SESSION 8

A Note from Your Camp Director

Dear Parents,

We hope you find this newsletter helpful, as it will give you in detail what lies ahead for the next week. Teen Camp is located at Main Beach, 300 Lakeshore Dr., Crystal Lake. Drop-off for campers is between 8:30-8:50 am and pick up at 3:30 pm. Drop off will always be at the boat launch or in the current senior camp lane by the flower pot close to the street light in the beach parking lot when seniors campers are not at the beach. The pickup location will be listed under each day below. When you drop off/pick up you will stay in your car. A counselor will come up to you to sign in/out your camper. Campers will not be able to attend camp if they are exhibiting any symptoms of illness. Supplies needed for each day are a bathing suit, towel, sunscreen, reusable water bottle, and a peanut free lunch or money to buy one from the concession stand. A completely disposable lunch may be needed on some trips.


****************IMPORTANT INFORMATION*****************

If you have not done so, please finish your Epact forms as soon as possible. You will not be allowed to attend camp until we have your emergency information.


Calendars, weekly newsletters and Maps as well as other information regarding Camp and ET Camp can be found on our website crystallakeparks.org. You would click on "Summer Camp" on the top right tab and then scroll down to click on your camp.


Teen Camp is held at: 

Main Beach

300 Lake Shore Dr, Crystal Lake, IL 60014

815.701.8099

ET Camp for teens is held at:

Rotary Building

431 Walkup Rd., Crystal Lake, IL 60014

815.355.6527

 If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please do not hesitate to call Jennifer Siesennop, Teen Camp Director or Mia DeSimone, Teen Camp Assistant Director, at (815) 701-8099 or email us at jsiesennop@crystallakeparks.org.

  • Drop off will always be Main Beach, unless signed up for AM ET Camp. Pick up sites vary daily. Please read the newsletter carefully.
  • ET Camp is held at the Rotary Building.
  • Please remember to send your child with a lunch & drink or money to purchase one daily. If your child does not bring a lunch or money to purchase one, we will call you to bring one.
  • No peanut butter/peanut products.
  • Pick up at Main Beach on Lakeshore Dr by the boat launch.
  • Please remember to notify the camp counselor if your child will be picked up early or is going to be absent from camp.
  • Any medication must be brought to camp with the printed medication form from EPACT and in it's original container.
  • Send gym shoes, sunscreen, bug spray and water bottle everyday!
  • Send swimsuit and a change of clothes daily.
  • ANY MEDICATION (including over the counter) must be brought to camp with the appropriate paperwork, signed by the Doctor, and in its original container. NO medication can be brought in backpacks or lunch boxes. It must be handed to a staff member. Medication forms can be printed from you Epact profile. Once you enter that the medication will be taken at camp, a form will appear. Scroll down to the bottom and print it to get signed by the doctor.

MON JUL 20

Drop-off Main Beach between 8:30-8:50 am

Pick-up Main Beach 3:30 pm in beach parking lot in senior camp lane close to the street light


  • Swim testing
  • Rock painting
  • Bring a lunch & drink or $ to purchase one from concessions


TUE JUL 21

Drop-off Main Beach between 8:30-8:50 am

Pick-up Main Beach 3:30 pm in beach parking lot in senior camp lane close to the street light


  • Make signs for baseball game
  • Bring a lunch & drink or $ to purchase one from concessions


WED JUL 22

Drop-off Main Beach between 8:30-8:50 am

Pick-up Main Beach 6:00 pm in beach parking lot in senior camp lane close to the street light


  • Field trip to the Brewers Game in Milwaukee, WI
  • Campers will be riding in a coach bus!
  • Bring a lunch & drink in a CLEAR BAG up to 12" x 12" x 6" (outside food & sealed, single-serving plastic bottles 32 oz or less are allowed. No hard water bottles.
  • Everything is CASHLESS at concessions or retail stores in the park. Can use credit cards, debit cards, apple pay or google pay. Cash-to-card reverse ATMs are available to convert cash into a prepaid Mastercard.
  • Backpacks not allowed
  • Pick-up Main Beach 6:00 pm


THU JUL 23

Drop-off Main Beach between 8:30-8:50 am

Pick-up Nature Center 3:30 pm


  • Nature Center & Veteran Acres
  • Archery
  • Bring a lunch & drink or $ to purchase one from concessions


FRI JUL 24

Drop-off Main Beach between 8:30-8:50 am

Pick-up Main Beach 3:30 pm at boat launch


  • All Day Beach Day
  • Tie-dying (please bring a white item ex: shirt, socks, pillowcase) if your camper would like to participate
  • Campers will have the choice to walk with staff to lunch at Taco Bell, Tommy's and/or The Freeze. Please have your camper bring $ if they want to participate. They also have the option to buy from concessions or bring a lunch from home.


Important Addresses
 
Main Beach
300 Lakeshore Dr., Crystal Lake
 
Rotary Building
431 Walkup Rd., Crystal Lake

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