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health concerns
Summer Camp Health Concerns
Please read through the following information, and then follow the link at the bottom of the page to register.
1. Immunizations / Vaccinations
All boys must be fully up-to-date with their school vaccines in order to attend St. Michael’s Summer Camp. As part of the application process, parents are required to submit their son’s immunization records.
Parents who choose not to immunize their sons, or who have not kept up with their son’s necessary vaccines, may alternatively turn in an Immunization Waiver (provided in the emailed camp “Acceptance Package”). This form must be signed by both the parent and a licensed California Health Care provider.
2. Allergies / Individual Care
The staff at St. Michael’s Summer Camp tries to accommodate young men with a variety of medical needs. However, we are limited in our capabilities to assist with these medical conditions:
- Asthma/Environmental Allergies/Nebulizers
St. Michael’s Summer Camp is primarily an outdoor camp, featuring a variety of physical activities, and campers who have asthma and allergies to pollen, ragweed, etc. will find that these conditions will be aggravated at camp. Boys with severe asthma cannot be admitted to camp at this time. Nebulizers may not be accepted into the camp.
- Dietary Restrictions/Food Allergies
All of our food is carefully prepared by our faithful Summer Camp team in a commercially-equipped kitchen. Due to limitations in facility size, as well as the close-quarter dining of the campers, we cannot provide for boys who have life-threatening food allergies (e.g. nuts or shellfish) or those who require special meal preparation (e.g. those restricted to strict gluten-free diets).
- Fever
Campers who have been sick with a fever within seven days before their camping session begins may not attend camp.
- Bee Stings
Boys who are severely allergic to bee stings may not attend camp.
- Epipens/Other Health Conditions
If your son has been prescribed an Epipen for any type of allergy, his application will be reviewed by our camp nurse, who will help determine whether camp will be a safe environment for him. Any boy sent to camp with a serious allergy must have received proper education about his allergy and how to avoid the allergen. In all cases involving a serious health condition or risk, our nurse will be consulted.
3. Medications / Vitamins
The campers’ prescription medications are kept in our camp office, under the supervision of the camp director. All prescription medications must be checked-in with the camp nurse at the beginning of camp. All prescription medications must:
a) Have the boy’s name and specific dosage on the medication;
b) Be within date. Expired medications cannot be administered at camp;
c) Have an accompanying Physician’s Form (part of the St. Michael’s Acceptance Package) signed by a doctor.
Please do not bring multi-vitamins to camp. We maintain a supply of over-the-counter medications should the need arise.
Camp Registration
By registering for St. Michael’s Summer Camp, you are acknowledging that you have read the health policies and understand them.
