Day Camp Acknowledgement of Risk and Assumption of Personal Responsibility:
MFA staff members make every effort to
conduct safe programs, to orient and support children, and to inform families of inherent risks.
Some activities may involve
risks that children do not routinely encounter at home. Risk management is an essential element of all the activities
offered. While we anticipate that these efforts will ensure the well-being of each child, we are also aware that it is neither
possible to foresee every contingency nor to eliminate all risk.
I understand that program activities may include, but are not limited to: hiking on uneven terrain, playing active games,
participating in activities near water, mud, pine needles, balancing elements, and bugs, and other activities such as
cooking, making candles, and being near both camp dogs and wild creatures.
The camp emails, website and social
accounts will inform me of special activities that may also include, but are not limited to: using camp stoves or open
campfires, using knives or other hand/ gardening tools, digging, lifting, carrying, backpacking, and using low ropes
challenge course elements/bouldering and tree climbing.
I acknowledge that such risks exist, and I hereby agree on behalf of my child to assume such risks.
Further, on behalf of my
child, I hereby release and forever discharge, and agree not to sue, and agree to indemnify and hold harmless, Montessori
ForestAdventurers, and its directors, employees, and volunteers, from and against any and all liabilities and obligations of
every kind and description, which I shall or may have against them or any one or more of them arising out of, or in
connection with, my child’s participation in the MFA program and activities, including, but not limited to, sickness or death
caused by the COVID-19 virus or any other communicable disease, or for any personal injury or loss of personal property
that my child may suffer while participating in the MFA program and activities, excepting in the case of gross negligence
by MFA staff.
I understand that the camp recommends that my child be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 and all other childhood
illnesses for which pediatricians recommend vaccination.
If my child has a fever or is exhibiting other signs of illness, I will
keep them home from camp (and test them to make sure they are not carrying covid). They should be fever free without
medication for at least 24 hours before I send them back to camp.
I understand and agree on behalf of my child that my child shares the responsibility for safety during MFA programs and
activities, and I personally assume on behalf of my child that responsibility. I understand and certify that my child’s
participation in the MFA program and its activities is completely voluntary, and that I have become familiar with the
program activities in which my child may participate, as described in this document, camp emails, and the camp website,
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