Fall 2020 Kick-Off Information

Below is a summary of our Facebook live Video posted to our group with information regarding the relaunch of Youth in the fall. You’ll also find other information that is important to you as a caregiver. Thanks for trusting us to invest in your students each week!

-Pastor Ryan

COVID-19 Procedures

Arrival – Doors open at 6:45 to limit mingling. Please do not arrive before this time. Students will then move upstairs and be seated with the person they arrived with. Every person sanitizes hands as they enter
Active Screening – We will be taking the temperature of every student with an no touch thermometer. If they have a fever, you will need to pick up your child. If they are feeling sick in any way, we are asking that they stay home.
Bubble – Since it would be nearly impossible to know who every family is bubbled with, students who arrive together (same vehicle) or are related will be considered the same bubble. We need caregivers to help us with explaining the concept of social distancing to their student.
Baked Good Snacks – Vesta hand out snack with gloves as they come in
Small Group Rooms – Rooms will measured to see capacity for 1m spacing with masks or 2m without, as per provincial guidelines. Masks must be worn in small group
Games – Low contact games
Tuck Shop/Canteen – Please send a larger amount of money for your student so they can prepay for tuck to limit cash handling. We test ran the system of subtracting from the total over the summer like they do at camp and it worked really well. Items requiring touch (sour keys) will be distributed by the tuck worker with tongs and sanitized.
Increased Cleaning – High touch surfaces will be sanitized, along with every room that is used
Bathrooms – Basement bathrooms limited to 1 person at a time and students are expected to wash their hands.
Water Bottles – Please bring a water bottle as we will not be serving water in cups as the kitchen will be closed
Pick-Up – Please come to the door to pick up your child – this is for safety with the parking lot. Once you come to the door, we will get your student and who you’re bringing home. If there is someone who is not allowed to pick up your child, please put that on the form.

Contact Information

As with every year, we collect contact information on students in case of an emergency. This allows us to contact you if we need to get ahold of you, but also lets us do special things for birthdays. This year, we are moving away from paper forms and doing them all online. You can fill out the form here. If there is an outbreak at Youth, your contact infomation will be provided to Public Health for contact tracing, as legal required.

Communication

Where can you find information about Youth?
- For example: cancelation for bad weather
- Facebook group – If you’re not a part of the Ridge Youth Facebook group, get in it. Search “The Ridge Youth” and I’ll approve you. You have to answer some questions to join, but once you do I’ll accept
- We will also be sending out emails, so if you want to get on that list, sign up tonight.
- Also: forms and info for events will always be on my door or on the bulletin board beside my office
Updating Information
- If you have already filled out your form last year, please update your information at this form.
- If your child hasn’t filled out a form, fill out the first timer form
If you ever can’t afford and event, just talk to me and we can figure something out. We gave out over 600$ in scholarship money last year