CAMP FAQ'S

MEDICATION:

Parents will be asked to complete a medication form outlining any information we might need regarding your student’s medication needs. This form will be shared with your student’s room leader to ensure students needs are met throughout the week. This form is linked here. We must have a completed hard copy of this form at departure.

DEPARTURE/ARRIVAL:

Specific drop-off dates and times will be shared closer to the camp date.

When students arrive, they will enter the Family Life Center (the Gym lobby) doors, sign in, be reminded of bus/room assignments, complete the lice check, and parents can ask any final questions, drop off medications, etc. Once everyone is checked in, we’ll have a meeting/rally in the Student Center.

All students and adults should eat before they arrive, or bring lunch with them to the Grove. The total travel time is a little over an hour. The buses will make NO stops between HG and camp.

We’ll update arrival times that morning via Facebook, and if we’re going to be significantly later, we will have students call their parents on the road.

DRESS CODE:

Please remember NOT to pack the following: short shorts/skirts, spaghetti strap/tank tops, crop tops, ripped shorts that reveal underwear, shirts with inappropriate logos/pictures/words, or anything else that is questionable for a Christian camp. Girls MUST bring shorts to wear over one-piece bathing suits, even when in the water. Guys, no sleeveless shirts that are cut down the side. Check the camp packing list for more info on Crossings’ dress code.

LICE CHECKS:

This year we will have a ‘Lice Check’ during our drop off time. This ensures that your students do not have to worry about getting lice or face any potential embarrassment if we later discover that they have lice at camp. Parents/guardians, please do your best to handle it before hand. Unfortunately anyone who is found to have lice before we leave will not be able to attend to ensure that other students and leaders are not at risk of getting lice as well.

VAPING:

We don’t expect there to be any significant behavior issues, but a few things we want to reinforce: students must listen to adult leaders and follow their direction, be in and STAY IN their rooms after curfew, and we have a “no pranks” policy (they can go too far too easily). If a significant behavior issue arises, we will ask parents to come and pick up their students at their own expense.

VAPING – We have a zero-tolerance policy for vaping/vape devices at camp. PLEASE double check your students’ bags/belongings if you believe this could be an issue!

PHONES:

Students are encouraged to NOT bring their phones to retreat. They will have a better, more distraction-free week without their phone attached to them. However, if you decide to send your student with a phone, remember the following:

Their phone is THEIR responsibility. Neither Crossings nor Hickory Grove is responsible if it is lost, broken, or stolen at camp. We cannot and will not interrupt the camp schedule to search for a missing phone!!
Phones MUST remain in rooms – they may not be taken to any organized camp activities (having them out during free time for pictures is fine). This is a camp policy, and phones will be confiscated if outside of rooms.
If a phone becomes a distraction or an issue for any reason at camp, it will be confiscated and returned to the student on the bus ride home.
There is no wi-fi for students at Crossings, and the data-reception is spotty.
Students who do not bring cell phones will be able to use a leader’s phone during any free time to call home and check in with their parents.
Don’t plan on using the Bible app on a phone – students should bring a hard copy!

LEADER CONTACT INFORMATION:

Upon departure, a list of room leader contact information will be provided in the event you would like to reach your student via their room leader.

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