Daily Activities

DAILY ACTIVITIES

We feel it is important for all campers to take swimming every year because we live on a lake. Nature and canoeing are also important for first year campers.

ACTIVITIES OFFERED

A Typical Day

7:45 Wake Up Bell
7:55 Second Bell for Colors
8:05 Colors
8:15 Breakfast
8:40 Cabin Clean-Up
9:05 Pow-Wow and Daily Announcements
9:30 First Activity begins
10:30 Second Activity begins
11:30 Third Activity begins
12:30 Lunch
1:00 Rest Hour begins (Mail & Bunk Notes Delivered)
2:30 Surprise! (Treat)
2:40 Fourth Activity begins
3:40 Fifth Activity begins
4:40 Sixth Activity begins
5:40 Free Swim and free time, Store open
6:30 Supper
7:00 Vespers at Council Ring
7:20 Evening Activity begins
9:00 Chocolate Milk
10:00 Taps and Lights Out, Junior line
11:00 Taps and Lights Out, Senior line

WHAT DO WE DO WHEN WE GET TO CAMP FERN FOR THE SUMMER?

Opening Day goes much more smoothly for families who have turned in all paperwork ahead of time.

12:00 PM (GIRLS' CAMP) OR 1:00 (COED SESSIONS AND BOY'S CAMP)

We want to provide the safest environment for your camper, so we ask that all campers have a head check before entering into the main camp gates. Head checks begin at Fern Retreat and run throughout opening day. If you arrive after 2:00 PM please go to the infirmary for the head check. Campers will receive a green wristband after he/she has been checked. We thank you ahead of time for your cooperation and patience. Counselors, games, music, and refreshments are waiting your arrival at Fern Retreat.

1:00 - 1:30p.m.

Families are greeted by the Camp Fern Counselors along the Ferny road. If we have received all paperwork, you will get a packet that includes your camper's cabin assignment, a map of how to get to that cabin and a brief history that tells you all about your camper's cabin counselors as well as directors. Parents who have not fully completed the health certificate will need to check in with the nurse at the Recreation Hall before moving into the cabin.

2:00p.m. - THE GATES OPEN!!!

Go to your cabin and get settled - if you HAVE been given your camper's packet. At the cabin, you will be greeted again by your camper's counselors, receive a nametag, draw for a numbered bunk, select a cubbyhole for toiletries and a shelf for sheets and towels and you'll probably unpack a few items. All counselors are wearing green staff shirts. They look forward to helping you in any way.

OR

Go to the Recreation Hall and Check In First - if you HAVE NOT turned in all paperwork already. It is very important that we have all the necessary paperwork before you leave. Please remember to bring your completed health form, permission form, application and payment if you haven't already mailed them in.

2:00p.m. - 4:00p.m. - Open House on Campgrounds

Feel free to walk around camp on your own or with a guide, take a boat ride around the lake and enjoy refreshments in the Dining Hall. Old scrapbooks are there as well for you to browse.

OR

Margaret Lee, Owner, would love to greet you personally and learn more about your expectations for your camper this summer. Don't forget to check out the new Camp Fern T-shirt and other Camp Fern goodies.

4:00p.m. - CAMP SESSION OFFICAILLY BEGINS

All campers and counselors will meet at the Council Ring (near the waterfront) for our opening Pow Wow. Parents will have left by this time. During this pow wow the counselors introduce themselves to the campers and get them pumped up about the activities we have to offer. After the skit the kids are dismissed to their cabin for scheduling and the raft swim. We have Sunday night Cookout for dinner, and then an evening activity.

WHAT DO WE DO WHEN I COME PICK UP MY CAMPER THE LAST DAY?

• 9:30a.m. GATES OPEN! - CHECK OUT in the Recreation Hall
• To receive store balances or handle overages
• To purchase Color Cabin Pictures or Camp Fern T-shirts
• TO SIGN UP EARLY BIRD

$200 deposit required, refundable until MARCH 1 of the following year.

OPEN HOUSE

This is a time for you to visit with counselors, campers, friends, and families you might have met on opening day or when you were a camper/counselor. Margaret is also available to visit, and looks forward to visiting with you.

• Pick up crafts projects in Crafts House. Watch your camper ride a horse or climb the Pamper Pole.
• 10:30a.m. 1st WAR CANOE RACE for next season (4 week sessions only).
• 12:00 noon Camp Fern session officially closes.