These will be chosen during camp.

•  EXTRAS:

• A Bible,
• life jacket if planning on a water activity (camp also provides),
• if planning on doing the bicycle trail riding – helmet, knee pads, elbow pads and other protective wear, and bike if you are able. It is NOT necessary to have a bike for the biking skill (the camp provides)
• if planning on doing the fishing - bring rod and life jacket if possible – but not necessary in order to take the skill.

 NOTE:     It is not necessary to bring “junkfood”  – you can spend up to $3/day at the Snack Shack. Money must be handed in at registration. Children/youth should not have money in the cabins.  

 DO NOT BRING:  CD players, ipods, radios, mp3's, laptops, cell phones, magazines or books, water balloons, pets or parents (ha ha).   Personal cameras are not necessary - we will send out a DVD to all campers.

Parents, please be prepared financially for the following expenses (none are mandatory):

Your donation, a t-shirt purchase, snack shack money

BELOW ARE RULES AND INFORMATION TO AID IN THE SMOOTH RUNNING OF OUR CAMPS THIS SUMMER

1. Pre-registration will be accepted only until our accommodations are full and providing we have sufficient staff. You will be notified whether your child is accepted for camp. Registration will be from 1:00-3:00p.m. on Sunday. Prior arrangements MUST be made if the camper cannot make it by registration time.  Call Danielle at 780-573-7636 or the church at 780-826-4801.  If camper is unable to attend camp please notify us as soon as possible.  Please remember to pick up your children after "wrap-up" on Friday (approximately 7pm).  If your teens attended last year, please note that this year we will be ending camp on Friday evening (not Saturday).
2. No cigarettes, alcohol, or illegal drugs will be permitted at camp, either by campers or staff. Should any of these be found, or in use, parents or guardians will be notified and requested to take their child home. (Staff will be asked to leave.)
3. The telephone is for staff use only. Campers will not be permitted to use it, either for incoming or outgoing calls, unless given permission by the Director or Nurse.
4. All campers will be required to participate in all areas of camp including skills, sports, games, chapel services, eating in the dining hall, and sleeping in the assigned dorms.
5. All campers must sign-in on Sunday, and sign-out on the last day of camp (Friday for Juniors, Saturday for Teens).
6. Camper-cabin placement will be at the discretion of the camp Committee.  Any "switches" will be done by permission of the Director and the cabin leaders involved.
7. Appropriate modest clothing should be worn at all times. (eg: no clothing that shows waist, no female bathing suits that show waist, no tube tops or spaghetti straps; boxers or other underwear should not be visible.)
8. All medications must be given to the nurse during registration. This includes staff.
9. Campers must stay on the camp grounds at all times. Permission to go off grounds can only be granted by the Director.
10. No one is allowed outside of his/her cabin after "lights out" - except for use of toilets.
11. Boy/girl physical contact is strongly discouraged (camp isn’t for dating).
12. Boys by boys cabins only, girls by girls cabin only.
13. No sunflower seeds in any buildings at/or by the campfire.
14. No caps or hats to be worn in the Dining Hall or the Chapel.
15. Any graffiti is to be done on the Autograph board outside of the Dining Hall, not inside or outside of any buildings.
16. A lifeguard must be present when swimming.
17. Campers must be supervised when using the watercraft and must wear a life jacket.
18. Campers must be supervised while using the trampoline. Maximum of two people at a time.
19. Maximum amount spent at the Snack Shack per day is $3.00 The money must be given during registration to Snack Shack manager."Leftover" money will automatically be donated back to the camp.
    
20. No rock throwing either at the beach or the sports fields. They are cleaned periodically and we don't need to add to the work.
21. Showers are for staff use only.
22. Laundry machines are for staff use only and are reserved for kitchen items and emergency items.
23. No physical violence and/or bullying; punishable by sending home.
24. No car or truck will be permitted to be used by a camper during camp. If you come to camp with a vehicle, it must be locked and the keys given to the camp director who will return them on the last day of camp. Staff may use their personaJ vehicles only by permission by the director.
25. Parents visitation time is during evening chapel.
26. DO NOT BRING:  CD players, ipods, radios, mp3"s, laptops, cell phones, magazines or books, pets , water balloons (or parents - ha, ha).
27. Personal cameras are not necessary (but fine to bring) - we will send out a DVD to all campers after camp.
28. All staff at Camp Shekinah will be screened by the Bonnyville Baptist Church.

To register, please send the registration form to:  Camp Shekinah Registrar, Bonnyville Baptist Church, 4111- 43 Avenue, Bonnyville, AB. T9N IS7or fax to 780-826-1886

After we receive the registration form, WE WILL FOLLOW UP WITH LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE.  IF REGISTRATION IS MADE JUST DAYS BEFORE CAMP STARTS, YOU WILL NOT BE RECEIVING A LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE, PLEASE CALL THE CHURCH AT 780-826-4801 OR DANIELLE AT 780-573-7636 FOR CONFIRMATION IF YOU ARE UNSURE OR HAVE QUESTIONS.