Heads Up! Hartford Camp 2026
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Welcome!
Thanks for your interest in Heads Up! Hartford, a nonprofit one-week overnight community service and leadership camp for teenagers finishing grades 8-12. Our 2026 camp will be held from Sunday, June 21 - Saturday, June 27 at the Ethel Walker School, a boarding school in Simsbury, CT. Before proceeding with camp registration, please scroll down to read the information below.
1. Welcome Letter
2. Camper Packing List
2. Camper Packing List
Read this first! Includes important dates, contact information, and instructions about finalizing your registration.
2. Camper Packing List
2. Camper Packing List
2. Camper Packing List
What do I need to bring to camp?
3. Physical Health Form
4. Medication Authorization Form
4. Medication Authorization Form
MANDATORY FOR ALL CAMPERS
In accordance with state regulations, all campers must submit a physical health form to attend camp. You may use your camper's school physical or other physical form, as long as it is current within 3 years of 6/21/26, and as long as all medications listed on the physical are current and will be taken by the camper at camp. An out-of-date medication listed on the physical means that the physical is not current. It must be amended or reissued by the physician, or you may choose to use a new physical form. Camper physicals must include documentation that they have been adequately immunized according to the schedule adopted by the Commissioner of Public Health pursuant to section 19a-7f of the Connecticut General Statutes.
If your camper's school or other physical is not current or is unavailable, you may also use the above camp physical health form. Submit the form via the secure portal link in your registration/acceptance email, or send to camp@headsuphartford.org.
4. Medication Authorization Form
4. Medication Authorization Form
4. Medication Authorization Form
MANDATORY for all campers bringing OTC or prescription medications to camp
A Medication Authorization form is a form mandated by the state for any and all medications campers will bring to camp. Prescription medications and over-the-counter medications require a medication authorization form.
Any medication listed on your child's physical will require a medication authorization form signed by both a prescriber and a parent/guardian. If your child's physical lists a medication they will not be bringing to camp, the physical is not current and must be amended by the physician/APRN or reissued. Alternately, you may obtain a new physical or use our camp physical health form.
Scroll down to see a sample completed medication authorization form.
Sample Medication Authorization Form
In this sample medication authorization form, camper Michael is bringing a daily allergy medication (Claritin) to camp. Even though Claritin is an over-the-counter medication that is stocked by the camp nurse for camper complaints, Michael needs a Medication Authorization form because he takes Claritin on a schedule-- every night before bed. Michael's father and his prescriber have signed the Medication Authorization Form. Michael will bring the medication to camp in its original container and labeled with his name, where he will check it in with the camp nurse.