How to read this page
Start here before season. Read the Camp TLC policies for ethics, emergency procedures, and full policy. Use counselor search to find a topic. Facilitation content lives in activity guides plus Shared language and Counselor wellness. Camp alert is the full Wi‑Fi alert page — read the action line first when an alert is active. Questions for leadership? Use radio or find a unit lead.
Tutorial path for new counselors — do these before the first activity block. Directors verify contacts each season.
Post these numbers in cabins and staff areas. Full runbooks: TLC emergency summary and Camp John Marc procedures (2026).
When facilitation is not enough — for campers or for you. Say the step aloud if it helps you stay calm.
Camp TLC runs as a partner camp on Camp John Marc in Bosque County, Texas. Camp John Marc runs the barrier-free site, meals, adaptive activities, and paid program staff. Partner organizations—including Camp TLC—bring campers, the on-site medical team, and volunteer cabin counselors. Register with your Camp TLC director, not Camp John Marc central intake.
Volunteer paperwork and full legal policies stay in your printed Camp TLC handbook. Use the links below for Camp John Marc home-site safety and ethics on Wi‑Fi.
Camp John Marc — 15 cabins; each cabin sleeps 10 people (7 campers and 3 counselors). Activity guides assume those defaults unless a session notes otherwise. See supervision ratio in Shared language.
Your program director adds camp phone numbers here before season. Full contact lists are also in the volunteer handbook.
Mission, ethics, roles, emergency procedures, medical guidance, packing list, and schedules — searchable on Wi‑Fi.
Search handbook policy, reference library, glossary, shared language, and counselor wellness.
Camp John Marc safety web summary, Texas state law contacts, peer host-site PDFs, and ACA public library — director comparison, searchable on Wi‑Fi.
Cabin tours, wheelchair wrapping, and schedule walkthroughs — local MP4 playback on Wi‑Fi with Vimeo embed fallback.
Host vs partner camp model, cabin layout, and Camp John Marc safety and ethics in the volunteer handbook.
Camper-safe vocabulary, speakable scripts, and camp-wide programs, roles, and acronyms.
Grounding, burnout signals, escalation ladder, and TFM examples — for volunteer and paid counselors.
Low-prep costume ideas for movie theme days.
Program directors use this list in staff briefing — counselors tick through before week one.
Camp TLC teaches SEL skills for camp life. When a camper or counselor needs clinical support, use the escalation ladder — nurse, unit lead, program director. Definitions: Shared language.
Campers choose their level in every activity — cheer or offer an alternate, never pressure, dare, or timed embarrassment. In SQUAD guides, use pass is OK. Watch-from-side and pass count as participation.
Medical boundaries. Activity guides teach facilitation skills. Medication, dosing, and health assessment stay with the camp nurse — follow your camp's medical protocol.
Safety conversation. Start each week with an age-appropriate talk — camp policies and permission to speak up. See additional guidelines and Home site policy links.
No forced disclosure. Do not press campers for trauma details or promise secrecy when safety is at risk. Follow reporting child abuse and camp leadership notification steps.