Eagle Fern Camp
Summer '08 Schedule

We are located on Eagle Creek and have a nice big swimming hole to wade in,
splash in, go kayaking, and hunt crawdads. Swimming is scheduled during
specific times when our well-trained lifeguard(s) supervise. Many younger
campers enjoy playing in the sand along the waterfront.

We offer "skill sessions" at most camps. These are classes that each camper can
choose to participate in that are fun and enhance their experience. Some of the
classes offered are crafts, drama, music, sports, skills, Huck Finn raft building,
nature walks, expressive dance, and many others.

EFC has an indoor climbing wall on which campers can enjoy during the skills classes
or during their daily free time. It is a challenge to climb, traverse, maneuver,
and to trust your belayer to descend. The Junior High and High School camps also
enjoy tremendous personal challenges and high-flying fun on our Challenge Course.
We have five different high ropes elements plus a 400 foot zip line that many
campers say is the best one that they have ever been on.

Most weeks of camp enjoy the team-building and trust-building elements of our challenge course. These are what we call the low elements. As partners or as a cabin team, campers work together to climb the 11-foot wall, get on board the Harpers' Ferry, accomplish the Nitro Crossing, Buddy Walk, Criss-Cross, or falling backwards into their teammates arms during the Trust Fall. It's always fun to see what will happen on our LineUp Log too!

Group games are always a big hit at Eagle Fern Camp. Every morning and most evenings we plan a big event that is fun, hilarious, and challenging. These games are always selected with the age of your camper and safety in mind. Evening activities are sometimes more serious, like concerts or a campfire time. The High School Camp travels to the Columbia River for a full day of fun - water skiing, volleyball, Frisbee, picnic, and hangin' in the sun.

Camp food is always a memorable experience. We take great care in planning menus, and recruiting a great team of cooks for each week. We plan a picnic or two during the week, a barbecue, and usually a closing night banquet.

The cabins at Eagle Fern Camp are among the best in our region. They sleep 8-10 campers in each cabin, in addition to two counselors. Our counselors are carefully selected and well screened. Each cabin has its own half -bath, with a centrally located shower house that is shared by all the cabins. Wake up time is 7:30 each morning (unless the bell rings early for a polar bear swim or a pajama party), and bedtime varies from 9:30 to 11:30.

Eagle Fern Camp also has a store which is open for our campers most afternoons.
We sell candy, drinks, shirts, hats, and gift-type items. The store stocks
craft items which can be a part of the camper's free-time activity, as well as
selling horseback rides as part of their free-time activities. Campers can sign up
for horseback rides once or twice during the week for a charge of only $3.75.

Perhaps the most unique part of Eagle Fern Camp is that all the campers gather together a couple times a day for a chapel service. We have a time of music and worship, plus a time of teaching from the Bible, so that campers can come to know the Love of God and develop a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.

Eagle Fern Camp is dependent upon many volunteers to facilitate our camp programs. Each volunteer fills out an extensive application, and then must be approved by their church leadership, and several references are checked. Every new applicant is screened with a criminal background check that searches nationally for any criminal records. Our counselors spend the most time with the campers and are trained how to handle emergencies and be constantly vigilant for potentially harmful or dangerous activities and horseplay.

Each cabin of 8-10 campers is assigned two counselors. This has been done for several years now, to assure that there will never be a counselor alone with a camper in the cabin and that there is always one adult available to handle “situations” while the other can handle the campers. We instruct our counselors to never be in a cabin, a building, or a secluded spot alone with a camper at any time.

We have a nurse on our staff every week, 24/7, who administers medications, handles first aid & emergency situations as needed. We maintain a high standard of recruiting only Registered Nurses (RN).

Mike Rice, our horse program director, is a CHA certified horse leader (Certified Horsemanship Association). He is careful to ensure that each camper is carefully supervised and well situated with their horse before going out on the trail.

We have trained and certified lifeguards at the swimming hole every afternoon, as well as any other time there may be a water-related activity at the creek. The lifeguards are supervised by a permanent staff member, who is also a Certified Water Safety Instructor.