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Question 1

What if I need to cancel after I register?

Answer

If you need to cancel prior to May 1, you will recieve a refund minus a $250.00 cancellation fee. If you need to cancel after May 1, you MUST notify us by the Friday prior to the week you are registered for camp. If you do notify us prior to that Friday, your tuition will turn into a credit with Tumbleweed Day Camp that you can use for any of our programs through August of the following year. Please note we will not prorate or provide credits for your tuition if you have to miss part of your registration.

Question 2

How will campers be grouped together?

Answer

Your child will be assigned to an all-gender group of up to 13 other campers of the same age range and two counselors. The makeup of that group will stay constant over the course of the week and from week to week. As always, you can request one friend in your child’s same grade to be in their group.

Question 3

I can see that Tumbleweed has been open straight through since July 2020. How did you know it was safe to reopen and stay open during the pandemic?

Answer

At Tumbleweed, we implement layers of safety and multiple COVID-19 mitigation practices. Here is an excellent article that one of our director's wrote about how camps can operate safely. Tumbleweed Day Camp was one of the very few camps to operate last year and has been hosting in-person programs straight through since last July. We follow very strict protocols from the CDC, Los Angeles Health Department and the American Camp Association. But beyond just "following" the protocols, we really live them day to day. We turned camp inside out prior to last summer in order to effectively and successfully implement layers of covid-19 mitigation practices while at the same time still offering life-changing experiences for our campers. I do not exaggerate when I tell you we went foot by foot and minute by minute to adjust our programming so that we could do three major things: continue to deliver our camp's values and experience, create the safest possible in-person experience available, and support and care for our campers and staff's mental, social, and emotional health. To learn more about the protocols from the Health Department, take a look here. And, to learn more about our layers of safety policies and COVID-19 mitigation practices, feel free to call us at 310-472-7474.

Question 4

How will campers get to and from camp each day?

Answer

Campers can either be dropped off and picked up at Tumbleweed or you can take the bus from a meeting point. Transportation from any given stop is not guaranteed. Due to COVID restrictions, we may be eliminating and/or consolidating stops prior to summer. If transportation from a particular stop is a dealbreaker for you, please do not register until closer to summer, as refunds will not be given due to transportation changes. Check out where our buses might be this summer. Camp guidelines require that we stagger arrival and departure to avoid having large groups at camp, so when you register, you’ll select a window of time to do that (either 8:30-9:00 am and 3:30-4:00 pm OR 9:00-9:30 am and 4:00-4:30 pm).

Question 5

How to I register for camp?

Answer

For 2021, campers are required to sign up for consecutive, full weeks of camp (Monday through Friday); you can choose as many consecutive weeks as you’d like between June 14 and August 13.

Question 6

What happens when we arrive at camp?

Answer

Whether your camper arrives at camp by bus or you drop off your camper each day, a staff member will greet your car in the parking lot. We’ll ask you some questions about potential symptoms and COVID exposure and check your child’s temperature, and then they will either get onto the bus or we’ll bring them to their group. Parents/guardians will not be allowed to park or exit their cars this summer or get on the bus for any reason, including on your child’s first day of camp.

Question 7

What does a typical camp day look like?

Answer

Each day, your child will participate in five different activities, including swimming, with their group. You can check out some of the activities we do at camp here. We change up the activities each day so that campers get to experience all of Tumbleweed.

Question 8

Will activities be the same this year?

Answer

Guidance from the American Camp Association includes lots of information about various activities. Each group will have the appropriate supplies, sports equipment, etc. that won’t be shared with other groups, and this will be cleaned after each use. Playground equipment, inflatables, climbing walls, and similar activities will be cleaned between groups and at the end of each day. For “seated” activities like art and crafts, we’ll space campers apart as much as possible, and for other activities, we’ll minimize contact between campers and with counselors. Most activities should be pretty normal with lots of cleaning and sanitizing! Swimming will be relatively normal (chlorinated water is a great disinfectant) and will still be a daily activity. Each group will swim on their own to ensure there’s enough space in the pool for distancing, and we’ll stagger swim times so that only one group at a time uses the changing rooms.

Question 9

Can I visit camp? Can I come with my child on the first day?

Answer

While we can't allow visitors during camp, we highly recommend coming to take a private tour BEFORE the summer. Schedule yourself a private tour at camp with one of our camp directors.

Question 10

What happens if my child gets sick? What if someone in their group does?

Answer

We expect families to monitor their campers for symptoms of and exposure to COVID-19 for 14 days prior to camp and throughout their time at Tumbleweed. If your child gets sick, has a fever of 100.4 or higher, or exhibits any other symptoms consistent with COVID-19, please notify us immediately. Campers won’t be able to return to camp for at least 10 days after symptoms start AND three days after symptoms including fever have improved. If your child has had close contact with someone who has COVID-19 or have been advised to quarantine, please do not send your child to camp until they’ve completed the quarantine required by Los Angeles County. If someone at camp becomes ill with COVID-19, we will notify you. We’ll then follow LA County’s protocol for cleaning, sanitizing, and possible temporary closure of camp.

Question 11

What about masks?

Answer

All of our staff will be wearing face coverings at all times, except while in the pool. LA County’s guidance is also requiring campers to wear masks, and we do too! Please send your child to camp with a cloth face covering.

Question 12

Do you have any discounts?

Answer

Because of our limited number of spaces for this summer, we aren’t able to offer any discounts, camperships or financial assistance. If you had registered for camp prior to our suspension and didn’t receive a refund, we’ll apply the rate you paid at the time you initially registered.

Question 13

How will lunch and snack work?

Answer

As usual, you will send a lunch with your camper each day. We recommend sending some extra snacks this summer as well. We already discourage campers from sharing food, because of allergies, and that’s been a recommended practice to continue in 2020. We’ll provide an afternoon snack.

Question 14

What about Twilight Riding / Overnights / Extended Care?

Answer

We're working on plans for these programs, in hopes that we'll be able to offer them again this year. We'll keep you posted!

Question 15

What should my camper bring each day?

Answer

Please send your camper with two face coverings (one to wear and an extra), a towel, bathing suit, lunch (plus extra snacks), reusable water bottle, and sunscreen. We have extra face coverings, water bottles and sunscreen at camp so if you forget that, we've got you! Please note that counselors are highly encouraging washing hands and when hand washing is not available, they carry hand sanitizer with them. Please do not send your camper with hand sanitizer as the FDA has specific requirments for hand sanitizers.

Question 16

This is my campers first day at camp. What if they don't know anyone?

Answer

Camp is the BEST place to make new friends. The vast majority of our campers come to camp not knowing anyone. Because of this, we specifically train our staff in creating welcoming communities and lots of oportunities to make friends. Tumbleweed is a unique place where your child will make special CAMP friends that they will look forward to seeing year over year - wonderful friendships that are different than any other they will make at school or in sports.

Question 17

What are the hours of camp?

Answer

Camp is generally open from 8:00am to 5:00pm. During the summer, campers get dropped off between 8:30 and 9:30 and are picked up between 3:30 and 4:30. We are usually open during the non-camp season Monday - Friday except for select holidays.

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To purchase items in the camp store you can either add each item to your registration cart at https://tumbleweed.campbrainregistration.com or fill out this order form here. and we will follow up with billing. All items are ready for your camper on their first day.

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