Healthy and Safe Camp Complete health and safety procedures will be released at a later date. This will include our response plan and procedures should suspected or confirmed communicable disease case occur at camp.
Check-In Process
Check-Out Process
We ask that all campers, families, and staff members arrive to camp healthy, well, and masked! We are re-vamping our check-in process this year as a part of our additional health and safety practices. Check in will be similar to a drive-thru experience where campers will be driven through stations for health screening and luggage drop-off, before saying a quick goodbye in the car and hopping out to join in on the fun! Reminder: families should be masked during the check-in process.
We will be completing our check-out of camp process in a very similar way to the drive-thru check-in process. Families will pick-up their camper, camper’s luggage, and any memorabilia from camp (arts and crafts, trading post items, etc.) at different stations along the pick-up route. Reminder: families should be masked during the check-out process.
Health Screening The health screening process will look a little different this year as well. Prior to check-in day, a camp health team member will review the camper’s health history information. During check-in, a camp health team member will conduct a health screening for every camper. Our Camp Health Team members will be wearing personal protective equipment (mask, shield or goggles, gloves, and gown) and campers will be masked. Then during the screening, the health team member will take the camper’s temperature and inspect child for visible symptoms of COVID-19 in addition to other health screening measures.
Symptom Screening
Pre-Camp Health History We are continuing to require the completion of a PreCamp Health History Form for each camper and staff. New this year, this form will be digital to complete prior before arrival at camp. This will allow our Camp Health Team to review the information ahead of time, making the check-in process even more efficient. More information on this new system to come.
Camp Modifications Our goal is to continue to offer a traditional camp experience, while staying safe this summer. There will be modifications made to camp, but we will try our best to balance typical camp activities, programming, and traditions with the important task of communicable disease prevention.
Symptom Screening will be implemented during the check-in process and twice-daily throughout your camper’s session. Symptom Screening will consist of questions asking all campers and staff if they feel well and healthy, if the camper or staff member have COVID-19 related symptoms, have been diagnosed with COVID-19, are waiting for test results, or have been exposed or in close contact to someone with symptoms or a confirmed or suspected case. During these twice-a-day screenings we will check campers’ and staff members’ temperature to ensure there is no fever and verbally ask if they have any COVID-19 related symptoms. The CDC defines close contact as being within 6 feet of someone who has COVID-19 for a total of 15 minutes or more, provided care at home to someone who is sick with COVID-19, had direct physical contact with the person (hugged or kissed them), shared eating or drinking utensils, or if the person with COVID-19 sneezed, coughed, or somehow got respiratory droplets on you. The CDC lists COVID-19 related symptoms as fever, chills, cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, fatigue, muscle or body aches, headache, new loss of taste or smell, sore throat, congestion or runny nose, nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea.
Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions (NPIs) are communicable disease prevention strategies that do not include medication. We will be implementing many NPIs at camp this year. Some of these non-pharmaceutical interventions include cohorting, face masks, hand hygiene, cleaning and sanitation, facilities ventilation, physical distancing, and symptom screening. 10 Girl Scouts of the Missouri Heartland
