PARISH GROUP INSTRUCTIONS

Camp Veritas is pleased to welcome large groups! Whether you are utilizing Camp Veritas as part of a Confirmation prep program or to nurture your youth ministry we are happy to assist you. Parishes organizing groups of campers please note the following procedures:

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1) Please contact our Parish Groups Coordinator, Collette Geraghty at campveritasgroups@gmail.com. She will go over these instructions with you and answer any questions you may have.

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2) Deadline: for parishes to submit a list of campers is April 1st. After that, we are not able to reserve space. See #5 regarding payment and reserving your camper's spots.

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3) Registration: must be completed online by parents/ guardians. Parents/guardians must enter a valid and working email,

When registering select:

1. Attending with a Parish group? Select: YES

2. Make sure to enter the NAME of the parish, CITY, and STATE (Make sure all your students use the same name, for example, if it is St. Mary’s-St. Andrews, make sure they write that all out, not just part or an abbreviation). If you are a specific youth group, put the name of the youth group in the place of PARISH

3. IF your parish is subsidizing or collecting the payment on behalf of the kids, have them select “PARISH PAYMENT PROGRAM”, under payments, and “PAY BY CHECK”. This means that we will bill you the invoice for all the kids attending. If you are having each parent pay individually, the full amount, DO NOT select Parish Payment Program.

 

4) NOTE: Parishes sending groups are expected to send one or two volunteers for every 8-10 teens for each gender (example: if you have 1 boy and 3 girls attending, you still need to send one male and one female volunteer).​  Volunteers must complete an online application, satisfy Safe Environment protocol, and indicate on the application what parish group they are chaperoning (please also email the parish coordinator to indicate that they wish to be placed with the kids from the parish/group.

 

5) Payment: An invoice will be submitted to the parish. (Please note that parishes issuing partial subsidies are responsible for collecting balances from parents, managing their interior bookkeeping, and then sending one, complete final payment prior to the deadline.)

1. Early Bird Rate: Ideally, you will have each of your camper’s register individually, on-line, and be paid in full by April 1, 2024.

2. Alternatively, you may submit a list of campers’ - name, age, gender - along with a $100 deposit per camper by April 1, 2024 to secure the Early Bird Rate and your camper’s spot.