BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P1H REFRESH-INTERVAL:P1H CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:Central Daylight Time END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:Central Standard Time END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261223T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261223T120000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Youth & Day Camp Committee Meeting (TR) DESCRIPTION:Located within IPRA's Therapeutic Recreation (TR) Section\, the Youth & Day Camp Committee consists of a group of professionals that either specialize or work in and around camps at special recreation agencies. If you are interested in joining the committee or simply wish to attend for educational and networking purposes\, you are encouraged to register.For our December meeting\, we'll begin looking ahead to Summer Day Camp 2027! This will be an opportunity to share timelines\, planning strategies\, challenges\, and best practices as we all begin preparing for another summer season.We'll discuss what everyone's planning timelines look like and how different organizations approach some of the biggest pieces of summer camp planning.Topics for discussion will include: facility request timelines and securing camp locations\, field trip planning and reservation timelines\, pool locations and securing swim time\, bus bids and transportation planning\, transportation challenges has anyone else had difficulty finding buses with more than **two wheelchair-accessible spots**?\, pre- and post-camp care does your organization offer before- or after-care during the summer?\, camp age ranges and how organizations determine their groupings\, day camp handbooks and behavior contracts\, what policies or expectations are included in your camp materials?\, wuestions\, challenges\, and best practices to share with the groupPlease come prepared to share your organization's **Summer 2027 planning timeline**\, what has worked well in the past\, and any challenges you've encountered. This will be a great opportunity to compare approaches and hopefully pick up some new ideas as we head into summer planning!How to Participate: This meeting will be available for IPRA Members in the CommUnity. Registered participants will receive access links the day prior.Members can click here to log into their accounts and opt-in to the Youth & Day Camp Committee list and CommUnity page through Lists/Committees. Not an IPRA member? Click here and join today! CEUs: Event is not approved for CEUs (Continuing Education Units are for certifications such as CTRS\, CPRE and CPRP certification). X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Located within IPRA'\;s Therapeutic Recreation (TR) Section\, the Youth &\; Day Camp Committee consists of a group of professionals that either specialize or work in and around camps at special recreation agencies. \;If you are interested in joining the committee or simply wish to attend for educational and networking purposes\, you are encouraged to register.

For our December meeting\, we&rsquo\;ll begin looking ahead to Summer Day Camp 2027! This will be an opportunity to share timelines\, planning strategies\, challenges\, and best practices as we all begin preparing for another summer season.We&rsquo\;ll discuss what everyone&rsquo\;s planning timelines look like and how different organizations approach some of the biggest pieces of summer camp planning.

Topics for discussion will include: facility request timelines and securing camp locations\, field trip planning and reservation timelines\, pool locations and securing swim time\, bus bids and transportation planning\, transportation challenges &mdash\; has anyone else had difficulty finding buses with more than **two wheelchair-accessible spots**?\, pre- and post-camp care &mdash\; does your organization offer before- or after-care during the summer?\, camp age ranges and how organizations determine their groupings\, day camp handbooks and behavior contracts\, what policies or expectations are included in your camp materials?\, wuestions\, challenges\, and best practices to share with the group

Please come prepared to share your organization&rsquo\;s **Summer 2027 planning timeline**\, what has worked well in the past\, and any challenges you&rsquo\;ve encountered. This will be a great opportunity to compare approaches and hopefully pick up some new ideas as we head into summer planning!

How to Participate: \;This meeting will be available for IPRA Members in the CommUnity. \;Registered participants will receive access links the day prior.

Members can \;click here \;to log into their accounts and opt-in to the Youth &\; Day Camp Committee list and CommUnity page through Lists/Committees. \;Not an IPRA member? Click \;here \;and join today! \;

CEUs: Event is not approved for CEUs (Continuing Education Units are for certifications such as CTRS\, CPRE and CPRP certification).

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