Summer Camp Info
MONDAY MORNING REGISTRATION
9:00 AM is when our registration line opens and it runs until 11:30 AM (Our Wild West Shoot-out is at 10:45 AM). You’ll be met at the Circle C Ranch front gate by one of our staff who will welcome you and give you some brief instructions which will include telling you to have all medication for your child ready so that you can turn it into the camp nurse when you go through the registration line. Your child’s luggage will be unloaded for you and placed on the front porch of the Dining Hall to be picked up after you register. (Please have all of your child’s belongings marked with his or her name, we are not responsible for lost articles.) You’ll park your vehicle and proceed through registration where you’ll pay your remaining balance, turn in your child’s spending money (See-Tuck & Tack), check in with the camp nurse if you have any medications to turn in, and meet your child’s counselor who will help you with your luggage and get you child all settled into his or her cabin, ready to start an awesome week!
SATURDAY SCHEDULE- EVERY CAMPER MUST BE PICKED UP BY 12:00 NOON
Each week the entire camp is divided into two teams: Daltons and Clantons. The campers participate in team competitions throughout the week. On Saturday the points are totaled and at approximately 9:30 AM the End of the Week Blowout will be held in our Chapel to announce the winning team and show highlights from the week. You as a parent are invited to attend this and JUST AS A WARNING – IT IS LOUD AND FUN!! It will conclude by 10:30 AM.
*** The only exception to this is during our half week (June 23-25) the program will happen at 6:30 PM and finish at 7:30 PM ***
Please be sure to pick up your child’s medications at the Nurse’s Office before you leave.
WHAT TO PACK
Bring clothes your child can have fun in and not be afraid to get a little dirty. Bring towels, soap, toothbrush, cup, sleeping bag or sheet and blankets, pillow, bathing suit ( NO two-piece suits), jacket, cowboy boots or shoes with a one inch heel for horseback riding (this is a STATE LAW), Bible and pen, flashlight, raingear, and any other toiletry items they might need.
ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ALLOWED AT CAMP ARE AS FOLLOWS: NO tobacco, matches, alcohol, narcotics, or T- shirts that advertise rock groups, drugs, alcohol, or tobacco. NO midriffs or halters or low cut tank tops. Modesty in dress is the rule of thumb. NO radios, CD’S, tape players, MP 3’s or I Pod’s. NO playing cards or other games – we provide all of the fun you can stand! NOTE: mid-thigh shorts or longer are acceptable. Pants can be worn anytime, but MUST be worn for horseback riding. Also, bring spending money for Miss Kate’s and The Country Store.
TUCK & TACK
This is our camp banking system that we use for most weeks of camp (Teen Weeks may be the exception). When you go through registration you’ll turn in any spending money you want your child to have for the week. We take this money at registration time and put it in our Tuck & Tack account under your child’s name. On Monday during Tuck & Tack time at Miss Kate’s Place & The Country Store, your child will receive their card and instructions on how everything works. The procedure is this: each child goes to the counter where their account is kept so they can take out money for spending. Each Tuck & Tack card has their name and cabin on it and is worth $1, $2, or $3. They can take out as much money as they want to spend each day. This system helps us keep track of your child’s money so if they misplace their card their name is on it and we can get it back to them when it is found. Any money they do not spend from their account will be given back to them on Saturday morning.
TYPICAL DAILY SCHEDULE
Each morning and afternoon is broken up into forty minute rotating periods where campers go through all of the different activities such as swimming, sports, rock climbing, lasertron, adventure course, horse back riding, and Tuck & Tack. They even have a period of small group time set aside for each individual counselor and their campers to be able to get to know each other better and learn together. Each evening features some wild and wacky age-graded group competitions, an exciting chapel program, free time in Miss Kate’s and special activities like hay rides.
CAMP STANDARDS
We take your trust very seriously here at Circle C Ranch and are committed to doing everything we can to provide a safe, fun, and spiritually meaningful camping experience for your child. To help us accomplish this, every Monday during our lunch period we communicate the following rules and behavioral standards to all of our campers:
1. Whenever anyone in authority is speaking please give them your full attention. Obey any instructions they give you.
2. Everyone is to display good Christian conduct – which means no abusive or dirty language. Be kind and encouraging to everyone.
3. No throwing stones.
4. Keep athletics and all running to the soccer field, basketball court, and volleyball court.
5. No physical contact – boys with girls, boys with boys, girls with girls.
6. No horseplay – i.e.: wrestling, pillow fights, towel snapping, etc. if another camper is doing this to you, tell your counselor. Do not try to get them back.
7. No bullying.
8. No crossing the “Imaginary Line” which runs up the middle of the town (except for Belle Starr). Boys are not to be in or around girl’s cabins and vice-versa.
9. Stay in your cabin after lights out until 7:00 AM the next morning. Listen for the bell at this time. (Necessary visits to the bathroom and Nurse’s office are exceptions).
10. Stay in your own cabin area. Enter your cabin through the door and not the windows.
11. Stay out of other people’s belongings.
12. Do not touch the fire doors or fire extinguishers.
13. All injuries are to be reported to the Camp Nurse.
14. Hats are to be taken off while in Chapel.
15. T- shirts with rock and /or drugs or alcohol slogans are not acceptable.
16. Sleeveless shirts are allowed, but low-cut tank tops are not. Modest clothing is the rule of thumb.
17. Give all pocket knives, playing cards, cigarettes, matches, and lighters to the Program Director immediately. Your name will be put on them and they will be returned to you when you leave.
18. Give any illegal drugs or alcohol directly and immediately to the Program Director. They will be destroyed. If found during the week, the authorities will be brought in to deal with the situation.
19. Stay out from behind the Sheriff’s Office and The Country Store.
20. Do not deface property.
DISCIPLINE PROCEDURES
We are very serious about the above standards because it is our deepest desire that your child has a fantastic week here at Circle C. Should a camper choose not to abide by these standards, our camping staff will take appropriate action which will include one or more of the following: 1 – a verbal warning; 2 – a verbal reprimand; 3 – a loss of privileges for one or more periods during a day; 4 – dismissal from camp ( no refund of money). We reserve the right to accelerate this process if deemed necessary. Should your child violate a rule or behavioral standard requiring a # 3 or # 4 disciplinary response, you will be contacted by our Program Director. It is never our desire to dismiss a child from camp, but we will take the necessary steps to ensure that each camper, as stated before, has an opportunity for a safe, fun, and spiritually meaningful camping experience. We are passionate about this because simply put, WE LOVE KIDS !!!!!!
JUST A REMINDER
Circle C Ranch insurance is the Secondary Provider in cases of accident or injury.
ANY QUESTIONS?
If you have any more questions that we can help you with, you can contact us in the following ways: Phone: (716) 492-3687, E-mail: info@circlecranch.org , or Fax number: (716) 492-1361.
THANK YOU, for choosing Circle C Ranch! We’ll do our best to give your child a week filled with lots of great experiences and many wonderful lasting memories.