All staff are over 21, under 35 and certified in CPR and First Aid. They meet MAXIMUM TEEN TRAVEL CAMP'S strict requirements for working with your children and receive an intensive training program prior to the opening of camp.
Our counselors do not drive buses. They attend to your children.
Buses are driven by professional drivers supplied by the bus companies.
Each counselor carries a cellular phone. Staff are in constant touch with the camp office and with each other.
Because a concerned, caring and loving staff is critical to the safety
and success of any camp program, we are dedicated to selecting and
training the finest people to take care of and share with your
children. We take the responsibility of your child very seriously and
spend months of planning and refining the program of training our
counselors. Dozens of hours of workshops and meetings precede the
opening day of camp. Staff, old and new, share together the camp
training manual, camper's paperwork, roll play and lots of laughs. The
excitement builds as we get closer to the big day.
All staff are required to become certified in first aid and CPR which gives them additional time to work together.
There is a workshop in the use of cell phones as well. All of this helps build a solid front line team. Our camp nurse, an RN and EMT, goes over camper's medicals with the staff and red flags any concerns. Nassau County Board of Health guidelines for handling emergencies, dispensing of medications, the Daily Medical Log, etc., are also addressed. `Day Pages' are discussed. These pages describe the destination of the day and their first aid facilities, the location of the nearest hospital, directions, phone numbers, etc...
A medical bag is carried on each bus, replete with supplies and each camper's application, medical and emergency release form. The camp's Water Safety Instructor and Grade III Ocean Guard define waterfront responsibilities.