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PARENT GUIDEBOOK
Free Day Camp for Military Youth Camp Hero It is tough being a kid these days – particularly when dealing with the stress of belonging to a military family. Our Youth Development programs help kids cope while providing them with positive, fun opportunities to get to know themselves and each other.
Camp Hero is a week long day camp that serves as an outlet for military youth to share their common experiences and receive academic enrichment all while making friends and having fun! The curriculum is designed to help children find practical ways to address the challenges of military life, provide tools to help them succeed in school, and improve social and communication skills. Kids learn more about themselves and their community with week of exploration and excitement.
This Parent Guidebook has useful information to prepare your child for Camp Hero as well as an overview of camp policies and procedures. Please take time to review this with your child and get excited about Camp Hero!
Contents: Camp Staff & Activities 2 Preparing for Camp
3
Camp Policies
4
Camp Schedule
5
San Diego Armed Services YMCA
Visit our website www.militaryymca.com for more information on
3293 Santo Road, San Diego, CA 92124
the over 40 free programs and services available to your family!
Camp Hero Staff Camp Hero staff are full time Armed Services YMCA Youth and Community Outreach (YCO) staff members that want to host an awesome summer packed with fun, adventure, and exploration!
CAMP ACTIVITIES: Operation Hero Frequent relocations often require military families to leave friends and extended family behind. Through a variety of activities, crafts, and challenging games, kids will tackle tough topics including making new friends, family separation, taking responsibility, and conflict resolution. Camp Hero is a chance for kids to build friendships and share common experiences while further developing their self esteem and resilience. These opportunities will take place in the classroom as well as in the community through two local field trips each week to San Diego scenic parks.
Project WILD The goal of Project WILD is to assist learners of any age in developing awareness, knowledge, skills and commitment to result in informed decisions, responsible behavior and constructive actions concerning wildlife and the environment upon which all life depends. Project WILD activities and lessons will be presented as part of the Camp Hero curriculum to enhance campers understanding of the world around them. Campers will have opportunities to further explore the Project WILD lessons through half day trips to Cabrillo National Monument and Santee Lakes Park. The trips are a chance to increase campers’ understanding and awareness of the diversity of San Diego’s ecosystems, wildlife, and history.
YES! YES! (Youth Enrichment Summer) outings afford children in military families, ages 7 to 12, the opportunity to explore a variety of San Diego area attractions. YES! outings take place the Thursday of camp and will include a visit to either the San Diego Wild Animal Park or YMCA Camp Surf. Camp Hero campers will have priority registration to the YES! outing not offered during their week of camp.
Our staff is passionate about supporting military youth and take pleasure in maintaining a structured, educational program in an atmosphere of fun and excitement. The ASYMCA takes seriously the importance of child protection and safety. We have specific, tested policies and procedures for all staff that work with children. The following are some of our proven safety practices: 1. The ASYMCA has comprehensive pre-employment screening for staff members and program volunteers, including interviews, reference and nation-wide criminal history checks. 2. All camp counselors regularly work with school aged youth in informal educational settings and are certified in pediatric First Aid and CPR.
Camp Hero Awards Families are encouraged to attend the Camp Hero Award Ceremony on the Friday afternoon of camp. This ceremony is an opportunity to congratulate campers and recognize their accomplishments from throughout the week.
Preparing for Camp
Camp Clothes
Camp Hero is fun. Occasionally fun can also mean messy! Dress your campers in old clothes so they are ready to play hard and get dirty! Campers are required to wear closed toed shoes and socks daily and should arrive to Camp with sunscreen already applied.
What to Bring It is recommended that you send your camper with a backpack to keep all their belongings together. All belongings should be labeled with your camper’s name before sending to camp. Camp Hero campers must bring their own lunch and water bottle to camp daily (except when noted in the camp schedule). Please send only nonperishable foods as refrigeration is not available. Please also be sure your camper has sunscreen and a sweatshirt.
What not to Bring Campers may not bring electronic devices (cell phones, iPods, video games), toys, jewelry, or money to Camp Hero. The Armed Services YMCA is not responsible for any items that are lost or stolen.
Let’s Camp! Camp Hero Eligibility Camp Hero is open to children of military service members from all service branches. The military service member must be rank E6 or below and assigned to a San Diego military installation or San Diego based ship. Children must be between seven and twelve years old by August 1st to be eligible. There will be no age exceptions. Priority will be given to children who have not participated in either the after school Operation Hero program or 2009 Operation Outdoors.
Financial Contributions The Armed Services YMCA is proud to provide over 40 free programs to San Diego military service members and their families each month. Should you wish to make a contribution to the Armed Services YMCA in support of programs such as Camp Hero you may do so by sending your donation to the Armed Services YMCA at 3293 Santo Road, San Diego, CA 92124 or call 858-7515755 for more information.
a twenty dollar refundable deposit will be required to register for camp. Deposits will be available for return to parents the final day of camp or the last registered YES! outing, whichever is later. Should the family fail to cancel their child’s camp at least two weeks prior to the first day of camp or the child not attend camp, the deposit will be considered a donation to the non profit Armed Services YMCA.
Emergency Procedures Contacting Campers If you should need to reach your child during camp please call our front desk at 858-751-5755. They will take your message and get the information to your child.
Camper Illness or Injury If your camper becomes ill at camp our staff will contact you to pick them up. Please have arrangements to do so in a timely manner. If you child is injured camp staff will take whatever steps are necessary to obtain medical care. If we are unable to reach you and your child needs medical attention they will be transported to the hospital by an ambulance. All expenses for emergency Deposits medical care are the responsibility Camp Hero registration forms and of the parent.
Camp Hero Staff Karena Vigliotti: Program Director Beginning her third summer at the Armed Services YMCA, Karena comes to us from Massachusetts and is a graduate of St. Lawrence University with a degree in Psychology. Her energy, enthusiasm, and love for working with children of all ages has made her time at the Armed Services YMCA a tremendous thrill. Karena discovered a love for camp her first week at the Armed Services YMCA and is excited to see Camp Hero grow to a full week program this summer!
Andrea Fields: Program Leader Andrea joined the YCO staff last summer for YES! and is excited to begin her second summer at the Armed Services YMCA. A Southern California native, summer has always been her favorite season! Andrea is a senior at San Diego State University, pursuing a degree in Women’s Studies and Social Work. She looks forward to directing her passion for empowering youth and their families into meaningful summer programs for military youth. Lyndsay Calhoun: Program Leader Starting her first summer at the Armed Services YMCA, Lyndsay is a San Diego native and graduate of University of California, San Diego with a degree in Sociology. Her passion to reach children of all ages through education and recreation, has brought her to the ASYMCA from Vilseck, Germany where she worked with military youth and their families. She is eager and ready to embark on the fun exploration of Camp Hero!
Field Trip Transportation Camp Hero will travel by Armed Services YMCA buses for half day trips to local San Diego parks and for a full day trip to either the San Diego Wild Animal Park or YMCA Camp Surf. The following are some of our transportation safety practices: 1. Each bus driver is a Armed Services YMCA staff member who has completed comprehensive pre-employment screening including interviews, drug and alcohol testing, and reference and nation-wide criminal history checks. 2. Each driver is required to perform a pre-trip inspection for their bus before transporting passengers. 3. Each Armed Services YMCA bus is outfitted with seat belts and routinely inspected by the California Highway Patrol. We do our best to maintain a reliable schedule of departure and arrival times and accomplish all planned activities. Please do your part to help by arriving on time to camp and ready for the day’s activities. We appreciate your understanding that field trips are subject to change as necessary for health or safety of the campers and staff.
Important Times 8:00 a.m. Camp Hero opens for drop off
8:30 a.m. Camp Hero starts camp activities (Buses begin leaving for field trips)
4:00 p.m. Buses return from field trips
4:30 p.m. Camp Hero Pick Up
Camp Policies Drop Off Camp Hero opens for drop off at 8:00 a.m. each day. Camp activities begin at 8:30 a.m. and may include scheduled field trips. If you expect to be late or your child will be absent from camp please call the Armed Services YMCA by 8:15 a.m. at 858-7515755. Campers that arrive after field trip transportation has departed can not be accommodated.
Behavior Management Guidelines It is the Armed Services YMCA’s goal to provide a healthy, safe, and secure environment for all day camp participants. Children who attend the program are expected to follow the behavior guidelines based on the four core values and to interact appropriately in a group setting.
Behavior Guidelines: 1. We will care for ourselves and for those around us. 2. Honesty will be the basis for Pick Up all relationships and Camp Hero pick up is at 4:30 p.m. interactions. Campers must be picked up and 3. People are responsible for signed out by an authorized picktheir actions. up list. Please show courtesy to 4. We respect each other and the Camp Hero staffers by arriving environment. promptly for pick up. Campers not picked up by 5:00 p.m. will be Our camp staff is trained and is supervised by ASYMCA staff and expected to resolve behavior every attempt will be made to problems in a positive manner. In contact parents and emergency the event problems persist the contacts. If by 6:00 p.m. the child may be suspended or parents are not reachable Child dismissed from the Camp Hero. Protective Services will be called. Some acts may result in immediate suspension or dismissal including Attendance but not limited to: fighting, Camp Hero is a full day, weekintentionally harming others, theft, long experience. Campers and possession of weapons or routinely late to camp, picked up drugs. Deposits will not be early or late, or absent will be refunded for those dismissed from dismissed from Camp Hero. the program due to a behavior Deposits will not be refunded for those dismissed from Camp Hero. problem.
Camp Hero Weekly Schedule Monday
Wednesday
Camp Hero begins specific camp activities
Camp Hero begins specific camp activities
Camp Hero begins specific camp activities
Camp Hero Arts & Crafts
Camp Hero Arts & Crafts
Camp Hero Arts & Crafts
11:30 a.m.
Lunch
Lunch
Lunch
12:00 p.m.
Outdoor Camp Games
Buses leave for local field trip
Outdoor Camp Games
9:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m.
1:00 p.m.
2:00 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 4:30 p.m.
Thursday
Friday
Camp Hero Opens for Drop Off
8:00 a.m. 8:30 a.m.
Tuesday
Camp Games
Camp Crafts
Buses leave for YES! Outing
Buses leave for local field trip
YES!
Camp Hero local field trip with picnic
August 6:
Wild Animal Park
August 13: Project WILD Activities and Experiments Camp Hero Arts & Crafts Camp Games
Camp Hero local field trip Cabrillo Monument Point Loma Buses Return
Project WILD Activities and Experiments
YMCA Camp Surf
August 20:
YMCA Camp Surf
August 27: Wild Animal Park
Camp Hero Arts & Crafts Camp Games
Santee Lakes Santee Buses Return Camp Games
(lunch is provided)
Camp Awards Buses Return
Camp Hero Pick Up
Families encouraged to attend!
PARENT GUIDEBOOK
Free Day Camp for Military Youth Camp Hero It is tough being a kid these days – particularly when dealing with the stress of belonging to a military family. Our Youth Development programs help kids cope while providing them with positive, fun opportunities to get to know themselves and each other.
Camp Hero is a week long day camp that serves as an outlet for military youth to share their common experiences and receive academic enrichment all while making friends and having fun! The curriculum is designed to help children find practical ways to address the challenges of military life, provide tools to help them succeed in school, and improve social and communication skills. Kids learn more about themselves and their community with week of exploration and excitement.
This Parent Guidebook has useful information to prepare your child for Camp Hero as well as an overview of camp policies and procedures. Please take time to review this with your child and get excited about Camp Hero!
Contents: Camp Staff & Activities 2 Preparing for Camp
3
Camp Policies
4
Camp Schedule
5
San Diego Armed Services YMCA
Visit our website www.militaryymca.com for more information on
3293 Santo Road, San Diego, CA 92124
the over 40 free programs and services available to your family!
Camp Hero Staff Camp Hero staff are full time Armed Services YMCA Youth and Community Outreach (YCO) staff members that want to host an awesome summer packed with fun, adventure, and exploration!
CAMP ACTIVITIES: Operation Hero Frequent relocations often require military families to leave friends and extended family behind. Through a variety of activities, crafts, and challenging games, kids will tackle tough topics including making new friends, family separation, taking responsibility, and conflict resolution. Camp Hero is a chance for kids to build friendships and share common experiences while further developing their self esteem and resilience. These opportunities will take place in the classroom as well as in the community through two local field trips each week to San Diego scenic parks.
Project WILD The goal of Project WILD is to assist learners of any age in developing awareness, knowledge, skills and commitment to result in informed decisions, responsible behavior and constructive actions concerning wildlife and the environment upon which all life depends. Project WILD activities and lessons will be presented as part of the Camp Hero curriculum to enhance campers understanding of the world around them. Campers will have opportunities to further explore the Project WILD lessons through half day trips to Cabrillo National Monument and Santee Lakes Park. The trips are a chance to increase campers’ understanding and awareness of the diversity of San Diego’s ecosystems, wildlife, and history.
YES! YES! (Youth Enrichment Summer) outings afford children in military families, ages 7 to 12, the opportunity to explore a variety of San Diego area attractions. YES! outings take place the Thursday of camp and will include a visit to either the San Diego Wild Animal Park or YMCA Camp Surf. Camp Hero campers will have priority registration to the YES! outing not offered during their week of camp.
Our staff is passionate about supporting military youth and take pleasure in maintaining a structured, educational program in an atmosphere of fun and excitement. The ASYMCA takes seriously the importance of child protection and safety. We have specific, tested policies and procedures for all staff that work with children. The following are some of our proven safety practices: 1. The ASYMCA has comprehensive pre-employment screening for staff members and program volunteers, including interviews, reference and nation-wide criminal history checks. 2. All camp counselors regularly work with school aged youth in informal educational settings and are certified in pediatric First Aid and CPR.
Camp Hero Awards Families are encouraged to attend the Camp Hero Award Ceremony on the Friday afternoon of camp. This ceremony is an opportunity to congratulate campers and recognize their accomplishments from throughout the week.
Preparing for Camp
Camp Clothes
Camp Hero is fun. Occasionally fun can also mean messy! Dress your campers in old clothes so they are ready to play hard and get dirty! Campers are required to wear closed toed shoes and socks daily and should arrive to Camp with sunscreen already applied.
What to Bring It is recommended that you send your camper with a backpack to keep all their belongings together. All belongings should be labeled with your camper’s name before sending to camp. Camp Hero campers must bring their own lunch and water bottle to camp daily (except when noted in the camp schedule). Please send only nonperishable foods as refrigeration is not available. Please also be sure your camper has sunscreen and a sweatshirt.
What not to Bring Campers may not bring electronic devices (cell phones, iPods, video games), toys, jewelry, or money to Camp Hero. The Armed Services YMCA is not responsible for any items that are lost or stolen.
Let’s Camp! Camp Hero Eligibility Camp Hero is open to children of military service members from all service branches. The military service member must be rank E6 or below and assigned to a San Diego military installation or San Diego based ship. Children must be between seven and twelve years old by August 1st to be eligible. There will be no age exceptions. Priority will be given to children who have not participated in either the after school Operation Hero program or 2009 Operation Outdoors.
Financial Contributions The Armed Services YMCA is proud to provide over 40 free programs to San Diego military service members and their families each month. Should you wish to make a contribution to the Armed Services YMCA in support of programs such as Camp Hero you may do so by sending your donation to the Armed Services YMCA at 3293 Santo Road, San Diego, CA 92124 or call 858-7515755 for more information.
a twenty dollar refundable deposit will be required to register for camp. Deposits will be available for return to parents the final day of camp or the last registered YES! outing, whichever is later. Should the family fail to cancel their child’s camp at least two weeks prior to the first day of camp or the child not attend camp, the deposit will be considered a donation to the non profit Armed Services YMCA.
Emergency Procedures Contacting Campers If you should need to reach your child during camp please call our front desk at 858-751-5755. They will take your message and get the information to your child.
Camper Illness or Injury If your camper becomes ill at camp our staff will contact you to pick them up. Please have arrangements to do so in a timely manner. If you child is injured camp staff will take whatever steps are necessary to obtain medical care. If we are unable to reach you and your child needs medical attention they will be transported to the hospital by an ambulance. All expenses for emergency Deposits medical care are the responsibility Camp Hero registration forms and of the parent.
Camp Hero Staff Karena Vigliotti: Program Director Beginning her third summer at the Armed Services YMCA, Karena comes to us from Massachusetts and is a graduate of St. Lawrence University with a degree in Psychology. Her energy, enthusiasm, and love for working with children of all ages has made her time at the Armed Services YMCA a tremendous thrill. Karena discovered a love for camp her first week at the Armed Services YMCA and is excited to see Camp Hero grow to a full week program this summer!
Andrea Fields: Program Leader Andrea joined the YCO staff last summer for YES! and is excited to begin her second summer at the Armed Services YMCA. A Southern California native, summer has always been her favorite season! Andrea is a senior at San Diego State University, pursuing a degree in Women’s Studies and Social Work. She looks forward to directing her passion for empowering youth and their families into meaningful summer programs for military youth. Lyndsay Calhoun: Program Leader Starting her first summer at the Armed Services YMCA, Lyndsay is a San Diego native and graduate of University of California, San Diego with a degree in Sociology. Her passion to reach children of all ages through education and recreation, has brought her to the ASYMCA from Vilseck, Germany where she worked with military youth and their families. She is eager and ready to embark on the fun exploration of Camp Hero!
Field Trip Transportation Camp Hero will travel by Armed Services YMCA buses for half day trips to local San Diego parks and for a full day trip to either the San Diego Wild Animal Park or YMCA Camp Surf. The following are some of our transportation safety practices: 1. Each bus driver is a Armed Services YMCA staff member who has completed comprehensive pre-employment screening including interviews, drug and alcohol testing, and reference and nation-wide criminal history checks. 2. Each driver is required to perform a pre-trip inspection for their bus before transporting passengers. 3. Each Armed Services YMCA bus is outfitted with seat belts and routinely inspected by the California Highway Patrol. We do our best to maintain a reliable schedule of departure and arrival times and accomplish all planned activities. Please do your part to help by arriving on time to camp and ready for the day’s activities. We appreciate your understanding that field trips are subject to change as necessary for health or safety of the campers and staff.
Important Times 8:00 a.m. Camp Hero opens for drop off
8:30 a.m. Camp Hero starts camp activities (Buses begin leaving for field trips)
4:00 p.m. Buses return from field trips
4:30 p.m. Camp Hero Pick Up
Camp Policies Drop Off Camp Hero opens for drop off at 8:00 a.m. each day. Camp activities begin at 8:30 a.m. and may include scheduled field trips. If you expect to be late or your child will be absent from camp please call the Armed Services YMCA by 8:15 a.m. at 858-7515755. Campers that arrive after field trip transportation has departed can not be accommodated.
Behavior Management Guidelines It is the Armed Services YMCA’s goal to provide a healthy, safe, and secure environment for all day camp participants. Children who attend the program are expected to follow the behavior guidelines based on the four core values and to interact appropriately in a group setting.
Behavior Guidelines: 1. We will care for ourselves and for those around us. 2. Honesty will be the basis for Pick Up all relationships and Camp Hero pick up is at 4:30 p.m. interactions. Campers must be picked up and 3. People are responsible for signed out by an authorized picktheir actions. up list. Please show courtesy to 4. We respect each other and the Camp Hero staffers by arriving environment. promptly for pick up. Campers not picked up by 5:00 p.m. will be Our camp staff is trained and is supervised by ASYMCA staff and expected to resolve behavior every attempt will be made to problems in a positive manner. In contact parents and emergency the event problems persist the contacts. If by 6:00 p.m. the child may be suspended or parents are not reachable Child dismissed from the Camp Hero. Protective Services will be called. Some acts may result in immediate suspension or dismissal including Attendance but not limited to: fighting, Camp Hero is a full day, weekintentionally harming others, theft, long experience. Campers and possession of weapons or routinely late to camp, picked up drugs. Deposits will not be early or late, or absent will be refunded for those dismissed from dismissed from Camp Hero. the program due to a behavior Deposits will not be refunded for those dismissed from Camp Hero. problem.
Camp Hero Weekly Schedule Monday
Wednesday
Camp Hero begins specific camp activities
Camp Hero begins specific camp activities
Camp Hero begins specific camp activities
Camp Hero Arts & Crafts
Camp Hero Arts & Crafts
Camp Hero Arts & Crafts
11:30 a.m.
Lunch
Lunch
Lunch
12:00 p.m.
Outdoor Camp Games
Buses leave for local field trip
Outdoor Camp Games
9:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m.
1:00 p.m.
2:00 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 4:30 p.m.
Thursday
Friday
Camp Hero Opens for Drop Off
8:00 a.m. 8:30 a.m.
Tuesday
Camp Games
Camp Crafts
Buses leave for YES! Outing
Buses leave for local field trip
YES!
Camp Hero local field trip with picnic
August 6:
Wild Animal Park
August 13: Project WILD Activities and Experiments Camp Hero Arts & Crafts Camp Games
Camp Hero local field trip Cabrillo Monument Point Loma Buses Return
Project WILD Activities and Experiments
YMCA Camp Surf
August 20:
YMCA Camp Surf
August 27: Wild Animal Park
Camp Hero Arts & Crafts Camp Games
Santee Lakes Santee Buses Return Camp Games
(lunch is provided)
Camp Awards Buses Return
Camp Hero Pick Up
Families encouraged to attend!
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