(If you’re looking for the Session 1/LIT A welcome post, it’s this previous post.)
If you’re registered for Session 2, July 15-21, 2012, or Leaders-in-Training
B, July 15-28, 2012, you should have received a reminder postcard directing you
here. Thanks for checking out the blog, and supporting our efforts to send you
less paper!
We’re excited to see you at camp very soon, and we hope that you’re looking
forward to your time at Wildwood. If you’ve not returned all your
completed camp forms, please mail them to the Wildwood office in Lincoln, MA, immediately. (Don’t forget a copy of the front and back of your
camper’s health insurance card!) If your camper’s prescription medications have
changed since you sent the forms, it’s very important that you obtain an
updated, signed medication order from the prescribing physician! If you must,
let us know that you’ll bring completed forms with you to camp on July 15. If
you need a new copy of camp forms or the camp handbook, please visit our website to download them. The handbook also contains a suggested
packing list (p. 12) to assist you as you prepare for camp.
For driving directions to Wildwood, look in your camp handbook (p. 18), or
get printable directions from our website.
(Once you are in Rindge, using a GPS or online directions is inadvisable.)
Wildwood is a large camp, and anyone at camp on check-in day will be happiest
wearing sturdy, comfortable shoes. Remember, you may not bring
family pets with you to Wildwood!
In the days before camp, please review the camp handbook, including the
behavior expectations, with your camper. Make sure all items packed for camp
are appropriate and well-labeled. It’s also important to keep an eye on your
camper’s health. Give us a call to consult if your camper is injured, ill, or
exposed to a communicable disease in the days before camp. We want every camper
to arrive at camp healthy and ready to participate fully. If your camper is
unable to arrive at camp as scheduled, please call the camp at 603-899-5589 to
schedule an alternate arrival. If you haven’t made alternate arrival plans and
your camper doesn’t arrive at camp on check-in day, we’ll contact you by phone
to determine when to expect your camper’s arrival.
Here’s what you have to look forward to (families will join in on the bold
days and times). Remember that activities may change based on weather, special
events, and random acts of FUN!
Sunday (Check-in Day)
2:00-3:15 pm Campers and families arrive for Check-in. If
your family is new to Wildwood or needs to confer with the camp nurse, you may
want to arrive near the earlier end of the time period. If you’re returning to
Wildwood and don’t need much extra time before the Opening Ceremony, it’s fine
to arrive near the later end of the time period.
• We’ll greet you at the parking lot entrance with a nametag and unit
assignment and direct you to a parking space.
• We’ll help you take your camper’s luggage to the appropriate marked area
in the parking lot. Please do not go to the living units at this time! We’ll
transport your camper’s luggage to his/her unit.
• Take camper medications with you, and walk to the dining hall.
Parents/guardians of children with medication/medical concerns will have a
brief conference with the camp nurse. Parents whose children do not have
medication or medical concerns do not need to see the nurse.
• Campers and families greet their counselors and unit leaders at the
waterfront. You can also visit the camp store, set up a store account if you
didn’t do so before camp, or make a purchase.
3:30 pm Opening Ceremony for everyone in the Amphitheatre.
After the brief Opening Ceremony, campers and staff members walk to their
living units. Families may accompany campers to their units or depart directly
from the Opening Ceremony.
4:15 pm Final questions with unit leaders and family
departure. Campers will unpack, settle in, begin to get to know one another,
and set group goals.
6:00 pm Dinner
7:15 pm Opening Campfire in Amphitheatre
9:00 pm Cabin Chat (a calming end-of-day routine)
9:30 pm Sweet dreams!
Monday
7:40 am Morning Circle
8:00 am Breakfast
9:00 am Units rotate through camp tours, waterfront orientation, swim checks,
health checks, schedule choices, and team-building
12:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm Siesta
2:00 pm Camp tours, waterfront orientation, swim checks, health checks,
schedule choices, and team-building, continued
4:00 pm Open Activity Time (OATs)
6:00 pm Dinner
7:00 pm Evening Program (may include campfires, skits and songs, all-camp
games, or special activities with your unit)
9:00 pm Cabin Chat
9:30 pm Sweet dreams!
Tuesday – Friday
7:00 am Optional Pre-Breakfast Jaunt (PBJ) Wednesday and Friday
7:40 am Morning Circle
8:00 am Breakfast
9:00 am Interest Groups (IGs)
11:00 am Unit Time
12:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm Siesta
2:00 pm Discovery Groups (DGs)
4:00 pm OATs
5:30 pm Unit Time
6:00 pm Dinner
7:00 pm Evening Program
9:00 pm Cabin Chat
9:30 pm Sweet dreams!
(Leaders-in-Training have a second, similar week of camp.)
Saturday (Check-out Day)
7:30 am Unit tidying (Luggage ready before breakfast!)
8:00 am Breakfast
9:00 am Return to units for group closing activity
9:30-9:45 am Families arrive for check-out and walk to the
amphitheatre. A staff member will direct you to the parking
area. Depending on weather, we may ask you to load your camper’s luggage
into your vehicle when you arrive. On a sunny day, campers and families should
load luggage together after the closing.
10:00 am Closing Ceremony. Campers and families reunite,
followed by departure. You’ll be able to make any last camp store purchases or
get leftover medications from the nurse. Pick up an address list and 2012
registration information as you leave the parking lot!
Leaders-in-Training can anticipate joining the entire camp community in some
activities during their two-week stay, but they’ll also spend significant time
as a group to set goals, plan and complete community service projects, enjoy
field trips and an overnight camping trip, and more.
Please feel free to call us at our toll-free number, 866-627-2267, or e-mail
[email protected] if you have any questions before you come to
camp!
Happy Camping!
