Hi. Here is a quick overview of what our stake does for day camp. I hope this helps you plan your own. Happy day camping!
Shedule
1:00-1:15 Check-in (as each girl arrives, she checks in and gets assigned to her day camp group which consists of the girls her age from her ward. Sometimes wards are combined to make a good group. Groups have 8-10 girls each.)
1:15 – 1:30 Welcome, Prayer, Flag Ceremony
1:35 – 2:05 1st class
2:10 – 2:40 2nd class
2:40 – 2:55 Snack Break provided by Stake (The stake brings snacks to each group which they eat and drink at the end of the 2nd class and then they rotate to the 3rd class at 2:55. The stake picks up any leftovers and trash.
3:00 – 3:30 3rd class
3:35 – 4:05 4th class
4:10 – 4:40 Dinner (Dinner consists of sack lunches the girls bring from home. Bishops and their wives are invited to attend dinner and the campfire program. Our ward always bought Subway for our bishop and his wife.)
5:00 – 6:30Campfire program (Each ward does a skit based on a scripture story that fits the theme. The stake leaders do a funny song and dance focusing on the theme. We usually perform it once at the beginning, something short in the middle, and a reprise at the end. We have four themes that we rotate every four years. They include Faith, Love, Home, Scriptures)
Classes: Each age group (8,9,10,11) rotates through 4 different classes that focus on the gospel standards. Each ward is asked to staff 2 classes. We provide the wards with a description of the activity and ideas to tie the activity in to the gospel. We also provide a budget for some of the more costly classes.
Some Class ideas:
Modesty, Manners, Sewing, Geo Caching, Rope Making, Self Defense, Fire Making, Leather Working, Sand Art, etc. Each class is tied in with the gospel in some way.
