Family and Group Camping Info Packet

YMCA CAMP GRADY SPRUCE

FAMILY & GROUP CAMPING INFORMATIONAL PACKET

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YMCA CAMP GRADY SPRUCE ACTIVITIES FUN YOU CAN’T FORGET! ACTIVITIES All activities will be led and supervised by our trained, certified, and talented staff. Arrange your schedule with our directors to be sure you can fit in all of the outdoor fun you can handle. OR don’t schedule any activity time! We will customize your time to fit YOUR specific group perfectly.

• Archery The arrow makes the most wonderful sound when it hits its target! Channel your inner Robin Hood, or Katniss Everdeen!

• Riflery Come on our to our shooting range and test your skill with a 22!

• Canoeing Canoe do it?! This is a great way to take a full tour and see the whole lake!

• Barge Ride to Devil’s Island Journey to the Island via the barge and explore a bird’s eye view of PK Lake!

• Low Ropes/Team Building Work on your team building and problem solving abilities...and great creative with it!

• Hiking to Johnson’s Peak This 1.2 mile hike is considered one of the “Crown Jewels” in the world of CGS hiking!

• Horseback Riding Teach the young ones to ride, or take on the trails around camp’s 865 achres, either way, have a blast!

The feeling of mastering new activities and stepping outside your comfort zone is an experience that will bring your family closer together, creating memories that will last a lifetime.

YMCA CAMP GRADY SPRUCE | 3000 Park Road 36 | Graford, TX 76449 | www.CampGradySpruce.org | (214) 319-9944

YMCA CAMP GRADY SPRUCE FACILITIES WHAT CAMP ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE: RAY BEAN CAMP • Cabins Each of the Ray Bean duplex-style cabins are equipped with central air and heat. There are 7 duplex cabins, making up 14 units, each cabin sleeping 12 (10 beds and 2 roll-a-ways). Cabins have a large bathroom facility including a shower.

• Retreat Center: Accomodates 32 (16 beds on each side with separate restroom facilities), has a full kitchen, separate meeting room with fireplace, a beatufiul deck and a covered porch with ceiling fans.

• Lyne Activity Center (LAC)/Meeting Spaces: In addition to the dining hall, the LAC provides 2 meeting rooms. One room could easily seat 100 people auditorium style, or 80 people around tables.

The Ray Bean Chapel & campfire site are additional outdoor meeting spaces.

MAIN CAMP • Pathfinder Cabins: Our newest housing units, sleep 16, 7 bunk beds and 2 single beds (one side of a duplex). Each have a handicapped accessible bathroom and a large community bathroom with private toilets & showers.

• Indian Cabins: Our original Camp Grady Spruce cabins that have been recently renovated. Each has 8 bunk beds, sleeping 16 people (one side of a duplex). Outside each cabin is a fire circle with a grill and picnic table.

• Main Activity Center (MAC)/Meeting Spaces: In addition to the dining hall, the MAC provides 2 meeting rooms, each able to seat 30 people auditorium style. The Oliver Chapel, Blackburn Chapel, Barry Chapel, and campfire area pose as outdoor meeting venues.

Ray Bean Camp Cabins

Main Camp Cabins DINING HALLS • Meal options are available to groups of 25 or more and are served family style in our climate controlled dining halls at designated times.

• Breakfast - 8:00am, Lunch - 12:30pm Dinner - 6:00pm • Food/Meal requests can be arranged between the group leader and our Camp Director.

CAMP STORE • Forget something while you’re here? We’ve got your back! Visit our Camp Stores to stock up on essentials, or a few souveniers! Stuffed Possum?

Now, you won’t ever forget PK Lake!

YMCA CAMP GRADY SPRUCE | 3000 Park Road 36 | Graford, TX 76449 | www.CampGradySpruce.org | (214) 319-9944

YMCA CAMP GRADY SPRUCE RULES WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: • Our Group and Family Camping Staff will help walk • All of our rates INCLUDE room, the use of most activites, and the assistance of Camp staff. through each step with you to coordinate and plan your trip. Scheduling, activities, questions, cabin selection, just give us a call! Our Family & Group • Your time at camp can look like whatever you’d like. If you want to fill every minute with Camping Staff team is beyond great, and their goal is to make this as smooth of a planning process as activities and games, we’re happy to help! If you’re looking to spend some quiet time on the lake and possible! Contact them today: not be bothered, we can make that happen too!

Nevin McCoy Groups & Family Director (940) 682-6277 cmccoy@ymcadallas.org

Allison Schwartz Group & Family Coordinator • Camp Grady Spruce is located 2 hours from the (214) 319-9944 DFW Metroplex. We host churches, scout troops, aschwartz@ymcadallas.org

• For groups of 25 or more, meals can be provided if you choose, or opted out of as long as you notify camp, in writing, either way no later than 7 days prior to arrival.

educational and community groups, companies, school districts, families, and essentially any organization without regard to YMCA membership or religious affiliation.

THE NITTY GRITTY: • Upon arrival at camp, the leader of your group • Drive only on designated roads. DO NOT DRIVE should register with the Program Director on duty PAST POSTS OR DRIVE IN FRONT OF CABINS OR at the designated camp office. Families check in at TENTS. Off-road vehicles such as motorcycles or the Ray Bean Camp Office unless otherwise stated.

ATVs are not allowed at Camp.

Check in is generally on Fridays at 5pm or later.

• Please keep furnishings in the buildings and leave • Use of the waterfront should only happen under items the way you found them. supervision of the YMCA Camp Grady Spruce Staff.

No boating or swimming is allowed without the • Use of alcoholic beverages and illegal drugs is strict adherence to the Camp Waterfront Rules. strictly prohibited on any YMCA property. The These rules are posted by the swimming areas.

YMCA has a Zero Tolerance Policy. Use of tobacco products by anyone under the age of 18 is strictly • There is no swimming, canoeing, or paddle boating prohibited. without a YMCA Camp Grady Spruce Lifeguard on duty.

• Smoking is NOT allowed IN any Camp building.

• Lifejackets MUST BE WORN by everyone in wa• Buildings and facilities not contracted by your ter activities outside of the swimming area. This group are “off limits.” includes the use of lifejackets while boating, canoeing, paddle boating or on the barge ride. We • Please leave your pets at home. No firearms or will provide you with lifejackets. fireworks (explosives) of any kind are allowed.

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Fires are to be built in the provided fire rings. A • YMCA Camp Grady Spruce is not responsible for fire built outside of a fire ring is dangerous and any items you leave behind. permanenetly scars the land. No fires area allowed during a fire ban. We will notify you of a fire ban.

YMCA CAMP GRADY SPRUCE | 3000 Park Road 36 | Graford, TX 76449 | www.CampGradySpruce.org | (214) 319-9944

YMCA CAMP GRADY SPRUCE PRICING LET’S TALK NUMBERS: The prices listed below include the price of lodging suitable for your group’s size. Unless your group has reserved the entire camp, please be aware that additional groups, families, and retreats may be in attendance during your stay. In addition, there may be specific buildings/facilities/activities that are restricted depending upon the weekend as well.

FAMILY CAMPING RATES* (non-holiday) YMCA Members Non-YMCA Members

$330 per family for the entire weekend! $370 per family for the entire weekend!

GROUP CAMPING RATES* YMCA Members Non-YMCA Members

$61 per person, per night $73 per person, per night

Meals** Adults (age 5+) Children (ages 4 and under)

$9 per person, per meal FREE

*Any multi family or group reservation of 10 or more people are considered a group. For this many people, we charge per person, per night. **Available to groups of 25+, unless scheduling allows you to join with another group.

ACTIVITIES Low Ropes/Team Building Horseback Riding Archery Riflery Barge Ride Canoeing Hiking Fishing (must provide own equipment)

$25 per person for 3 hour sessions $15 per person, per ride FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE

Our goal is to create a customized visit to encompass all or none of the activities that you invisioned for your trip. If there is something you have a question about or are looking for specifically, please contact us with your requests.

YMCA CAMP GRADY SPRUCE | 3000 Park Road 36 | Graford, TX 76449 | www.CampGradySpruce.org | (214) 319-9944

YMCA CAMP GRADY SPRUCE SPECIAL EVENTS THE IMPORTANT STUFF YOU WON’T WANT TO MISS: We have established some great traditions and become the venue for multiple special events throughout the year! Here are a few of the special family and group camping occasions and events we host! Be sure to keep in touch and check our website for details about these events and holidays as they pop up!

• Special Needs Family Camping Weekend Usually falls once before Memorial Day, and once before Labor Day • Board & Alumni Family Camping Weekend Usually in August after Summer Camp has ended • 4th of July Fireworks Festival We offer family and group camping all week long too!

• Trifecta Triathlon Each fall we host the venue for a great Tri! • Retreat Groups, September Planning Week September 1st-18th, 2013 • Winter Camping Specials 50% off Winter Camping Specials!

Polar Plunge - if weather permits!

• Memorial Day & Labor Day Weekend Specials On Labor Day we have ice cream making competitions!

• Spring Break Specials • Thanksgiving Holiday Camping • Christmas Holiday Camping • New Year’s Holiday Camping • Easter Holiday Camping

Want us to host your own special event? Let’s talk so we can put it on our calendar soon! Call us to schedule.

YMCA CAMP GRADY SPRUCE | 3000 Park Road 36 | Graford, TX 76449 | www.CampGradySpruce.org | (214) 319-9944

YMCA CAMP GRADY SPRUCE MAPS DON’T WORRY, WE’LL HELP YOU ONCE YOU’RE HERE TOO!

YMCA CAMP GRADY SPRUCE | 3000 Park Road 36 | Graford, TX 76449 | www.CampGradySpruce.org | (214) 319-9944