Camp Hidden Lake 2023 - Week 13

Camp Hidden Lake is a Catholic Summer Camp sponsored by Life Teen, Int. Camp. Sending your child to a weeklong summer camp experience offers a unique environment of encounter for your child. 

The Life Teen Summer Camps staff plans, prepares, and facilitates the programming, liturgies and activities for each day. Each day you’ll experience daily Mass, opportunities for the Sacrament of Reconciliation, and other powerful prayer experiences. Our evening sessions, led by a dynamic speaker, will break open scriptural topics to lead your teens into a more authentic encounter with Christ. All of this alongside our exciting ropes courses, an obstacle course, messy games, plenty of free time and much more. Each day campers will enjoy three delicious meals and a night-time snack with their parish. 

There is no more pressing question that parents could ask than for the assurance of their child’s safety at Camp! Know that we hold every child’s physical, emotional, and spiritual safety as our highest priority. As a result, we are committed to partnering with families in providing the same degree of care that you show at home in your children’s time away!

SAFE-ENVIRONMENT POLICY

• In addition to abiding by and enforcing the Archdiocese of Atlanta’s Safe-Environment policies, Life Teen also ensures that each parish that attends is in line with their own diocesan policies regarding sleeping arrangements 

• All adults on property are required to be safe-environment trained and background checked in their home diocese. This includes adult chaperones for all parishes, the leadership teams, all summer missionaries, and Life Teen Staff. When it is necessary for a contractor to be on property (EX. HVAC, food delivery, etc) they are escorted by a member of staff the entire time they are on property. 

• Life Teen abides by the rule of “3 or more” meaning that youth should always be in groups of 3 or more on property. They should never be one-on-one alone with another teen or adult. When appropriate one-on-one relational ministry conversations happen, they must be in the line of sight of others, during daylight hours. No after dark one-on-one conversations are ever permitted.

• Sleeping quarters are gender specific meaning there will never be an occasion where women are in the men’s dormitories and vise-versa. Adults will not be sharing sleeping or showering spaces with any campers. 

• Summer missionaries and staff receive in depth training prior to campers arriving regarding appropriate boundaries, our specific safe-environment policies, how to respond as a state mandated mandatory reporter, how to report any breaks in our policies, and the consequences of any of anyone breaking policy. 

• Every week, Core members and leadership teams receive weekly training regarding everything that is covered with the summer missionaries and staff. 

READ THE HEALTH AND SAFETY POLICY HERE

In the event of any emergency regarding your children's safety, parents will be contacted immediately by the youth minister via cellphone or the Camp Landline. In addition to the nurse working at Camp, St. Faustina will also be traveling with a registered nurse as well.

Camp Hidden Lake is a Catholic Summer Camp owned by Life Teen, Int. Hidden Lake was bought in Fall 2014 in order to continue to provide for a growing need in summer camps as well as a uniquely and passionately Catholic Retreat center for the greater Atlanta and North Georgia area.

Throughout the year, Camp Hidden Lake functions as a year-round retreat center for local parishes. During the Summer, Camp Hidden Lake serves over 2000 campers from various diocese alongside a community of young adult missionaries and staff. 

Find more information about the Camp and its facilitaties here.

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WHAT IS SUMMER CAMP?

• Camp Hidden Lake is a Catholic Summer Camp sponsored by Life Teen, Int. Camp is a weeklong summer camp experience full of fun, high adventure, prayer, reflection, and more!

WHERE WILL CAMP BE?

• Edge Camp takes place at Life Teen Camp Hidden Lake in Dahlonega, GA. Camp is about 13 hours away from Houston.
  
  Address:
  Life Teen Camp Hidden Lake
  830 Hidden Lake Rd.
  Dahlonega, GA 30533
  706-867-0592

WHEN IS YOUR TRIP?

• June 11^th-June 18^th, 2023
• We plan to arrive at Camp by 1:30 pm on Monday and depart from Camp on Saturday by 1:30 pm. This means our departure time will be at 7:00 PM on Sunday, June 11th. We will return around 3:00 AM on Sunday, June 18th.

HOW MUCH WILL IT COST?

• The cost of camp will approximately be $1000. This includes transportation, as well as all lodging, meals, programming, etc. at camp.
• We will have a payment plan setup until the month of Camp.
• We can say with full confidence that it is 100% possible to fundraise your entire trip! We plan on fundraising most of the cost in order to help everyone get to camp!

WHO CAN ATTEND?

• Edge Camp is open to all outgoing 6th-8th graders.
  • This means, if your child will complete their 6th, 7th, or 8th grade year in Spring 2022, they will be eligible to register.

HOW CAN I FOUND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT LIFE TEEN AND CAMP?

• Check out https://lifeteen.com/camps/summer-camp/