COVID-19 UPDATES

FOLLOWING THE GUIDELINES

The American Camping Association (ACA) published detailed guidelines and protocols for operating a residential summer camp. Our team has studied these protocols and will carefully work to implement the health standards. As always, your camper’s health and safety will continue to be a top priority.

SCREEN & MONITOR

• We will be conducting a health screening of each camper and staff member upon their arrival to camp.
• All campers and staff will be checked for temperatures and monitored for any new symptoms that may arise.
• Washing and sanitizing of hands when entering cabins and general spaces around camp

CLEAN & SANITIZE

At SFR we have a commitment to have clean and well maintained facilities. Our staff will clean and sanitize cabin sinks, showers, & bathrooms each day and our housekeeping staff will focus on cleaning the high traffic common areas several times a day.

TEACH & TRAIN

Before camp begins, we will enhance and prioritize our staff training sessions to focus on personal hygiene & cleanliness. Counselors will be well-versed in our elevated health protocols and be given the tools and supplies necessary to maintain a clean cabin environment. Additionally, our counselors will help teach, monitor, & reinforce good personal hygiene practices in the cabin. We will consistently remind campers (and staff) to follow safe and healthy habits while they are at camp.

DINING EXPERIENCE

We are taking extra measures in our kitchen and dining hall to protect our campers and staff. Safety protocols will be enhanced for meal preparation, serving times will be spread out over a longer period of time. Facilities will also be cleaned and sanitized between meals.

CLEAR COMMUNICATION

Clearly communicating how we are mitigating the risk of COVID-19 at camp is critical to building confidence among our camper parents. With full transparency, we are eager to communicate the various modifications we are making at camp and will communicate Covid-related health concerns with families impacted. Our team is here to answer any questions you might have!

Prayer

Shepherd’s Fold Ranch is doing everything we can to prevent and limit the spread of communicable disease at camp this summer. We know we are required to do everything we can physically, but we also need to prepare spiritually as well. We believe The Lord has allowed us to be here “for such a time as this”. We are praying for you, your campers, and our staff – trusting The Lord will guard and protect us as we continue to pursue the mission of being a place in the country where you can do business with God.

For Summer 2023 we will not have open meetings on Wednesdays

Recommended guidance from The American Camping Association is minimize any any non-campers from being on site. This  helps keep the Camp environment as clean and healthy as possible.

We're minimizing any outside guests this summer. As much as possible, we will limit deliveries/ drops offs and advise any outside vendors to follow safety protocols advised by the ACA and CDC. Guests who need to come into camp (parent’s picking up campers outside of normal check-out times, etc) will need to do a medical screen before entering.

• We will have a staggered check in process. You will be emailed a specific time for check-in the week prior to the Sunday check in.

• Parents will not be allowed in cabins at check-in and check-out (don’t worry, you’ll still get to meet their counselors. They will help your campers get their bunks set up!).

• We will not be taking camp store payments on Sunday. Please do that through your online account before Sunday.

• WE WILL BE HAVING CLOSING CEREMONY AND BAPTISMS FOR SUMMER 2023!!!

• We will video record each of our awesome awards and email them out to the appropriate contact

Campers will be educated on early communication if they start feeling sick. If a camper starts to feel ill, they will immediately report to the camp infirmary. Based on their symptoms, our medical professionals will determine if the camper needs to be isolated or not. Our goal will be to remove campers or staff with Covid-19 symptoms from camp as soon as possible, rather than to isolate them for long periods of time. We will not perform or take campers to testing due to turn-around time for results. Parents will be notified if there was a confirmed COVID-19 case at camp.