Registration, Fees, Calendar and Space Availability

The farm is for children who love animals and who choose to attend. The experience is not for the socially troubled. Most children enroll in one session each summer and this is quite adequate for a meaningful experience. Some, however, want more and this works if there is at least one week of rest at home between the sessions they wish to attend. Each session enrolls thirty-six children.

Registration Details

Each year demand causes children to be turned away, so early enrollment is suggested, especially if your summer calendar is complex.

To Reserve a space:

• Email us at barkers@tcsfarm.com, let us know the session your child would like to attend (see calendar below). We will respond, confirming a space is available and hold the spot for ten days while you mail an application (pdf) and deposit for each space held (see application for details).

• Once we receive your application, we will email you a confirmation and enrollment kit in pdf form. This includes a detailed packing list, summary of policies and other information pertinent to your child's stay. please read it upon receipt.
  

• Add barkers@tcsfarm.com to your list of approved senders or the enrollment kit may end up in your spam folder. If you have not received your enrollment kit within 10 days of mailing your application, please email us.

All fees are refundable until noon of our May 6, 2012 Open House, or if space is not available when you apply.

Note: If you have any questions about the program or our policies, feel free to email us at any time. You are also invited to call our references. A list is on the back flap of our hardcopy brochure and includes a number of families that have been with us for at least the past two summers. Or, if you do not have a brochure, you may email us for a list of reference families in your area. Our relationship with our Amish neighbors means we limit the use of the telephone. We do, however, have a cell phone that we use if we need to reach you while your child is with us.

Fees

Five-day coed and all-girls: $760 per session ($720 if your child already has a full set of [6] TCSF T-shirts.)

Three-day all-boys: $425 ($400 if your child already has four TCSF T-shirts.)

Summer 2012 Calendar and Space Availability

Currently we have space in most sessions. When space becomes limited, usually in mid winter, we will mark sessions that are over 50% full. If you want into a session that is marked "session full" email us to go on standby. Spaces do come up since summer plans sometimes change.

Coed five-day sessions
For girls ages 6-12 and boys ages 6-9 (note: Boys 10 and over may attend only our all-boys session). Sessions begin at 9:00am on Monday and conclude at 3:00pm on Friday.

June 4-8
June 18-22 - 1 space available
June 25-29
July 9-13 - 65% full
July 16-20
July 30-August 3
August 6-10
August 20-24

All-girls five-day sessions
For ages 6-12. Sessions begin at 9:00am on Monday and conclude at 3:00pm on Friday.

June 11-15 - session full
July 2-6
July 23-27 - 50% full
August 13-17 - 1 space available

All-boys three-day session (this is our only session for boys age 10 and over)
For ages 8-12. Session begin at 9:00am on Saturday and conclude at 3:00pm on Monday. .

May 26-28 (Memorial Day Weekend) - 55% full

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