Mail & Packages

Mail time is very popular; please write to your child often. Cheerful letters with news from home and encouraging words for their camp experience are helpful. Sad or negative news can wait till your camper returns home. Campers are encouraged to write home at least once a session. If your camper sounds homesick or unhappy in the letters you receive, contact the Director. If you feel you need to tell your child news that may be upsetting, please call the Director to arrange when and how to tell them. Please do not send letters by fax or email unless asked to do so by the Camp Director .

Campers may receive packages with clothing, books, toiletries, stationary and other items useful at camp. Please do not send food, treats, money or large objects. These things will be taken and held for parents to pick up at check out.

We ask that you resist the urge to send frequent packages to your child.  A child receiving a large number of packages can sometimes create feelings of inequality and jealousy among other campers, and there is little storage space in the bunks for non-essential things. The constant stream of delivery trucks coming into Camp Onas creates extra work for the office and, interrupts normal camp life. Channel your love instead into writing letters or post cards to your child.  They create much less waste and are just as appreciated by children.

 Phone Policy

As a general policy, we do not allow campers to make or receive phone calls. The Camp Director or Nurse will communicate to parents any problems a camper may be having. We do allow phone use in the case of a family emergency, and special arrangements may be made for a birthday call. Please do not promise your child that they will be able to call you. This will make it hard for your child to adjust to camp and actually increases the likelihood of homesickness.