Packing for Camp
Gear Lists
Click on your child’s program for the correct packing list.
Gear Assistance
1. Click here for recommendations on types of gear to purchase.
2. To order all of your camping gear and clothing in one convenient package, click here for Origin Outdoors.
3. To order other camp gear and Talisman apparel, click here for Lands’ End.
Parent Handbook
Our Parent Handbook is packed with useful information about opening and closing days, homesickness, food policies, laundry, schedules and more. Feel free to print it and use as a reference.
Parent Sessions
Talisman offers Parent Orientation on session opening days and Parent Sessions the day before each session closing. Orientation provides information for new parents on topics such as homesickness, camp schedule, communication with camp, and camper well-being. Seminars are full-day the day before closing, and focus on providing strategies to transfer new skills to home and school, as well as offering time for parents to share information and ideas with each other.
Parent Session Information
Register for a Parent Session
Travel to Camp
Talisman offers several Parent Sessions at the end of our camp sessions. If you are interested in attending a session registration is available through our online application. If you have already signed up for camp and are interested in attending, you can call in to sign up or to ask for more information.
1. If your child is traveling unaccompanied, please see the Parent Handbook for information about how to arrange transportation.
2. Click for Map and Directions
3. Click for Local Accommodations
Refund Policy
Please note that deposits are nonrefundable once the camper is accepted. Full tuition is due by May 1st to retain the spot (or if applying after May 1st, full tuition is due at time of acceptance). If you must cancel for verifiable illness or emergency, we will split the tuition loss with you. If we discharge a camper early for medical or behavioral reasons in the first half of the session, half tuition will be refunded; in the second half, there is no refund.
