summer camp

Long pants appropriate for riding (no nylon pants), sneakers or shoe with a heel (NO sandals or flip flops). Campers can bring a change of clothes (shorts) to change into after they ride. 

All campers will need to wear a helmet when riding horses. We do have helmets to borrow but recommend campers have their own. Helmets should be ASTM-SEI approved riding helmets dated within 5 years.  

Filled water bottle (cold water for refills is available at camp), sunscreen, snack (no nuts), helmet, change of clothes.  

Riding lesson daily, grooming and tacking, learning basic horse care, horse games, horse-themed arts and crafts, horse-centered activities, and water play.

Yes unless they will be attending with an aide who can assist them with this task. Otherwise, all campers must have independent bathroom skills and be able to care for and feed him/herself. 

Yes! Once your paperwork is received, a Blissful Dreams riding instructor will call to schedule a FREE screening to ensure that the camp experience will be an appropriate activity for your child. The screening will be approximately 15 minutes and consists of a tour of the facility, a brief ride on a horse, and an informal meeting with a Blissful Dreams riding instructor. 

Yes, Blissful Dreams staff and volunteers understand that while it is important to maintain order with campers, camp is a fun and recreational experience. It is imperative that all campers comply with instructions relating to safety issues. If a camper repeatedly ignores or defies an instruction from a camp staff or counselor and in doing so is jeopardizing his/her safety or that of others and/or causing serious disruption to the program the following steps will be taken: 

1. The camper will be placed in “time-out” for an amount of time that is equal in minutes to the child’s age in years (e.g. A six-year-old child would be in time-out for six minutes). 
2. Any child in “time-out” would remain in the same area as the camp activity taking place but would not be permitted to participate for the length of the time-out. 
3. Any child in “time-out” would be directly supervised by a camp staff or counselor during the time-out. If a child is placed in “time-out” but refuses to comply, his/her parent will be called and the child sent home for that day. 

If a child is sent home for disciplinary problems for three consecutive days the child will not be permitted to complete the camp session. No child will be verbally or physically abused or deprived of food. 

Please scroll down to the Blissful Dreams Health and Safety Rules form to review.