CHARACTER COVENANT (Camp Rules) You don`t know how

CHARACTER COVENANT (Camp Rules)
You don’t know how excited we are to have you with us this year. This is going to be one of the greatest weeks of your life. But, we need you to do a few little things to help us make this the best camp in
Gateway Students’ history. We’ve worked many hours to give you an incredible time.
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Choose to have a good attitude this week. You don’t have to be “real spiritual” to have a great
time, just choose to be positive and make it a great week for yourself.
Remember to make it an “other’s centered” time. Whether it’s your first camp or your fiftieth,
make helping others a way of life, from the first minute you board the bus until you pick up your
luggage to go home.
Be a servant this week...if there’s something that needs to be done, please do it and don’t wait to
be asked.
There’s a lot of adjusting to do when your family increases overnight. Please be conscious and
sensitive of others around you and their feelings. On the other hand, DON’T wear your feelings
on your sleeve. Remember, “if you don’t have something nice to say...”
Refraining from griping and complaining will make for a better camp for yourself and those around
you.
Groups are a highlight of each day. Please give them everything you’ve got for that little bit of
time. Be there on time and at every meeting and at least try to make the group feel like you’re
glad to be with them.
Please...be where the group is. You will have some free time during the day, but most of the time
you will need to be with the rest of us. Take advantage of these times and do not view them as
optional. There is plenty of room to roam around, but we ask that after evening services that you
relax in the area where we have gatherings or hang out in your cabin. Please do not take off in
cars or private vehicles.
To all our “Romeos and Juliets”...no PDA...PLEASE.
Everyone sleeps. We know that “sleepless people” change the tenor of everything and send all
our work “down the drain.” Please be mature enough to be quiet when we ask.
Everyone eats and drinks.
If you get sick or have a medical problem, please see the camp nurse.
Regarding “BORROWING” things from other people...unless you ask, you are stealing. Leave
your valuables at home. While we make every effort to ensure a crime-free camp, Gateway
Students will not be responsible for lost or stolen items. If you are caught stealing, you will be
sent home.
A friendly word about pranks–DON’T.
Now for the obvious...no drinking, drugs, or smoking. No weapons of any kind, matches, open
flames, or fireworks. If these items are found you will be sent home. Keep all of your electronic
devices (iPods, digital cameras, CD players, cell phones (we will make sure you get up on time in
the morning), etc. at home.
Let’s talk clothing. In general, if you wear clothing that is inappropriate (including, but not limited
to, inappropriate pictures on shirts, spaghetti straps, bikinis, etc.), you will be asked to change. We
reserve the right to ask you change for a more modest and/or appropriate look.
Students…
I have read the Character Covenant, I will abide by the above statements while at the camp, and I will
respect and follow leader instructions.
Student Signature________________________________________________________________
Parents…
I have read the Character Covenant and I understand that if my child doesn’t follow the camp rules as
stated above, I am responsible for picking up my child immediately at my expense.
Parent Signature________________________________________________________________
FOR OFFICE USE ONLY
Signatures________ Amount Paid________ Schol____________ Amount Due____________
CHECK-IN
• Monday, July 25 @ 9:45 am
• We leave at 10:45 am sharp
RETURN
• Friday, July 29 @ 2:30 pm (ferry & traffic permitting)
EMERGENCY INFO
• Cedar Springs Camp
4820 SR 92
Lake Stevens, WA 98258
(425) 334-6215
Or you may contact Josiah Perron:
(425) 530-6013
• Directions:
Kingston Ferry to Edmonds
Take I-5 North
Take the US-2 EAST exit for 0.3 miles
Merge onto US-2 E. for 1.9 miles
Take the WA-204 EAST/20TH ST SE ramp toward LAKE STEVENS for 0.2 miles
Keep LEFT at the fork in the ramp for 0.3 miles
Merge onto SR-204 for 2.2 miles
Turn LEFT onto SR-9 for 1.7 miles
Turn RIGHT onto SR-92 for 3.4 miles
DON’T BRING
These items will be taken away and given back to you at the end of camp:
• Personal listening devices
• Over-the-counter drugs
These items will be taken away AND you will be sent home—no questions asked
• Drugs
• Alcohol
• Weapons of any sorts
• Fireworks
SUMMER CAMP 2016
All middle school and high school students are invited to join us for the epic event of the summer.
Activities include: worship, great speakers, high ropes course, zip line, go carts, extreme laser tag,
rock walls, and TONS OF GAMES!
HOW TO REGISTER:
cut here
WHAT TO BRING
(Remember, it will be hot!)
• Bible and pen
• Sleeping bag & pillow
• Swimsuit (modest 1-piece for girls; no Speedos for guys) & towel
• Toiletries & flashlight
• Sunscreen
• Water bottle
• Sunglasses
• Tennis shoes & shoes for water sports
• Jacket or sweatshirt
• Sack lunch for Monday
• Money for the Snack Shack
• Prescription medications in their original bottle (see Medical Policy)
• A good attitude and willingness to comply with your leader
• Dress code clothing (We ask that you wear modest clothing. You will be asked to
change your clothes if they are too revealing.)
Middle School & High School
1. Fill out this registration form - front and back.
2. Go online to gatewayfellowship.com/student-page-camps-retreats and follow the Leader Registration steps. (Step 1 is filling out this form.)
LEADER
First Name________________ Last Name_________________
LIABILITY RELEASE for GATEWAY FELLOWSHIP
*If you are 18 and older, please sign and date the Emergency Medical Release below and provide
emergency information. If you are under 18, please have your parent or guardian sign and date the
Emergency Medical Release below and provide emergency contact information.
I acknowledge that participation in the activity described above involves risk to the Participant (and to
Participant’s parents or guardians, if Participant is a minor), and may result in various types of injury
including, but not limited to, the following: sickness, bodily injury, death, emotional injury, personal injury, property damage and financial damage. In consideration for the opportunity to participate in the
activity described above (the “Activity”), the Participant (or parent/guardian if Participant is a minor)
acknowledges and accepts the risks of injury associated with participation in and transportation to and
from the Activity. The Participant (or parent/guardian) accepts personal financial responsibility for any
injury or other loss sustained during the Activity or during transportation to and from the Activity, as
well as for any medical treatment rendered to the Participant that is authorized by Gateway Fellowship or its agents, employees, volunteers, or any other representatives (collectively referred to hereinafter as the “Activity Sponsor”). Further, the Participant (or parent/guardian) releases and promises
to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Activity Sponsor for any injury, property loss, or illness
arising directly or indirectly out of the described Activity or transportation to and from the Activity,
whether such injury arises out of the negligence of the Activity Sponsor, the Participant, or otherwise.
SIGNATURE* _______________________________ DATE________________________________________
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