Summer Camp Administrator Info
Hume New England
We’re so excited to have your students come to Hume Summer Camp! Below is all the pertinent information you’ll need, including all required registration forms. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us:
Hume Registration
register@hume.org
559-305-7788
Hume Information
info@hume.org
559-305-7770
New for 2023
Please see our updated policies that are new for this summer:
Registration
Please thoroughly read and respond to the following information. Please download or complete each section below. The sections are in order by the due date, just work your way down!
Online Roster
Required: YES.
Due: 5 weeks before camp.
Follow these instructions for the greatest success.
Final Count Form
Required: YES.
Due: 4 weeks before camp.
If submitted after the deadline, a $50 charge will be assessed.
Insurance Certificate Form
Required: YES.
Due: 4 weeks before camp.
▸ DOWNLOAD Hume Insurance Certificate Form
Campership Application
Required: Only if the student in need is wanting to submit a request.
Due: 2 weeks before camp
Parents are able to complete a Campership application for their student(s) during their online registration process. As the group administrator, you can see who applied and how much was awarded through your online account.
Camper Physicals
Required: YES, for campers (dated within 18 months prior to the week of camp).
Due: At check-in upon arrival.
Note: All campers must input their vaccination dates to the Medical Form
Final Balance
To pay by Visa/MasterCard, log into your Online Account to complete this process. Please note that using this form of payment will result in an additional charge of 2.24% of your paid amount. If you plan to pay by check, you may mail payment to the Hume office. To find your remaining balance, log into your Online Account and click “View All Statements.”
Summer Camp Deposit & Cancellation Policy
- A non-refundable deposit in the amount of $35/person must be received in order to confirm your registration.
- The second non-refundable deposit of $100/person (totaling $135/person) is due 130 days prior to camp check-in day.
- The third non-refundable deposit of $100/person (totaling $235/person) is due 60 days prior to camp check-in day.
- The remaining balance is due no later than 2 weeks prior to the event check-in day.
If the registration is cancelled or changed for any reason after initial signup or any deposit is made, the attendee agrees that the full deposit per person will be forfeited.
Completed Online Roster
Each of your attendees need to be fully registered before arriving at camp on Monday. Any questions can be sent to register@hume.org where our registration team can help get people registered.
Completed Housing Form
If your housing form has not been completed, please fill it out and send it in.
Certificate of Insurance
If we are still missing a copy of your church’s COI, we will be emailing you separately. This needs to be submitted before arrival.
Camper Medication
You can locate your church’s Medication Administration Record (MAR) from your Online Account. This is a list of medications you should expect to collect. Please collect ALL medications, vitamins and supplements, except epi-pens, rescue inhalers & diabetic supplies. (Don’t worry if it’s not listed on the MAR, we can add it at camp!) All medication needs to be in its original container & in a Ziploc bag. Write your church name & each student’s name in Sharpie on the bag. You’ll turn medications into our health center staff at check-in when you arrive, so please collect medications before campers load up into vehicles.
Camper Physicals
At check-in, every camper needs a current physical that will be turned in. Current physicals must be dated within 18 months prior to the week of camp.
Check-In at Hume
This is for church administrators, pastors, or leaders who will have the required paperwork, medications, and payment for the church.
When you arrive, follow the signs for Check-in. Our staff will help direct you.
Check-in Location: The Dining Hall
Check-in Begins: 3:00 PM
Map and Directions
- Upon arrival to Hume, we recommend you enter the main road (Chestnut Hill Rd.) from Cronk Rd. Most online mapping services will suggest you turn onto Chestnut Hill Rd. from MA-23. Do not take this route because it is steep and unstable.
- When you arrive, follow signs for Church Check-In. Our staff will help direct you.
- Check out our Campus Map for help getting around once you’re here!
Church Resources and Training
Sick Camper Policy
Campers who feel ill while at camp and are brought to the health center by their youth leader, will be evaluated for a fever and other contagious symptoms. If a camper is found to have potentially contagious symptoms such as a fever over 100.4, vomiting, etc., they will be isolated from other campers, with supervision provided by a counselor from their church. Because Hume New England does not have facilities or staffing to provide a long-term isolation facility, arrangements will need to be made to have the camper picked up from camp by a parent or guardian in the shortest time frame possible. The camper may return to camp once the fever is gone for 24 hours without any anti-fever medication in their system, and their symptoms are improved, including no vomiting for 24 hours.
Sick Camper Transportation
It is imperative that parents are aware of this policy and are ready to pick up their camper in the case where they become sick and potentially contagious. Hume does not recommend transporting sick campers home in the same bus or vehicle that is being used to transport healthy students. In the event of serious injury or a life-threatening emergency, Hume will assist with the transportation of campers, but we strongly urge all churches to have an additional vehicle on site for the medical transportation of campers in non-emergency situations or due to illness.
Policy for children of counselors/youth pastors at Hume (Cabins and Chapel)
At Hume, we desire to support the ministry of the local church and its leaders to the fullest extent possible. Youth leaders, in particular, are some of our most valued partners. Our ministry has a lasting impact because of the countless number of youth pastors, leaders, and volunteers who dedicate their time, finances, and even their families to the ministry. We recognize that doing ministry is often something that the entire family is involved in. To that end, we want to be a support to youth leaders who are counseling at camp and want to bring their spouses and children to experience a week/weekend at Hume as well.
Guest lodging is limited and may not be available for every week of camp. To be placed on a waitlist in case lodging is available for a youth leader’s spouse/family, please contact Olivia Tuttle at otuttle@hume.org.
If you are able to bring your family to Hume, whether they are staying onsite, or just visiting for the day, we have just a couple of guidelines we ask you to follow.
- Only youth counselors and campers who are registered for the week/weekend event are allowed to sleep in our youth cabins. Practically, this means no infants or children of the youth leader or counselor of that cabin are allowed to sleep overnight in the cabin.
- Throughout the event there are numerous opportunities for families of youth leaders to interact with their students. These can include church breakouts, free time, recreation, meals, evening activities, and many more. However, one of our core values is to provide a distraction-free environment for the students to worship, engage in solid biblical teaching, and respond to the Lord. Understanding the difficulty of creating an environment like this with teenagers, we ask that infants and small children of youth leaders not attend the main chapel sessions.
Again, our desire is that students attending a camp or retreat at Hume are provided a safe, distraction-free environment for them to be challenged by the Lord. Please help us do that by following these two guidelines.
Any potential visitors during camp, such as a volunteer who is available for only one day of camp, must be set up ahead of time with Madie Brown mbrown@hume.org. Visitors must sign in at the office upon arrival, and wear a badge identifying them as a visitor while at camp and sign a waiver. Visitors are not able to stay overnight at camp, and must follow all camp rules while onsite.
Media
NEW FOR 2023!
To view photos from your week at camp, download the Hume app or visit bunk1.com and log in with your Hume registration information (email and password).
Photo Gallery With Photo Tagging
You can browse through all photos uploaded by camp, saving your favorites along the way. You can purchase and share high-resolution digital downloads and prints from our desktop version or create unique photo gifts such as mugs, calendars, phone cases, and more.
Our new photo tagging feature with facial recognition makes it easy for parents, counselors, church admins and youth pastors to see their campers in action! Parents can upload a photo of their camper and they’ll receive push notifications whenever we detect photos that may contain their camper.
Send Bunk Notes
No need to wait for snail mail; Send Bunk Notes day or night. We receive and distrbiute Bunk Notes once every 24 hours. Parents can use Credits to create Fun Notes that include borders, photos, Sudoku Puzzles or Baseball Box Scores.
Purchase Bunk Note Express and receive a unique email address for your camper. Parents can customize their camper email address and share with grandparents or other relatives so that they can send Bunk Notes too.
Get Started Today!
Search for Hume Christian Camps on the iOS App Store or on Google Play.
Log in using the same credentials that you use to access your Hume online account.
NOTE: Our mobile app is powered by Bunk1. You will have the option to upgrade to use the Bunk Notes feature described below. If you choose to upgrade, charges on your card will appear from “Bunk1 Summer Camps”. Access to the photo gallery is available for free, but you’ll still need to “purchase” the free bundle.
SUPPORT
Our Hume Mobile App is powered by Bunk1. If you have any technical difficulties, the Bunk1 team is available to support you 7 days a week during peak season. They guarantee a response within 24 hours and it’s usually much quicker than that. Please call Bunk1 at 212-974-9112 or email support@bunk1.com.
For FAQ’s related to the services above, visit bunk1family.com/faqs
Audio Recordings
We record speaker messages from the main chapel sessions and seminars each week of camp. Visit hume.org/media to find your camp and listen.
Recreation and Wrap Up Videos
Watch the videos from your week of camp. Visit hume.org/media, find your location and week of camp to view videos. You can view the video embedded on that page, or follow the share link for each video to access more features and download to play in your church or keep forever.
We have a recreation highlight video and a wrap up video for each week of camp.
You can also catch a glimpse of stories from campers in our Stories From Summer Camp videos where we share the testimonies from all of our camps in all of our locations each week this summer. hume.org/stories
Theme video content will be published at the end of the summer after every camper has had the opportunity to experience the opener, videos, and dramas for the first time during their week of camp. To view past year’s themes, visit hume.org/themes
Counselor Guidebook
We believe the counselors that you bring with your church are a key part of this ministry. We’ve created these resources for them to learn about their responsibilities as counselors. Please have them read this Counselor Guidebook carefully before coming to camp.
About the Summer Camp Theme
We live in a world that is increasingly hostile towards Christianity, meaning that biblical truths are not widely accepted as cultural norms, and Christians are seen as narrow-minded, ignorant, and intolerant. Many things in culture are changing in a direction that is contradictory to the Word of God, and as Christ followers, we find ourselves in the midst of this reality asking ourselves questions such as, “how do we live with resilience as followers of Christ?” and “how do we stand firm on our convictions and beliefs while demonstrating care and respect for others at the same time?” These are questions that the Christ follower will wrestle through as we live out our faith resiliently. This summer we will look at the life of Daniel, and as we study his life, we will see an incredible example of a man who did this well. As we learn from Daniel’s life, our prayer is that we would have a better understanding of what it means to live in a hostile culture without compromise and that our faith would be one of resilience, able to withstand and recover quickly from difficult conditions.
Spiritual Direction
Throughout the week of camp, we will study the book of Daniel together, predominately the first 6 chapters. If you are unfamiliar with this story, take some time before camp to read it thoroughly. As you do, pray and ask the Lord to reveal the truth of His word to you, maybe jot down questions that come up and ask your youth pastor, small group leader or a mentor.
Visual Direction
This summer’s theme will take place with our main characters exiled on an Island in the Pacific Northwest in the 1940s, being forced to assimilate into this new culture and home they find themselves in or stand firm on their convictions and beliefs. There will be many fun, unexpected twists and turns along the way that we will watch unfold throughout the week as we follow our character study.
Theme Verse
Nebuchadnezzar answered and said to them, “Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, that you do not serve my gods or worship the golden image that I have set up? Now if you are ready when you hear the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, bagpipe, and every kind of music, to fall down and worship the image that I have made, well and good. But if you do not worship, you shall immediately be cast into a burning fiery furnace. And who is the god who will deliver you out of my hands?” Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered and said to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. If this be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king. But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up.”
Super Spirit Day
Team Colors
Sunny Surfs
Tiki Turfs
Theme Teaser Video