Project Paperless: Camp is Making Planet-Friendly Changes!

by Meghan Hill, Director of Business Operations & Alumni Relations

At Camp, we’re all deeply connected to our natural environment, therefore we’re forever striving to uncover ways that we can leave a lighter ecological footprint, and help protect the lands and waters that sustain us all.

Since offering online registration, we have seen the vast majority of our camper families make a transition away from paper registration forms – now, more than 95% of our registrations are paperless!

Why stop there?  

As part of this continued effort, we have decided to take it a step further, and begin practicing an even greener alternative associated with the registration process.

Beginning this year, we’re aiming for a near-paperless existence!

 You guessed it –

* No more paper Medical Forms!

* No more paper Information Forms!

* No more paper Airport contracts!

We will now be accepting electronic PDF versions of Medical Forms, Information Forms and Waivers, emailed to: rcnurse@ssymca.org and Airport Contacts to campflights@ssymca.org

Please join us as we think and act greener. With your help, we can achieve cooperative conservation at Camp!

Did you know…

• It takes more than 1½ cups of water to make one sheet of paper.
• Over 40% of wood pulp goes toward the production of paper.
• Reducing paper use reduces greenhouse gases: 40 reams of paper = 1.5 acres of pine forest absorbing carbon for a year.
• The average office worker uses 10,000 sheets of copy paper each year.
• The United States alone, which has less than 5% of the world’s population, consumes 30% of the world’s paper.
• Printing and writing paper equals about one-half of U.S. paper production.
• Printing inks also cause damage to the environment. The ink is made with toxic chemicals and the containers usually aren’t recyclable.

Are you an environmental steward? Email us your conservation tips!

To learn more about adopting an eco-friendly lifestyle, visit the Nature Conservancy.