*NEW POLICY, PLEASE READ CAREFULLY*

Due to the high demand of spots at Camp Columbia, weeks will be non-refundable.

Please carefully consider your summer schedule before registering with us and only register for weeks you are certain your child will attend.

Tuition for camp sessions, whether paid in part of full, are non-refundable. If you find that your camper will not be able to attend a session for which they are registered, your camper's session may be handled in one of two ways:

1. You may transfer your camper's session to another child on the waiting list. 

2. You may transfer your camper's session to another child in your personal network who will take your camper's place.

In either case, the child taking your camper's session must be eligible to replace them on the same team and on the same week.

A fee of $30.00 will be assessed for each transfer, and the remaining balance will be refunded. 

Children and families of all faith backgrounds are welcome at Camp Columbia! Children will hear stories from the Bible, be invited to pray before meals, and learn Scripture each week. Our faith informs all our decisions and is most prominently displayed in the way we treat others.

A water bottle and closed-toed shoes! Campers are also welcome to bring a backpack or bag to keep their personal belongings. Families will be notified by the Camp Columbia Director Team if campers need to bring additional items to Camp for field trips or other activities.

Please leave electronics, cameras, expensive items, and trading cards (including Pokemon cards) at home. If any of these items are brought to Camp, they will be held onto by the Director Team until the camper’s parents arrive to pick them up that day. Campers ARE allowed to bring personal items from home like books, crafting supplies, and small toys to use during certain times of the day. Camp Columbia is not responsible for lost, broken, or stolen items.

Camp Columbia provides two snacks and a lunch every day. You can find the menu for the month on the parent resource page. It is also sent out each week in the Camp Columbia parent newsletter and can be found on our site. Families are more than welcome to send their own food with their child due to allergy, dietary restriction, or preference. Please keep in mind that we are a nut-free facility, so please do not send nuts of any kind with your child to Camp.

If you register for the waitlist and your campers turn comes up to join the camp, we will contact you to confirm that you would, in fact, still like to join the camp. There is no official date that we cut off waitlist movement, as we could contact you at any point up until the Thursday before the session begins.

Please upload or drop off your latest Virginia Health Form and any allergy forms via email, campbrain account or drop off in person by May 2nd. Proof of identification document must accompany the application of each new camper. If you do not wish to send the proof of identity original document via email, please bring it to the office. A staff member will fill out a verification form and hand the document back to you. This verification is due no later than May 2nd. 

While we will make every effort to honor mutual grouping requests, we cannot guarantee them. Our children are grouped according to their current grades and we appreciate your understanding as we try to meet all the requests.

Camp Columbia operated by Columbia Baptist and located at 103 West Columbia Street, Falls Church,

Virginia 22046, has filed the required documentation for exemption as a child day center that is

operated or conducted under the auspices of a religious institution pursuant to Section 22.1-289.031 of

the Code of Virginia.