Pine Cove’s In-Depth Guide to Camper Pickup and Pre-Registration at Youth Camp

We hope you had a great week! We are excited to see you back for closing. We know you will be looking forward to seeing your camper and hearing about their experience.

Need directions? The camp address and GPS link are on the coming to camp page for your camp session.

If you have multiple campers at different camps, check the times, then plan to attend earliest event first. At the first event, let our staff know you have another camper to pick up at another camp and they’ll help speed you through.

Pick-Up Times

Pick-ups with closing celebrations have you park and gather together with the whole camp one last time before saying goodbye. It’s a short, high-energy celebration of how the week went and what God did. After closing, campers will split up into their cabins for short presentations from their counselor on different characters qualities they saw in them during the week. Then we’ll help load up your luggage and send you on your way home!

Send-offs are short ceremonies we hold for different grades at different camps to close out their last year at that camp property before they graduate to the next (or are done!). Other siblings at the same camp or other camps can be picked up before or after the send-off.

East Texas

Towers
Your child’s week of camp isn’t complete without Saturday morning’s Closing Celebration—back by popular demand! Don’t miss this awesome and memorable time of camp stories, epic camp cheers, and a chance to connect with your camper’s legendary counselor. Gates swing open at 8:30 am (to keep our traffic flow safe, please don’t arrive early). Head straight to the gym for the boys’ program at 9:00 am or the dining hall at 9:15 am for the girls’ program, each a quick 25 minutes of fun! After your camper has received their CQs (Character Qualities), we’ll help you get all loaded up! Then get ready to hear a few more stories (and many more cheers!) all the way home…

Ranch
Your child’s week of camp isn’t complete without Saturday morning’s Closing Celebration—back by popular demand! Don’t miss this awesome and memorable time of camp stories, epic camp cheers, and a chance to connect with your camper’s legendary counselor. Gates swing open at 9:30 am. Head straight to the dining hall for our 25-minute program starting at 10:10 am. After your camper has received their CQs (Character Qualities), we’ll help you get all loaded up! Then get ready to hear a few more stories (and many more cheers!) all the way home…

Timbers
Gates open: 8:30 am.
Send-Off: 9th Grade Families! Join us at 9:00 am in the gym for a ten-minute ceremony honoring our graduating 9th graders before they head to the Shores next summer! Other siblings at the Timbers can be picked up before or after the send-off.

Shores
Gates open: 10:00 am.
Send-Off: 12th Grade Families! Join us at 10:30 am in the Huma (gym) for a ten-minute ceremony honoring our graduating seniors! Other siblings at the Shores can be picked up before or after the send-off.

Central Texas

Silverado
Your child’s week of camp isn’t complete without Saturday morning’s Closing Celebration—back by popular demand! Don’t miss this awesome and memorable time of camp stories, epic camp cheers, and a chance to connect with your camper’s legendary counselor. Gates swing open at 8:15 am (to keep our traffic flow safe, please don’t arrive early). Head straight to the dining hall for our 25-minute program starting at 9:00 am. After your camper has received their CQs (Character Qualities), we’ll help you get all loaded up! Then get ready to hear a few more stories (and many more cheers!) all the way home…

Outback
Your child’s week of camp isn’t complete without Saturday morning’s Closing Celebration! Don’t miss this awesome and memorable time of camp stories, epic camp cheers, and a chance to connect with your camper’s legendary counselor. Gates swing open at 9:30 am (to keep our traffic flow safe, please don’t arrive early). Head straight to the dining hall for our 25-minute program starting at 10 am. After your camper has received their CQs (Character Qualities), we’ll help you get all loaded up! Then get ready to hear a few more stories (and many more cheers!) all the way home…

Ridge
Gates open: 9:00 am.
Send-Off: 12th Grade Families! Join us at 9:30 am at the Upper Mezz above the camp store for a ten-minute ceremony honoring our graduating seniors! Other siblings at the Ridge can be picked up before or after the send-off.

Southeast

Springs & Springs Pro
Your child’s week of camp isn’t complete without Saturday morning’s Closing Celebration! Don’t miss this awesome and memorable time of camp stories, epic camp cheers, and a chance to connect with your camper’s legendary counselor. Gates swing open at 9:00 am. Cruise on in, we’ll help you get your luggage, then head straight to the Island (the big dome building) for our 25-minute program starting at 10:00 am. After your camper has received their CQs (Character Qualities), check out the camp store or just head on out! Then get ready to hear a few more stories (and many more cheers!) all the way home…

Other Things to Remember

You’ll pick up your camper’s luggage, typically on arrival.

Check lost and found in case something somehow didn’t make it into your camper’s luggage.

Pick up your medication. It is illegal for us to mail prescription medication so we need you to pick up any leftover meds or empty containers.

Swing Through the Camp Store

Looking to stock up snacks and fun drinks for the car ride home? Come see us at the camp store! Or if your camper has had their eye on a piece of merchandise all week, you are welcome to go check that out with them and purchase it before you leave. Pine Cove’s camp stores exist to help camper’s remember their week and all that God did in their lives, and we have lots of cool items that can be that “Ebenezer” for them. 

Wondering to yourself, “Self, how do I collect any leftover money from my child’s camp account?” Great question! If they have more than $5 remaining, it will automatically be refunded to you. If the amount is less than $5, it will be donated to the McKenzie Scholarship Fund.

Simplified Automatic Pre-Registration

To keep things simple at pick-up and help families keep their spot, we’re guaranteeing another seriously fun summer by automatically pre-registering your camper for next summer. You will receive an email with more details before pick-up, which will also provide you an easy way to opt out. There will also be staff on property to answer any pre-registration questions you might have.

Thanks, and we’ll see you soon! Still have questions? Give us a call from 8:30am to 5:30pm CST, Monday through Friday, at 877-474-6326—we’d be happy to help!