Two more days! The camp season is finally upon us and we just want to remind you of several important things. This letter is for all camp families, new and returning, so please read it thoroughly.
All buses leave our bus locations on Opening Day at 11am sharp! Please be sure to give yourself enough time to get to the buses by 10:30am, especially those of you going to our Queens bus stop. It is inevitable that there is always traffic heading to Queens, so leave extra early in order to arrive on time.
Don’t forget to pack your child a lunch for the bus ride to camp. Please do not pack anything containing peanuts or tree nuts. For campers who are flying, it’s a good idea to send them with extra money for snacks that they’d like to purchase upon arrival at the airport.
Cell phones are strictly prohibited at camp! Any child caught with a cell phone will be sent home from camp for a 3-day suspension. Only campers flying to camp via airplane may travel with a cell phone. We will collect your flying camper’s phone after your child calls home to let you know that he/she arrived at Newark safely. Additionally, non-functioning iPhones are not allowed to be used as music players, even with the SIM card removed.
The bunks are all finalized and campers will receive their bunk numbers on their bus ride to camp. We can no longer accept new bunk requests for the 1st session. We try to honor all bunk requests to the best of our abilities.
If you have not yet sent in extra spending money for out of camp trips, you may send some money up with your child to place into his/her bank account. Although all trips out of camp are paid for, our campers like to have extra money for snacks and souvenirs, especially for Dorney Park in the 2nd session. We recommend approximately $25/week ($100 for session 1 and $75 for session 2) but feel free to use your own discretion.
SOCIAL MEDIA
We will post hundreds of pictures to our website daily so be sure to go to islandlake.com and login to your CampMinder account to view the photos and send your child emails. We will attempt to post weekly videos on CampMinder but if our internet does not allow for this then we’ll have links to the videos on our Facebook page.
You can read our daily blog right here on our website at islandlake.com. Scroll down and click the yellow “B” at the bottom of any page on our site to read the latest regarding what’s going on in camp and to see some extra photos.
We will continue our practice posting to our Facebook page. You do not need to have a Facebook account in order to view our posts. You can just visit facebook.com/islandlakecamp.
Last, but definitely not least, we will be tweeting daily. Once again, you do not need to have a Twitter account to see what we are posting. Simply go to twitter.com/islandlakecamp to know more about your camper’s daily life at Island Lake.
We can’t wait to see all of our first session campers roll in on the buses this Saturday, June 23rd! ILCUTHERE!!!