Mail, Email, Phone Calls

Mail

Campers love receiving letters! Allow 3-4 days for mail to arrive at camp. Please address letters as follows:

Child's Name

ADTC, Rm # ______

World Cup Circle

Stratton Mountain, VT 05155

Care Packages: For campers, nothing feels better than receiving a care package! We recommend parents use our partner, Sealed With A Kiss.

Email

For their safety, campers will not have access to the Internet and email while at camp.

Phone Calls

Unless you have a true emergency, please refrain from calling your child or the camp. Questions or concerns can be communicated via email to ADTC@ASDance.com. We encourage you to write letters, mail care packages or send one-way email to your child.

Your camper will be permitted to call home after lunch on Wednesday (with a phone card or collect call number only). We discourage phone calls home earlier in the week as they often can make a camper who is still adjusting to camp homesick. If you have a real emergency and must call to speak with your child ("just to check in" is not an emergency!), you can reach us (or leave a message if we are unavailable at the moment) at the following number. We will receive your message, return your call and put you in contact with your child as quickly as possible:

• 866-383-2382 - ADTC office - follow prompts for Stratton Mountain extension (if calling between 7am and 9:30pm).
• 802-856-1150 - SMS Kitchen (if calling between 7am and 6pm), a member of the kitchen staff will direct your call to the camp office or take your message and post it on the ADTC board in the cafeteria.

Please Note: Phone contact with parents/guardians will be established in an emergency or when there is concern about a camper's health and/or when a situation is not progressing as expected. Phone contact will be followed by an email which provides specific information about the situation.

Cellular phones and similar devices are not permitted at ADTC. Here's why:

Aside from the fact that cell phones are expensive and can get lost or stolen and the physical camp environment is not kind to such items, there is a fundamental problem with campers having cell phones at camp, and that is trust. When children come to camp they - and you - are making a leap of faith, temporarily transferring their primary care from you as their parents to us and their counselors. This is one of the major growth-producing, yet challenging aspects of camp. As children learn to trust other caring adults, they grow and learn, little by little, to solve some of their own challenges. We believe this emerging independence is one of the greatest benefits of camp. It is one important way your child develops greater resilience. Contacting you by phone essentially means they have not made this transition. It prevents us from getting to problems that may arise and addressing them quickly. Sending a cell phone to camp is like saving to your child that you as a parent haven't truly come to peace with the notion of them being away from you and your care.

We agree to tell you if your child is experiencing a challenge in their adjustment to camp. You can help by talking with your child before they leave for camp and telling them that there is always someone they can reach out to, whether it be their counselor, a trusted activity leader, the Program Director or health care manager. We are all here to help, but if you don't trust us, your children certainly won't!