Marian Doszkewycz

• Make sure your daughter's full name is on everything.
• Start packing a couple of weeks before opening day.
• Bring an inexpensive camera with plenty of film to take pictures. Disposable cameras are good but put her name on it.
• Pack extra flashlight batteries.
• Make sure your daughter has adequate toilet items (i.e. shampoo, soap, razor, hairbrush, etc.)

Jane Brown

• Make shopping and packing for camp a project that you and your daughter can do together.
• We used a trunk that I took to camp and Grace loved it. She didn't want a new one.

Nancy Ewing

• We contacted and visited a previous camper before coming to camp.
• We read a couple of books on a little girl who goes away to camp.
• Pack extra socks and underwear.
• Pack small games to play with cabin mates (i.e. cards, board games, etc.)

Becky Dobson

• My daughter likes to have a pair of quick drying shorts to wear on tubing trips.

Grace Robbins

• Pack an extra toothbrush
• Pack sweatpants for the cooler evenings.
• As Tuck Mom, I would tell parents not to send candy because it breaks the girls' heart when they have to give it up.

Becky Nutt

• Pack old clothes.
• Anne has been to camp for years now and knows what to pack and I listen to her and trust her judgment.

Brenda Gerding

• Parents need to write to their daughters as often as possible.
• Pack plastic bags for wet/muddy items.

Karen Smith

• Pack misc. items in zip-loc bags to keep them together.

Lin Melchionna

• Mesh lingerie bags are great. We use one for socks, one for bras and one for underwear.
• I recommend clear ventilated mesh laundry bags to help with mildew.
• Let your daughter pack her own trunk.
• We use zip-loc bags for packing things like camera and film.
• Pack stationary in zip-loc bags to protect them from moisture. Use peel and stick stamps.
• Pack together shirt and shorts that you daughter will wear together.
• We brought a small laundry basket that will fit under the bunk to keep shoes in.
• We took out the cardboard tray that comes in the trunk. We put in cardboard boxes from the grocery store to use as dividers in the trunk.
• Have daughter address postcards and envelopes before they leave for camp.
• Pack a utility caddy without a lid for shower articles.
• We bring an extra pillow to prop up in bed and read.

Beth Collins

• We pack in three stacks and I put a list on top of each stack of what is in the stack.
• I pack things on the bottom that she will not use for a while like the uniform.

Lori Greenwald

• Pack warm pajamas with long sleeves and long pants.

Deborah Sitkoff

• Be careful not to over pack. Girls always bring more home than what they took. (i.e. Arts & Crafts projects).
• For the Florida girls, pack heavy blankets.

Jackie Rubin

• Sneak a letter or a little something in your daughter's trunk for her to find when she opens the trunk.
• Always make a list of what she takes to check off as she packs the trunk to return home.
• Don't forget to pack the address book.