About Our Camp Program

Let's have a learning ADVENTURE this summer! Red Alder Summer Camps include high-interest field trips and other engaging activities led by caring, responsible educators that bring science, history, culture, and the arts to life!

Our 2025 camps are designed for ages 6 -12 (entering 1st - 7th grade in Fall 2025). At camp, each child is a member of one of four cohorts for ages 6-7, 7-8, 9-10, and 11-12. Cohort sizes may vary but will not exceed 12 campers and each cohort has its own professional educator. A field coordinator and/or program administrator also accompanies the cohorts to ensure everyone's health and safety and to support socio-emotional success.

In the mornings and afternoons, each cohort meets separately with its educator for circle time and all four cohorts participate together in daily field trips and related enrichment activities, as well as meals, snacks, and recreation time. (For some all-group activities, the duration, content, and teaching methodologies may be differentiated for early elementary and/or middle school participants.)

Camp hours are 9:00 am - 4:30 pm. (Check-in begins at 8:30 am and pick-up ends at 5:00 pm.)

This summer, our "basecamp" will be the Pringle Community Hall, located at 606 Church Street SE, Salem. This is where the campers will begin and end each day and where they will depart and return from their field trips in 15-passenger vans or a chartered school bus.

Tuition is $479 per child per week with a 10% discount for additional siblings registering for the same camp. To be considered for our program, please complete and submit the form below for each child. Early registration will begin on Monday, February 3, at 7:00 am for returning and 2024 waitlist campers. Registration for new campers will begin on Monday, February 10, at 7:00 am. 

Registrations will be processed in the order received and confirmations or waitlist status notifications will be emailed within 48 hours of registration.

Red Alder Summer Camps are operated by Red Alder Group, LLC. For a sample daily camp schedule and additional information about the planned camp activities, visit RedAlderGroup.org. Questions? Email us at RedAlderGroup@gmail.com or give us a call at 503-302-4645

 

August 18-22  |  Veterinary Science Camp

Meet a veterinarian and several animals in their care, visit an animal rescue and rehabilitation center, learn about some of the dangers that domesticated and wild animals face and how humans can help these animals survive and thrive. Learn how to take an animal’s vital signs (pulse and respiration) and administer basic first aid to your pet. And find out how youth 4-H and FFA members raise farm animals, including rabbits, chickens, goats, and cows! Includes admission to the Oregon State Fair on Friday, August 22.

 

August 25-29  |  Working Animals Camp

Learn why and how humans first domesticated dogs, cats, and other animals and the “jobs” they often do that have helped humans over thousands of years. Visit a dairy farm, watch a dog agility demonstration, get to know a therapy animal, meet draft horses and other working animals at the Oregon State Fair and watch a miniature cow competition! (Includes fair admission on Friday, August 29.) Learn the differences between wild animals like wolves and cougars and domesticated animals like poodles and tabby cats.

 

Please select the desired camp session(s) below. For students entering Grades 9-12 who are interested in an internship as a summer camp counselor, please contact Catherine at RedAlderGroup@gmail.com.

Red Alder Summer Camps adhere to all available health and safety guidance, including protocols for communicable disease prevention, issued by the Oregon Health Authority. All camp staff members are certified in pediatric and adult first aid/AED/CPR. A designated health & safety officer will be onsite during all camp activities. Note: this staff person is not a licensed health professional. For a copy of our health, safety, and emergency procedures, please email RedAlderGroup@gmail.com.

It is our policy to contact the parent/guardian 1 via phone as soon as possible in the event of a serious accident or injury. If your contact information has changed between the time of registration and the start of camp, you can update your contact information at check-in on the first day of camp. Please bring all medication in the ORIGINAL CONTAINERS and complete a medication form on the first day of camp. Your child must be able to self-administer medication(s) to participate in our camp program. All prescriptions must be in that camper's name with the correct dosage listed on the label.

Please note: a copy of your child's immunization records will be required to participate in camp. Records can be mailed to Red Alder Group in the return address envelope that will be provided in your child's camp packet. Packets will be mailed to registered campers (and their parent/guardians) in April.

All fields are required below.  If a question does not apply put "NONE" in the box.

There is no payment required to register for camp. Upon confirmation of your child's place in camp, an invoice for a 50% deposit will be emailed to Parent/Guardian 1, unless other payment arrangements are made in advance. (Alternate payment arrangements can be emailed to RedAlderGroup@gmail.com.) Deposit payments are due within five days of receipt of the invoice.

Please note: the deposit is non-refundable, except in the event of bereavement for an immediate family member, a medical emergency, or force majeure circumstances. Red Alder Group, LLC reserves the right to determine whether a situation qualifies as a medical emergency or a force majeure event. An invoice for the balance due will be emailed to Parent/Guardian 1 in late July or early August. Balance payments are due at least five days before the start of camp.

In the space below, list the full name(s) and relationship(s) of anyone you authorize to drop off or pick up your child, in addition to Parent/Guardian 1 and 2

In the event of a medical emergency or situation necessitating first aid, my signature below indicates that I give consent for the camp staff to administer first aid to the above-named child and transport my child to a medical facility, if deemed necessary by camp staff. I also give consent for medical treatment by licensed medical personnel. I understand that the above named child will only be released to the individuals listed above and this information may be updated by Parent/Guardian 1 or 2 at any time prior to camp by emailing RedAlderGroup@gmail.com or providing updated information in writing at camp check-in.

I certify that my child has my permission to attend camp and participate in all activites. I give my persmission to Red Alder Group, LLC to photograph my child for educational and/or outreach purposes and I reserve the right to opt-out of this authorization at any time in writing. 

To the best of my knowledge, my child is fully able to safely participate in the activities for which they have been registered. I will communicate any special needs in writing on this form before submitting this camp registration and I agree to disclose any additional special needs that become relevant prior to my child's participation in camp.

I am fully aware of any risks and hazards connected with my child participating in camp activities and I take sole responsibility for maintaining the health and well-being of my child. I voluntarily assume full responsibility for any risks or loss, property damage, or personal injury, including death, that may be sustained by my child, or loss or damage to property owned by me or my child, as a result of my child's participation in camp.

I hereby release, waive, discharge, and covenant not to sue, Red Alder Group, LLC, Catherine Alexander, John Savage, the City of Salem, and/or any and all staff, associates, family members, agents, volunteers, and representatives of the aforementioned organizations and individuals (hereinafter referred to as “Releasees”) from any and all liability claims, demands, actions and causes of actions whatsoever arising out of or related to any loss, damage, or injury, death, and/or inconvenience, including expulsion of my child from the camp activities, that may be sustained by my child, or to any property belonging to me or my child, while participating in a Red Alder Group-sponsored activity.

It is my expressed intent that this Waiver shall bind the members of my family and spouse and/or domestic partner, if I am alive, and my heirs, assigns and personal representative(s), if I am deceased, and shall be deemed as a release, waive, discharge, and covenant not to sue the above named Releasees.

I hereby further agree that this Waiver of Liability shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Oregon. In signing this release, I acknowledge and represent that I have read this Release & Waiver of Liability, understand it, and sign it voluntarily as my own free act and deed; no oral representations, statements or inducements, apart from the foregoing written agreements have been made; and I execute this release for full, adequate and complete consideration fully intending to be bound by same.

By digitally signing and submitting this registration, you agree that you are the parent or legal guardian of the above named child, are over the age of 18, and have reviewed the camp Code of Conduct with your child and agree to the rules and expecations outlined in that document.