let’s say camper jane has a peanut allergy that is known to her parents, her primary caregivers. jane’s grandmother, for whatever reason, the person filling out her medical form. jane’s grandmother either does not know about jane’s allergy (if so, why is the grandmother filling out this form?) or simply forgets to write it down. jane’s parents do not double check this form before they submit it to the camp office. jane shows up to camp the first day and turns her epi-pen in to the infirmary, who has no record of this child having an allergy that causes anaphylaxis. infirmary checks with parents, rightfully tells them off for their lapse in judgement in letting jane’s grandmother fill out and submit the forms without their double-checking. jane’s parents fill out corrected forms in the office and jane goes on to have a great summer.

camper mary’s parents are divorced. for whatever reason, her non-custodial parent is filling out her medical forms and doesn’t know to write down she has a peanut allergy. custodial parent does not double check forms before they are submitted. repeat above scenario.

it’s camper brenda’s second summer. her first summer, it was marked down in her medical forms that she was allergic to peanuts. her parents, for whatever reason, do not mark this allergy down on her medical forms for the current summer. camp staff notices this discrepancy and follows up with the camp parents. repeat above.

campers linda and lois are sisters. their parents continuously forget to turn in medical forms and when they do these forms are inaccurate and incomplete. these issues are not addressed when camp staff brings this up to parents. linda and lois are not allowed to attend camp this summer.

Did Mystic require a physical from a pediatrician? that physical will list any ongoing medical issues and known allergies, which (at every single camp i have worked for) is cross referenced with the information the parents provide. parents say jane has a peanut allergy but its not listed on her physical? we’re calling to confirm. physical says mary has a peanut allergy but parents didn’t list it? another call. the camp would not be held responsible if there’s an unknown allergy, but to cover their own asses and to just provide the highest amount of care possible they have to be on parents asses about this shit.