Cedarbrook Camp of Ohio is located outside, and we do have mosquitoes (who doesn’t?). This can be worrisome in an age of mosquito-borne diseases like the West Nile virus. (People with the highest risk to the West Nile virus are people over 50 years old.) We encourage campers to wear long-sleeved shirts and pants during the dusk hours when most of the mosquitoes like to go hunting. Also, you should send your camper with some kind of bug repellant. Consumer Reports has reported about which ones last the longest and work the best. There are also mosquito magnets and other non-spray repellants.
Excellent question. You need nothing special. If you wish, during 1st and 3rd week, we will have a pirate party! You may bring pirate stuff!! During 2nd week, we will have a luau! Don’t forget to check out the What to Bring List from the Document Center in your UltraCamp menu.
We believe in helping everyone—campers and staff—grow to Christian maturity. It is easy to see God’s handiwork when you’re out in nature every day. We encourage campers to learn different skills or become more proficient in one they already know. We also encourage leadership among the campers and staff.
We follow the ACA guidelines to keeping our cabin groups small. We have a 1:6 ratio for campers going into grades 3-4. For campers going into grades 5-6, we have a 1:7 ratio and for the older campers, we have a 1:8 ratio. Usually we can do much better than this through co-counseling and the ratios can become as low as 1:4.
We have a set pattern to follow when a camper is a disciplinary problem. We sit down with the camper or campers to hear their side of the event, we brainstorm on how things could have gone better and why this wasn’t the best way to do things. Then we let them choose what they are going to do to correct their behavior. If this doesn’t work, we then bring in our trained director to help with other ideas. Rarely do we need to call home, but we do if they continue to have discipline problems.