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Parent Portal

This Parent’s Guide is intended to make your child’s camp experience as enjoyable as possible by providing you with useful information all in one place. In order to provide your child with the safest and most engaging experience possible, we are constantly updating and improving our policies.

If you have any questions or concerns, please be in contact with your local Salvation Army representative. We look forward to having a GREAT summer with your child.

Creating A Partnership

TRUST

You may have chosen Camp Heart O’ Hills because of its location, facilities, programming, or because of The Salvation Army’s presence in your community. We want you to feel confident that you have made the right choice and that your child will be cared for while attending Camp Heart O’ Hills. We want to ease your concerns as you prepare your child for his/her camp experience, as you entrust them into our care.

Please be assured that all staff members, drivers, and anyone who comes into contact with campers have taken Safe From Harm, a child safety course, and had an in depth background check. This manual is designed to help you enter a partnership with Camp Heart O’ Hills that will lead to a healthy, secure, successful and enjoyable experience for your child.

PREPARING FOR CAMP

Preparing for camp takes both physical and emotional energy. The physical energy is easy - we provide you with plenty of information and lists about what to bring (and not bring) to camp. The emotional energy will assure a smooth adjustment. You can help your child by asking yourself the questions that you think he/she faces: “Who or what will I miss at home?” “Will I be liked?” “Will my counselors be nice?” “Will I have fun?”

As a parent, you can find a balance between validating your child’s concerns and treating the concerns rationally and calmly. Dwelling on a child’s fears can lead to panic. It is important to be encouraging and positive. For example, an encouraging response could sound like this, “It is natural to miss home a little at the beginning, but you will make lots of new friends and have a wonderful time.”

HOMESICKNESS AT CAMP

The best people to help a child deal with homesickness are the counselors. Our counselors are compassionate and trained to take great care to help all campers adjust to their new environment. Many are former campers themselves and can draw upon their own experiences. If you should receive a letter from your child saying he/she is homesick and wants to come home, please don’t immediately jump in the car to come and get them. Try not to panic. We know it is difficult, upsetting and frustrating to know that your child hurts and not be able to fix the problem. Remember that a few days have passed since the letter was written. So much occurs in a day at camp and many things have probably happened to alleviate the situation. Studies have shown that calling home makes the homesickness much worse. We won’t ban a camper from calling home, but we will try many other things first to alleviate the camper’s homesickness.

If you are concerned, please call the camp office and we will check on your child for you. It is our policy that we do not allow campers who are homesick to call home. It is our experience that phone calls home only compound the issues.

SUCCESS

There have been a few cases where a child remains inconsolable and has left camp early. Our experience has taught us that even when campers feel that they might not return in the future, they need to finish what they started, even if it means just being able to say “I did it.” Small accomplishments add up and strengthen a child’s self-esteem. When a child overcomes his/her fear and remains for the full week, there is personal growth, success and accomplishment.

SAFETY

At Camp Heart O’ Hills we take every precaution to ensure everyone’s safety. We thrive in fresh air, with nutritious food and a well-rounded activity and recreation program.

RESPECT

At Camp Heart O’ Hills we respect others and ourselves and learn to value the world that we live in.

TRADITION

At Camp Heart O’ Hills, we introduce the Lord into the daily lives of the children. It is our hope that everyone develops a deeper relationship with the Lord.

COMMITMENT TO GROWTH

Replacing a world of boredom for outdoor experiences creates opportunities for growth in each of our campers. This is what Camp Heart O’ Hills is all about. The purpose of The Salvation Army’s camping ministry is to help each individual, young and old alike, to grow – physically, socially, educationally and spiritually. Kids of all ages from Arkansas and Oklahoma learn about each other, nature and most importantly, a loving, personal God.