FAQs

We love to show off our incredible campus and facilities! We cannot accommodate in-person tours but hope that you will take a virtual tour of our classrooms and outdoor spaces. Please reach out to our Camp Office at camp@greenacres.org with any questions. We'd love to get to know you!

The Kreative Kangaroos program is offered as a 6-week or 7-week session only. We feel it is beneficial for our youngest campers to have consistency so they foster friendships, develop their academic interests, and build their confidence. Junior Camp & Senior Camp programs are offered as a 3-week, 6-week, or 7-week session. One additional flex week may be added to a 3-week session for a total of four weeks.

At this time, we cannot create unique sessions for individual families. If you have family vacations or other obligations which preclude you from attending a full session, you may enroll, however proration is not offered. 

Junior and senior campers may add one additional week to a 3-week session for a total of four weeks. This means a camper can come to the first session and then come back for GAC Cup! The flex week does not have to be in consecutive order, and only one additional week may be added.

Registration varies from year to year and there are no guarantees, but we usually can accommodate most of the families that sign up on the first day of online registration.  For the younger groups, occasionally we will waitlist up to 15 children and will return any applications over that number.

To limit the number of cars in the afternoon carpool line and to reduce traffic in the neighborhood, we urge camp families to form a carpool of at least three campers, to ride the bus, or to stay in the afternoon care program, which is offered from 3 – 6 pm. If, by law, your child needs to be in a secure safety seat due to the child’s size or weight, you are exempt from the carpool rule. In these cases we strongly recommend a carpool of at least two campers.

In an effort to reduce the number of cars coming through the neighborhood and in our carpool line, we have locations very close to camp that serve as satellite bus stops. There is a small additional charge to use the satellite bus.  We will also continue to offer our regular extended bus service. If you do not want to deal with our three-camper request for the afternoon carpool or want to be in and out quickly, a satellite stop might be the answer for you! 

Yes, you can sign up for one-way or round-trip bus service. You can sign up for the bus at anytime, even after camp has started (provided there is space available).

The overnight trip is optional. If campers do not want to participate, they may come to camp during those days and participate in their regular activities.

No, we are not a peanut-free camp. We do enroll campers with peanut allergies. We take appropriate precautions, such as requiring handwashing after eating and establishing a peanut-free table at lunch. In addition, we have an on-site camp nurse, and we conduct EpiPen training for our staff.

We have a pool on campus with a beach entrance and shallow teaching area, both designed for beginning swimmers. We use a Red Cross certified instructional program, which we supplement with our own lessons. We want children to develop a love of swimming at their own pace and only ask campers to put on their bathing suits and come to the pool. Once we evaluate their swimming skill sets, campers are divided into small teaching groups. Counselors are in the pool to assist the swim staff. Swim instruction is required for campers in Kreative Kangaroos through Unit E. In Units F, G, H & I swimming is optional.

We also offer private  swimming lessons after camp for an additional charge. For more information, visit our Swim Program page. 

We do not prorate tuition for any reason. You are certainly free to miss any days at camp, and we will work with you as much as possible to choose activities and communicate to the staff that your camper will begin camp late or be absent for a designated period of time. 

Yes, we do!

Financial Aid Instructions for 2023 can be found HERE. 

Our CAMP Financial Aid Request form can be found HERE

Forms need to be signed by all parents/guardians. All information will be kept confidential. To be considered, all financial aid information and forms need to be submitted by March 1, 2022.

Financial aid will be awarded by March 17th. If you have any further questions, please reach out to camp@greenacres.org 

Campers bring a lunch daily, and we provide milk and water to drink. The lunches are not refrigerated. A healthy snack is provided for all campers.