Dear Parents, Grandparents, Pastors, and Guardians,
March is camper scholarship time.
If you're familiar with the process, then you know that church boards usually meet once a month and they often have a great deal of say in scholarship availability. If you wait till April, you might be too late to get the best price on a week of summer camp (first discount deadline is April 30).
This season, we're making 120 scholarships available on a first come, first served basis. After those 120 scholarships have been claimed, we'll limited churches to three scholarship per church (which is the tradition).
Are you new to the entire process? Here is the newest information straight from the 2015 Camp Magazine:
"Camp Family
Parents can see the price of camp as a deterrent to sending their children, which interferes with our goal of sending every child to PSR who wants to attend. Utilizing a 3-way scholarship program, we’ve been able to overcome some of the financial hurdles and make camp more affordable for parents, grandparents, and guardians to send their child or children to summer camp.
What is a 3-Way Matching Scholarship?
This scholarship is a partnership between PSR Camp, the local church, and the family. The church makes a contribution to the cost of camp of at least $60 (most churches give $100), the camp makes a flat rate contribution of $100, and then the family pays the balance.
Depending on the activity and registration date, the remainder is usually between $89 and $129. Scholarship awards are still only available for week-long camps, and cannot be used for our family camp or cub camp sessions.
New Process for 2015 Season
In the past we’ve limited scholarships to only three per church, but now we’re doing things a bit differently to make scholarships even more available this season.
This year the first 120 camp scholarships will be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis. Once those scholarships have been claimed, then we’ll limit 3-way scholarship awards to three per church.
Step By Step
Every church does it a little differently, but parents are usually the ones who need to get the ball rolling. If you’re interested in a camp scholarship you’ll need to follow these steps:
1) Talk to your local pastor about camper scholarships
2) Navigate to www.psr.camp
3) Under the ‘Parents’ tab, click on the ‘Document Center’ button OR:
CLICK HERE
4) Download & print the ‘2015 Camper Scholarship Form’
5) Fill in the top portion with camper information
6) Pastor fills in church portion
7) Send PSR the completed scholarship form (fax or mail)
8) Make a reservation in Ultracamp and pay (at least) the deposit
We recommend you complete the process before April 30 to get the maximum benefit from registration discounts. There is no set deadline to submit scholarship applications, but remember this season they’ll be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis.
Please note: We’re doing our best to get the word out so churches know about the scholarship program. If you, or your pastor have any questions or concerns, we’re always available by phone or email (or even in person) to answer questions.
Contact Us PSRCamp@seccsda.org
(951) 509-2266
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I hope this information is helpful as parents start getting ready to make their summer plans.
We'll see you at camp!
-Jeremy
