Frequently Asked Questions
If you still have questions after reading through our FAQs please email us at [email protected] or call 570-333-4098.
Eligible campers with special needs may submit an online Grant Request Form. Our grant provides 10 days of respite for eligible campers through our Best Week Ever Day Camp Program in 3 locations (Dallas, Hazleton and Scranton). (Guardians will be responsible for optional fees including transportation, extended care and trips). 1:1 agency support must be provided for the full time that campers are in our program. Our grant cycle opens in January and will close when we reach maximum funding in each location.
- Grant Funding for the Dallas Day Camp location is closed for 2025
- Click to access our >> Hazleton Area Campus Grant Request Form
- Click to access our >> Scranton Area Campus Grant Request Form
- Click on the Grant Request Form link above.
- Log in to your account (New families can create an account and add all family members to the account).
- Select the name of the person for whom you are completing the form (Please complete a separate form for each camper that is applying).
- Complete the Grant Request form on the screen and submit.
- Please allow at least two weeks for us to process your request. You will receive a reply email to the primary address listed on your account. The email will include your grant offer and registration instructions.
- Upon approval, each family will complete their own registration for camp program, pay for optional fees including transportation, extended care and trips. Camp Orchard Hill will apply grant payment to cover the base registration fee for up to 10 days of Respite Care.
We invite you to take advantage of registration incentives available for all Camp Orchard Hill families! If you need additional assistance, please submit an online Scholarship Request Form with supporting income verification documents. Our scholarship cycle opens in January and will close when we reach maximum funding in each location.
- Scholarship Funding for Overnight and Day Camp programs in the Dallas location is closed for 2025
- Click to access our >> Hazleton Area Campus Scholarship Request Form
- Click to access our >> Scranton Area Campus Scholarship Request Form
INSTRUCTIONS:
- Click the appropriate link above to access our Scholarship Request Form
- Log in to your Ultra Camp account (New families can create an account and add all family members to the account).
- Select the name of the person for whom you are completing the form (You only need to complete one Scholarship Form for your whole family).
- Complete the Scholarship Request Form on the screen.
- Please submit appropriate income verification to [email protected]
- The first two pages of your 2024 Federal Taxes (Schedule 1040)
- If you don’t file taxes, please submit a statement for each type of income received in your household (SNAP, SSI, SSD, child support etc)
- We will not be able to process your Scholarship Request until we receive your income verification at [email protected]
- Please allow two weeks for us to process your request. You will receive a reply email to the primary address listed on your account. The email will include your scholarship offer and registration instructions.
- Upon approval, each family will complete their own registration for programs. Please plan to pay the applicable deposit for requested camp weeks.
Camp Orchard Hill offers a tiered pricing structure that rewards you as you register!
OVERNIGHT CAMP INCENTIVES:
- Register and Pay in full by March 15 (see registration page for specific pricing)
- Register and Pay in full by May 1 (see registration page for specific pricing)
- Receive a multiple child incentive when you are registering more than one child in your immediate family. (see registration for specific pricing)
- Refer a Friend! Receive a $50 incentive for each new camper that you refer to overnight camp, up to the full price of your registration fee. (Camper must be new to Camp Orchard Hill and must write your name in the referral section of their registration. Not applicable for siblings.)
RESIDENT CAMP
A $100 non-refundable deposit is required for each resident week at the time of registration. All extra fee applications (Snackshop, and Add-on Electives) are refundable unless a camper attends camp and chooses not to participate in the add-on elective.
Cancellation and No-Show Policy
- $100 deposit will be charged for cancellations up to 4 weeks before camp.
- 50% of your camp fee will be charged for cancellations between 2 and 4 weeks before camp.
- 75% of your camp fee will be charged for cancellations between 1 and 2 weeks before camp.
- 100% of the camp fee will be charged for cancellations one week or less before camp and no-shows.
- Medical refunds require a doctor’s note.
Will you help us bring kids to camp this summer? Your sponsorship will make a powerful impact on the life of a camper who would not otherwise be able to attend Camp Orchard Hill! Learn more here.
Tell your friend (must be first-time COH camper) about Summer Camp. If they sign up and write your name on the “Friend Who Referred Me” line on their registration form – you’ll get $25 off your registration fee for Day Camp or $50 off your registration fee for Overnight Camp – up to the full price of your registration! Not valid for siblings.