Our Rules

Respect and Behavior

We feel it is important that campers come to camp understanding their responsibilities and our expectations of them. It is expected that campers will treat each other with mutual respect, follow the instructions and guidance of their counselors and other staff, stay in bunks between lights-out and wake-up, attend and fully participate in scheduled activities, be a team player, treat camp property with respect and respect others’ belongings and their personal space. This rule applies to interactions between campers, between campers and staff, between all staff, and between parents and staff. Respectful behavior is expected between all people at camp. This means between campers, between campers and staff, between all staff, and between parents and staff.

Gratuities

Parents may not tip staff members at Point O’Pines. Our staff members are aware of this policy and understand that they are receiving a generous salary and should not accept tips or gifts from parents. The acceptance of any tip or gift means immediate dismissal for the staff member without exception. Please protect our staff members by not offering gratuities that tempt them with a violation of this policy.

Money at Camp

Your daughter does not require money at camp. She will be given a sufficient amount of spending money to cover her personal needs on any trips outside of camp.

Prohibited Items

The following items are prohibited at Point O’Pines and will be confiscated if they come to Camp:

• any electronic communications device, including, for example, cell phones, tablets, Kindles, walkie talkies, Internet-enabled cameras, watches, music devices or gaming devices, devices connecting to the Internet or e-mail or any other device containing a radio transceiver
• any device capable of playing a video, except music players and cameras are permitted if they contain no video or movie content other than that filmed at camp 
• extension cords and power strips 
• any chair that is not the Crazy Creek style (e.g., bungee chairs, camping chairs) 
• portable dresser units 
• foam mattress pads (e.g., egg crate mattress pads) 
• excessive decorative pillows and stuffed animals (i.e., no more than three mid-sized items) 
• bed rugs and mats 
• bed skirts and dust ruffles 
• comforters 
• inflatable items 
• putty, slime and Orbeez
• feather boas

The following items are permitted at camp:

• Mighty Vibe and Campfire Player
• iPod Nanos or Shuffles and MP3 players such as SanDisk Clip devices
• cameras only if they contain no video or movie content other than that filmed at camp

Food

It is against camp rules to send candy or food to camp or to include it in your daughter’s trunk. All food and candy packages received at camp are confiscated and their contents discarded. Campers and staff may not have food in bunks.

Nut Free Policy

To help protect the health of our campers and staff, we have a nut free policy. This policy means that no peanuts or tree nuts (including shea nut, cashews, pecans, pistachios, walnuts, almonds, etc.) should enter our camp environment in foods or toiletries. We will read ingredient labels on food served at camp. We will not serve items where a label indicates that the food contains peanuts or tree nuts and we will use due care to satisfy ourselves that responsible decontamination procedures have been followed where products are produced in a factory that may also, upon occasion, produce products that may contain nuts. Foods that contain nut products will be considered unsafe. Please note that shampoos, conditioners, lotions, and toiletries that contain nuts or nut products are not be permitted. 

We would like to emphasize that we cannot promise families that children with allergies will not come into accidental contact with these foods while at camp, but we want to assure you that we will have taken precautions to hopefully prevent contact with these allergens. We want you to understand that nut products are not always obvious ingredients in foods, and many foods are not clearly labeled. 

In addition to the above guidelines, we ask you to help us implement the following measures for the safety of our campers: 

1) Families of children with food allergies must inform camp of the existence of said allergies, including submitted an Anaphylaxis Action Plan, allowing for an appropriate medical response for their child in the event of an allergic reaction. The Anaphylaxis Action Plan for each child with food allergies must be completed and signed by the child’s physician and provided to camp before the season starts. To the extent possible, children with known allergies should be taught how to self-administer their own epinephrine auto-injectors.

2) No one should ever send to or bring food or other items on camp property that contain nuts or nut products either for themselves or their children.

In addition, camp will be taking the following measures: 

1) Staff will continue to be trained to recognize symptoms of a severe allergic reaction and will be taught how to use an epinephrine auto-injector as per protocol.

2) We will educate the camp community regarding food allergies and teach our staff how to keep children safe with a view to making our community totally aware of the presence of allergens and precautions to avoid contact even when outside of our camp community.

3) We will be vigilant in monitoring campers when we are out of camp in public places that are not nut free. We ask families, however, to recognize that our best efforts will be greatly affected by the diligence of their daughters on trips out of camp.

Valuables

Although the Directors make every effort to safeguard the belongings of every camper, camp cannot be responsible for campers’ personal property. We do not recommend that valuable items be brought to camp.

Bunk Gifts

You may bring a gift for your daughter on Visiting Day.  In order to maintain the atmosphere of equality in camp, gifts for girls other than your daughter, including birthday favors or decor, are not permitted.  Bunk gifts will be confiscated in order that all of our girls receive equal treatment from bunk parents. 

Packages

We will accept large size flat envelopes (up to 11”x14”) that ONLY contain books, magazines, comics, stickers, stamps, spirit-wear, etc. If your child has forgotten something, please call us to arrange a necessity package. All packages will be opened and inspected. Do not send any food because your camper will not be able to receive it. Any non-approved necessity packages will be refused and returned to sender. See “Birthdays at Camp” for details on the exception to the gift package policy for birthdays.

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