anyone hoping sleep away camps will still happen?
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Anonymous
| my 9 year old daughter supposed to return to her sleep away camp in the Berkshires. she will be inconsolable if it's canceled. the camp is saying they're still planning to open. but obviously it's totally unknowable right now. |
Anonymous
| Yep! I can't think of a better place to be in a pandemic. Hope they are able to open. |
Anonymous
| Yes! Would be great for my kids to be isolated with a bunch of friends at camp. I'm guessing it won't be as nice for staff - they will likely lose the ability to leave camp during their days off. |
Anonymous
| It's the biggest light at the end of this tunnel for us - our kid needs it, we need it, I really hope it will happen! |
Anonymous
| Still hoping too - our's is on Cape Cod - I don't have high hopes given how strict massachusetts has been with the lock down |
Anonymous
| Nope, it won't happen. |
Anonymous
| Still hoping. DD goes to a small camp in WV and this is the last year she can go (15 yrs old). She'll be so sad if it doesn't happen. The camp website just says they are monitoring the situation. |
Anonymous
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Yes. Still hoping and will send them if our camp is open. We just got our medical forms submitted today.
Two weeks in the woods of Maine. |
Anonymous
| Our camp already cancelled. |
Anonymous
| My daughters' camp just pushed her start date (as staff) back 1 week (with training done mostly on line). They said they are still committed to opening. We'll see. |
Anonymous
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I’m not trying to be a downer, but if someone comes to camp who is infected, it will spread to everyone. Our kids always came home from sleep away camp with some kind of communicable disease - usually lice, but definitely colds, too.
Sleep away camp is an amazing experience, but it does not seem like a great idea this year. |
Anonymous
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Girl Scout sleep-away camps around here hire tons of staff from the UK and Australia, and as far as I know they were still working within their regular hiring process earlier this year.
So I'd think that unless either A) flight restrictions are lifted; or B) they can scramble to hire from within the US, they wouldn't be able to open even if they wanted to. But their messages say they're still trying to work something out, so we'll see. They're always super careful with health checks at check-in, but unless they somehow manage to have have rapid COVID-19 testing on-site, it might still be a dicey proposition. My daughter is still hoping for the best, but I think has started preparing for the worst. Fortunately, she's old enough to stay home by herself if her dad and I are able to go into the office, but it's going to be a long boring summer compared to what she'd been planning. |
Anonymous
| No. And there's no way I'll send my child if it's still on. |
Anonymous
If the choice is day camp vs. sleep away camp, sleep away seems a hell of a lot safer. 2+ weeks in one place deep in the woods with a bunch of other people whose demographic is unlikely to present serious symptoms. Now if it's stay in quarantine vs. sleep away camp, quarantine will always be safer. Than anything. Except for the emotional well-being of the family. |
Anonymous
| Still hoping to send my teen to a small 60 person program. We will send DC if it happens. |