We are grateful for the time and energy you have invested in getting to know kids and we look forward to hosting you this summer. As you prepare for your trip, please use the links below to access necessary summer trip documents.
If you have any further questions, please give us a call or text at (304) 404-2005 or send an email to mbraun@awr.younglife.org. We look forward to hosting you this summer!
Summer 2025 Information At Camp
YL Connect Camp can be used for registration, payments and trip management tools. A standard registration template has already been added to your YL Connect account and is ready to be customized for your trip.
Before Camp
Health and safety at camp starts prior to the trip. Please encourage all campers and leaders to be aware of any potential health concerns. Be sure as well that all campers have all required forms submitted or in hand, that they each have all items listed in the packing list, and that they have any medical equipment or medicine they may need to use during their stay with us.
Additionally, Lunch is not provided on day 1. In planning lunch, please consider a restaurant or picnic stop.
At Camp
Please be aware that each trip/area will more than likely be sharing a "basecamp" with other areas. In addition to this, smaller groups (8 or less) from multiple areas may be asked to share a yurt with each other for the duration of their stay.
Camp will provide each person with a hammock, a Crazy Creek camp chair, and a meal kit to use for the week. A select number of water bottles are also available upon request.
Our camping/lodging set up is "off the grid" in nature, where water is located only in a single water tank centrally located at each basecamp, and no electricity is available.
We have frisbee golf, gaga-ball, a bouldering wall, board/card games, and rec. equipment to be used during free time, but feel free to bring anything else that might be a win for your group.
On Adventures
Adventures include kayaking, hiking, rock climbing, and white water rafting.
Campers will ride to the kayaking adventure with their leaders in the vehicles they traveled to camp in. This adventure will be led on Summersville Lake by one of our staff.
The hiking/climbing adventure is led on Wild Ridge property and all necessary equipment and guidance will be provided by our staff.
We partner with a local rafting company to facilitate the rafting adventure. A bus from this company will transport campers to and from the river.
Summer 2025 Health and Consent Form Process
To identify who still needs to fill out a Health and Consent Form:
- In YL Connect Camp, on your arrival form, you can view the HC Form Status of each camper.
- If a registrant has an HC Form Status of “completed online”
- If a registrant has a status of “Awaiting Physician signature,” they either need to bring a paper copy of the signature to camp or use the 6007 Health and Consent form to upload a copy of the physician’s signature.
- If a registrant's HC Form Status is anything other than “completed online,” “completed paper,” or “Awaiting Physician Signature,” parents/ guardians must fill out the 6007 Health and Consent form.
To communicate with parents and guardians who still need to utilize the Summer 2024 Health and Consent form:
- From the arrival form in YLConnect Camp, go to Send Individualized Email and select the HC Form Invite.
- You will then be able to select which registrants should receive the email.
- Click send!
Tracking Submissions and Preparing for Travel:
- As parents/guardians complete the form, you will receive emails from Cognito with PDFs of the completed forms. (Parents and camps will also have access to copies.)
- Please track and ensure all forms are completed. In YLConnect Camp, as forms are submitted, you should change a registrant's HC Status to “Completed in Cognito.” Please note that there is no automation between YLConnect Camp and the Cognito form. You must manually update the status to “Completed in Cognito.”
- Print the PDF forms for use during travel to and from camp.
- If a camper arrives without a completed health and consent form, the trip leader and camp team will work together to have parents/guardians complete a form as soon as possible.
Required Documents
- YL Connect Camp is required for summer 2024. The YLCC Arrival Form replaces the registration packet/A form excel document. Training materials on YL Connect Camp are available through Learning Guides as well as a Quick Guide with videos. The Arrival Form specific information can be found here.
Additional Resources
- Arrival on Day 1 is at 3 PM. Departure on Day 5 is on or before 11 AM and before lunch.
- Please make sure all of your vehicles are full of gas since you will need to drive your vehicles to and from adventures.
- For directions, please navigate to Adventures — Wild Ridge - A Young Life Camp. This exact location only works on Google Maps or Waze, which we recommend. Otherwise, follow instructions listed here to help your group arrive smoothly at camp.
- Our Trip Leader Communcation is a comprehensive overview of what to expect. This document includes links to important documents, a packing list, a sample schedule, and more.
- AWR Gospel Content -
- Cabin Time Guide
- Quiet Time Guide
- Combined Cabin/Quiet
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