Digital Arts Camp (for rising 8th-12th graders, ages 13-18)
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We are preparing for safe and fun 2021 Summer Camps with multiple health and safety adaptations. For details and Camp Bethel's 2021 health-and-safety plan, visit our COVID-19 page. We will continue to update this page as we receive guidance and information from the CDC and the VDH.
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Digital Arts Camp (for rising 8th-12th graders, ages 13-18)
Week 2 = June 20-25
Sunday 4:00pm through Friday 6:30pm.
Storytelling through images and sound.
In addition to all the exciting activities of Resident Camp listed below, Digital Arts (D.A) Campers will have daily training in photography, videography, and creating engaging digital content for compelling storytelling. Monday through Thursday, campers will “embed” in reporting pairs into their assigned Unit to document that group’s week-long story. D.A. Campers will regroup daily before dinner in our computer lab to organize data (photos, video, audio) and to create their stories. D.A. Campers will individually produce a “Video Story” for the Unit into which they were embedded, and the D.A. Unit will collectively produce the total week’s Video Story shown to everyone at the end of their camper week. D.A. Campers will also create “video News shorts” projected during meal announcements in the Ark Dining Hall. All videos and shorts from the week will be featured on-line at Camp Bethel’s YouTube Channel. Bring your camera, video camera, or smart phone*, any attachments/lenses/mics/gear you may have, and your laptop for daily video work, (or borrow Camp Bethel's clunkers); details will follow in your Confirmation Packet. Each Digital Arts Camper also receives their entire week’s portfolio on a Camp Bethel Flash Drive.
(*Parents: Donate your disconnected smart phones for D.A. Campers to use as camp cameras and video cameras! 540-992-2940 or <CampBethelOffice@gmail.com>)
Activities for the week include group games, nature, crafts, music and singing, campfire vespers, swimming, low-ropes group challenges, creek-play, Home-in-the-Woods camping skills, hiking the camp trails and a singing hike to Horseshoe Bend, archery, orienteering and geocaching, Morning Watch, Bible study, nightly worship around the campfire, polar bear swims, night activities, special evening programs and a day on the climbing wall and high ropes course, including the Zip Line and the Flying Squirrel! On Tuesday or Wednesday, your family unit will have a cookout in your Home-in-the-Woods and have one or more overnight camp-outs. Learn more about Why, How, and What we do during Summer Camps including a complete activities list.
Resident Camp is a great week of fun and adventure; exploring your extraordinary faith journey TOGETHER with our summer theme "Onward We Go!" Be here for an awesome week!
Subisidized Fee (discounted cost) = $400; Supporters Fee (actual cost) = $450; Sustainers Fee (cost + $50 gift) = $500.
Week 2 = June 20-25
Sunday 4:00pm through Friday 6:30pm.
Storytelling through images and sound.
In addition to all the exciting activities of Resident Camp listed below, Digital Arts (D.A) Campers will have daily training in photography, videography, and creating engaging digital content for compelling storytelling. Monday through Thursday, campers will “embed” in reporting pairs into their assigned Unit to document that group’s week-long story. D.A. Campers will regroup daily before dinner in our computer lab to organize data (photos, video, audio) and to create their stories. D.A. Campers will individually produce a “Video Story” for the Unit into which they were embedded, and the D.A. Unit will collectively produce the total week’s Video Story shown to everyone at the end of their camper week. D.A. Campers will also create “video News shorts” projected during meal announcements in the Ark Dining Hall. All videos and shorts from the week will be featured on-line at Camp Bethel’s YouTube Channel. Bring your camera, video camera, or smart phone*, any attachments/lenses/mics/gear you may have, and your laptop for daily video work, (or borrow Camp Bethel's clunkers); details will follow in your Confirmation Packet. Each Digital Arts Camper also receives their entire week’s portfolio on a Camp Bethel Flash Drive.
(*Parents: Donate your disconnected smart phones for D.A. Campers to use as camp cameras and video cameras! 540-992-2940 or <CampBethelOffice@gmail.com>)
Activities for the week include group games, nature, crafts, music and singing, campfire vespers, swimming, low-ropes group challenges, creek-play, Home-in-the-Woods camping skills, hiking the camp trails and a singing hike to Horseshoe Bend, archery, orienteering and geocaching, Morning Watch, Bible study, nightly worship around the campfire, polar bear swims, night activities, special evening programs and a day on the climbing wall and high ropes course, including the Zip Line and the Flying Squirrel! On Tuesday or Wednesday, your family unit will have a cookout in your Home-in-the-Woods and have one or more overnight camp-outs. Learn more about Why, How, and What we do during Summer Camps including a complete activities list.
Resident Camp is a great week of fun and adventure; exploring your extraordinary faith journey TOGETHER with our summer theme "Onward We Go!" Be here for an awesome week!
Subisidized Fee (discounted cost) = $400; Supporters Fee (actual cost) = $450; Sustainers Fee (cost + $50 gift) = $500.
Register in 4 steps NOW for Digital Arts Camp:
1. Review our required pre-screening procedure AND Camp Bethel's Health-and-Safety Plan on our COVID19 page.
Pre-Screening: The VA Department of Health requires EITHER a negative molecular test within seven days prior to the beginning of camp, OR a 14-day symptom screening for the camper and all persons in their household; Camp Bethel's Health-and-Safety Plan: site-and-program-specific adaptations include: a small-group "cohort" model, reduced cabin capacity, mask-wearing when appropriate, on-site health screening, and more.
2. Choose your Fee Option Payment below. Then choose your dates, write camper's name and your phone # before you click the secure "Register Now" PayPal button using a credit card or a PayPal account. Any balance due will be billed to you separately in April or May. There are no added fees for on-line registration, and you will be able to review your total prior to payment. $50 of your payment is your "hold-your-spot" deposit. See our 2021 No-Risk Policy for Cancellations, Late Arrivals, Early Departure below.
3. Submit Data: After successfully paying, PayPal will direct your browser to our secure on line 2021 Summer Camp Registration Form (which is a Google Form). Allow at least 15 minutes to complete, and be as thorough as possible before you SUBMIT the form. If your browser doesn't redirect you to the Registration Form, please access that form HERE.
4. Get your Confirmation Packet in April/May: We are adapting most aspects of camp, and we are following the American Camp Association's "Field Guide" for camps on the implementation of CDC guidance. As we receive additional CDC and professional camp association guidance for summer camps, we will align our plans and best practices and include them in your Summer Camp Confirmation Packet. In April/May, we'll send you an e-mail with links to your Confirmation Packet which includes your gear list, a required Health Form (to be completed and returned to Camp Bethel), your Balance Due (if any), and important information about your program.
1. Review our required pre-screening procedure AND Camp Bethel's Health-and-Safety Plan on our COVID19 page.
Pre-Screening: The VA Department of Health requires EITHER a negative molecular test within seven days prior to the beginning of camp, OR a 14-day symptom screening for the camper and all persons in their household; Camp Bethel's Health-and-Safety Plan: site-and-program-specific adaptations include: a small-group "cohort" model, reduced cabin capacity, mask-wearing when appropriate, on-site health screening, and more.
2. Choose your Fee Option Payment below. Then choose your dates, write camper's name and your phone # before you click the secure "Register Now" PayPal button using a credit card or a PayPal account. Any balance due will be billed to you separately in April or May. There are no added fees for on-line registration, and you will be able to review your total prior to payment. $50 of your payment is your "hold-your-spot" deposit. See our 2021 No-Risk Policy for Cancellations, Late Arrivals, Early Departure below.
3. Submit Data: After successfully paying, PayPal will direct your browser to our secure on line 2021 Summer Camp Registration Form (which is a Google Form). Allow at least 15 minutes to complete, and be as thorough as possible before you SUBMIT the form. If your browser doesn't redirect you to the Registration Form, please access that form HERE.
4. Get your Confirmation Packet in April/May: We are adapting most aspects of camp, and we are following the American Camp Association's "Field Guide" for camps on the implementation of CDC guidance. As we receive additional CDC and professional camp association guidance for summer camps, we will align our plans and best practices and include them in your Summer Camp Confirmation Packet. In April/May, we'll send you an e-mail with links to your Confirmation Packet which includes your gear list, a required Health Form (to be completed and returned to Camp Bethel), your Balance Due (if any), and important information about your program.
Why 3 Prices for Summer Camp? The Choice is Yours!
Each family is different, so Camp Bethel offers a voluntary fee program. You know your family's finances better than we do, so choose the fee most suitable for your family. All campers receive the EXACT SAME QUALITY camp experience, no matter what amount you choose to pay or donate. The Supporter's Fee is what it actually costs to provide this summer camp experience for one camper, including counselor and lifeguard pay, utilities, insurance, meals, building and grounds maintenance, vehicle upkeep, replacing outdated equipment, accreditation and permits, program supplies, and health supplies. Choosing the Sustainer's Fee (actual cost + $50 gift) helps us do more with the mission funding we receive. You help us stretch our limited campership funds to help more children experience the power of camp. You help Camp Bethel make needed improvements and foster future growth in all we do. Through mission funding dollars, we are able to offer a Subsidized Fee. This reduced (subsidized) rate is made possible by our District congregations, multiple annual fund-raising events, and gifts from individuals who value the impact the summer camp experience at Camp Bethel has on children, youth, and families.
2021 No-Risk Policy for Cancellations, Late Arrivals, Early Departure:
You can register with confidence. Should you pay for camp, and later decide to keep your child home, or if the schedule changes again, OR if camps are cancelled, YOU HAVE RISK-FREE OPTIONS:
1. Credit 100% of your payments toward another available 2021 program, or
2. Credit 100% of your 2021 payments to 2022 pre-registration, or
3. Donate part or all to help Camp Bethel adapt how we operate (and help ensure we're here for you in 2022), or
4. 100% refund. We just need to hear from you at least 24 hours prior to the start of your camp, and sooner if possible. Please notify the camp office 540-992-2940 or CampBethelOffice@gmail.com ASAP if your camper will not attend this session.
Late arrival and early departure is discouraged, but allowed if needed. However, because staff, food, and supplies are already secured, we cannot provide pro-rated refunds for partial camp attendance once your camper has arrived unless Camp Bethel cancels the program.
Each family is different, so Camp Bethel offers a voluntary fee program. You know your family's finances better than we do, so choose the fee most suitable for your family. All campers receive the EXACT SAME QUALITY camp experience, no matter what amount you choose to pay or donate. The Supporter's Fee is what it actually costs to provide this summer camp experience for one camper, including counselor and lifeguard pay, utilities, insurance, meals, building and grounds maintenance, vehicle upkeep, replacing outdated equipment, accreditation and permits, program supplies, and health supplies. Choosing the Sustainer's Fee (actual cost + $50 gift) helps us do more with the mission funding we receive. You help us stretch our limited campership funds to help more children experience the power of camp. You help Camp Bethel make needed improvements and foster future growth in all we do. Through mission funding dollars, we are able to offer a Subsidized Fee. This reduced (subsidized) rate is made possible by our District congregations, multiple annual fund-raising events, and gifts from individuals who value the impact the summer camp experience at Camp Bethel has on children, youth, and families.
2021 No-Risk Policy for Cancellations, Late Arrivals, Early Departure:
You can register with confidence. Should you pay for camp, and later decide to keep your child home, or if the schedule changes again, OR if camps are cancelled, YOU HAVE RISK-FREE OPTIONS:
1. Credit 100% of your payments toward another available 2021 program, or
2. Credit 100% of your 2021 payments to 2022 pre-registration, or
3. Donate part or all to help Camp Bethel adapt how we operate (and help ensure we're here for you in 2022), or
4. 100% refund. We just need to hear from you at least 24 hours prior to the start of your camp, and sooner if possible. Please notify the camp office 540-992-2940 or CampBethelOffice@gmail.com ASAP if your camper will not attend this session.
Late arrival and early departure is discouraged, but allowed if needed. However, because staff, food, and supplies are already secured, we cannot provide pro-rated refunds for partial camp attendance once your camper has arrived unless Camp Bethel cancels the program.
