My 6 year-old son went to this camp in July - we made it 4 days out of the week we paid for. On Wednesday of the week, Jennifer the camp director tells me they had 2 kids get heat stroke so they were going to limit outdoor activities- it was a week of 105 degree temperatures. The next day when we picked up our son, he was laying in a ball by himself while children played around him, the counselors were playing grab tail without a care in the world and there he is completely unwell. Our son was flushed from heat stroke and he had a sunburn after we had sent him to camp with Sunscreen (per their request). Our son told us the counselors did not apply his sunscreen since he did not ask them to and when he told the counselor he felt ill in the heat, they kept him outside until the group was ready to go inside. We phoned the director but got a girl at the front desk who giggled at my dismay and disbelief at my son's current condition. Jennifer, the camp director phoned me an hour and a half later and told me the children do not get sunscreen unless they ask - when we questioned her relying on 5 & 6 year-olds having the volition and where-with-all to take that responsibility - she then told me that is the consequence of our child not asking and that her 9 year-old knows enough to ask for sunscreen. Next, we asked her what time the children were outside today- she said from 1-2pm. The hottest part of the 105 degree day - and our 6 year-old child is outside without sunscreen then gets heat stroke and this is blamed on our son. We asked for Mark the owner to call us but no call ever came despite many attempts to reach him. We are sure they had no concsience about lining their pockets with our $250 tuition fee just as they had no concience about the child neglect and abuse. We figured after all of these issues were brought up to them, they would have maybe taken better precautions or implemented more awareness regarding the children we entrust them with but it was blaming the victim. These people are disgusting and despite the appearance of nice facilities, the care is neglect and indifference at best. There are better camps that could use your money so avoid this place.
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