CREATING A SAFE SPACE — Camp is a refuge

Thank you for sharing your child with us! By sending your child to camp you are providing them with the opportunity for a seminal life experience.
Camp Miriam provides a unique natural environment where kids have the opportunity to play, learn and grow independently from their parents and from many of the distractions of the outside world. Campers have told us that the refuge they enjoy at camp has helped them make meaningful friendships, be more creative, focus on the present and feel free from judgment.

The following camp policies enable us to foster and preserve this invaluable environment:

  • Camp is an unplugged zone. We do not allow campers to have mobile phones or other WiFi-enabled devices (with or without a SIM card). Please don’t pack these devices because we will have to take them away if they are brought to camp.
  • There is no visitor day at camp. Everyone is welcome to see camp during the Open House in May and new families are welcome to attend Family Camp, also in May. You can register and learn more about these events on our website.
  • We have found that parent phone calls to campers, and vice versa, are very disruptive to the flow of the camp experience.
    Staff will call parents of all campers from Grades 2-5, and all new campers, during the first week of camp. Additionally, the Registrar or Camp Director are available to address your concerns by email or phone.
    We enthusiastically encourage you to communicate with your child the old fashioned way, through snail mail!