setting expectations

The camp week is full of joyful opportunities. We schedule in a lot of fun. 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 activity, skit night, Jet City Improv)

• Theme days with opportunities to dress up and/or participate in cabin challenges

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

• Carnival day with whip cream fight

• 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

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 and theme days (in case campers want to bring coordinating clothing or accessories); 2024’s theme is “Monster Mash,” a fun take on Halloween

• 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 their COVID vaccine shots 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 17 (for June session campers) and July 8 (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 ~2:00-3:45 p.m. dependent on the camp session.

  • June camp check-in times

  • July camp check-in times

  • 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.

• To successfully check-in, families should visit all of the following check-in stations: MedShed/Nurse station, health screening, 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. Parents/guardians will not be accompanying campers to their cabins.

Camper pickup:

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

• The camper pick-up window will be from 11:00-noon. All campers must be picked up by noon.

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

• Parents/guardians 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), locate their child(ren)’s belongings (sorted by cabin number), collect medications/supplies from the nurses, and then locate their child(ren).

illness (including covid) protocols & guidelines

It’s important that all of us know and adhere to the following. We cannot stop illness, including COVID, 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 campers are required to have had their primary COVID vaccination series. Boosters are highly recommended but not required.

• All campers should have had their childhood vaccinations, such as MMR, Polio, Chicken Pox, etc. Campers whose cancer treatment has interrupted their vaccination schedule 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, or COVID/confirmed exposure to COVID, 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.

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.