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Dear Robin Hood Family,
Today you are receiving your
Robin Hood Fanny Pack for your camper(s) who have been indicated to us as having
a life-threatening allergy and/or require his/her inhalers with them at all
times.
When designing these Fanny
Packs we tried to make them look as commonplace as possible. In fact, our
Senior Staff will also be wearing similar Fanny Packs at all times to keep
track of schedules, etc.
Attached to the Fanny Pack is a
luggage tag with the most recent camp information about your child. As well,
enclosed in the Fanny Pack is a copy of the Anaphylactic Poster which outlines
the camp protocol on anaphylaxis awareness and treatment. This should stay in
the Fanny Pack at all times. This poster must be completed by you prior
to camp starting and left within the Fanny Pack. We have indicated that a
recent photo is on file – we hope that you have already sent in a completed
Robin Hood Anaphylaxis Alert Poster which should be on file – if you have not
done so please do so immediately.
Please ensure that 1 Epi-Pen® is enclosed in the Fanny Pack and another is left in our Health Centre prior to camp starting. Some families will want to place a second Epi-Pen® in the Fanny Pack or use a Protect-a-Tube for the Epi-Pen®. During swim or high contact activities (such as sports) the Fanny Packs may be placed with the staff supervising easy access if the need should arise.
A letter to all of the campers
on your child(ren)’s bus will be handed out tonight to indicate to all families
that we strongly recommend families not sending nut/peanut products to camp and
alerting them to the fact that there will be campers on the bus with life-
threatening allergies to certain food products.
As well, a letter will be sent
to all of the campers in your child’s group to alert them of the high risks of
sending certain food products to camp.
If you have any questions or
concerns please don’t hesitate to contact us at the Robin Hood office.
Yours truly,
Pearl & Bev (& Sari
too)
Health Centre & Camper
Relations Staff
Modified from the ©Anaphylaxis Network of Canada, 1999
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