Being a Leader In Training at Cairn is a wonderful way to develop leadership skills that will benefit you at camp, at school, in programs and activities and within your communities.

As a LIT at Cairn, you can spend a month living at camp and learning hard skills, such as canoeing, tripping and belaying, as well as soft skills such as leading TLC, running camp programs and nurturing campers.

This is definitely one month of camp that you do not want to miss! Plus, being a LIT is an important and useful step to take before applying to be a staff member at Cairn.

If you’ll be 16 years of age by December 31, 2010, you are eligible to apply to Cairn’s Leader In Training programme. Applications can be found on our website, or by clicking here. Applications are due on Friday, March 19, 2010, so if you’re looking to experience the best summer of your life, apply now!

Please also note that there is a mandatory LIT Day for all LIT applicants on Saturday, March 27, 2010 at Morningside-High Park Presbyterian Church in Toronto. Hope to see you there!

LIT Trip

If you are 16 years of age (by December 2010) then the Cairn LIT programme is for you!

Register for Cairn’s 2010 Leader In Training Programme and fill out the application! If you want the summer of your life – come to Cairn and register to be an LIT!

To Download the LIT application, Click Here!

Hope to see you as an LIT!

Cairn is committed to keep your family’s personal and health information safe & confidential. Your privacy is very important to us. We are always reviewing and revising policies and procedures to further protect the privacy of your information.

What Type of Information is Collected?

To provide your family with quality care at Cairn we collect both personal & health information. Your camper(s)’ date of birth, address, email address, Health Card number and personal history are examples of personal information. Your camper(s)’ health history and the records of medical care during visits to the health centre are some examples of your health information.

How is your Information Used?

The information that we collect from you is used:

• • to provide your family members with quality care while they are at Cairn
  • to carry out quality assurance to make us better
  • for satisfaction surveys to see how we are doing
  • to comply with legal and regulatory requirements
  • for fundraising for equipment and facilities to provide you with the most safe and developmentally appropriate services
  • for research to make Presbyterian Church camping the best we can and to help develop new programmes and facilities for the future

Do We Share Your Information With Anyone?

Cairn may need to share the information we collect with health care providers that become part of our Health Care Team (ie. the camp physician, Huntsville Memorial Hospital , Bracebridge Hospital ) in case healthcare is required that is beyond the scope of our Health Centre equipment or staff.

Cairn may also provide personal information to camp consultants and professional advisors hired to assist us to function and provide a safe, quality programme for your family. This will only be done by sharing the minimum amount of information required to help a consultant form a plan for future development or assess our place in the camping community.

What about Rock Talk – the online newsletter?

Any emails that are used for Rock Talk will be used for that purpose only. The email version of the online newsletter will be only sent to those who specifically ask to be added the list or those who check off “Please send email newsletter” on a registration form. That list will be used only for the newsletter or to contact families with urgent or important information about the camp.

No group outside of the Cairn organization will be sold or “rented” the Rock Talk list.

Questions or Concerns

If you have any questions or concerns about how we collect, store or share your personal or health information contact Chantal Jackson or Rebecca Jess, our Co-Directors.

Telephone: 705.767.3300

Email: match@ilovecamp.org, palais@ilovecamp.org

Dear TopaZoic.
I Just thought I’d send you a little something to make you realize what Cairn has done for me. I have been coming to camp for years, and it makes my year. Many of my friends who have never been to camp, don’t understand the way camp is, how it picks you up and feeds your spirit and can give you a life time of inside jokes. Camp for me has always been more about  the memories and fun times than it has been about the friends I will have for life.
That is, until this year. LIT has done amazing things for me. I’m so much closer to God, I’m more patient and flexible, I gained a bunch of hard skills like portaging and canoeng and swimming. It let me learn thigns about myself too, like how I need friendships and relationships with real emotional substance, that I DEF need alone time:), that I can be myself all the time with who ever I’m around and thats ok.

The Most Important Thing I Gained from my Cairn Leader in Training Programme

The most important thing that I have gained from LIT is love. I have never felt as close to any 14 people ( incl T-Bayco [ed.: T-ba & Chayko, the LIT Directors]) in my entire life. These people were there for me through an entire month of life.  Real, dramatic, and fun, and hard and unforgettable life. They taught me about me, about themselves, about what true friendship is, they put themselves on the line for me to catch if they fall, and always the other way around. At the beginging of July I put myself into the hands of Cairn, and came out with a better life. I learned, i laughed, i cried ( yes, i’ll admit it), I gave but i never gave up, grew but didnt grow all the way up, I sang, danced, played, I lived and I Loved. More than anythign I Loved.
Already I have hung out with Mauri ( and plinko and topia) countless times, went to Zooka’s cottage with 7 of the LIT‘s, visited camp yesterday ( and hopefully again this weekend). I talk to the LITs on msn alot, and I’m thankful for that. These people are my friends, my bretheren, and I have You guys to thank for that.
So, thanks. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Thanks for my spirit, and the love, for my brothers and sisters, for countless memories. I just feel amazed at the way the month turned out. I know this whole thiing is a little corny or whatever, but its really the way I feel, and I’m so thankful. You guys are amazing and you are making peoples lives better. You are giving what God gave you and multiplying it tenfold.

To complete your online registration please [click here] to download your Glen Mhor confirmation package.

or [click here] to download your Iona confirmation package (including all Trip sessions).

These files are in PDF format and you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view them. If you do not have Acrobat Reader, you can download it here for free. Complete the forms and mail them along with your cheque or money order to:

Cairn
R.R. #1
Baysville, Ontario
Canada
P0B 1A0
Telephone: 705-767-3300
Fax: 705-767-2232

Cheques should be made payable to Cairn.

Please Note: This Registration Request that you have just completed serves as an official Registration Form.

You will receive our confirmation of registration by e-mail or Canada Post following receipt of your fees.

If you experience problems downloading the registration package, please contact Bridget, our Administrator (admin@ilovecamp.org).

I Am A CAIRN Camper.

I Would Love To Be A CAIRN Camper.

• Family Camps
• Residential Camps
• Wilderness Camp

Programmes Available if you are a Glen Mhor Camper:

• Zipline
• Climbing wall
• Low Ropes
• Initiatives
• Swimming (Aqua Jumping)
• Kayaking
• Canoeing
• Outdoor Living Skills
• Music & Drama
• Arts & Crafts
• Dance
• Archery
• Terra Jump

Programmes Available if you are an Iona Camper:

• Canoeing
• Swimming
• Outdoor Living Skills
• Crafts
• Low Ropes
• Initiatives

Things you can do at Dorothy Lake (*best wording)

• swimming
• singing

Thinks you can do at Music Camp

• instrumental
• bells,
• singing

Programmes: Glen Mhor, Iona, Dorothy Lake, Music Camp

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All of our cabins are built on the same model and come with 10 or 12 beds and electricity.  The main lodge with the dining hall and washrooms with showers are only a 2 minute walk from the farthest cabin.