Camper Policy
It's high school camp and your camper wants to run in the mornings. Are they allowed to?
Yes, as long as there are 3 people in the group.
You see your camper taking Tylenol for a headache at your cabin. What should you do?
You are walking up the cabin road and see an adult you are not familiar with walking down it. They greet you and keep walking. What do you do?
Greet them, stay with them, and escort them to the camp office and call Brian or Diane.
You notice we are having spaghetti for the 2nd time this week and you want a sonic. What do you do?
suck it up and eat spaghetti with a smile (:
At what age do campers not have to wear a life jacket in the lake?
High school.
You have a funky smelling camper- you don't think they are putting on deodorant. What should you do?
Go to the health room and get a spare deodorant and quietly and respectfully ask them to use it.
You notice your camper has been favoring their right arm a little ever since the game earlier today. What do you do?
Take them to the health room so the nurse can look at it now and then again tomorrow.
You are sleeping and wake up because your fire alarm is going off. What should you do?
Stop, think, look around you, smell for smoke, and make a decision. Door or window?
you have loaded up some stuff for a game and are driving to the Nelsen Shelter. You come across some campers walking and they beg for a ride. What do you do?
let them know that you would love to give them a ride but it's against camp policy.
Your campers arrive for chapel and you, being an amazing staff member, find a seat with some of your campers and do a quick head count. You realize you are missing one camper. Put these in the order you should do them and remove any unnecessary actions.
- call 911
- look again and quietly ask some of your campers if they have seen them
- go back to your cabin/DH looking for the camper
- report it to Brian and Diane
- look again and quietly ask some of your campers if they have seen them
- report it to Brian and Diane
Your camper just stepped on a broken light bulb at the cabin and is bleeding. What should you do?
Ask your co-counselor or another camper to go get the nurse.
Your somewhat troublesome camper just mouthed off about another camper or staff member and said "they are going to be sorry- wait until they see what I am going to do to them". You don't think they really mean it so what do you do?
Take the first opportunity to discuss it with Brian and/or Diane.
In the middle of camp your camper runs up to you with their parent and says they need to leave early and is ready to leave. What do you do?
- give them a hug and tell them goodbye
- help them get their stuff and tell their parent how much you enjoyed them, and accompany them until they leave
- check them out with Brian and/or Diane
- all of the above
all of the above
it is free time and as you walk towards the Nelsen Shelter you see 3 campers wading in the lily pond. What should you do?
Tell them to get out, remind them of no swimming except designated areas when the lifeguards are present, and then let Brian and/or Diane and their counselor know what happened.
It is 11:00pm and Brian and Diane have gone to bed. Suzie is terribly homesick. She is upset and just wants to talk with her mom. You are at your wits end and think calling her parents just might help. What do you do?
You wake up in the middle of the night to the sound of a camper losing their cookies. Probably in their bed or possibly right into yours. You should do which of the following:
- immediately throw up yourself
- reassure the camper
- call the nurse or B&D if the nurse doesn't answer
- yell at them because you are tired
- ask for assistance with proper clean up of bodily fluids
- reassure the camper
- call the nurse or B&D if the nurse doesn't answer
- ask for assistance with proper clean up of bodily fluids
Camp Emergency!! There is a fire that has come onto camp and you need to gather all your campers together and get them to a safe place. You take them to..?
The basketball court.
It is the second day of camp and you just realized you have not seen one of your campers for awhile. You discretely check around but cannot find them. what should you do?
While speaking with one of your campers you notice that they have a series of cut marks on the inside of their arm. You really don't know what they are, what do you do?
Ask Brian and/or Diane for advice.
One of your campers has just shared with you that sometimes they just want it all to end, that they just want to go to God now. What should you do?
Take them to the health room and let the health room worker know what is going on and then immediately locate Brian and Diane.
- carry them inside to a cool place
- call their parents
- shake them
- ask all of the campers to leave the area
- ask a staff member to go find Brian and/or Diane and the nurse
- - Ask a staff member to go find Brian and/or Diane and the nurse
- Ask all of the campers to leave the area
It just came across the GroupMe that a strong storm is coming and everyone needs to come to the DH. What do you do?
Proceed immediately to the DH with the campers you have and then check at DH for any missing campers, and then let someone with leadership know you are missing a camper.
Integrity is...
Something you should have whenever God is watching.
What are the five important truths of Westminster Woods Camp?
- dedicated to the glory of God
- love is the most important
- God's truth is the only truth that matters
- when you give a camper Jesus, they will never be alone again
- camp is for the camper