resources (documents for review)

Get yourself prepped to have the best volunteer experience possible by familiarizing yourself with the following:

• Staff Handbook (contains emergency procedures, prep materials, and medical overview)

• Packing List (essentials to bring to camp)

  • Camp or stadium chair for outdoor staff training sessions and evening programming

• Staff Dress Code (bring comfortable & camp-appropriate clothing)

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

• Songbook (favorite camp song lyrics)

• Acronym List (camp vocabulary and acronyms)

• Staff name list (to help first-time staffers choose a camp name)

• Camp Schedule (subject to change; same for June and July)

staff insights

• Camper check-in & welcome gauntlet: Some check-in stations will be outdoors (including the welcome table, the nurses, luggage, and mail). The photo station will be inside Grisham and the gauntlet will occur on Grisham’s back patio. Parents will drop off camper’s belongings in a designated area and camp staff will transport it to cabins; parents will not accompany campers to their cabins.

• Camper check out & closing ceremony: We’ll have closing remarks in the dining hall directly after breakfast, then we’ll collectively make our way up to the flagpole; non-cabin staff will head there early and create a gauntlet-like energy with pool noodles and streamers by the heart that all campers will walk under. We’ll then collectively lower the flag to signify the end of camp, say the camp pledge one last time, and then allow campers to mix and mingle in upper field while parents arrive and we start the official checkout process.

• Meals: the majority of meals will be eaten indoors in the dining hall except for Friday’s BBQ dinner when campers can opt to eat outside. During other meals, if a camper needs to eat outside on the patio area because of sensory issues, have them get food from their cabin’s table and ensure they receive their meds first before going out on the deck.

• STOs: staff are allowed to leave the camp property for their scheduled/approved time off. Ensure you use the sign-out sheet in the staff office and leave your name tag. Repeat the process upon returning.

• Dance: Friday night’s dance will happen outdoors in Upper Field.

illness (including measles & covid) protocols & guidelines

It’s important that all of us know and adhere to the following. We cannot stop illness 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:

• All staff should have had their childhood vaccinations, such as MMR, Polio, Chicken Pox, etc.

• COVID vaccination and subsequent boosters are highly recommended but not required.

• View Goodtimes’ immunization policy for a more thorough explanation of what is required and what is recommended.

PRE-CAMP:

• Staff with any symptoms, including fever, runny nose, cough, rash, or measles or COVID or confirmed exposure to measles or COVID, should not attend camp.

• If a staff member gets ill leading up to camp, please reach out to S’mores immediately. He will consult with the nursing staff to determine next steps and eligibility.

DURING CAMP:

• Staff should report symptoms of their own illness (or that of a camper) immediately to a nurse; including runny nose, cough, fever, chills, diarrhea, rash.

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

• All 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.

ONBOARDING: Forms & Documents, Online Training

Onboarding tasks are divided into two phases:

Phase 1: Documentation—the following reside in the Forms & Documents section of your CampMinder account (by the yellow pencil icon). All forms and documents must be completed by June 18.

• Confidentiality Policy

• Emergency Contact/Pickup

• Immunizations

• Personnel Policies & Acknowledgement

• Staff Health Information

• *Insurance Waiver (only required of those without health insurance)

• *Staff Handbook (ensure you read prior to camp)

Phase 2: Pre-Camp Online Staff Training—each staffer will be assigned approximately 2.5 hours of online training and quizzes. You can complete your entire assignment at once or choose to do modules over a number of days. All modules and quizzes must be completed by June 18.

• On or before June 1, each staffer will receive an email, with the subject line “Camp Goodtimes: Expert Online Training (Due June 18).”

• It contains your login and password.