Email! A new approach to an ol’ fashioned process

To Camp

Parents, friends, family, and especially Bubbies are invited to send emails to Walden campers!  Here is what you need to know:

• Emails should be sent to campers@campwalden.ca
• Please make the subject line your camper’s name and cabin
• Emails will be distributed with regular camper mail 3 days after they are received (yes, 3 days…not 3 business days…)
• One email per camper per day (yes, that’s per camper, not per parent)
• Please no images or attachments

From Camp

We are pretty tech-savvy at Camp Walden, so we have come up with a way to have your child’s hand-written letters arrive directly in your inbox in email form!  Using the Word document found below, parents can replace the “placeholder” email address with their own email address (or those or other family members, friends, etc.), and print off enough copies to carry their child through their time at camp.  Letters will be scanned and converted to PDF, which is how they will arrive in your inbox!  Some important notes about this system:

• It does not require a login or password (just a correct email address on the page)
• You will receive letters 3 days after they are submitted to the office
• Campers should use blue or black ink (no pencil, it will not show up)
• Campers must use must use the special stationary for letters to be emailed, we cannot scan and email regular letters

Parents, you have some homework!  Here’s what you need to do before camp so that your child’s letters can be delivered to the correct email address:

1. Download the Word document here
2. DO NOT CHANGE THE TEMPLATE, FONT, SPACING, OR MARGINS
3. BUT YES, DO CHANGE THE EMAIL ADDRESS TO YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS
4. Print off as many copies as you think your child will need to write to you while they are at camp (then add 10!)
5. Repeat steps 2 and 3 with the email addresses of any other friends or family members that your child may want to write
6. Explain to your child what the papers are for and how to use them
7. If your child is unfamiliar with any of the email addresses, you may want to label them at the top
8. Make sure that these pages get packed for camp with any other stationary.  Try to store them in a clipboard that will protect them from being folded or damaged.
9. Send kids on busses and then sit at home thinking fondly of the great experience your children are having… be delighted when you receive an email, but even more happy when you don’t knowing that they are out having fun in a wonderfully nurturing, fun, and developmental experience!