GREAT BASIN NATURALISTS - SUMMER CAMP 2020 CANCELED
Dear Great Basin Naturalists Families,
For 10 years now, you have entrusted us with the important job of keeping your child safe at summer camp. Our commitment to your child’s safety now requires that, with a very heavy heart, we must cancel our summer camp sessions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. After reviewing all options, this decision was made for the health and well-being of our campers, staff, and greater community.
With respect to refunds for the season, there are a variety of options for those parents who have either partially or fully paid for their camper’s session. Those options are as follows:
1. Rollover - Forward any current 2020 summer camp payments made to date to a 2021 camp session of your choosing. Historically, the Great Basin Naturalists have offered spring, summer, and fall break camps; you and your camper will be able to choose from any of these programs. Furthermore, you will be given early access to registration for the 2021 camp season to ensure you are able to apply your funds to the session of your choosing.
2. Donate - Please consider donating any payments to the Great Basin Naturalists at the Galena Creek Visitor Center. Like many organizations, we have suffered from the financial impacts caused by COVID-19. Your donations will be used to assist us in providing community and educational resources to thousands in the Reno-Tahoe community.
3. Refund - Receive a full refund for all payments made to date.
Please email lazzarello@gbinstitute.org by Monday, June 1st to indicate your desired option with your refund. If your child received a full or partial scholarship to attend camp this summer, funding can be transferred to a 2021 camp session of your choosing.
We realize you may be feeling many emotions right now. Your campers are likely upset about the possibility of summer without camp, while parents may be feeling stressed out at this prospect. We understand your role as a parent has been tested beyond anything imagined these past few months. Rest assured, we are currently working on alternative summer camp programming which reduces risk but also provides outdoor education that campers can do from the safety of home. We will be sure to notify you as soon as the details of this program have been finalized.
We want to thank you for your continued love and support over the past weeks. Without you and your smart, silly, adventurous, kind, spirited children, we would not be able to do what we do. We look forward to coming back together in 2021, stronger than ever.
Best,
Laura Azzarello
Visitor Center Outreach and Education Coordinator
For 10 years now, you have entrusted us with the important job of keeping your child safe at summer camp. Our commitment to your child’s safety now requires that, with a very heavy heart, we must cancel our summer camp sessions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. After reviewing all options, this decision was made for the health and well-being of our campers, staff, and greater community.
With respect to refunds for the season, there are a variety of options for those parents who have either partially or fully paid for their camper’s session. Those options are as follows:
1. Rollover - Forward any current 2020 summer camp payments made to date to a 2021 camp session of your choosing. Historically, the Great Basin Naturalists have offered spring, summer, and fall break camps; you and your camper will be able to choose from any of these programs. Furthermore, you will be given early access to registration for the 2021 camp season to ensure you are able to apply your funds to the session of your choosing.
2. Donate - Please consider donating any payments to the Great Basin Naturalists at the Galena Creek Visitor Center. Like many organizations, we have suffered from the financial impacts caused by COVID-19. Your donations will be used to assist us in providing community and educational resources to thousands in the Reno-Tahoe community.
3. Refund - Receive a full refund for all payments made to date.
Please email lazzarello@gbinstitute.org by Monday, June 1st to indicate your desired option with your refund. If your child received a full or partial scholarship to attend camp this summer, funding can be transferred to a 2021 camp session of your choosing.
We realize you may be feeling many emotions right now. Your campers are likely upset about the possibility of summer without camp, while parents may be feeling stressed out at this prospect. We understand your role as a parent has been tested beyond anything imagined these past few months. Rest assured, we are currently working on alternative summer camp programming which reduces risk but also provides outdoor education that campers can do from the safety of home. We will be sure to notify you as soon as the details of this program have been finalized.
We want to thank you for your continued love and support over the past weeks. Without you and your smart, silly, adventurous, kind, spirited children, we would not be able to do what we do. We look forward to coming back together in 2021, stronger than ever.
Best,
Laura Azzarello
Visitor Center Outreach and Education Coordinator
Outdoor Learning Close to Home
Located in the beautiful Galena Creek Regional Park, in between South Reno and Lake Tahoe, our day and residential camps open a portal to the wider world. Through fun, educational, hands-on discovery of the natural wonders of forests, creeks, lakes and ponds, we bring out the explorer in every child.
Spring Break Exploration Camp 2020 -BOTH SESSIONS CANCELED
Dates: March 16-20, March 23-27, 2020
Age Group: 8-12
Time: 9 am-5 pm
Summer Break Exploration Camp 2020 - ALL SESSIONS CANCELED
(See the summer camp brochure below)
Dates: June 8th-August 7th, 2020* (Monday through Friday)
*THERE WILL BE NO CAMPS THE WEEK OF 4TH OF JULY
Age Group: separate camps for 8-12 and 13-17
Residential Camps: Monday at 9 am - Friday at 5 pm
Day Camps: 9 am-5 pm
Fall Break Exploration Camp 2020 - SESSION CANCELED
Dates: October 5-9, 2020
Age Group: 8-12
Time: 9 am-5 pm
Great Basin Naturalist Camp Counselors, Naturalists and Staff are trained outdoor education leaders committed to providing a safe and fun learning experience for all campers. Load-up your backpack, lace up your sneakers, and get ready for a forest adventure in the great outdoors!
Spring Break Exploration Camp 2020 -BOTH SESSIONS CANCELED
Dates: March 16-20, March 23-27, 2020
Age Group: 8-12
Time: 9 am-5 pm
Summer Break Exploration Camp 2020 - ALL SESSIONS CANCELED
(See the summer camp brochure below)
Dates: June 8th-August 7th, 2020* (Monday through Friday)
*THERE WILL BE NO CAMPS THE WEEK OF 4TH OF JULY
Age Group: separate camps for 8-12 and 13-17
Residential Camps: Monday at 9 am - Friday at 5 pm
Day Camps: 9 am-5 pm
Fall Break Exploration Camp 2020 - SESSION CANCELED
Dates: October 5-9, 2020
Age Group: 8-12
Time: 9 am-5 pm
Great Basin Naturalist Camp Counselors, Naturalists and Staff are trained outdoor education leaders committed to providing a safe and fun learning experience for all campers. Load-up your backpack, lace up your sneakers, and get ready for a forest adventure in the great outdoors!
| 2020 Summer Camp Brochure.pdf |
How to Register for Camp!
Great Basin Naturalists has partnered with CampDoc.com to better serve our campers and staff. CampDoc.com offers online registration and an electronic health record system for camps. You can now register your camper and complete their health information all in one place. Once you sign up for a CampDoc.com account, you will be able to register your camper and make payments online. Afterwards, you will receive more information on how to complete your camper’s health profile. We’re excited to let you know that your camper’s health information will save from year-to-year, so once you complete it in CampDoc.com this season, you won’t have to start from scratch next year.
Use the following link app.campdoc.com/register/greatbasin to register for any of Great Basin Naturalist Camps in 2020 (spring, summer or fall).
Use the following link app.campdoc.com/register/greatbasin to register for any of Great Basin Naturalist Camps in 2020 (spring, summer or fall).
Scholarships are Available for all Camp Programs!
We want all kids to be able to attend our camps programs as we believe money should not be a barrier for environmental education! If your camper is interested in attending a program, but the cost of camp is beyond what you can pay, please fill out a scholarship application and email it to visitorcenter@thegreatbasininstitute.org.
Funds for camp scholarships are generously provided by the Nell J. Redfield Foundation.
Funds for camp scholarships are generously provided by the Nell J. Redfield Foundation.
| 2020 FALL BREAK CAMP SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION |
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