Packing  List

What to  Pack

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  • Sleeping Bag (or sheets for a single bed)
  • Extra Blanket
  • Pillow
  • Clothing: including warm clothes and long pants for campfire, several changes of shorts, T-shirts, pyjamas, socks and underwear
  • 2 pairs of running shoes
  • Bathing suit (one-piece or "tankini" for girls, a coloured shirt to go over top if bringing a bikini)
  • Towels (for pool and shower)
  • ​Toiletries (shampoo, body wash, cloth, toothbrush, toothpaste, brush, hair elastics, possibly feminine hygiene products)
  • Rainwear and rubber boots
  • Hat
  • Flashlight
  • games, books, & small activities for in the cabin
  • pencil/pen, notebook, envelopes and stamps for mailing letters
  • Insect Repellant
  • Sunscreen
  • ​Water Bottle ​​(Water is always available and we provide cups, but bottles make it easier to bring water with them)​
  • masks (should you camper choose to want to wear one)
Please be sure to label all of your child's belongings. This way if things get lost we can return them to their rightful owner

What NOT To pack

Please leave these items at home:
  • Radios, MP3 Players or iPods (your counsellors will provide music, radios and alarm clocks)
  • Electronic games and handheld game systems (including: 3DS, DS, PSVita, PSP, Gameboys, etc.)
  • Money (no tuck shop available)
  • Cellphones
  • Open-toed shoes and sandals (Crocs are okay!)
  • Tank tops that are less than 2 fingers wide
  • Tube tops
  • Short-shorts
  • Skirts or skorts for everyday wear
  • Hair care devices such as hairdryers, curling irons/wands, straighteners

Things  That  might  come  in

 Handy

  • A stuffed animal to share your bunk
  • A journal to record memories
  • A sleepmask and earplugs
  • Goggles for the pool
  • Pictures and sticky tack to decorate your bunk
  • Things to play with during cabin time (non-electronics)
  • Stamps and envelopes to mail your family from camp

Dress  Code  Policies

​Camp Tanner has a few dress code policies. Please read them so that you can make sure to send appropriate attire allowing your camper to have what they need to follow these rules:
  • Campers must have close-toed shoes at all times (this includes crocs, running shoes, rubber boots, and some sandals with a strap and toe). The only place where sandals are permitted is on the pool deck. Please send your camper with appropriate footwear.
  • Campers must wear a hat during the daytime hours. Please send along a hat and maybe even a spare in case they lose one.
  • Campers must wear long sleeves and pants to campfire to help prevent bug bites. Please send enough for your camper to wear this for 5 nights.
  • Shirts must have at least 2 finger width straps and must cover the chest and all the way to the pant line. No tube tops, belly-tops, spaghetti straps, or wide cut arms on tank tops that expose the nipples.
  • Pants/ shorts should cover appropriately. This is an active environment and everyone should be able to move freely without butt cracks or cheeks showing. 
  • Bathing suits for girls must be one piece or Tankini (no belly showing). If a camper only has bikini swim wear please send them with a dark coloured t-shirt to wear over it in the pool. 
  • Long hair must be worn up in the pool to avoid hair in the drains. If your child has hair long enough to be put in a ponytail (both boys and girls) please send them with lots of elastics so they have enough if a few get lost throughout the week. 

Special Things To Bring 
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(2022)

We do some fun themed activities throughout the week at camp. Campers are not required to bring items for these but might enjoy it,  if they have things at home that would match these themes. 

  • Fun PJ’s like onesies for PJ breakfast meal
  • A plaid shirt (these can even be borrowed from dad or grandpa if need be) for lumberjack breakfast
  • ​Campers are welcome to bring semi-formal wear for our weekly banquet on Friday nights
  • Speed socks (long sock in bright colours)
  • ​Other campfire theme attire. Our Campfire themes this summer are the following for each week:
Int. Co-Ed #1 (July 10-15)
-Neon & Bright Colours
-Wacky Hat (any fun hat or headband)
Jr. Co-Ed #1 (July 17-22)
-Animal (clothes with animal pictures on them, animal print, animal costume items, ect.)
-Weird & Wonderful (we invite campers to add any weird costume item that they love or weird and wonderfully ugly clothing items, be creative)
Int. Co-Ed #2 (July 24-29)
-Rainbow (multi coloured items or items with rainbows on them)
-Wacky Sock
-Jersey’s & Sportswear
Jr. Co-Ed #2 (July 31-Aug. 5)
-Sparkle & Shine (sparkly clothes, sequined shirts, or shiny fabrics)
-Under the Sea (wear blue and be the sea, fish shirts, mermaid stuff)
-Birthday Party (party hats, balloons, streamers)
Sr. Co-Ed (Aug. 7-12)
-Space/Science Fiction
-Spring Fling (floral prints, flower headbands & pastel colours)
Jr. Co-Ed #3 (Aug. 14-19)
-Hawaiian/Beach/Tourist
-Safari & Wild Animals
​-Halloween (black and orange or full costumes)