How does the staff handle campers that miss being home?
Homesickness is something that takes place at all overnight camps. Part of the camp experience is for kids to learn how to spend time away from home, so our counselors are trained to do everything they can to comfort the campers and put them at ease. We want the camp experience to be enjoyable for the parents as well as the campers, so we try to avoid having too many “emergency” phone calls home. Counselors will spend as much extra time with individual campers as is necessary to help them overcome their fears of being away from home. If it becomes necessary for a camper to call home, pay phones are available at Ripken Stadium. Many times a counselor will also contact a parent to help better explain the situation and ease the parent’s mind. In dire cases counselors are instructed to make their cell phones available to campers.
