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Information for the parents before we start:

Transportation

  • The bus will be picking campers up each Saturday at 11 a.m. near the office at 4950 Yonge Street (Yonge and Shepard).
  • Registration will be held between 10:15 and 10:45 a.m.
  • Arriving to Madawaska Sunshine Camp between 2:30 and 3:00 p.m.

The child should bring the following things

  • Toothbrush and tooth paste
  • Make sure you pack some comfortable clothes, both short and long sleeves, shorts and pants. Clothes should be convenient for walking, including long-distance, sun tanning and bus tours
  • A raincoat or a light waterproof jacket may be needed in case it is raining or windy
  • Shoes should be comfortable, including beach shoes, slippers, sneakers or running shoes and comfortable sandals for walks and tours
  • Don’t forget a hat – it may be a baseball hat or a Panama hat
  • Repellent or ointment for insect bites
  • Sun proof lotion

Approximate Menu

Breakfast served between 8:30 and 9:00 a.m.

    • Oatmeal or cereal
    • Eggs and sausage
    • Yogurt
    • Bun with butter
    • Tea or cocoa (coffee) with milk

Snack at 11:00 – 11:15 a.m.

  • Fruit, vegetables, juice

Lunch  at 1:00 – 1:30 p.m.

  • Salads
  • Meat Soups
  • Steamed meat, meat balls, beef-stroganoff, goulash served with potatoes, rice, beans, sautéed vegetables, macaroni, etc.
  • Tea or compote

Snack at 4:30 – 4:45 p.m.

  • Bun, crackers, cocoa, tea and milk

Dinner at 7:30 – 8:30 p.m.

  • Salad
  • Fish (steamed or fried), poultry (steamed or fired) with garnish
  • Juice

           

Events

Sports – a variety of sports activities based on personal preferences (volleyball, basketball, badminton, table tennis, shooting, chess, checkers and other games as well as swimming and water play twice a day – mornings and evenings)

Tourism – walking along forest paths, boat trips along the river, special cognitive trips, such as “Nature around Us”, “Wild Nature and Us. Knowing and Protecting”, “Algonquin Park Flora and Fauna”, “Surviving in a Wild Forest”

Tours – bus tours to Algonquin Park museums (Natural Museum, Logging Museum), visiting Art Gallery, art studios and potters workshops

Entertainment – participating and performing in drama shows, various games, competitions of young talents, fishermen, gardeners, drama and singing parties, camp fire circles, intellectual game “What? Where? When?”

Staff

Ratio of adults per children 1:4

  • Camp Manager and Senior Sports Instructor Vladimir Jutiaikin is a master of sports in water tourism.
  • Sports Instructor - Sergey Finebrge.
  • Senior Teacher plans ad coordinates entertainment and other events. 
  • Team Leaders are both lifeguards licensed in Canada with extensive experience working in summer camps.
  • Support Staff looks after cleaning bedrooms, cottages, territory and cafeteria.
  • Assistants are senior campers (16-17 year-olds).

Administrative Board ensures compliance with the rules and participates in planning and coordinating activities and events. Administrative Board is obliged to notify parents immediately of any drastic changes in child’s behavior and to report any health issues. Administrative Board reserves the right to send the child back to Toronto if the child violates rules and/or fails to comply with schedules.

 Parents are obliged to produce all the necessary documents and provide child with camp necessities including clothes, shoes and other, should be on time for registration (10:15 – 10:45 a.m.), departure (11.00 a.m.) and arrival in Toronto at 8 p.m. Parents agree to notify Administrative Board promptly of any changes. Parents will be able to call camp and speak to the coordinator or their child every day between 8 p.m. and 9p.m., and will be able to visit camp on a designated day (Friday). Those parents, who would like to stay over night, will need to submit application beforehand.