IVY Ranch Camp

Helping teens build resilience, confidence, and leadership

AGENDA

throughout the day:

Arrive 

The ranch is about an hour away

from the airport. 

6pm

Dinner

Catered by Bellas- the BEST mexican food in Utah!

7pm

Keynote speakers

8pm

Games

9pm

Campfire shenanigans

Monday 

8am

Movement 

Hike, Yoga, Cardio

8:30am

Breakfast

Yogurt, fruit, granola, muffins

9:30am

Keynote 

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10am

Breakouts

11:30am

Group games

12pm

Lunch

Subs and Salad

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1pm

Small Group Chat

1:30pm

Zip Line, Free Time

4:30pm

Group Activities

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5:30pm

Dinner

Chili, Navajo tacos, other soups, corn bread and rolls

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6:30pm

Karaoke night / Lip Sync Battle

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8pm

Campfire & Smores

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Tuesday 

Wednesday 

8am

Movement 

Hike, Yoga, Cardio

8:30am

Breakfast

Pancakes, eggs

9:30am

Keynote 

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10am

Breakouts

12pm

Lunch

Chicken salad sandwiches, grapes, chips

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1pm

Small Group Chat

1:30pm

Keynote

2pm

Deer Creek Lake

Beach day and Paddle boarding

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5:30pm

Dinner

Spaghetti, plant-based meatballs, garlic bread, veggies

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6:30pm

Group Activities

Beach day and Paddle boarding

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7:30pm

Surprise Guest!

8:30pm

Campfire and free time

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Thursday 

8am

Movement 

Hike, Yoga, Cardio

8:30am

Breakfast

Quiche and fruit

9:30am

Keynote 

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10:30am

Breakouts

12pm

Lunch

Salad and fruit

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1pm

Small Group Chat

1:30pm

Ivy Ranch Olympics

3:30pm

Photoshoot & Group Activities

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5:30pm

Dinner

Catered

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6:30pm

Skits & Games

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8:30pm

Talent Show

9:30pm

Smores & Campfire

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Friday 

8am

Movement 

Hike, Yoga, Cardio

8:30am

Breakfast

Cereal & Fruit

9am

Service Project

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12pm

Lunch

Soup & Salad

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2pm

Small Group Chat

3pm

Prep for leadership competition

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5:30pm

Dinner

Catered

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6:30pm

Competition & Prizes

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8:30pm

Glow Party & Dance!

9:30pm

Closing Ceremony

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Saturday 

8am

Movement 

Hike, Yoga, Cardio

8:30am

Breakfast

French Toast, fruit, muffins

9am

Closing Speech & Surprise! 

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10am

Hugs, farewell, and pack up

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F.A.Q.​

FOR PARENTS

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Cancellation policy: You can cancel your registration anytime before May 15th. After that, we can only reimburse half of your registration since we have to buy supplies far in advance.

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We promise to go above and beyond to take the best care of your kids. We will make sure they wear their seat belts when we pick them up from the airport, they will eat plenty of vegetables, get decent sleep, and we will do our very best to facilitate an experience where they build confidence, make friends, learn valuable skills, get to play and be a kid, and grow as a leader. 

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We will be staying in very classy tipis. Your child will be constantly supervised in an assigned group that will include trained counselors and adult volunteers.​

Phones are allowed at camp, but we will encourage the kids to only use them at specific times. We want them to take pictures and capture their experience at camp. Wi-fi will be very limited so we are not particularly concerned about inappropriate internet usage. If you are concerned about it, you can share that concern with us and we will come up with a plan you feel comfortable with. 

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We will take every precaution we can possibly think of to keep the kids safe, however, there will definitely be risks. By sending your kid to our camp, you agree to take the risks. No matter what, there are always risks in life.

We will do our best to accommodate your dietary needs. We will make sure that our leaders know of any food preferences (vegan/vegetarian) and allergies. The kids can bring all the snacks they want. Let's work together on making sure your kid has the food they want and need at camp.

Medical Staff: We will have a registered nurse with us at all times and there is a hospital 10 minutes away.

Facilities: We will be sleeping in tipis and we have full, functioning bathroom facilities (flushing toilets, running water, showers). It is NO Hilton thought!  It is very rustic and it will feel like camping. Don't expect a five star hotel.

Small groups. Your teenager will be in a group of 7-8 kids. They will have plenty of solo time to reconnect with themselves, one-on-one time with their own personal mentor, time with a small group they will be assigned to, and time with the entire group. We anticipate having 40-50 kids total and 10-20 adults.

Snacks: Your teenager is welcome to bring snacks and treats- especially if they have diet restrictions. Just tell them that if they don't plan on sharing, they needs to hide them or have us keep them in the kitchen. We will make sure to have delicious, filling, plentiful food. They will be doing a lot of the cooking themselves over a campfire or on a grill (always supervised of course). Our menu will be posted soon but it will include yummy things like chili, eggs & pancakes, soup with bread bowls, pot roast tin-foil dinners, peach cobbler and other delectable dutch oven desserts, etc. We really want the kids to LOVE our camp so they want to come back and we know teenagers need good food to be a part of their good memories.

We have an incredible team of adults who will be at the camp with us at all times. It's also a fairly small camp so we will be able to keep track of the kids at all times. We put everyone into small groups with counselors and adults, and the kids know right from the beginning of camp that they are not allowed to go anywhere without one of their counselors or their adult advisor. 

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Guys and girls will be closely monitored and we will have night watch on duty to ensure everyone stays in their own tipi's where they belong. We will work them so hard during the day- having so much fun, we feel confident they will sleep soundly at night.

Every counselor and adult volunteer will do a background check and go through an in-depth training before working with kids. 

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Discipline policy: We have a "three strikes you're out" policy. We will give kids two warnings before we call parents to come pick up. We can't let anyone negatively taint the experience for the other kids.