
- Share information about camp to your congregation & pastor
- Camp Fontanelle will share/send out info as available and relevant
- CF will develop a page on website for downloading posters, etc.
- Share local church’s support options with families. Many churches have camping funds via church or UMW or other group
- Share info as appropriate: bulletins, announcements, offerings, newsletter, bulletin board, email blasts
- Invite families to events → Annual Fall BBQ, Easter Family Fun Days, Movie nights, Pumpkin Patch & Corn Maze
- Share camp specials and discounts with congregation:
- Hope & Promise – BOTH pastor(s) AND UMW can EACH send one first time camper at 50%
- Early Bird – All parent/kid camps (Sonshine/Guardian Angel) can register at 1/2 price if registered by March 31
- Bring a Friend Discount – Returning camper registers and brings a first time camper and both get 25% off registration
- Sibling Saver – For full week camps only, first child comes at regular price, 2nd child at 25% off, and each subsequent child can attend at 50% off. We have some ‘regulars’ with larger families who are not sending everyone because of cost.
- Be a liaison between camper families and the camp
- Help connect families and invite families to attend camp
- Copy and hand out summer camp schedules/registrations
- Invite children from the community to attend, mission outreach
- Help to organize a Camp Sunday for your congregation or some way for the congregation to get involved in learning/sending kids to camp
- Many church’s focus on summer camp for a Sunday, usually in late winter or spring on a Sunday when lots of children/youth present
- Camp Fontanelle will provide potential videos/ideas
- Some churches will do potluck/fundraiser for camp support