All About Chenny Getaway
Chenny Getaway is a brand-new offering from Camp Chen-A-Wanda. While we’re all still saddened over our closure for 2020, we must emphasize that Chenny Getaway is not a replacement for camp. (Honestly, we can’t imagine anything that can replace the magic of summer camp!) With most of us having lived through months of stay-at-home orders, quarantines, travel restrictions and upheaval to most of what we were used to in our daily lives, Chenny Getaway is being presented an opportunity for a family to literally GET AWAY. In simplest terms, Chenny Getaway is a unique option for a family (or families!) to travel, get outdoors, enjoy an assortment of awesome activities, and see a place that they love all while being able to keep each safe thanks to our programming being designed around safe practices and guidelines from the CDC. We view this as a “breath of fresh air” for a family looking to stretch their legs and we’re proud to be able to offer this option to our camp families and their friends.
Chenny Getaway will allow families the option to rent a private cabin at Chen-A-Wanda for 4 days and 3 nights. A family will live together, play together, and can design their own daily schedule. You can even create your own UNIT with other families ahead of your arrival to allow interaction with more people up at camp as long as this group does not exceed 25 people (per CDC guidelines). This unit will be acting as one “family group” and will be able to play at activities together, eat meals together (in designated tables/sections, of course) and have their own private campfires together. Your experience will truly be dictated by your family’s individual comfort level. If a family of four is looking to maintain social distancing practices while enjoying a weekend at camp, they can absolutely accomplish that. If three families who have extended their circles and feel comfortable socializing at camp together, then they can have their own unique experience living in three separate bunks, but as a UNIT which allows them to enjoy Chenny Getaway together with no restrictions within their group. Your comfort level will drive your experience and each preference is welcomed and will be supported by program structure.
As for planning a trip with us, please note that this is an opportunity for families to come enjoy our facilities and some amazing programming, but in order for us to effectively practice social distancing we won’t be providing counselor supervision for children, so at least one adult/guardian must sleep in each rented bunk and we are requiring a 1-to-4 adult-to-child ratio. Our maximum occupancy at camp will be 200 people per weekend, so rentals will be on a first come, first serve basis. There will be a total of 25 rentable bunks per weekend, with a maximum of 8 people per a bunk. Again, only one family may rent a bunk, but that can include extended family members as long as adult-to-child ratios are being met.
We will have loads of activities here at camp that will be open for your enjoyment (see “Our Program” for a list of our offered activities). Some activities will be staffed and some will be self-guided, with all activity areas being sanitized between use. Evening activities will be in large venues or outdoors where people can social distance appropriately and we’ll even be offering specific evening activities just for parents! To make sure you get the most out of your weekend while prioritizing the activities that you want, we will send you a questionnaire prior to your visit so we can create a completely custom schedule for your unit. You can opt to follow your schedule during your stay or simply relax and play things by ear, it’s completely up to you!
Come join us for a breath of fresh air where sunsets over Fiddle Lake offer a serenity that we all so desperately need right now. Registration is open and it will close once spaces are filled so check out our details by clicking on any tab to the right or sign up by selecting “Enroll For Camp” now! We can’t wait to see you!