COVID-19 SAFETY

As we prepare to welcome campers in 2021, we continue to work on measures and protocols to keep everyone as safe and healthy as possible. The items below are part of a working document that we will review regularly during our summer planning to ensure we are doing our part to follow Department of Health and CDC guidelines.

COVID-19 SAFETY PROCEDURES

  • COMMUNICATION

    We will continue to post COVID-19 updates to our Facebook page and VLM’s response to COVID-19 page on our website.

    We will notify registered camper families/canoe groups of enhanced screening and registration procedures before their arrival at camp.

  • HEALTH SCREENING

    Parents and summer staff will be sent a Covid symptom check-list/waiver form to be signed the day their camp session begins, and turned in during registration.

    Initial onsite health screenings will be performed before campers exit their vehicles.

    Campers with a high risk of complications from a COVID-19 infection, or who are living with a high-risk individual, are recommended to not attend camp.

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UPDATES VLM’S COVID-19 RESPONSE

FAQs

Here are some of the questions we have been receiving as we prepare for summer camp. If you have additional questions as you prepare for time at Camp Hiawatha or Camp Vermilion please contact us by email or phone.

  • Yes. In order to keep everyone as healthy and safe as possible, we ask that you take the precautions needed to limit the exposure to Covid-19 prior to camp. This includes the CDC recommendations to wear masks, physical distance, and wash your hands, especially when interacting in settings that are not as controlled as school, work settings, sports, or your own home.

  • If you are able to drive your own child to camp, that would be preferred, but we appreciate that not every family can make the drive to camp twice in one week. (Plus, carpooling is good for the environment.) If you choose to carpool, please take the necessary steps to minimize the risk of spreading Covid to others. It is also very important that each camper has the needed paperwork completed and ready upon their arrival at camp. If you will not be bringing your child to camp, please be sure you have paid any registration balance, completed the health history information, and that you send the required Covid check-list/waiver form. Campers without the required documents will not be able to stay at camp.

  • Facemasks will be mandatory when inside buildings except for when in one’s assigned housing or eating/drinking. Facemasks will be worn outside when physical distancing is difficult or impractical. Parents should add one facemask per day plus a spare (7 masks total) to their child’s packing list for camp. There will be a limited supply of face masks at camp. We recommend two layered cloth masks that fit comfortably. Paper/surgical masks are discouraged as they are not durable or sustainable.

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