Schedule
1st Saturday
1:00 Arrivals
3:00 Field Games Kids
5:30 Warning Bell for Dinner
5:45 Dinner
7:00 Flag Lowering
7:15 Chapel All
7:30 All-Camp Evening Activity
9:00 Bedtime for Littles Dorm/Sponsors
10:00 Bedtime for Middles Dorm/Sponsors
11:00 Bedtime for Teens Dorm
12:00 All Quite
Sundays
Time Activity Staff
8:00-9 Continental Breakfast Dining Staff
10:45 Flag Raising All
11:00 Worship All
Children’s Recreation Child Care
12:00 Lunch All
1:15 Normal Weekly Schedule (First Sunday)
Final Cleanup/Departure (Second Sunday)
Normal Weekday Schedule
7:30 Rising Bell Dorm/Bell
8:00 Breakfast Dining Staff
8:30 Dorm clean-up Dorm/Sponsors
9:00 Flag Raising -All
9:15 Chapel -All
9:45 Lecture Adults, Teens
Recreation (Middles/Littles) Childcare
10:45 Classes Teachers, All
11:45 Warning Bell for Lunch Kitchen Staff
12:00 Lunch All
1:15 Rest Hour Dorm/All
2:15-3 Littles – Recreation Rec. Dir.
Middles – Arts/Crafts Crafts
Teen – Swimming Water Front
3:15-4 Littles – Swimming Water Front
Middles – Recreation Rec. Dir.
4:15-5 Littles – Arts/Crafts Crafts
Middles – Swimming Water Front
5:30 Warning Bell for Dinner Kitchen Staff
5:45 Dinner -Kitchen/All
7:00 Flag Lowering -All
7:15 Chapel -All
7:30 All-Camp Evening Activity -All
9:00 Bedtime for Littles Dorm/Sponsors
Meet in the Middle (games for middles)
10:00 Bedtime for Middles Dorm/Sponsors
11:00 Bedtime for Teens Dorm
12:00 All Quite
2nd Saturday
Normal Morning Schedule through Lunch
1:15 Rest Hour Dorms
2:15 Annual Meeting/Camp Clean-up/Rec
3:45 All-Camp Softball
5:30 Normal Evening Schedule
More Info About the Schedule
Meals: While some snacks are available all day, the cooks serve 3 meals a day (buffet style) with a menu approved by a nutritionist. While not always possible, we do our best to accommodate people with a variety of dietary needs. If you have any questions about dietary issues, please contact the director.
Breakfast
Flag Raising & Lowering:
We greet and end each day by singing and counting the campers present.
Chapels:
Our chapels introduce the theme or lesson of the day. Usually around 15 minutes in length.
Lecture:
Each day, the campers who are over the age of 13 are required to attend our daily lecture. The lecturers are most often ministers of the Swedenborgian Church, though we have had ministers from other denominations from time to time. The lecturers present a lecture, which becomes the basis for the adult discussion groups to follow.
Lunch
Morning Classes:
The whole camp divides into various classes after the morning lecture/recreation time to discuss the lesson for the day. The children receive age appropriate classes that teach Bible literacy and stories. Junior High and High School aged campers have discussions based on the lecture, but focus on the issues of life and faith that are relevant for their age. Adults also break up into discussion groups.
Rest Hour:
As part of a healthy approach to living, we take time to rest in the early afternoon.
Adult Afternoons:
For adults, the afternoon is a time to sit on the porch, play cards, or take walks down the dirt roads of the Michigan country side. Several of the adults find great joy in helping watching kids or doing projects around them camp.
Children’s Afternoons:
After Rest Hour, the children have a series of classes and activities at Almont. Craft Classes, Recreation Class, and Swim Lessons take up the majority of the afternoon. But the kids go get a little free time to swing and play games in the central field of the camp.
Dinner
Evening Activity:
The evening activity is an all camp activity. One of the first activities is usually a campfire, but quickly the various housing groups (teen to adult) plan and run the activities, so you never know what you are going to get.
Adult Housing
The adult housing is divided into shared rooms with two single beds or rooms with double beds (usually reserved for couples). The bathrooms are all common bathrooms.
Big House: The oldest of our buildings, its rustic charms are often sought by the long time campers. It houses Hamilton Parlor, which is known for rousing Scrabble games.
Little Rec: A building that was converted to adult housing offers rustic housing. With the highest porch, it is often a favorite spot for parents and grand parents keeping and eye on the young.
Heritage Hall: Our most modern building offers the greatest degree of privacy, but doesn’t have the same historic feel as the other buildings.
School Age Housing
Children between the ages of 5 and 17 are housed in our dormitory. There is a Separate wing for boys and one for girls.
Both are wings are separated by ages.
With special circumstances, people may delay entry or transitioning by one year, speak with the director for more information.
The littles - (ages 5-8) they reside in the little dorm.
Our smallest campers go to bed around 9, but need the help of parents and sponsors to get them ready for bed. In addition, they need more supervision during meal time and activity time.
The middles - (ages 9-12) reside in the Middle dorm. While they are fairly independent, they still need to be cared for. They go to bed at 10 and parents and sponsors are expected to help the dorm parent ensure that there middle is doing what they need to do.
The teens - (ages 13-17) Reside in Teen Dorm.
They are bit more independent, have a staff person beyond the dorm parents assigned to assist them with the planning and execution of there camp session. The teens have a group call the “Survivors.”
**Very Important Disclaimer**
Residents of the dorms do not have secured storage.
School aged children should not store anything of value in their dorm room.
Almont is not responsible for lost or stolen items
So ... leave expensive electronics at home!
Teens
Almont Summer School offers many fun opportunities for our teens each year. Swimming, kickball, volleyball, or just relaxing in Teen Storage are just a few of the activities the teens participate in. The group runs the camp store (a popular hangout!) offering pop, candy and other treats. The profits from store are used in many different camp improvement projects (for example, our historical marker, swing set, sports equipment, and more!)
The name of the teen group is “The Survivors.”
Survivors
Each camp session, on Friday, the survivors induct new members through a day of games and fun. That evening, they hold a solemn service and are officially welcomed as Almont Survivors. This group runs a store at camp and sponsors a winter retreat throughout the year. For more information on the teen program please speak with the Director or the Survivor Advisor.