I'd watched more than a dozen "pack for summer camp as a counselor" videos before finding this one and by faaaar the most helpful thank you so much! I'm a first time international and so excited
At the camp i work at we wake all the kids up at 6;00 and one kid had sleep paralysis and she forgot to take her melatonin and she could NOT get out of bed so just remember all camp counselors out there be responsible and give your campers their melatonin.
at my camp when the parents sign in their kids, they give staff their kids medicine with specific instructions on how they take it and when to take it, so we always had the camp nurse come up after or before breakfast or dinner and give kids medicine.
I've been going to camp for 4 years (going to be 5) and I want to be a counselor there thank you for these tips and other information.❤ I got to Sunset Lake camp...a bible sleep away camp
So exited to be staffing my camp- we sleep in tipis and our storage space is basically what fits in your bag. Wish I could do the drawers! it’s reassuring to see u so calm aboutpacking. Ur so prepared! I’m sure your an amazing staff
same, rn im in the younger kids group but it’s my last year in it so next year i will be in the tipis. i am in cabins but it is super cold at night and i can barely survive the cold in un-heated cabins but the tipis are even worse. if it’s cold at night where you go can you give me some tips about how to survive the cold in tipis at night
So informative and detailed!! I am a sleepaway camp counselor as well and I haven't seen anything on TH-cam quite like this. Definitely would love to see more content like this
My camp (Girl Scouts) has camp names too! But the one difference is that they reveal the names on the last day. We are strictly not allowed to tell anyone the names. I love this video too! Have a great day❤️😁~Em
Emily Garvin They did that at my camp to also a Girl Scout camp but they stopped doing that for safety/stocking reasons kids will be following them on Instagram and other social media sites which is obviously not wanted by most counselors
I am a Girl Scout and my camp used to be a Girl Scout Camp but it got bought by someone else. On the last day of the first week all the counselors do a Mickey Mouse roll call and they say all there names. If you stay at camp for two weeks (which last year was my first year and I only stayed for one week but this year I’m staying for two! i leave for camp tomorrow and im really excited!) you have to promise not to tell any of the kids the counselor’s/staff’s names.
At my camp I go to, we have camp names. It’s a fun thing, because the campers try to guess it all week; and we tell them the last day about 30 mins before their parents come pick them up. This is because our camp, the campers aren’t allowed to have us on social media. And if we get called a specific name all the week, and just tell them our camp name last minute. They are more than likely to forget our real name and not be able to look us up. It’s also for privacy reasons.
happens at mine too! my counselers name was “cool beans”. it’s kinda like a tradition to have to try to figure out your counselers name. we are allowed to find out their name the last day though!
OMG do you work in Muskoka?? I work at camp in muskoka and I would be so happy if I just found a youtuber that works in Muskoka!! (I knew cause of the BearWear Sweater lol)
The last 2 years of my camp, we had to use different cabins then we normally had to. Our camp is split in two by age and I’m in the older group. We had to hike up a huge hill to shower because we weren’t allowed to use the showers close to our cabin. It was NOT fun. 😂
At my camp everything is far away from eachother so walking back from something like movie night at the mess hall and going to our unit it’s dark and cold and we have to do like a 10 minute walk up a steep hill just to go to bed 😭
my camp in the lake ontario area uses camp names too! funny thing is, somebody’s camp name here is Eden! mines Luna. do you guys pick your names or do people pick them for you? at my camp the head counsellors pick them for you and you have to wait 5 years to learn your meaning!
ok your camp is WAY different than mine. same Idea because its sleepaway camp, no electronics and things, but yours just sounds different. what camp do you go to?
Haley Angle this video was intended to get people who may have just been hired at a camp for the first time to start thinking about what they might need if they need to slowly purchase items, this is not my actual packing and i’ll do that probably the week i’m leaving. and they can’t know my name because of our privacy/social media policy, and its also just a fun tradition!
Usually camps that do this want to keep the identity of the counselor safe so the kids don't search them up on social media to contact them. It protects the kids and staff
micallyn scudder at most camps yes. We tell them at the end at my camp. The name thing is fun and keeps your privacy when kids ask you a ton of questions! :)
I'd watched more than a dozen "pack for summer camp as a counselor" videos before finding this one and by faaaar the most helpful thank you so much! I'm a first time international and so excited
Me too
Same
honestly same
same, have you tried micah cate or crash curls. they have good ones too
I love any and all camp related videos. Yes, PCD is real.
Post camp depression is such a thing
so true. i’m watching this in december- i don’t go to camp till july. i’m sad.
XxCAFxX I get the worst PCD I’m packing 3 months ahead. 😝 lol
KilianLove almost camp time!
Marah Laforge Don’t keep your hopes up.
At the camp i work at we wake all the kids up at 6;00 and one kid had sleep paralysis and she forgot to take her melatonin and she could NOT get out of bed so just remember all camp counselors out there be responsible and give your campers their melatonin.
at my camp when the parents sign in their kids, they give staff their kids medicine with specific instructions on how they take it and when to take it, so we always had the camp nurse come up after or before breakfast or dinner and give kids medicine.
I've been going to camp for 4 years (going to be 5) and I want to be a counselor there thank you for these tips and other information.❤ I got to Sunset Lake camp...a bible sleep away camp
We have to change right away every morning at camp cause we have chapel right after breakfast
arwen jubilee we have chapel before breakfast💀
We have horseback right after
i have chapel before breakfast and i’m. it able to go back to the cabin until siesta
We do the polar plunge eveymorning then have to change for breakfast and chapel
Elizabeth Lytle yuh
Fanny packs are cool because of camp lmaoooo
Live this I have the same sweatshirt and I have been waiting for a 2019 camp video
Getting piercings at camp seem like the worst idea ever honestly they probably just infected
I did it with my cabin, it worked out well and it was fun asf lol
if we did that at my camp the counselors would get so mad at us lol
Thanks for this, it's my first year working in a camp this is extremely useful
So exited to be staffing my camp- we sleep in tipis and our storage space is basically what fits in your bag. Wish I could do the drawers! it’s reassuring to see u so calm aboutpacking. Ur so prepared! I’m sure your an amazing staff
same, rn im in the younger kids group but it’s my last year in it so next year i will be in the tipis. i am in cabins but it is super cold at night and i can barely survive the cold in un-heated cabins but the tipis are even worse. if it’s cold at night where you go can you give me some tips about how to survive the cold in tipis at night
So informative and detailed!! I am a sleepaway camp counselor as well and I haven't seen anything on TH-cam quite like this. Definitely would love to see more content like this
ikr this is really informative, have you saw micah cates or crash curls pack with me for camp videos.
Will you do another one for this year
My camp (Girl Scouts) has camp names too! But the one difference is that they reveal the names on the last day. We are strictly not allowed to tell anyone the names. I love this video too! Have a great day❤️😁~Em
Emily Garvin I’m going to Girl Scouts camp this year also what state do you live in
Emily Garvin were do you go to camp
I’m also in a Girl Scout camp! Where are you going to camp?
Emily Garvin They did that at my camp to also a Girl Scout camp but they stopped doing that for safety/stocking reasons kids will be following them on Instagram and other social media sites which is obviously not wanted by most counselors
I am a Girl Scout and my camp used to be a Girl Scout Camp but it got bought by someone else. On the last day of the first week all the counselors do a Mickey Mouse roll call and they say all there names. If you stay at camp for two weeks (which last year was my first year and I only stayed for one week but this year I’m staying for two! i leave for camp tomorrow and im really excited!) you have to promise not to tell any of the kids the counselor’s/staff’s names.
i watch camp vids every year and i love it but sometimes i can’t get interested but this video always interested me !!!!
This is theee best packing for camp video out there!!
This was super informative probably going to do this after I’m finished uni
Your campers cant know your name? What kind of a camp is this?
Sizzling Squiggle at my camp they have names like “Goose” and “Noodles” so we don’t know their real name...
@@maggiepawel9007 but why? They are just kids. Are they afraid of stalking?
Gbone Philly no, it’s just a fun tradition! It’s a “big deal” just because it breaks tradition
At my camp I go to, we have camp names. It’s a fun thing, because the campers try to guess it all week; and we tell them the last day about 30 mins before their parents come pick them up. This is because our camp, the campers aren’t allowed to have us on social media. And if we get called a specific name all the week, and just tell them our camp name last minute. They are more than likely to forget our real name and not be able to look us up. It’s also for privacy reasons.
happens at mine too! my counselers name was “cool beans”. it’s kinda like a tradition to have to try to figure out your counselers name. we are allowed to find out their name the last day though!
Omggg thanks this helps a lot!! Can’t wait to see more camp videos :)
We have counselor coffee at 6 am and we have to be fully ready:)
Ah! Fellow Canadian ladies! I hope to make it back to work at my camp but in the States, lots of love from KW!
This was really helpful and I didn’t think of like half of these
This is so informative! I am going on my 10th year at camp, this summer will be my last as a camper i am a CIT
This is rly random but by any chance do u go to kemur camp?
i actually knew my counselors originally by their first name bc my cousin was a counselor
You should go to friendly pines camp ( FPC ) it's in prescott arizona
OMG do you work in Muskoka?? I work at camp in muskoka and I would be so happy if I just found a youtuber that works in Muskoka!! (I knew cause of the BearWear Sweater lol)
Daisy Birch I also saw that sweatshirt.
At my camp in the morning every day we would do the polar plunge then come back and go to breakfast
Elizabeth Lytle omg I do a thing called flippers at my camp I bet it’s so simalar
My future is to be a camp counsellor.
this is my first year as a counselor at a camp i’ve been a camper at for 7 years. excited but kind of nervous…
I love my camp CC for life 💕
The last 2 years of my camp, we had to use different cabins then we normally had to. Our camp is split in two by age and I’m in the older group. We had to hike up a huge hill to shower because we weren’t allowed to use the showers close to our cabin. It was NOT fun. 😂
At my camp everything is far away from eachother so walking back from something like movie night at the mess hall and going to our unit it’s dark and cold and we have to do like a 10 minute walk up a steep hill just to go to bed 😭
my camp in the lake ontario area uses camp names too! funny thing is, somebody’s camp name here is Eden! mines Luna. do you guys pick your names or do people pick them for you? at my camp the head counsellors pick them for you and you have to wait 5 years to learn your meaning!
hey rachel! we pick our own camp names, but the camp i went to as a kid gave their counselors camp names during training week or LIT
My camp the counselors pick there names but I wish the campers could pick there names for them because that would be fun!
I live in crocs
Also, my camp has a banquet too!
I wish mine did but my camp is a girls only camp so it would just be a bunch of girls dancing in nice clothing lol
im not even a counseler (l.i.t) but these are so fun watching
Any other cmap counsellors, reply with your camp name mine is *Ramen* !!
Daisy Birch mine is Meeko! (Pocahontas raccoon 🦝 ❤️😂)
@@luciablanco6030 I love that!!
At my camp all the staff are aunt or uncle and then their names, so I’m Aunt Emily
@@emrocks-yh3qk aww that's actually so cute, i love that
Dino
actually super helpful!
Why do I think of staplers watching this video....
I go to camp tap a win go !! Anyone else?
12:35 sister hood of the traveling pants😂
okay quick question, where did you get an algonquian park nalgene?!!
ok your camp is WAY different than mine. same Idea because its sleepaway camp, no electronics and things, but yours just sounds different. what camp do you go to?
We never leave camp so no Walmart
wow that's intense, no days off in town??
Eden:We get counselor rooms...
Me: I have to sleep with everybody. 👎🏻
kaunismatka in our cabins we have a small room with a curtain separating us from the kids
Jai’lyn that makes sense.
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Hi allegro do you still work at camp muskoka?
If it’s not till summer why are you packing so early ? Also why can’t they know your name ?
Haley Angle this video was intended to get people who may have just been hired at a camp for the first time to start thinking about what they might need if they need to slowly purchase items, this is not my actual packing and i’ll do that probably the week i’m leaving. and they can’t know my name because of our privacy/social media policy, and its also just a fun tradition!
Does your sweatshirt say your camp!
Do you go to camp kessem because we can't have are real names either
Nev Carlo I was wondering to lol what camp do u go to?
Case western reserve university
Can I ask how come your kids at camp can’t know your personal name and your “camp name” instead? Is this a general thing at all camps or not?
Usually camps that do this want to keep the identity of the counselor safe so the kids don't search them up on social media to contact them. It protects the kids and staff
Do they get to know your name at the end of camp
micallyn scudder at most camps yes. We tell them at the end at my camp. The name thing is fun and keeps your privacy when kids ask you a ton of questions! :)
Yeah at my camp all the kids try to guess the counslers name and then they tell them at the end
allegro? is that you?
Omg wait do u go to camp kesem cause they do names there like I’m Kitkat at camp !!!!
I go to camp kessem cwru
Campers can’t know your name? Why is that?
It's more for fun I think, that's why my camp does it
It’s a tradition! At the end of summer campers have to guess your name 😊
Do you go to camp stix
Abigail Lough she can’t tell you
Why don’t they get to know your name ?
it’s usually for personal reasons and sometimes it’s more fun for the campers to know them as a fun name instead of their regular name😂
Positively Jessie that’s quite interesting thanks for sharing with me
It’s just a fun camp tradition
Why can’t your campers know your name?
Nora McNabb omg that’s what I came to the comments for
am i the only one that doesnt have a banquet at camp BAHAH