From:           Tricia Edwards <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:        FW: Camp - In questions
To:             [log in to unmask]

I am posting this for a colleague.  Please respond to her off-line.

Thanks.

Tricia Edwards, Education Manager
Delaware Museum of Natural History
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(302)658-9111 x 324
(302)658-2610 fax

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Samantha Neubert
> Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 1999 4:28 PM
> To:   Tricia Edwards
> Subject:      Camp - In questions
>
> here are the questions I have sent out to a couple of people about
> overnights.
>
> thanks for posting it!! they can answer me offline...
>
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> Hello!
> We are currently setting up a formal overnight program and have come
> to a few walls that are a bit harder to break through than expected.
> I would greatly appreciate any information  you could pass on...
>
> Some questions are:
> 1.  How much do you charge per child?  per adult?  How did you figure
> this amount?  Do you feel it satisfies your budget?
>* We charge R60.00 (that is about $10) per person. It does not
completely satisfy the budget, but we would not like to put the
opportunity ouside reach of many South African children. We
specialise in offering the overnight to children (then the adults,
usually teachers, will be in control, and therefore we do not charge
them.
> 2. How many overnights do you have in a week? How many
> staff/instructors do you have per overnight? Do you require them to be
> CPR/First Aid certified?
Sometimes two overnights a week, but generally only during Friday
nights. We are two from the Museum and expect one  teacher per 10
children to be with the group. I am usually in charge and I have
first aid training.
> 3. How many people do you accomodate in one night? Do you offer any
> food - such as dinner, snack, breakfast?
Any number of persons between 20 and 100 can be accomodated! It
depends on the group, the age and the theme they require. We offer a
light supper at 6pm, cold drinks at 9pm, a midnight feast (sweets,
hot or cold drinks, cake, potato chips and all the goodies children
LOVE!!!
> 4. What is your safety procedure? For example: do you give an
> orientation of your facility? Do you have separate child and adult
> orientation?  Who gives the orientation?
There is a security person in the Museum present at all times. The
education officer in charge will give an orientation before the
programme starts. Child & adult orientation differ only in the level
of info given. The programme consists of videos, talks, slide
programmes and a lot of self-activities. It starts at about 6 pm and
is finished the next day at about 9 am.
If you need any more information, feel free to contact me
Regards
Saskia Kempff
> Thank you in advance for any advice or answers you can give.
>
> Sincerely,
> Samantha Neubert
> Special Programs Coordinator
> Delaware Museum of Natural History
> Box 3937
> Wilmington DE  19807-0937
> (302) 658-9111 x322
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>
> PS:  Do you go to any conferences about education or overnights
> specific to science/natural history museums?  I have been looking for
> organizations that are specific to education/overnight/natural history
> museums, but have yet to find any....
>
> Thank you again!
>
>
>



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