setting expectations

The camp week is full of joyful opportunities. We schedule in a lot of fun and meaningful moments. These are the things campers (and parents) can expect:

• Four daily cabin activities (ex. arts & crafts, waterfront, archery, nerf fight, fishing)

• Evening programming (ex. campfire, Sibling/Survivor Spaces, all-camp games)

• Camp theme with opportunities to dress up and/or participate in cabin challenges

• Half-day Boata trip (donated by Argosy Cruises)

• Sibling/Survivor Supportive Spaces conversations on Wednesday night (by age)

• Carnival day with whip cream and silly string fights

• Outdoor dance on Friday night

• Free time to chill with fellow cabinmates and/or connect with other cabins

• Downtime after lunch to rest and recharge

• On-site medical team for round-the-clock care

• Volunteers giving of their time to create a memorable week of camp

resources (documents for review)

Get campers prepped to have the best camp experience possible and make it easy on yourself by preparing early:

• Packing List (essentials to bring to camp)

• Camp theme (in case campers want to bring coordinating clothing or accessories); 2025’s theme is “Game On,” think card/board games, video games, and TV gameshows

• At Camp Goodtimes We document (which includes the Camper Code of Conduct); to be reviewed with campers to set them up for success

• Songbook (favorite camp song lyrics)

• Directions to Camp (once you ferry over, driving directions are pretty easy)

update camper health profiles (as needed)

If things, such as medications/doses or health conditions have changed or a camper has received a new vaccine shot since initially completing their online Health Profile, please update their profile prior to camp so that camp staff/nurses have the most current knowledge of every camper.

• CampDoc login: http://app.campdoc.com/register/goodtimesproject

• Access to CampDoc will close on June 15, 2025 (for June session campers) and July 6, 2025 (for July session campers)

camper check-in & pickup

assigned check-in times:

• Each family will be assigned a check-in time to avoid overcrowding and long wait times. This may mean having extra time on Vashon Island between when your ferry docks and when you can arrive at camp (so explore, including checking out the new troll) or that you need to take a specific ferry (ferry schedules to Vashon).

• Assigned check-in times run between ~2:15-3:45 p.m. dependent on the camp session.

  • June 2025 camp check-in times (alphabetic order by last name)

  • July 2025 camp check-in times (alphabetic order by last name)

  • Any late check-ins need to be cleared with the camp director prior to camp.

once at camp:

• Park in the main parking lot and head to the Welcome/Registration table to check-in and get your camper’s check-in card and further instructions. *Leave luggage in your vehicle for now but bring any medications/medical supplies with you.

• To successfully check-in, families should visit all of the following check-in stations: health screening, MedShed/Nurse station, photo station, luggage drop-off, and mail/package drop-off (optional).

  • Bring all medications (in their original bottles; no pill packs please) and supplies necessary for your camper’s care.

  • Please bring mail/packages versus sending in the mail.

  • Please, label everything with your camper’s name and try to keep things contained in bags, including pillows and sleeping bags.

• Final farewell to campers before parents/guardians head home; campers will be welcomed to camp via our welcome gauntlet and will meet their counselors. This is an opportunity for parents to share any helpful info with counselors. Parents/guardians will not be accompanying campers to their cabins.

Camper pickup:

• Campers and staff will participate in a closing ceremony and campers can be picked up afterwards.

• The camper pick-up window will be from 10:45-11:30 am. All campers must be picked up by 11:30.

  • Any early departure requests must be cleared with the camp director ahead of camp.

• Authorized pick-up people must show their picture ID (persons must be one of the authorized adults listed on that camper’s pick-up form in their online Health Profile), collect medications/supplies from the nurses table, locate their child(ren)’s belongings (sorted by cabin number) including looking at the lost-and-found table, and then locate their child(ren).

illness protocols & guidelines

It’s important that all of us know and adhere to the following. We cannot stop illness, including flu, COVID, or measles, but we can employ layered protocols to help deter spreadable illnesses from entering and spreading during camp. *The following are subject to change if circumstances and mandates change.

vaccinations:

• Campers are required to have had all the Goodtimes-required childhood vaccinations; DTaP, MMR, Polio (IPV), Hepatitis B, and Chicken Pox (Varicella). Goodtimes also highly recommends but does not require other vaccinations such as COVID, Pneumococcal (PCV), Hepatitis A, etc.

• Campers whose cancer treatment has interrupted their vaccination schedule (ex. bone marrow or stem cell transplant) are eligible to attend and should work toward re-vaccination within their doctor’s recommendations.

pre-camp:

• Campers with any symptoms, including fever, runny nose, cough, rash, vomiting, known exposures to COVID or measles, or confirmed COVID, measles, or other illnesses should not attend camp.

• If there is a question as to their eligibility to attend, please reach out to the camp director who can consult with our camp nurses.

• It’s our collective responsibility to help ensure the wellbeing of all campers and staff by being diligent and communicating ahead of camp.

during camp:

• Campers should report symptoms of illness immediately to their cabin counselors and/or cabin nurse; including runny nose, cough, fever, chills, diarrhea.

• The nursing team will assess the camper and it is up to them and/or the camp provider whether any symptom or ailment is cause to send a camper home.

• All campers and staff consent to a rapid COVID test during camp if they become symptomatic or were exposed to a COVID-positive person.

• If a camper or cabin counselor tests positive for COVID during camp, that individual will be sent home immediately. The remainder of the cabin will stay (unless a parent asks to pick up their child) and will be monitored for symptoms. Any non-cabin staff that tests positive will be sent home immediately.