CYO Summer Camp

For over 80 years, hundreds of children have experienced CYO Summer camp as a vibrant faith community which offers campers a        fun-filled, week in a safe and supportive setting. Kids have a great time learning new skills, making new friends, and enjoying all that summer offers. We welcome children of all races and religions.


**** CAMP UPDATE 5/29/20

At the Governor's Daily Press Conference today he announced that as of Monday July 6th Youth Day Camps in the State of NJ can begin to operate.

PLEASE KNOW that we must now wait to view the Health and Safety Standards that will be issued by the Governor and the Department of Health and process them to see if in fact it is possible to run our program.

Once we have gotten and reviewed the standards we will issue an update to all of our Camp Parents.

Please Click Here read the letter that was sent all Camp Parents May 8th. 

Summer Camp Registration is in fact CLOSED and has been since early April


***** CAMP UPDATE - 4/20/20
Camp Registration CLOSED as of Wednesday April 15th. 
Any camp registrations received postmarked AFTER April 15th will not be accepted.

With the Covid-19 Pandemic will there be camp this summer? 
To be honest we don’t have an answer!    It is our plan to have camp – but the State Health Department that issues summer camp licenses will make that decision in conjunction with state and federal officials.  As you might imagine the NJ State Health Department is rather preoccupied with the Covid-19 pandemic, and so summer camps are understandably probably not a top priority right now at this moment.
 
The best we can do is watch the state's decision as it relates to school re openings.  Initially that target decision date for schools in NJ was April 20th and with the federal stay at home guidelines it was moved to April 30th.   The Governor announced Thursday April 16th that all schools will remain closed now til May 15th.  One would think that if schools reopen – camps in the state will be able to take place.    But we cannot be sure on that.   All we can do is wait and see.  Please check back here for more updates.
 
If summer camps in the State of NJ were not to be allowed due to Covid-19 we would contact all families VIA MAIL with options,  proposed plans etc.  
 

CAMP REGISTRATION UPDATE as of 4/1/2020
THE OFFICE & St. JP II CENTER will be CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE due the Covid19 outbreak.   Please MAIL any Camp Registrations you might have.


CAMP REGISTRATION UPDATE AS OF 2/28/2020  -
KINDER CAMP (5/6yr olds) is now CLOSED.  As of FRIDAY February 28th we will NO LONGER be accepting 5 OR 6 year old campers for the Kinder 5 or Kinder 6 year old groups as we have maxed out our space.   We do still have room for campers ages 7-12.




Camp packets are now available on the Documents tab to the LEFT

ALL Parents registering a child must complete all paperwork and submit payment for 1 weeks worth of camp to complete registraiton.  This payment covers the first week that they attend.

-Forms MUST be either mailed in or dropped off in person
-our Office hours are 9am to 4:45pm Monday to Friday
-PLEASE DO NOT shove envelopes under our doors, etc before or after hours - this is how camp applications get lost each year


OUR FACILITIES:
The St. John Paul II Youth Retreat Center is a 5-acre facility operated by the Archdiocesan Office for Youth and Young Adult Ministry and is used year-round as a Retreat Center for teens and adults. The facilities include an air-conditioned gym and cafeteria, outdoor pool, grassy fields, computer lab, arts and crafts, Kinder Camp, and special break out rooms for rainy day.
 
TOURS OF THE CAMP FACILITY
Being we are a year-round retreat facility we have groups using our space that camp uses literally up to the beginning of camp.  With that in mind, we do not set up for camp until about 2 weeks prior to the start of the season.  An Open House will be announced for families to come and visit.

MORNING CARE AT CAMP
Children may be dropped off starting 7:00 am to the Dining Hall for Morning Care where they will receive cereal and juice. MORNING CARE IS A FLAT RATE $30 A WEEK – NO DAILY RATE. 
Regular drop off will start at 8:00 am when doors open. Children must be picked up BY 6pm.

TUITION
The fee for all campers is $160.00 per week. (Fee for the week of June 29^th is $130) PLEASE NOTE: to avoid being charged a late fee, tuition for that week MUST BE PAID IN FULL by the Monday morning of the camper’s week.   Campers not paid in full for that week WILL NOT be allowed to attend camp this year.
 
There are no partial fees for camp. The camp tuition covers the cost of meals, supplies, staff and facilities. We CANNOT offer any partial fees for campers that attend half days or limited days in a week.
 
KINDER CAMPERS:
Kinder Campers are divided up further by the 5 year olds and then the 6 year olds.  We will taking NO MORE than 15-20 of each camper age per week.  Once that number is met Kinder Campers will go on a waiting list.  There are TWO counselors and an assistant with each age group during the day.  ALL CHILDREN ATTENDING KINDER CAMP MUST BE TOILET TRAINED AND ABLE TO USE THE BATHROOM AND CHANGE THEMSLEVES FOR POOL/ WATER ACTIVITES UNASSISTED.
 
THE CAMPERS DAY
Kinder Campers stay together for the day and are structured as a traditional camp setting where they play, learn, eat, swim etc together. 
 
The 7-9 year olds and 10-12 year olds are placed on a 6 period schedule.  Each week they get to choose SIX  different activities ( swimming, sports, computers, art, etc) to do for one week.  Periods are roughly 50 minutes each. 
 
At the end of the day the campers all gather together for closing announcements, etc.    Campers are outside playing each day in activities until roughly 5pm—but can be picked up anytime you would like.
 
LUNCH AT CAMP
All campers receive lunch everyday at camp as part of their weekly camp fee.  If campers chose not to eat the lunch provided, they can bring their own lunch from home.  Lunch menus will be posted on the website on the camp page as the camp season draws closer.
 
The dates for Summer Camp 2020 Season are ...
First Day of Camp ... Monday June 22nd
Last Day of Camp ... Friday August 21st
PLEASE NOTE ... camp will be closed Friday July 3rd this summer.


Looking to reach us about Camp?
The Camp Office number is :
201-998-0088 x 4151
We are generally in the Camp Office from 8am to 5pm.   If you need to leave a message regarding a campers absence you can call anytime.

Or if you have a Camp question and cannot reach Rich at the Ofifce please contact Rich Donovan at  richard.donovan@rcan.org