Camp Our Time 2010: August 8 - 15
Now also accepting close friends and family members of young people who stutter
Staff applicants, please click here
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All of Camp Our Time's forms are available for download in writeable PDF format via the links on the right-hand side of this page. If you have trouble downloading or viewing these forms, or would prefer that forms be mailed to you, please email us at camp@ourtimetheatre.org and write "forms" in your subject line and let us know which forms you need. You may need to download Adobe Reader to open these forms. |
Camp Our Time
WHY CAMP OUR TIME? Since its inception, Our Time has performed across the United States and abroad. During its travels, Our Time has consistently been greeted with huge enthusiasm, along with the eager inquiries of kids and their parents, asking how they too can share the experience of being in Our Time. Camp Our Time addresses this need.
See photos from Camp! Visit: http://campourtime.blogspot.com
CAMP OUR TIME'S MISSION
Camp Our Time is open to young people who stutter, as well as their siblings, family, and friends (ages 8-18). The mission of Camp is twofold: to provide a fun, supportive, and beautiful environment where young people who stutter can express themselves in their own time without the fear of being ridiculed and also to serve the important function of teaching their family members and friends who do not stutter how to better support their brothers and sisters.
By opening this opportunity to family and friends of young people who stutter, Camp brings them closer together and fosters greater understanding. In all Camp activities, the standard Our Time principals are applied: everyone has as much time as they need to speak. No one is rushed, teased, put-down, or cut-off. Campers gain the confidence they need to be successful in the upcoming school year and beyond, regardless of the way they speak.
Camp Our Time is an environment where campers' voices and ideas are heard and validated.
OVERVIEW OF CAMP OUR TIME
Camp Our Time is a sleepaway arts camp for young people who stutter and their siblings, family, and friends, ages 8-18. Camp Our Time takes place at the beautiful Iroquois Springs in Rock Hill, New York, 90 minutes from New York City (iroquoissprings.com). Under the guidance of professional artists, Camp Our Time offers kids the opportunity to write, compose, choreograph, and perform original plays, music, and dances. At the conclusion of Camp Our Time, the campers present their original material at a performance for family and friends. In addition to these activities, Camp Our Time offers the kids a chance to play sports such as tennis, basketball, swimming, softball, volleyball, soccer, and more.
Iroquois Springs is a 120-acre campground, cradled in the beauty of the Southern Catskills. The facilities include a ropes course, a spring-fed lake, an NCAA lighted and heated pool, a Field House, a movie theater, nine tennis courts, two lighted roller hockey arenas, an indoor gymnastics center and an amphitheater. All campers sleep in modern, well-appointed cabins equipped with electricity and a bathroom with showers.
There is a fee for young people to attend Camp Our Time. However, Our Time provides scholarships based on the financial need of the applicant, and does its best to not turn anyone away due to lack of funds. The scholarship program is a key element to the success of Camp Our Time as it fosters understanding, acceptance, and friendship among a diverse group of people.
REGISTRATION
Parents, just follow these steps and you too can say you are the parent of a Camp Our Time kid. CLICK HERE FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF FORMS & DEADLINES
note: you may need to download adobe reader
- Step 1: Please contact us if you have any questions. Call 212-414-9696 or email us at camp@ourtimetheatre.org. Our staff will be more than happy to answer any questions you might have.
- Step 2: Register your child(ren) for Camp Our Time. Please fill out and send in Camp Our Time's enrollment form. If you are applying for a partial or full scholarship (limited availability) you must also fill out a scholarship application. Please note that we will not be able to notify you of any scholarship award amounts until May of 2010.
- Step 3: Complete the camper profile form so that we know a little bit about your child prior to their arrival at camp. Please answer all the questions as completely as you can.
- Step 4: Fill out the health history and health care forms. The health care form must be signed by a doctor, so you will need to call your child's doctor's office to set up an appointment. You will also need to include insurance information on the Health History form, so please make a copy of your child's insurance card to include with the form. No child(ren) will be allowed to attend Camp Our Time without both completed medical forms.
- Step 5: Read and sign Camp Our Time's behavior policy letter. The camper should also read and sign this form.
- Step 6: Please complete the camper travel form so that we know how your child will be arriving to camp, and how they will be leaving camp.
- Step 7: if your child will be taking any medicines while at camp, including aspirin, ibuprofen, decongestants, etc., you must fill out the medication chart. Please include this completed form with all of your child's medications in their original prescription bottles, in 1 ziplock bag.
Do not mail this form to Camp Our Time separately.
- Step 8: We invite you to familiarize yourself with the all important Camp Our Time information by reading our parent handbook.
HELPFUL DOCUMENTS
- packing list: it is important that your child arrive to camp prepared. Please read over this list carefully.
- parent handbook: This is a useful tool for all parents sending their child or children to camp. Please read through it and contact us with any questions you might have.
- directions to Camp
- hotel list - places to stay near Camp Our Time
TRAVEL INFO FOR CAMPERS, FAMILY, & FRIENDS
- There will be a show at 2pm on Saturday, August 14th, 2010, where campers will present their plays, poems, and music. The performance will be followed by a dinner for the performers and audience members. We invite you to attend! If you plan to attend, please RSVP by emailing us at camp@ourtimetheatre.org.
- For directions to camp from NYC, please click here. For a list of places to stay near camp, click here. Here are some other ways to get to camp: train to Middletown, NY (train station is 26 minutes from camp - PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU SELECT MIDDLETOWN, NY - there are 2 other Middletown stations in PA and NJ!!) and bus to Monticello, NY (bus station is 15 minutes from camp).
- If your child is FLYING to camp, please review these guidelines on unaccompanied minors.
Please read the information below if you are interested in becoming a Camp Our Time counselor:
- All staff will need to be available August 5 - 15th, 2010
- If you are interested in applying you must complete the online Camp Staff Application - paper copies of this application are available upon request.
- HIRED STAFF will need to have completed the following downloadable forms:
- Form W-4
- Form I-9 - form is not complete without ID - see instructions
- Staff Health Form
- Staff Travel Form
- Consumer Authorization (for background check)
Camp Forms, Deadlines, & Resources:
3. Scholarship Form**
(**only for those applying for financial assistance)
5. Health Care Form*
(*must be signed by a doctor)
7. Travel Form
8. Medication Chart***
(***do not mail - only to be included with any medications you are sending with your child to camp)
Due March 1, 2010:
- Enrollment Form
- Scholarship Form
- Camper Profile Form
Due May 1, 2010:
- Health History Form
- Health Care Form
- Behavior Policy
Due July 1, 2010:
- Travel Form
Resources: