have all our campers supervised at all times, within reason. To learn more about our staff screening and standards, visit our In Safe Hands website.

Camp nurses are on-site at Ranger Lake during summer camp weeks and are equipped to:

• Deliver regular medication to campers.
• Bandage bumps and bruises.
• Mend minor injuries.
• Deliver over-the-counter medicine as needed.
• Provide immediate first aid.
• Bring campers to a doctor in town or hospital when appropriate.

In the event of an emergency, the nearest hospital is within 30 minutes from camp at normal driving speeds.

We love making fun and tasty camp meals for your camper! At every meal there are healthy options and cabin leaders encourage campers to eat well.

Special Dietary Requirements

With your help, our kitchen can accommodate most diets, but some diets are too challenging for our kitchen. You must contact us when you register your camper to check if we can accommodate their dietary needs; you may need to supply some food from home to help meet your camper’s needs. Last-minute or same-day additions to dietary needs will not be accommodated.

There are too many variables beyond our control for us to claim to have a peanut-free environment. If there are any campers on site with nut allergies, we do not knowingly serve peanut products from our food service or Tuck Shop. We DO use products that list “may contain traces of peanut products” in their list of ingredients.

If you discover you are missing an item once you return home, please email us with your camper’s name, the week they attended, and a detailed description of the item.

All lost and found requests are processed through email. Please don’t contact our camp office by phone.

We try to reconnect reported items with their owners. However, please understand that our priority is the children who are on site and we attend to lost and found items as time allows.

If your item has been turned in, you will be contacted and given the choice of picking your item up at Camp or having it shipped to you with shipping and handling charged to your credit card.

Summer camp items are kept until the end of September. Retreat and Outdoor Education groups (September to June), items are kept for 2 months. After these dates items are donated to those in need.

Campers are placed in cabins of 8-10 campers based on their age and sex. When filling out the camper registration form, you may indicate with whom your child would like to share a cabin. We will make every effort to accommodate that request, but we can only accommodate groups of up to 2 friends.

Please note that cabin placements are done before campers arrive. When you arrive to check-in on Sunday, you will find out which cabin your child is in and be introduced to his or her cabin leader at the cabin.

One of the best parts about camp is making new friends! If your child is coming to camp for the first time or is not bringing a friend, don’t worry; campers have lots of opportunities to make friends not only with their cabin groups, but also with other campers during daily activities.