Parents

Our Summer open house is scheduled alongside our Earth Day Event for Saturday April 26, 2025 from 12-4. Participate in our free Earth Day activities and take a self-guided tour with knowledgeable staff on hand to answer questions! Stay for as long as you’d like!

If you’d like to come see camp prior to that date, please call 360-652-6250 to arrange a tour!

Remember, the balance of your fee must be paid no later than two weeks before camp.  No camp fees will be accepted at camp.  If an emergency makes it impossible to pay before this time, please notify the office, or your deposit and reservation will be forfeited.  You may pay your balance by check, Visa or MasterCard.  A $10 processing fee will be charged on all returned checks.  Access your UltraCamp account to make payments.

All campers will be tested for swimming skills by the waterfront staff, and then placed in the swimming level that will result in the greatest safety benefits to the camper.

The Trading Post is where you will find the latest in Camp Killoqua merchandise.  Items include T-shirts, sweatshirts, stuffed animals, waterbottles, toothbrushes and even stamps are available.  Clothing prices range from $10 to $30. Campers can add money online on their camp account. Money must be added to the camp account by the start of the session in order to be used at camp. Remaining money over $10 will be refunded at the end of the summer. Remaining money under $10 will not be refunded and will be considered a donation to camp.

Our health history form is an online form included with your confirmation paperwork. Please fill out the form at least two weeks prior to your child’s camp session.  If medication is brought, it must be in its original container with prescription and/or store label.  All medication is kept and dispensed by the nurse.
Please help us keep camp a healthy place.  If your child shows signs of illness (fever, coughing, sore throat or vomiting) in the 72 hours before your session starts, keep your child home and contact camp for advisement.  We take many steps to encourage healthy group living while at camp, including frequent hand washing, use of hand sanitizer, regular cleaning of common spaces and disinfection of living spaces between sessions.

Overnight Camp

Parents of overnight campers furnish transportation to and from camp.  The camp entrance is across the road from Wenberg County Park.  Take the Wenberg/Smokey Point Exit #206 from Interstate 5, north of Marysville.  Go west on Highway #531 (Lakewood Road) for 2.2 miles to a stop sign.  Turn right and continue 3.5 miles (still on #531/Lakewood Road).  Turn left onto E. Lake Goodwin Road and continue 1.5 miles; Wenberg is on the right, and the Killoqua entrance is on the left.  Our staff will meet you in the camp parking lot.  Campers who need to drive themselves to camp must make prior arrangements with the camp director.

Day Camp

In day camp, parents can drive their camper to camp or they have the option to pay for transportation on the camp bus.

Transportation is available from McCollum Park and the Camp Fire Office in Everett. Camper drop-off and pick-up is 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM at McCollum Park and 8:30 AM and 4:30 PM at the Camp Fire Office. Please choose the day camp transportation option on the registration form; a transportation fee applies.

When you get to camp:
Staff will meet you in the parking lot to guide you through the check-in process. Please leave your dogs at home.
All full week Resident Camp Sessions start on Sunday and end on Friday. Session 2b (our mini session) starts Wednesday at 10 am.

Arrival time: Between 2:00 and 3:30 p.m. on Sunday for full week sessions.
Please arrive on-time, so your child may participate in all the first-day welcoming activities.

Arrival times:
Grades 7-12 @ 2:00
Grades 4-6 @2:30
Grades 1-3 @ 3:00
If you have campers in more than one age group, please bring all campers at the check-in time of the youngest camper.

Departure time:  FRIDAY at 7 pm for all sessions and grades

Day Campers will check in at our parking lot in the Welcome Shelter, or at the transportation drop sites, if your camper is riding the bus.
Please arrive by 9 am each day, so that your camper does not miss any of the day’s activities. Day camp ends at 4pm each day, and extended hours are available at camp from 7:30-9 AM and 4-5:30 PM.

Snail Mail

We encourage you to send mail to your child during the camp session.  Especially for newer campers, mail is reassuring and fun to receive.  Please keep notes cheerful and encouraging, and focus on activities at camp.  Mail is delivered each full day at rest hour.  We encourage you to send postal mail, and also offer e-mail for your convenience.  New this year, our camper email system is included in your online account for a small fee.  Please note, campers don’t have computer access, so if they respond, it will be by USPS mail.  When sending USPS mail to camp, please address it to:
“Camper Name”, “Unit”
Camp Killoqua
15207 East Lake Goodwin Road
Stanwood, WA  98292

Email Your Camper
One way camper email is available for purchase within your online registration account. This is only to send messages to your camper and they will NOT be able to email back.  Please direct any questions after registration to the Camp Fire Office at 425-258-5437.

In the event of a personal/family emergency where you need to reach a camp director after hours, please call our on call phone: 425-239-6515.

Outside of camp, you may be used to contacting your child by cell phone.  At camp, we have a “no cell phone” policy.  Aside from being expensive, and easy to break or get stolen, cell phones may prevent us from helping campers settle into camp, since they may try to talk to you instead of our staff.  When kids come to camp, they – and you – are allowing our staff to be their primary caretakers.  This is a great act of faith for a parent, and we intend to earn and keep that trust.  Sending a cell phone is akin to saying to your child that you haven’t come to peace with them being in our care.  It also prevents them from truly settling into the special world we create at camp.

We work diligently to partner with parents.  Should your child have a challenge adjusting to camp, we will call you to explain the situation and request your advice.  You can help by talking with your child before camp and telling them that there is always someone to whom they can reach out, whether it’s the counselor, unit coordinator, an activity leader, nurse or even the director.  We specifically introduce campers to many staff on the first day, to help them feel comfortable.  We appreciate your assistance!

We take the safety and well-being of our campers seriously. During camp, safety and respect are emphasized in our activities. After camp, even though campers are not under our supervision, we remain concerned about their safety. Because campers now use the Internet, cell phones, and text messaging, we appeal to you as parents and guardians to help us maintain a safe environment for your child.  Please review these details; we hope you will share them with your camper, too.

Campers and Social Networking Sites
Social networking sites (snapchat, instagram, facebook, tiktok, etc) and other communication between campers can be a positive extension of the camp experience. When used responsibly, these sites are great places to exchange camp stories and keep in touch with friends.  Since we emphasize positive and respectful communication at camp, we ask that campers continue to be positive and respectful in their correspondence. This includes using appropriate language and always acting in a non-threatening manner. If the rare circumstance arises that your child receives a threatening message and you suspect the sender is a fellow camper, please contact camp administration immediately.

Contacting Staff After Camp
Campers often develop positive mentor relationships with camp staff, and may want to keep in touch after summer.  We have set up a communication format that benefits and protects both campers and seasonal staff.  Here’s how it works: If your child would like to contact a staff member, please help them write a letter to that person, and mail it to the address above.  We’ll forward the letter to the staff member, and encourage them to write back.  Staff responses are mailed to camp, and then forwarded to you.  This system keeps communication linked to camp after both campers and staff are no longer on-site.  It also encourages campers to write letters – a skill we feel is important for kids to practice.  We ask seasonal staff to not communicate with campers via the Internet, phone, or in person, since this is not monitored by camp.  Please help us support this policy, for the security of both your child and our staff members.  Summer camp is a special experience, and these measures keep it that way all year.