THE PLAN
Please arrive between 8:00 and Noon on opening day

Coffee, tea, juice and breakfast treats from the bakery will be available in the dining hall throughout the morning.

• Upon arrival, you will be greeted at the camp entrance by our counseling interns who will guide you to your son’s cabin to unload, choose a bunk and begin the process of settling him in. As always, we encourage parents to allow the boys to do as much of this as possible. All of the cabin counselors except a few who will be driving to the airports will be on hand to meet you and help with this.
   
• From the cabin, you’ll go to the Infirmary where each boy will check in. There will be three possibilities at the infirmary: if a boy has medication, he will check in with the nurse in the dispensary; a boy who is new and has no special med needs will report to our second nurse; returning boys with no special medical needs will check in with one of our senior staff members specially trained by the nurses for the purpose. The nurses will also be checking with everybody regarding health forms and health insurance cards. New parents will likely want to accompany their sons to the infirmary; returning parents will be welcome to skip it and let the boys go themselves, and even say good-bye at this point.
   
• From the Infirmary it’s off to the office to say hello to Chuck, Laura and Ken and get a new Kabeyun tee shirt. New boys at this point will meet one of our counseling interns who will take them on a tour. Parents can either use this moment as a perfect opportunity to say good bye, or will be welcome to join the tour. In any case, the tour will finish at his cabin where parents can say their good-byes.
   
• The focus for the morning will be on the cabins where the staff will be spending time getting to know their campers, greeting parents and helping to expedite departures comfortably. Boys will spend time organizing their areas, greeting newcomers, visiting with staff, beginning to make new friendships and renewing old ones.
   
• At 12:45 we will have our first all-camp assembly. By this time all families who have driven to camp will have said their good-byes. We will be waiting for the handful of guys who fly.
   
• We will have our first meal together at 1:00, move from the dining hall to Pine Point for our opening community gathering and spend the remainder of the afternoon playing and working together in cabin groups. The afternoon will be capped by a play swim for returning campers in the Big Cove, and swim screenings and swimming for new boys in the Small Cove with the swim staff. Dinner assembly at 6:00, evening activities after dinner, Charcoal Ceremony, bed, and we’re off!

Part of the challenge for families driving to camp – especially returning families accustomed to the longer arrival window of the past – will be to adjust travel to earlier in the day. This may mean that you will want to spend the night somewhere in the area the night before opening day. Remember that the Lakes Region hotels fill quickly, but that Concord, with plenty of choices, may be on the way and is only 40 minutes from camp.

We are working to make the day better for kids and to give them a chance to begin their Kabeyun experience without unnecessary stress or down time. If you have questions, give us a call, but please try and catch the spirit in which this plan is offered. Together, we can make opening day an enjoyable part of the camp experience rather than a day to just get through as best we can. As usual, after the dust settles, we’ll look for your feedback.

If you need lodging information for the area, please check our Area Lodging page.