Chicagoland FC Camp is open to young people ages 8 to 18 (through the summer after their high school graduation)

It is located in Wapella, IL at the Illinois District Camp campgrounds.

• We encourage parents to carefully check answers to the registration questions. Sometimes the browser’s autofill feature will auto-populate answers provided in previous years. This often happens with fields like age, grade level, and graduation year.

  (Errors in the registration details can cause hang up for camp staff when sorting for teams and classes. We'd hate for your high school student to be sorted as a grade schooler.)

• The default amount allocated for a canteen account when registering is $30. After you have added the canteen to the "cart," it will become editable and can be adjusted to the desired amount. Canteen amounts can also be adjusted in-person at check-in the first day of camp.

• When you have completed the online registration process, you will receive an email confirming the completed camper registration. Make sure to review the email as there will be details regarding additional supplemental forms that must be filled out. This form is a required Camper Waiver required for all campers by FC. 

• We are requiring all registered campers to provide an updated digital photo for each individual camper on your Active account. This will only be used by staff in order to learn new names/faces. 

Canteen money can be spent in three ways during the week of camp.

1. Canteen: Day time snacks such as candy, chips, gatorade, iced coffee, soda, snacks and more.

2. Crafts: Fun activities and projects available during free-time daily.

3. Snack Shop: Evening snacks such as ice cream, fries, nachos, soft pretzels and more!

Canteen Budgeting Tips:

• $5-$8 per day is pretty typical for most campers who stick to traditional canteen items. Crafts calling your name? Plan to spend closer to $10.00 per day.

• We encourage campers to not spend all their canteen account on the first day—they will want treats all week and once it’s gone, it’s gone.

• Campers will not be allowed to borrow from other campers or staff.

We want every camper who desires to be at camp to have an opportunity to do so. Chicagoland FC Camp has many funding opportunities available for those who need them. Please reach out to any of the following members of the Chicagoland Chapter of the Hutchinson Bell if you would like to know more about help with the cost of camp.

Ben Tarmann at benjamintarmann@outlook.com | Elizabeth Pertl at pertl.elizabeth@gmail.com.

There are also camp scholarship opportunities through the Joel Sloan Camp Fund.

The Joel Sloan Florida College Camp Scholarship Fund was established to honor a man who touched many young lives in his brief life. We provide scholarships to students who need financial assistance to attend one of the Florida College camps held each summer. Florida College Camps echo the purpose and goals of Florida College by providing summer recreation and fun with a biblical foundation, offering a unique environment for personal godly development, and preparing campers for better service to their Creator and humanity.

*The scholarship application submission period is open from March 1st through May 1st.