Hopefully, your summer camp gave you a list of suggested items to bring along based on your stay and scheduled activities. Definitely go by the list and get all of the stuff they suggest (unless you definitely know you don’t need it). But we’ve compiled a short list of things to remember for that summer camp!

1. Flip Flops to Shower In

The showers may be used by a lot of other kids at the camp, the water might sit on the shower floor for longer than you’d like…use the flip flops to keep protected from potential bacteria or fungus lurking in community showers

Pick flip flops that are thin and don’t absorb water. You don’t want your shoes to sit in your room all wet, where they might collect bacteria or fungus.

Also, think about picking plain flip flops so that they constant contact with water and soap doesn’t ruin your nice printed flip flops.

2. A Shower Pail with Holes on the Bottom

A shower pail keeps all your shower supplies organized and in the same place. This way you won’t be caught in the middle of your shower without your shampoo or whatever. The key here is to make sure your pail has holes in the bottom so that your stuff doesn’t collect water and soap etc in the pail. This again will eliminate problems with bacteria and fungus.

3. Don’t Shower In Any of the Middle Stalls

In certain types of showers, there aren’t drains for every shower. What does this mean for you? If you are in a middle stall (or a stall with a drain), other people’s shower water is flowing through your shower to get to the drain. Shower water can have all kinds of stuff besides soap, shampoo, dirt and bacteria…GROSS. Pick a side or end shower so nobody’s bath water passes by during your shower time.

4. Hand Soap

This necessity is too often taken for granted. Sinks at camps normally don’t have it! Without hand soap you might find yourself feeling dirty (especially after that middle stall shower) and helpless. Without hand soap you can’t work with your contact lenses or wash your hands after touching the bathroom door knob.

5. Extension Cord

You may not realize, but you have a lot of stuff that needs an outlet: hair dryer, cell phone charger, iron, straightener etc. Now add on your roomate(s) necessities…its important to think about. Unfortunately the builders of most college campuses and summer camp facilities did not. There won’t be enough outlets AND they will be in inconvenient places. This is important because your roomate might need to straigten her hair on one side of the room while you need to iron your shorts on the other!

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