Please click on the links in the blue colour below to read each of our 2023 camp policies. When you complete the online Google Form registration for your Child you will have to click on the link in the Google Form to review and agree to these polices and consents inorder for your Child to come to Our Camp.
Please call us at 902-220-3280 or email at camp@venturepartner.ca anytime if you would like to discuss any of these policies futher.
In order to help protect the health of children who may have a severe allergic reaction to any contact with peanuts, Adventure Camp & Camp Challenge is a PEANUT AWARE CAMP and we strive to restrict peanuts from being at Camp. Please ensure your child or child-in-care does NOT bring any peanuts into our Camp.
Your child or child-in-care will receive breakfast, lunch and supper each day during their stay at Camp. Our daily menu will follow the Canada Food Guide for healthy and nutritious meals. We will also have a daily snack and hydration break both at mid morning, mid afternoon as well as at mid evening. If your child or child-in-care has any special dietary needs you can indicate this on the Registration and Consent Form. We will then contact you and advise you if we can accomodate your child's special dietary needs.
We will also conduct a head lice check on all children and teens as they first arrive at at Camp or the drop-off location. We strongly suggest that immediately before Camp, you have your children's hair cut as short as possible in order to help reduce and eliminate this issue for all campers.This also makes their hair grooming far more manageable in an outdoor camp setting and for swimming. Head lice can be a common health problem for many children. If your child has head lice, we may need to ask you to take your child home and administer the head lice shampoo which can be purchased at any pharmacy.
Many parents worry that their children will be homesick at camp, particularly if this is the first time your child has been to camp. However, if they do become homesick there is a good chance that our Camp staff can overcome the problem and most children make the transition to “camp life” relatively easily and happily - indeed by the end of camp most of our campers want to stay longer!
Here are a few suggestions for you to help your child prepare for camp:
● If your child has never slept away from home, arrange a trial weekend at a friend's or grandparents' house.
● Make Camp as familiar as possible. Together with your child, visit our Camp's web site and together watch our video from last summer, look at all the pictures and talk about all the great things they will have the chance to do and all the fun they will have.
● Make a list of your camper's questions about the food, sleeping accommodation, tent arrangements, washroom facilities or any aspect of the camp and its program. Then you or your child can call (902-220-3280) or email (camp@venturepartner.ca) for your answers.
● Involve your child in packing and getting ready for camp. Ask your child if she or he wants to pack a picture of the family and/or the family pet.
Please try to resist calling the Camp phone number 902-220-3280, just to check in on your child. We need to keep the line open as much as possible. Some parents actually find "camp week" far more difficult and stressful than their children. Try not to worry - most likely your child is having a really great time!
Our Policy is NOT to allow any calls home for the first 2 nights of Camp. If after 2 nights your child is still homesick, then we will allow your child to call you and your and your child can make a decession if you will come to the Camp to pick-up and take your child home
