Room to Grow. Time to Be a Kid.
Camper Camp · August 2–5, 2027
Timber Ridge Camp · Spencer, Indiana
Your camper’s growth matters to us, and so does who inspires it. We recruit instructors who are active in today’s cheerleading community—including standout athletes from professional cheer leagues and members of Team USA—to share their skills, experience, and love of the sport.
Alongside that instruction, we make room for the joy of being a kid: exploring nature, zip lining, horseback riding, rock wall climbing, laughing with cabin friends, and trying something new. Our goal is for campers to head home with stronger skills, friendships that feel like family, and memories they’ll carry for a lifetime.
How Cheerwood protects campers
Safety is designed into every day.
Cheerwood combines structured cheer instruction with overnight camp adventure. Our camper-protection framework is built around screened adults, observable interactions, clear activity standards, health planning, and practiced emergency response.
Screened, trained adults
Every adult-role candidate completes an application, interview and reference checks. Background screening follows law and Cheerwood policy. Approved staff complete training in abuse prevention, active supervision and safety procedures.
The age-18 rule
Campers must remain 17 or younger throughout camp. Junior Counselors may be ages 15–18. At 18, they must complete required background checks, hold current age-appropriate USA Cheer membership, and finish athlete-protection safety training before serving. Those turning 18 during camp must complete these steps before their birthday to continue serving. Junior Counselors never count toward cleared-adult supervision coverage. Parent or guardian consent is required for applicants under 18.
Supervision and boundaries
Interactions are kept observable and interruptible, with clear cabin, changing-area, restroom, transportation, and digital-communication boundaries. Cheerwood prohibits hazing, bullying, body shaming, punitive exercise, sexualized conduct, private direct messages, unauthorized photos, and private post-camp contact.
Health, medication, and allergies
Families provide current health forms, medication instructions, allergy information, and action plans. Health procedures include secure medication storage and logs, illness and hydration protocols, and timely guardian communication. Suspected concussion means immediate removal from activity and no same-day return.
Activity safety
Cheer instruction is progressive and matched to readiness, with appropriate surfaces, equipment checks, and qualified spotting. Swimming at the lake uses lifeguard supervision, swim-level groupings, buddy checks, and counselor accountability. Canoeing, trails, zip lining, horseback riding, rock wall climbing, campfires, outdoor cooking, cabins, and transportation each follow activity-specific briefings, boundaries, head counts, and stop-work authority.
Emergency readiness
Before campers arrive, staff train on medical and EMS response, severe weather and lightning, fire and evacuation, missing-camper response, aquatic incidents, transportation events, family notification, and reunification. Staff practice through drills and daily accountability checks.
Reporting concerns and preventing retaliation
In immediate danger, call 911. Good-faith concerns may be raised without retaliation, and reports will be documented, escalated, and handled according to law and camp policy.
OUR NON-NEGOTIABLE
TCA (Two Cleared Adults) Policy
No isolated one-on-one adult/minor contact. Camper interactions must remain observable and interruptible. Emergency care is the only exception, and it must be documented and communicated through camp leadership.
Before Your Camper Arrives
Complete every health and consent form accurately. Submit medication in original labeled containers. Share allergies, action plans, accommodations, and activity limits. Keep emergency contacts current and reachable. Review conduct, digital-media, packing, arrival, and pickup expectations with your camper. Ask questions before arrival—no concern is too small.