The Camp Environment: 

The Staff:  A Healthy and Fun Camp Environment begins with the staff that we hire to serve your campers.  We hire young people from around our region and around the world (over the past two summers we have had staff from New Zealand, Australia, and South Africa) to serve as counselors, lifeguards, and support staff at camp.  All Summer Staff are interviewed and undergo a background check before they are hired.  They arrive for ten days of intensive staff training before we ever have a week of campers.  During this time, our staff are oriented to the camp as well as all of our Health and Safety Procedures.  All Counselors and Lifeguards complete an American Red Cross First Aid and CPR Class during this time as well.  The Staff also takes time to learn about age characteristics of campers, and spends intensive time with our curriculum learning how to teach our daily Bible Studies.

Accreditation: Camp Monroe is accredited with The American Camping Association. This means that we voluntarily belong to the nation's only national accrediting body for camps.  The ACA sets standards in areas such as Operational Management, Health and Wellness, Program Design, Food Service, Transportation, and much more.  Keeping up to date with ACA standards helps us to ensure that we are providing the best possible care for your camper.  For more on the ACA, visit them at www.acacamps.org.

Health, Wellness and Safety:  We take seriously the responsibility of looking after our camper's health and safety.  During the Registration and Confirmation process you'll have the chance to document any allergies or medical conditions your camper has so that we can take appropriate steps to make sure your camper's needs are met.  When you check in at camp you'll have the chance to meet our Camp Health Supervisor, drop off any ongoing medications your child might have, and update anything that has changed since you registered for camp.  All equipment used at camp is kept up to date and maintained.  All campers are oriented to and use proper safety equipment when in activity blocks such as horseback riding or The Agogae Trail  Our adult to camper supervision ratios are set by the ACA (see above), and our supervision ratios at our pool and waterfront are set by the American Red Cross.

Small Group Camping:  Our camp model is set up for campers to build a close community with a small group of campers.  Each cabin group will be paired with another cabin (usually a cabin of girls and a cabin of boys of the same age group), to form a family group.  During the day they will travel to all of their activity blocks together.  All campers will have the same counselor all week which allows them to develop bonds with them, and also provides some familiarity and stability for those campers who may experience homesickness.  Campers are encouraged to bring a friend to camp to share the fun, but if not, no worries, we'll put you in a cabin with new friends waiting to be made!  Campers will get the chance to know campers outside their family groups at meals, swim times, and evening all-camp activities.

Summer Camp Description

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