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Last updated: 12/21/2024. This is a living document and will be updated regularly. Please check back and see if our plans have evolved or changed before your camp or workshop.
illness protocols 2025
Our in-person programs in 2025 will be mask and distance optional for most people in most situations. We will continue to actively support people who choose to mask and distance. Someone who wishes to mask and distance should be able to do that with ease during all of our seated activities. Our Spring and Summer Camp activities take place outdoors with few exceptions. During the winter we use an indoor studio space.
We do like to KNOW when people coming to camp have been SICK or exposed to illness. Please call us if you are coming to camp and you or someone you have been exposed to is symptomatic or has been sick recently or tested positive for COVID or other illnesses. There may be some precautions for these people. We have a camp nurse who advises us about specific situations.
CONSENT, PERSONAL SPACE & DIRECT PHYSICAL CONTACT
- We teach consent and expect consent when entering someone’s personal space or exchanging physical contact.
- We are comfortable with people in the camp community exchanging elbow bumps, fist bumps, and hugs WITH CONSENT, understanding that for some people close contact is not comfortable for a variety of reasons.
how it works on the ground at camp ~ all the practical stuff!
health check in everyday before leaving home
Check in with yourself and/or your camper each day before leaving for camp. Intentionally ask, “How do you feel?” If campers or staff are symptomatic, if there is sneezing, coughing, runny nose, sore throat, fever, nausea, etc., we would like you to stay home, call us, and wait for symptoms to resolve. In addition, you will need to get a COVID test before coming back to camp.
if you are sick, or have tested positive for COVID, or have had a known contact with someone who tested positive for COVID—
If you or your camper are recovering from COVID, have had known contact with people who have tested positive, or are feeling sick in ANY WAY, we want you to call Louise the camp director: 919-542-5599. We expect a CALL if any of the following applies to you:
If you or your camper is symptomatic in ANY WAY— call the director. We will ask you to test for COVID, and if you test negative, depending on the severity of the symptoms, we will assess together whether you or your camper can come to camp.- If you or your campers have tested positive for COVID in the 10 days prior to camp— call the director.
- If you or your camper had a known contact with someone who tested positive for COVID in the 10 days prior to camp— call the director.
- If you are living with someone who has tested positive— call the director.
- If you test positive during the camp week— call the director. In all of these circumstances we will consult our nurse and let you know what to do.
hand hygiene
We will have hand washing stations and hand sanitizer available, and people will be encouraged to clean their hands often. COVID is airborne, but lots of other illnesses aren’t, so hand hygiene is still a great idea!
car pooling
Carpooling is set up by parents, not camp, but we will provide contact information and locations so parents who can contact one another.
We suggest that families openly discuss what they want in terms of illness precautions in the car before setting up a carpool. Please respect each family’s decisions as to what is acceptable to them for managing risk.
To be specific, you may want to talk about these questions:
- Has anyone in the carpool been sick in the last week or 2?
- Has anyone tested for COVID in the past week? Do they have the results?
- Other questions you may have! We’re not suggesting our questions are comprehensive; again, carpooling is up to families and not the responsibility of camp.
patience and grace while we continue to navigate COVID
Thank you for reading our illness protocol document. Camp in the time of a global pandemic has been challenging! Although the risks of COVID have abated for many of us, we are aware that some of our campers are in medically vulnerable situations. We try and strike a balance between considering families in special circumstances and responding to the needs of our entire community. We also like to avoid illness of any kind running through camp when we can. Your patience and grace is deeply appreciated!
