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)
  • Campers are also welcome to bring semi-formal wear for our weekly banquet on Friday nights
​***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
  • Stickers or pictures and sticky tack to decorate your bunk
  • Things to play with during cabin time (non-electronics)
  • Ask your family to mail you! Mail is delivered everyday at lunchtime!

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.