Dear Camp Families,
We hope that you are hanging in there during what continues particular camp. At this point, we will make a decision to either:
to be a truly challenging time for everyone in all parts of the • Start camp on time as was always planned
country. Even though our full-time team has not been able to • Delay the start of camp by a certain number of weeks
work together from our main office in New Jersey during the
stay-at-home orders, we are all keeping busy in our home
(with the potential to add on weeks to the end of the summer)
• Cancel camp for the season
offices planning away for Summer 2020!
We realize that fitting together the puzzle of your family’s
As you may know, KE Camps partners with 150 country clubs schedule which includes vacations, work schedules, kids’
in 33 states. Some of our camps are scheduled to open as early activities and camps is not always easy! We wish we could
as June 1 while others do not begin until much later into June give you even more advanced notice about our plans for camps
and July. Because we are still awaiting official guidance for because of that challenge. However, due to the fast-changing
summer camps from the American Camp Association and the environment we find ourselves in and the fact that we plan to
CDC, we feel it is in everyone’s best interest to continue to prep make decisions about camp based on guidance from both your
for as normal a camp season as possible so we will be ready club and local governing bodies, we feel this timeline is the best
when that amazing time comes – the day when our lives start we can do.
to get back to a sense of normalcy and our children can be
back with friends at camp!
It is our sincere hope that we will not be forced to cancel an
entire camp season. With that in mind, we are working diligently
We realize that given these uncertain times, many of you may with both camp and health professionals – as well as the
be hesitant to sign-up for camp or worried about your current club – to implement new and more stringent measures regarding
enrollment, and understandably so. We sincerely hope that our illness and sanitation policies and procedures, hand-washing
very flexible refund policy will assuage some of these concerns. at camp, etc. Again, the American Camp Association is working
Please remember that we allow full refunds up until the day with the CDC to help guide camps in best practices. They have
before the camp season begins (minus the $40 registration recommended all camps wait until those guidelines are officially
fee), which gives ample time to make decisions about how published to formalize such plans for the upcoming season. We
and where your children will spend the summer. Should the plan to share details with you about this in the coming weeks as
worst-case scenario come to fruition – the one where your we are made aware of these recommendations and finalize a
camp is in a town or state where social gathering restrictions plan for how KE Camps will implement them at camps.
or stay-at-home rules are still in place, and we are told by the
government that we cannot open camp, please know that we Please reach out to us at any time with questions or concerns.
will do what is right and provide you with a full refund. We are always available to speak with you, and thank you in
advance for your patience and support as we navigate through
We hope that the prospect of summer spent at camp will give this together. We will continue to keep you in the loop as any
you something positive to look forward to – a light at the end of new information is available to share. Stay healthy – stay happy!
this dark tunnel – which we could all use right now.
Warmest Regards,
Here is what you can expect from us in the coming weeks:
The KE Camps Team
Three to four weeks before you camp’s season start date, you
will hear from us by email as to the status and timeline for your
PS: Remember to follow us on Facebook and Instagram – we have been
sharing fun photos, videos and even some great live events and contests
to keep our families in that camp spirit all year-round!