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Topics covered: • Activity Appropriate Shoes • Birthdays at Coleman • Bar/Bat Mitzvah Tutoring • To Bring or Not To Bring • Bunk Assignments • Care Packages • Clothing & Appropriate Dress • Confidential Information about your camper • General Contact Information for Parents & Campers • Contacting the Camp during the Summer • Contacting the Camp on Opening & Closing Day • Camp Dates & Times • Dietary Needs • Driving to Camp • E-Mails • Gratuities & Tips • Insurance Policy • Intersession • Keeping in touch with your camper • Other ways to Keep In Touch • Luggage • Summer office hours • Packing • Standard Protocol for Making & Returning Parent Phone Calls... • Photos • Programming • The Camp Play • Safety and Security • Supervisors • Visitation Policy • A Special Note About Year-Round Internet Networking
Activity Appropriate Shoes
Camp Coleman has a very hilly terrain and the paths can be rocky. This is one important reason to come to camp with the appropriate shoes. The other important thing to keep in mind in preparing for camp is activity appropriate shoes.
Campers are expected to wear Sneakers for Sports, Etgar (Challenge activities, like Ropes Course, Climbing Tower, Mountain Biking, Zip Line, etc.) or anything physically challenging.
**Please Note**
Campers may have to plan ahead for their activities for the 3 morning periods or for the 3 afternoon periods. For example, if your camper has Israeli Scouting first period, Arts & Crafts second period and Sports third period s/he will need to wear sneakers all morning as there is no time between activity periods to go back to the bunk to change shoes. Keep in mind it is more important to wear sneakers to Sports than it is to wear aqua-socks to Swimming, so if campers have