Rules and Guidelines for Camp Recovery
Checkout - Checkout time is 3PM Sunday afternoon. Before you leave please: 1) Check your room and other areas for all your personal belongings, 2) Empty the waste basket from your room into the large cans on the cabin porch, 3) Sweep out the cabin and leave it as clean as you found it.
Early Departure - If you need to leave the camp early, please let one of the Committee Members know.
Staff Communication - Please be kind to our hosts, the de Beneville Pines staff. If there is a problem, please see someone on the Committee, not the de Beneville staff. The Committee made the arrangements. If something is wrong, let us make it right.
Meals - Most meals are served buffet style. Coffee, teas, and hot chocolate are available at all times in the lodge. There is also a soft drink machine in the lodge for your use.
Vegetarians - If you didn't select "vegetarian" on your registration tear-off, please wait until everyone is served before taking a vegetarian meal.
Smoking - Smoking is permitted on the lodge porch, and on the cabin porches and the cemented areas. PLEASE, NO SMOKING on the trails, in the woods, Inside any buildings, or during workshops. NO SMOKING on the trails, in the woods, or in the cabins. Use receptacles on the cabin porches for ashes, etc. Please do not flick ashes over the railings, or onto the pine-needle-covered ground! A fire extinguisher is located in each cabin. Under each cabin porch is a fire hose. If you hear the fire alarm, get your keys and gather outside the lodge for further instructions. If the lodge is on fire, go to your car and carefully drive down the hill.
Drugs & Alcohol - This is a recovery retreat - no drugs or alcohol please.
Medicine - If you have medicines that need refrigeration, please see one of the Camp Recovery Committee Members. If there's even a small chance that you may need emergency medication (allergy medicine, heart medicine, etc.), PLEASE bring it with you!
Impromptu 12-Step Meetings - We encourage you to hold your own 12-Step meetings. Certain camp rooms have been reserved for this function. If you would like to schedule a meeting, please see one of the Camp Committee members. A generic 12 step format is available for your use.
Anonymity - To help preserve the anonymity of your fellow campers, please refrain from photography during meetings, workshops, and other indoor camp functions. Also, before taking pictures of fellow campers outside, please check with them to make sure they don't mind being photographed. You may encounter non 12 steppers in the vicinity, on the trails, and out at the lake; please maintain your anonymity and that of other campers. Remember, "Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all of our traditions"
Respect - Please be respectful at the Talent Show, the workshops, classes, etc. If you are not interested in being there, there are a lot of other things to do.
Parking - Park your car in the parking lot, facing out. You may drive up to the cabins to load and unload your things, but please do not leave your car on the camp roads! (Special parking provisions can be made for handicapped persons. Please inquire when you check in.) It is a good idea to keep your car keys with you.
Cell Phones/Pagers - Please be respectful in meetings and either turn phones/pagers off, or place them in vibrate mode. Also while in common areas, please be respectful of those around you who may wish to enjoy a quiet environment.
Showers - Each shower head is equipped with a water-saver shut-off button. Once you get the water to the right temperature and get wet, push the button to stop the water while you soap up. When you push the button in the other direction, the water will come back on at about the same temperature. If you turn on the shower and no water comes out, check the position of the button -- someone before you may have left it pushed in. If possible, try to schedule your showers for a less busy time of day. When you do shower, remember that the hot water tanks are relatively small. Please save some hot water for those who are waiting to follow you.
Toilets - The sewer system cannot handle the kinds of things that a big city system can. So PLEASE, do not put paper towels, or other inappropriate waste in the toilet! CONSIDERATION OF OTHERS: Please remember that you are sharing a cabin and a bathroom with a number of other people. Therefore, please limit your pre-breakfast stay in the bathroom to 7 minutes or less.
Camp Store - The store will be open after meals for a brief time, and upon request. Please ask a Camp Committee member if you would like to have it opened.
Wilderness Area - deBenneville Pines is surrounded by an official US National Forest wilderness area. Camp Recovery has acquired the required permits to lead official camp hikes. If you plan on hiking on your own, the Forest Service requires you have a hiking permit. They are available at the Mill Creek Ranger station on Route 38 on the way up the hill. Before you leave please sign out, and sign back in when you return.
Altitude - The camp is located at an altitude of 6,800 feet. This means that: 1) You may get tired or winded more quickly than at sea level. 2) You may sunburn more quickly or severely. 3) You may feel the effects of the alcohol you weren't supposed to bring more intensely.
Swimming - The Pool will not be available. The Jacuzzi will be open. Use caution as the deck may be slippery. Please wear a bathing suit.
Donations - You may wish to make a donation to the camp staff. There will be a box available in the lodge throughout the weekend for this purpose. Gratuities are distributed among the kitchen, maintenance, lodge, and office staff. This gratuity is not included in your camp fee.
End Of Camp - Camp ends at 3:00 PM on Sunday afternoon. Please make sure you, your belongings, and your vehicles are off the camp premises by 3:00 PM.
Please treat everyone with gentleness, humor, love and respect, especially yourself. Enjoy your weekend !!