Creative Encounters Camp Bursaries
Applications are now CLOSED.
New this year, Creative Encounters will be offering Camp Bursaries to provide financial assistance towards camp registration. These bursaries will be offered on a sliding scale (10-90% registration fee coverage) and are reserved for those demonstrating financial need.
Please be advised:
- Bursaries are currently limited to one bursary per child per camp season
- A separate application is needed for each interested child
- Submitting an application does NOT guarantee the child a bursary
Thank you to the Guelph Community Foundation for their generous donation and helping support Creative Encounters in bringing kids to camp.
Children’s Foundation – Free to Grow Program
In addition to our bursary program, Creative Encounters has partnered with The Children’s Foundation of Guelph and Wellington to bring opportunities for financial assistance towards camp registration. This year, the financial assistance will be hosted through the Free to Grow program.
The Free to Grow Program nurtures the physical, social, emotional, and mental well-being of children and youth by funding recreational and life-skill opportunities such as sports, arts, camps, driver’s education training and leadership development.
Funding is available for families who meet all of the following guidelines:
- Have children and youth, ages 0 to 18 years old;
- Live in Guelph and Wellington County;
- And make less than the low-income cut-off, based on their family size.
For assistance with Free to Grow please contact:
Maria Fitzpatrick
Program Assistant
freetogrow@childrensfoundation.org
(519) 826-9551 Ext. 123
Camp registration spots are unable to be held during Free to Grow application/wait period. Camp cancellation and transfer policies remain the same for Free to Grow applicants. Creative Encounters asks that guardians wait for F2G funding approval and subsequent communication from Creative Encounters prior to registering their camper for camp to avoid needing to cancel and re-register (thus avoiding the processing fee associated with a camp cancellation).
Contact Us
For assistance with Camp Bursaries, please contact Creative Encounters at cse@uoguelph.ca