Dear Camp ECHO Participant,
Camp ECHO 2024 will be here before you know it! We are beginning our preparations for camp and hope it will be an experience that we will cherish for a lifetime!
Camp ECHO will be at Cedar Lakes Conference Center, Ripley, WV again this year. If accepted, your arrival time will be on Sunday, June 2nd, 2024, at 4:00 PM. Check out this year will be on Thursday, June 6th, 2024, at 8:30 PM. – check out is right after the “Camp ECHO Closing Ceremony”. Parents and caregivers are welcome and encouraged to attend the Camp ECHO 2023 Talent Show on June 5th, 2024, and the Closing Ceremonies on June 6th, 2024, at 6:30 P.M. No camp participant is permitted to leave Camp ECHO 2024 early without prior approval from Wood County Society Executive Director on or before May 31, 2024.
You will find a Participant Application and Medical Form enclosed. Please complete and return it as soon as possible. Original copies of both the application and the medical form will be accepted. I also ask that a copy of medical insurance and vaccination record be provided in case of emergency. Incomplete or copied applications will not be accepted.
Post COVID-19 pandemic has had an impact on our planning and our strategy for Camp ECHO 2024. We are taking precautions with sanitation and handwashing to ensure cleanliness and disinfection. For the safety and well-being of everyone who attends Camp ECHO, Wood County Society is encouraging that everyone has the vaccination (and booster) for COVID-19. If there is a medical reason as to why you cannot receive the vaccination, please contact me at your earliest convenience to discuss this in person. Wood County Society is committed to ensuring the health and well-being of everyone involved – including our participants and our families.
Some parents and caregivers have asked about donating to Camp ECHO. All services and programs of Wood County Society are free. We are funded by the generosity of individuals in our community who give to our Telethon each year and through grants from the United Way Alliance of the Mid-Ohio Valley. In 2023, the cost to send one participant to Camp ECHO was approximately $725. If you wish to donate, please send a check payable to Wood County Society with the application. Donations are not required and do not guarantee admittance to Camp ECHO 2024.
Acceptance letters will be mailed out by April 10th, 2024. Please understand, with the high volume of applications, not all applicants will be accepted and will be placed on a waiting list for the following year.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at the Wood County Society 304-428-4280 or by emailing Linda Lawson, Program Director at linda@woodcountysociety.com
Application Deadline: March 15, 2024
Rethink. Redefine. Reimagine.. the possibilities!
Brandon L. Gress, M.A.
Executive Director
