CJL has a drive-through drop-off process. One week prior to a camper's session, an email will be sent with their assigned unit and arrival time. The assigned time slot will be between 9:00 AM and 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, so that the girls have plenty of time to get settled into their unit by lunch.
We ask that all available forms be uploaded or completed within your CampInTouch account at least one month prior to your camper's arrival. Any enrolled camper who has not completed their forms by the deadline will be charged a $50 administration fee. Health Forms are especially important in case healthcare staff need to contact you to discuss medications or special needs.
In order to complete forms, login to the Campanion App or your CampInTouch account on your computer. Within the home dashboard, select the "Forms & Documents" icon. Complete and/or upload the following forms:
Health History, which includes the Immunization Record
Camper Health-Care Recommendations (must be signed by physician)
Immunization Waiver (if applicable)
Mental, Emotional, and Social Health
Medication Instructions (if applicable)
Copy of Insurance Card – Be sure to scan and upload a copy of both sides
Permission to Treat
Parent Pick-up Permission
Airport Transportation (if applicable)
Trading Post Pre-Orders (optional)
Tenting Requests
Camper Photo
All tuition and trading post payments will be due by May 1. In order to view your tuition balance and make payments, please visit your CampInTouch account. Within your home dashboard, there is an icon that reads “Financial Management.” If you have a remaining balance on May 1, then the card on file will be automatically charged.
If you have not put money into your camper’s trading post account by May 1, then $50 will be automatically charged to the credit card on file. Any remaining money left at the end of the session will be refunded to your credit card within three business days of the end of session. In order to view your trading post deposit balance, please visit your CampInTouch account. Within your home dashboard, there is an icon that reads “View Trading Post Account.”
Medications
All prescription medications should be brought to camp in a zippered plastic bag in the original pharmacy packaging. We cannot accept any medications that are not prescribed by a doctor and in their original packaging. Do not bring over-the-counter medications. Our infirmary is stocked with these medications used to treat common ailments.
Within CampInTouch, you will find a Medication Instructions form. In addition to uploading the completed form, please print and insert it in the plastic bag with medications brought to camp. This will help facilitate communication with nursing staff on Opening Day.
Check-in will be a drive-through process. There will be staggered arrival times to avoid backups. These will be 30-minute intervals from 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (CJL will continue to run on Eastern Daylight Time again this summer.) You will be notified of your assigned time by email.
Pack carefully: Campers should be able to hand carry anything that is not packed in a trunk or plastic bin.
Parents may stay in their cars while dropping off their camper, or they have the option of parking after check-in and walking with their camper and a counselor to the unit. There will also be tours of main camp for parents, conducted twice during the morning to accommodate different arrival times. If you want to take a tour, be sure to arrive early during your scheduled time frame. Wear walking shoes or tennis shoes (flip flops, high heels or sandals will be uncomfortable on rocky or muddy paths).
1. Enter the gate and drive to Stop #1 on the entrance road. A staff member will get the camper’s name and confirm that necessary forms have been received.
2. At Stop #2, staff will ask basic health screening questions. If all is well, the camper will get out of the car for a head lice check. In addition, the horseback staff will ask the camper about her riding ability, using a series of questions to determine a suitable class level. If the camper has lice or discussion is needed, the parent will be directed to drive into a separate area, so traffic flow is not interrupted.
3. With the camper back in the car, the parent will be directed to drive to Stop #3 at the Pavilion, where staff will unload luggage except for items that the camper will hand carry to the tent. (Anyone who needs a restroom may use those behind the Staff House.)
4. At Stop #4, the parent will drop off any medications, bagged with the Medication Instructions form, and have a chance to speak with the healthcare supervisor. At this stop parents will also have the option to leave letters and a package (limit one per camper) for later delivery.
5. The parent will then be directed to drive to the drop-off spot for the camper’s unit. At the designated spot for her unit, the camper will leave the vehicle with items to be hand carried to the tent. The camper will be greeted by a counselor or CIT. Campers may wave good-bye at this point, or the parent may park and walk with the camper to the unit. Staff will show parents where to park. Parents are asked to keep visits in the unit to 30 minutes maximum.
6. If you wish to take a tour of main camp, meet in Bidwell Lodge at 10:00 a.m. or 11:15 a.m. Bidwell Lodge has a restroom if you need one.
7. Parents will leave via the exit road that goes past the barn. Trunks and bins will be delivered to the tents. Counselors or CITs will assist as needed with bed making for the younger campers. Beds will be made with pillows towards the outside of the tent; campers will sleep “toe-to-toe.”
Parents should arrive between 9:00 AM and 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time. Pick-up will be a drive-through process, and parents will stay in the car unless they need to use the restroom.
Drive-Through Process:
1. Enter the gate. At Stop #1 a staff member will greet the parent and identify the camper being picked up and her unit. The greeter will radio the unit to have the camper come to the designated spot to wait with a counselor or CIT until her car comes by.
2. The parent will drive the same loop as on Opening Day. At the next stop, the parent will get the camper’s trunk from the Pavilion. Staff will load the trunk. Lost and Found items will be on a table at this stop. If parents need a restroom, they may use the restrooms across from the Pavilion.
3. At the next stop, the health supervisor will return any medications and may discuss any health concerns. Other staff will give the parent camp photos and any mail that came in that day. Parents will receive any communication needed in a closing day letter.
4. Parents will be directed to the designated pick-up point for their child’s unit. Each unit will have a supervised waiting area. Parents will wait in cars to get their campers.
5. Leave by way of the barn exit road.
Parents will receive a post-camp digital questionnaire about their camper’s experience. Trading Post receipts will be available online showing the amount to be refunded or charged.
- A deposit of $150 per session, per camper is due with your application. If you have registered your daughter before May 1, your balance of fees is due May 1. If you have registered after May 1, the total fees are due with the application.
- Online payments can be made through your CampInTouch account, and payments by check can be mailed to CJL’s winter office. More information about how to make a payment is available here.
- We recommend a Trading Post deposit of at least $50 per session, which can be paid through CampInTouch when you register your camper. If you have not put money into your camper’s trading post account by May 1, then $50 will be automatically charged to the credit card on file. Any remaining money left at the end of the session will be refunded to your credit card within three business days of the end of session. In order to add funds to your Trading Post account, please visit your CampInTouch account. Within your home dashboard, there is an icon that reads “View Trading Post Account.”
If you need to change or cancel your registration (summer camp, Parent-Daughter Weekend, Reunion, etc), please contact the camp office. Changes or withdrawal from a session must be made in writing (info@CJL.org), but feel free to give us a call first if you have questions. If your camper is not able to attend summer camp, we appreciate notification as soon as possible, as it will affect tenting. Additionally, we usually have a wait list for our summer sessions and Parent-Daughter Weekend, and would like to give someone else the opportunity to attend CJL!
- If for any reason you decide to withdraw your daughter from a session, or need to make changes in her session, please call the winter office—or the summer office if camp is in session—to let us know as far ahead of time as possible. We usually have a waiting list for each session and would like to give someone else the opportunity to attend CJL. Note that parents can ADD a session for their camper through CampMinder, but they can not cancel or change a session. You will also be asked to submit the withdrawal or changes in your daughter's sessions in writing (by email)-- info@CJL.org.
- After May 1 there will be no refunds of camp fees except in limited circumstances according to camp policy; a copy of the refund policy will be provided on request.
- The $150.00 deposit is nonrefundable in all cases, with the exception of scholarship applicants.
It is recommended that parents deposit $50 per week in their daughter’s Trading Post account. If you have not put money into your camper’s trading post account by May 1, then $50 will be automatically charged to the credit card on file. Any remaining money left at the end of the session will be refunded to your credit card within three business days of the end of session. In order to view your trading post deposit balance, please visit your CampInTouch account. Within your home dashboard, there is an icon that reads “View Trading Post Account.”
We try to help campers stay within their budgets, but the Trading Post staff cannot be held responsible for monitoring each camper’s spending. This is a great opportunity to talk with your daughter about responsible spending. Please help her to understand that it is NOT necessary to purchase an item every time the Trading Post opens.
More information about the trading post is available HERE.
CJL is located on Lookout Mountain in Northwest Georgia, about 30 miles north of Rome, Georgia, 40 miles south of Chattanooga, Tennessee, and 9 miles east of Mentone, Alabama.
The camp’s address is:
Camp Juliette Low
321 Camp Juliette Low Road
Cloudland, GA 30731
Driving times:
- Chattanooga, TN – approximately 1 hour
- Huntsville – approximately 1.5 hours
- Atlanta -- approximately 2 hours
- Birmingham – approximately 2 hours
- Nashville – approximately 2.5 hours
Campers from outside the southeast may wish to fly into Atlanta. Please contact the business office for details.
Email is a great way to contact CJL: info@CJL.org.
CJL has a summer office at camp that is open while camp is in session, and a business office in Marietta, Georgia, that operates the rest of the year. Phone numbers, fax numbers and addresses for our summer and winter offices are available HERE
Information about What to Bring— labels, laundry, shoes, waterproof bed cover, weather at camp, and how to pack all your stuff— is available here.
Because campers live out of their trunks for the time that they are with us, packing well and being organized (or at least starting off that way!) really help to make a camper’s stay more enjoyable.
- LABELS: ALL ITEMS SHOULD BE CLEARLY MARKED WITH THE CAMPER’S NAME!
- TRUNKS: Pack your daughters’ clothes in a traditional footlocker or Rubbermaid trunk rather than a suitcase (if possible). We do not have facilities for storing clothing and the girls live out of their trunks. Trunks help keep out moisture and make clothes easy to access.
- OLD CLOTHES: Please do not send your daughter’s best shorts, shirts or jeans—clothes may get dirty and worn.
- ZIPPERED BAGS: Use large,1 or 2 gallon zippered bags to pack an outfit for each day (1 bag = shirt, shorts, underwear and socks). This is a good idea particularly for the younger girls who seem to want to change clothes several times a day. TIP: Pack one zippered bag with 2 or 3 extra shirts and shorts, and one with some extra socks and underwear. Save the bags to reuse next year!
- SHOES: Tennis shoes or other sturdy, lace-up shoes with closed toes and closed backs are necessary to protect against twisted ankles and stumped toes. Campers are also required to wear socks to prevent blisters. Flip-flops are only allowed inside the unit for use in the showers; they are not suitable for wearing around camp. TIP: Old, slip-on runners are great for wearing to the pool each afternoon. Boots for horseback riding should have a 1” heel and a smooth sole. The barn has about 20 pairs of riding boots that campers can borrow.
- FLASHLIGHTS: A good, working flashlight with fresh batteries is an absolute necessity—and don’t forget a supply of extra batteries! TIP: It never hurts to have a back-up flashlight! Small, LED flashlights that can fit in your pocket are easy to carry around during evening activities. Many girls bring small, battery-operated lanterns to light their tents at night.
- WATERPROOF BED COVER: A piece of plastic or vinyl (approximately 9 feet by 4 feet) will be used to cover a camper’s bed to protect the bed and blankets from moisture or rain. TIP: If the plastic is too thick or too thin, it can be hard to tuck in. Vinyl, felt-backed tablecloths (108” x 54”) are easy to tuck in and come in fun colors and designs. Vinyl, twin-size mattress protectors work well too.
- For 2-week campers, WATERPROOF GROUND COVER: Campers coming for 2 weeks will need an additional piece of plastic or vinyl for the overnight (9’x5’). TIP: For the overnight, plastic drop cloths and tarps work best.
- SHOWER BUCKET: A small plastic shower bucket will be helpful for carrying shampoo and other items back and forth to the shower. TIP: Make sure the bucket has holes in the bottom to let the water drain.
- Cell phones and walkie-talkies are not permitted at camp under any circumstance. If a camper does arrive with either of these items, they will be held in the office safe until she leaves.
- We ask that you please check your child’s belongings for any illegal items, such as drugs, alcohol, vapor products, e-cigarettes or tobacco products. If any of these items are found, you will be contacted and your daughter will be sent home immediately.
- We strongly advise against bringing valuable items to camp, such as expensive watches and jewelry, money, iPads, iPods, Kindles, Nooks, laptops, and other electronic devices. We cannot assume responsibility for lost items, although a diligent effort will be made to help campers keep track of their belongings. Please note there is no electricity in the tents, and therefore, no way to re-charge electronics.
- If campers wish to use electronic devices to listen to music, earphones should be used and wireless speakers should be kept at a low volume to preserve the peace and quiet of the natural setting. Cell phones are not allowed for the purpose of listening to music. Please note there is no way for campers to re-charge electronics.
All health-related forms need to be completed and uploaded within the Campanion App or your CampInTouch account as soon as able. We do ask that you complete and/or upload these forms at least one month prior to your arrival at camp. Any enrolled camper who has not completed their forms by the deadline will be charged a $50 administration fee. The medical forms are especially important in case healthcare staff need to contact you to discuss medications or special needs.
Health History, which includes the Immunization Record
Camper Health-Care Recommendations (must be signed by physician)
Mental, Emotional, and Social Health
Medication Instructions (if applicable)
Copy of Insurance Card – Be sure to scan and upload a copy of both sides
Permission to Treat
Each camper must have a fully completed Health Form signed by a medical professional within the current year. This does not mean that your daughter has to have a new check-up if she has had one in the past 24 months, but the medical professional must sign the form attesting that the check-up was done within 24 months and on what date.
If a girl comes to Camp Juliette Low and does not have a complete health form with immunization records and a medical professional’s signature, then you will need to take her down to the Urgent Care in Summerville or to your own doctor to get the health form completed before she can stay the session with us.
All prescription medications should be brought to camp in a zippered plastic bag in the original pharmacy packaging. We cannot accept any medications that are not in their original packaging. Bring exactly the amount of each medication needed.
In both Campanion and CampInTouch, you will find a Medication Instructions form. In addition to uploading the completed form, please print and insert it in the plastic bag with medications brought to camp. This will help facilitate communication with nursing staff on Opening Day.
All non-rescue medications are held in the Infirmary and dispensed by the camp nurse (RN or licensed physician). She will be responsible for making sure your daughter receives her medication as prescribed. If your daughter's medication dosage has changed within two weeks before arriving at camp, please make certain the nurse is made aware of this. We are aware that older campers are capable of regulating their own medication; however, due to liability factors, all medications must be dispensed through our Infirmary.
Common medications, such as pain relievers and antihistamines (a full list is on our health forms), are stocked in our Infirmary and dispensed by the camp nurse as needed. Therefore, it is not necessary to bring these types of medications to camp.
Meals at CJL are prepared by our trained dietitian and staff, and are served family-style in the camp dining hall. Given adequate notice, we can accommodate campers who are vegetarian and have moderate food allergies and sensitivities, and we work to help these girls become strong self-advocates for their needs.
When you register for camp using our online application, you will have the opportunity to provide detailed information about any special dietary needs or restrictions for your camper (vegetarian, lactose intolerant, gluten free, food allergies, diabetic, etc.). If your camper has food allergies, please indicate the severity of each allergy.
Unfortunately, we do not have the ability to accommodate all special diets. We do not serve vegan, kosher, or Paleo meals, and we are unable to ensure a dye-free diet or avoid cross contamination in the kitchen for those with very severe food allergies.
Please notify the camp of any special dietary needs as soon as possible but no later than one month prior to your camper’s arrival. Gluten free diets will incur a $25/week fee to defray the costs of preparing special meals. The fee will be added after your application is received, and you will be notified at that time.
If you have any questions, please contact the camp office-- 770-428-1062 or info@CJL.org.
Head lice can be a problem in the best of homes, schools and camps. As you know, it’s not unusual to receive a note from school asking you to check your child’s head due to an affected classmate. In a group living situation such as camp, head lice can be an extreme nuisance to campers and staff, requiring many hours of head checking, shampooing, and laundering.
As a precaution, the nurse will check heads on arrival at camp. If lice are found, your daughter can be treated immediately at camp, but you will be asked to take all of her bedding and her belongings out of camp to a laundromat for washing. To avoid this inconvenience, we ask that you please check your child’s head thoroughly before she comes to camp.
How do you check? Adult lice are very small and pinkish grey and are difficult to detect. They like to live behind the ears and along the nape of the neck. You may find nits instead. Nits are hard, white lice eggs that look like a terrible case of dandruff. Dandruff comes off easily; nits do not. If you think you’ve found something, contact your pediatrician for treatment procedures.
Our goal is not to allow any lice into camp!! However, remind your child that it is NOT a good idea to share hats, headbands, brushes, combs, pillow, etc. The camp will do its part by spraying riding and climbing helmets between uses, as well as any “dress-up” hats that may be used by the general camp population. Keep in mind that lice are “equal opportunity parasites” and are not a sign of poor hygiene at home, school, or camp. They are, however, a nuisance that we would like to avoid!!
Happy and cheerful letters from home mean a lot to the campers! Mail is distributed in the unit every day at rest hour– it’s an exciting time, and every camper loves to hear her name being called! Parents can stay connected to their campers by sending letters, care packages, and/or emails. Due to space limitations, we request that each camper receive no more than one care package per week.
Our camp mailing address is:
Campers Name/ Unit
Camp Juliette Low
321 Camp Juliette Low Road
Cloudland, Georgia 30731
**Please include the unit name if you know it. Your camper will receive her mail even if it’s not included, it’s just helpful to us.
More information about sending letters, care packages, and emails is available HERE.
Please help us keep critters out of camp by leaving food and candy at home! Raccoons and other animals have become experts at finding treats—even in trunks and plastic containers. Because of this, we are asking that NO FOOD of any type be sent in care packages or brought to camp. This includes candy, gum, granola bars, and treats of all types. The campers will, of course, still be able to purchase a candy or ice cream after lunch each day so their sweet cravings can be satisfied. We also offer a snack during the morning hours, between classes. We thank you in advance for your cooperation.
At Camp Juliette Low we are aware of the that many campers will miss home, and consider it to be a normal process of growing up and being away from home. Our counselors learn to recognize and help campers who are missing home. The combination of a warm, supportive environment and a busy schedule of activities will help most campers get over their anxieties very quickly—usually within a day or two. Our counselors are great at helping campers through this period of adjustment, helping them to become happy at camp and actively involved in the program. The Camp Director will contact you if your daughter is homesick after the first day or two of camp—together, we will work on a plan to help your daughter adjust to camp life.
Tips to help your camper prepare for camp and cope with potential homesickness are available here.