Servant Camp 2021: Transportation

Servant Camp 2021: Important Information

Dear Parents, Campers, & Staff,

We are so excited for SC 2021; God is going to work powerfully in all of our lives!

Please read the following information carefully. It will answer any questions you may have about your child’s week at camp. This letter includes information about the following:

  1. What to Expect at Servant Camp 2021
  2. Schedules & Transportation
  3. Medical Information

Your camper’s day will be filled with exciting activities, opportunities to make new friends, and encounters with nature!

Here is a link to our previous years’ slideshows to give you an idea of what happens at Servant Camp.

Important Info to Know:

Theme Lunches:

  • Mismatched Monday - It is what it sounds like!
  • Tie Dye Tuesday – Wear something tie dyed!
  • Olympic Wednesday! – What is your favorite Olympic sport? Support your favorite sport or nation!
  • Tinsel Thursday! – Wear your Santa or elf hat and practice singing your carols.

See our Daily Packing List.

Schedules & Transportation:


Sunday, August 1st Opening Ceremony, 4:00-8:00

3rd – 12th Graders & Staff

Please drop your children off at People of Praise River Ridge, 601 River Ridge Parkway, Eagan at 4:00 pm. Follow the signs and directions of the parking lot crew.

Your camper will be met by their unit staff and brought to their unit area.

Pick up is at 8:00 pm.


Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday

1st & 2nd Pony’s

Please drop off at 1:00 pm and pick up at 4:45 pm at People of Praise River Ridge.


3rd – 7th Graders

Bus Riders: Drop off for 3rd -7th grade campers is 7:45-8:00 am at People of Praise-River Ridge. Pick up is 7:30 - 7:45 pm at River Ridge.

If you are providing your own transportation to Camp Phillippo- please arrive at 8:45am and pick up at 7:00 pm at the Camp Phillippo Dining Hall turn around.


8th – 12th Graders

Drop off at People of Praise River Ridge for 8 th -12th grade campers is 7:45 - 8:00 am. Find your unit counselor at the drop off point and walk to the big white tent on the upper field.

Pick up for 8th-12th grade campers is 10:30 pm.


Thursday, August 5th 

All 3rd – 12th grade campers are going to Camp Phillippo either by bus or driven by parents.

If you are driving your children to Camp Phillippo, please drop your child off at 8:45 am and pick them up at 8:30 pm at the Camp Phillippo Dining Hall turn around.

Bus Riders: Please drop your campers off at 7:45 - 8:00 am at POP River Ridge.

The bus will return to POP River Ridge at 9:15 pm.

All 3rd – 7th graders bus riders should be picked up at 9:15 pm.

All 8th – 12th graders & staff are welcome to stay for the coffee house and should be picked up at 12:00 midnight.

There are no guests allowed to come to the coffeehouse.

Medical Information:

Masks are required on buses and vans unless you have a written exemption (please email a copy to Pat Ficker). Masks are also required in the Dining Hall at Camp Phillippo except for while eating.

Remember to bring a water bottle, sunscreen, and bug repellent, and to wear socks and shoes!

Consider putting a rain jacket and a dry pair of socks in your child's backpack.

Also:

  1. If your child has any allergies for which s/he has an Epi-pen, be sure to put it in your child’s backpack every morning. 
  2. If your child sometimes has asthma flares when outside playing, be sure his/her albuterol inhaler is in their backpack.
  3. If your child has asthma, be sure to give any prescribed controller inhalers in the morning before camp, even if they seem fine at home, so they don’t get short of breath during camp.
  4. If your child sometimes needs allergy meds in the summer, we recommend giving one to your child (such as cetirizine (Zyrtec) or loratadine (Claritin)) before camp each day. (This is especially important with Covid, as otherwise we would worry that an unimmunized child with congestion might be starting to get Covid.)
  5. Please do not send your child to camp if s/he is sick in the morning. If your child has an illness at camp, we will ask you to pick them up, and a negative Covid test will be required before they can return to camp.
  6. This year, we are planning that kids needing medications will get them at home in the morning before camp and evening when they get back from camp, but if there are any meds that really need to be given during the day let us know. Contact avarevice@gmail.com.
  7. We will have over-the-counter meds (ibuprofen, tylenol, benadryl, cetirizine) we can administer but will try to contact you first so that meds are coordinated between home and camp.
  8. Older children (10th grade and up) who get bad headaches or cramps, and usually self-administer tylenol or ibuprofen at home, can carry this with them in their backpack.

Please refer to our contact information of our directors and health staff if you have additional questions.

Pray for Servant Camp and memorize the scripture!

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
~ Romans 15:13

God bless,

Servant Camp Directors