Camps

For Summer Day Camp 2023, there is a designated drop-off and pick-up area for each of the three day camps.

Drivers must use Sarah Davis Way to access all camp locations. Please follow posted signage to be directed to the appropriate drop-off and pick-up location for the specific camp.

Please see map below for drop-off route.

NOTE: This information may be adapted as needed to ensure efficient traffic flow.

• WEEK 1: July 3 – 7
• WEEK 2: July 10 – 14
• WEEK 3: July 17 – July 21
• WEEK 4: July 24 – July 28
• WEEK 5: July 30 – August 4
• WEEK 6: August 7 – August 11
• WEEK 7: August 14 – August 18
• WEEK 8: August 21 – August 25

For the 2023 Summer Day Camp there will be three camps with 30 participants in each, all offered at the Paradise Double Ice Complex, as follows:

• Camp Caboodle: children attending grades 1 or 2 in September
• Camp Wahoo: children attending grades 3 or 4 in September
• Camp Excursion: children attending grades 5, 6 or 7 in September

Registration Information

The Town's online registration system provides the ability to enroll and pay for camps online. Registration for Paradise residents will open on April 27, 2023 and registration for Non-Paradise residents will open on May 4, 2023. On both days, registration will open at the following times:

• Camp Caboodle: Full
• Camp Wahoo: Startng at 1:00 p.m.
• Camp Excursion: Starting at 3:00 p.m.

Once registration opens, you will have access to the registration portal. You will need to either "Create an Account" or "Logon to Account". For further instructions, please visit our Creating a Public Access Account Page. It is recommended that registrants create an account prior to the registration date and become familiar with the system.

To be eligible to participate in our Summer Day Camp programs, children must have attended kindergarten (at least 5 turning 6 years of age), and be going to no grade higher than 7 (no older than 12 years of age).

• Camp Caboodle: children attending grades 1 or 2 in September

• Camp Excursion: children attending grades 5, 6 or 7 in September 

Each camp program will run from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. each weekday.

Drop-off time is between 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. and pick-up is between 4:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. with no exceptions.

Weekly: $125 per child 

Note: Any additional costs are minimal and will be noted in your registration package.

Payment

Full payment is required immediately upon registration through our online system via Visa or Master Card. If you choose to pay by debit you will have to select the pay later option and come to the Paradise Double Ice Complex within 24 hours to make payment. If payments are not made within the 24 hours of registration you will lose your spot. If you are waiting on external funding, please call 782-3917 between 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

The Town strives to offer an inclusive program within the means and capabilities of trained staff and summer camp guidelines.

Summer Day Camp does not offer personal care or other forms of physical assistance. Participants must be able to attend to all personal bathroom and hygiene matters independently.

Respite workers hired independently by guardians to accompany participants are solely responsible for the personal and physical needs of the individual. Respite workers must provide the Town with a clear Code of Conduct with a Vulnerable Sector Check completed and will be permitted at the discretion of the Recreation Coordinator.

Registration Process for Inclusion Services 

1. Please register your child as per the registration process
2. Once you completed registration, please email and you will be provided with additional forms that will be required to be completed.
   • Please note that these forms will be required so that staff can determine if we will be able to support the inclusion needs of your child. 
3. The town will review all inclusion requests and will do its best to provide one on one inclusion services for your child that was requested. This means that we can take one child with inclusion needs per camp. (If the staff can support the required need)
   • We want to ensure that anyone requesting inclusion services gets a fun camp experience.
   • Please note you may not get the full number of weeks you request if there are multiple requests for inclusion services for one camp.
   • This will be determined once all registration is complete.
4. Town staff will be in contact to confirm if your requests can be met or not.

• Inform staff members at the time of registration of any special needs or allergies that your child may have.
• Refunds will only be given for medical reasons with a doctor's note provided.
• Children are required to bring their own lunch and snacks as well as an extra water bottle and sunscreen.
• Children should pack a change of clothes and rain gear each day, as we will be going outdoors in all weather.
• Sneakers are highly recommended. No sandals please.
• Should your child have an appointment during camp hours, please notify staff of when they will be dropped-off or picked-up.

Sign-in and Sign-out Policy

Sign-in

• All guardians are required to wait in the designated area outside the facility in their vehicles. When you arrive, please call the designated camp phone number to inform staff you are outside in the drop-off area. Staff will come to you to pick up your child(ren) to sign them in.

• Guardians are to remain within the designated drop off times of 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

• Children are not permitted to be dropped off in the parking lot in the mornings.

• Guardians are not permitted to enter the facility for pick-up (unless otherwise designated by a staff).

Sign-out

• Guardians must pick-up their child/children within the designated pick-up time of 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Guardians must call the designated camp phone number to inform staff they have arrived. Guardians must remain in their car at the designated pick-up location until a staff member brings the child to the door. Guardians will leave their car to meet the child on the marked pick-up spot by the exit.

• Only those listed on the registration form will be authorized to pick up your child/children.

Health and Safety Miscellaneous

Our top priority is the safety of our participants and staff. The Town will continue to sanitize all equipment to help mitigate the spread of viruses.

If your child is sick, please keep them home until they are symptom free. Staff will call home if a child is displaying signs of illness. 

Sunscreen Application Standard Operating Procedure

Staff will not be permitted to physically assist participants with sunscreen application.

Children will be expected to know how to properly apply sunscreen independently with some verbal cues from staff.

Staff will lead a group instruction when applying sunscreen, using physical and verbal instructions while monitoring participants applying their sunscreen. Extra mirrors will also be placed in the room for participants to use when applying sunscreen to their face and neck.

All participants are expected to bring personal sunscreen clearly labelled with their name.

Spray sunscreen will not be permitted.

Hats are mandatory and shirts that cover shoulders are recommended. 

There will be no sharing of sunscreen and no camp sunscreen provided.