Information for Current Mowglis Parents

This page is THE go-to source for important information for the Mowglis season and will help answer many questions.

Important 2025 Dates: 

• First Day of Mowglis 2025: Saturday, June 21
• Parent Visiting Weekend (for 7-week campers) July 19-20
• Crew Day: Saturday, August 2
• Mrs. Holt’s Day (Last Day of Mowglis 2025): Sunday, August 10

Camper Arrival Day

• Here is the drop-off schedule for Saturday:
  • 10:00 AM Den & Yearlings
  • 11:00 AM Panther
  • 12:00 PM Akela
  •  1:00 PM Baloo
  •  2:00 PM Toomai
  •  3:00 PM Cubs
  •  4:00 PM Siblings & Late Arrival
    • Our drop-off station will be set up at the Jungle House, the brown and white house you’ll see when you arrive at camp.
    • At drop-off, your son will meet with our medical team of nurses and counselors will unload his bags; you’ll meet his lead counselor and then head out – we do the moving-in as one of the first group activities. All said and done, from pulling in to pulling out of the driveway, you’re probably looking at around 1/2 an hour for drop-off… it’s short and sweet!
    • If you have multiple campers in different age groups, please either pick the arrival time window that will work best for your family or utilize the Siblings and Late arrival window.

Parent’s Weekend

• Parents are welcome to pick up their camper between noon to 1:00 p.m. on Saturday and take him out for the day. You can even keep him out of camp overnight, but please be sure he is back for Duties by 8:45 a.m. on Sunday. If you are participating in Parent’s Weekend, please book your accommodations early. The best way to find local accommodations is either via Hotels.com or Airbnb. Search for Hebron, Plymouth, or Bristol, NH

Four-Week Campers Departure

• Pick-up for 4-week campers will be very similar to drop-off and will take place at the Jungle House on Saturday, from 11 to noon, unless separately arranged with camp.

Three-Week Cubs Arrival

• Between 2:00 and 3:00 PM in front of the Jungle House.

Bonfire & Crew Day! Parents and Alumni are welcome.

• We will send the schedule for Crew Weekend, but in a nutshell, it is the second to last weekend of our season and runs from Friday to Saturday night.
• If you are participating in Crew Weekend, please book your accommodations early. The best way to find local accommodations is either via Hotels.com or Airbnb. Search for Hebron, Plymouth, or Bristol, NH

Mrs. Holt’s Day (last day of camp)

• 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM This special ceremony is when we award the Ribbons the campers have earned in their Industries, recognize special achievements and awards, and award the Den’ites (the last-year campers) their Graduation medals if they have attained all their Graduation Requirements. At the end of the Graduation Ceremony, all camp shakes the hands of the Den’ites and the Director as they exit. This is the official end of the Mowglis season.

Please use this checklist to help prepare for an awesome time at Mowglis this summer:

Program Protector Tuition Insurance

Program Protector, tuition insurance, is now available for purchase during the online registration process. If purchased, may protect up to the full cost of your son’s session and include various other benefits should the need arise. To buy this coverage, please go HERE. Determine if Program Protection Tuition Insurance is right for you by going HERE. Please be in touch if you have any questions about this program. Camper Forms

PLEASE submit all camper forms by May 15th. There aren’t too many forms; all are important, and most can be completed right online.

Packing List

• Once you’ve completed the camper forms, packing is the next step. View the camper packing list here.
• Please send your camper to camp with brightly colored bathing suits – and no blue. Studies have shown that blue bathing suits are nearly invisible underwater. In contrast, fluorescent yellow or orange are highly visible – this sounds grim, but if we were ever looking for a submerged swimmer, we want to see their swimsuit! So please send him with a brightly colored bathing suit – thank you! But please rest assured that our lifeguard team watches the kids like hawks around the water!
• Label EVERYTHING. The stick-on name labels work well, as do permanent markers.

Camp Mowglis Uniforms

We use a camp outfitter called “Everything Summer Camp.” When you order the uniform, you’ll do so from their website. The items will ship to you unless you’d prefer to have them come to camp. You can find the packing list online HERE, in the Parent Handbook, and on the Everything Summer Camp website.

In addition to the uniform clothing, Everything Summer Camp sells pretty much everything your son will need for camp. Please note that when you go to their website, you need to click the turquoise rectangle that says “Get Your Camp Gear.” (See red arrow below)

*A note about trunks and such: Campers at Mowglis unpack into the cubbies (we call them bureaus) next to their bed. Unlike many camps, the campers don’t live out of a trunk, so what you pack his belongings in will only be used to transport his stuff to camp. Therefore, a duffel bag, soft trunk, hard trunk, or even a suitcase can work.

The Mow-Trow Gear Exchange:

If your son has outgrown Mowglis uniform items (aka Mow-Trow) that are still in good shape, please add them to this spreadsheet. If you’re looking for Mow-Trow or other gear (hiking boots, backpacks, etc.), you can check out this spreadsheet, and if you find what you’re looking for, contact the parent who posted it up and either arrange for shipping (or to pick it up if you live in the same area).

The best way to pay for shipping will be for the family with the items to box them up and bring them to a UPS Store and have the parent receiving the items call the store with their credit card number. That is how we send lost and found items at the end of the summer, and it works quite well. Please note when items have been claimed once they have been. Any unclaimed items can be brought to camp on arrival day or shipped to camp.

How do you manage the threat of ticks?

• While we have fewer ticks in NH than in more southern New England states, we still take ticks extremely seriously.
• Here are some big-picture ways we protect our campers from ticks:
  • Our defense starts with staff education – all campers and counselors are taught what, where, and when to look for, and we have the campers do tick checks at least daily and every time they’ve been out in the bushes.
  •  If a tick is found embedded on a camper while at camp, he will go to the nurse for removal and bite-site mapping, and then the tick is saved, and the camper will be monitored daily for any signs of infection.
  • If there is a parental desire or signs of infection, the tick is sent to a lab for testing.
  • We have bottles of bug spray throughout camp and on all trips.
  • We cut back brush to minimize the chance of ticks hopping onto folks as they walk around camp.

The Mowglis Way – please discuss this with your camper:

• Mowglis is a diverse, welcoming, and inclusive community.
  • The mission of Mowglis is to develop integrity, empathy, resilience, and leadership – we take this mission very seriously and make every effort to foster an environment conducive to each camper achieving this mission.
  • It is important that you and your camper review our Inclusion Statement as well as our Essential Eligibility Criteria before camp starts so we’re all on the same page.
  • At Mowglis, we are outspoken believers in the Golden Rule: “Treat others how you’d like to be treated.”
  • At Mowglis, we emphasize living with Integrity – Doing the right thing, even if no one is watching or you know you could “get away with it.”
  •  Together, These principles help form “The Mowglis Way.” We lead with these themes on the first day of camp and return to them countless times throughout the season.
• We work very hard to create an environment where everyone feels welcomed as a member of the Mowglis Pack. To that end:
  • We bring outside trainers during our orientation to help prepare our staff to welcome campers from different backgrounds.
  • Mowglis is a place of learning and development, and that is the approach we take in guiding and inspiring our campers to be the best versions of themselves.
  • We have a team of senior staff members, the Mowglis Fellows, who, along with the camp’s senior leadership, navigate any instances where campers or staff are not being inclusive or welcoming to their fellow Mowglis brothers and sisters. Together, we strive to find the best response to the various situations that may arise during the summer (neither over-reacting nor under-reacting).
  • We welcome dialog with parents and guardians, but we also need you to trust us and our judgment when guiding and responding to behavior.

Keeping in Touch With Your Camper(s) During the Summer

Communications from the Campers: Parents are assured of at least one letter from their son each week, as all campers are required to turn in a letter to gain admittance to lunch on Sunday. Nothing like a little motivation! To encourage additional communication from your son, equip him with postcards that are good for jotting quick notes each day or so. Don’t forget to send plenty of stamps, envelopes & writing paper.

Communications from Home

As you can imagine, the campers LOVE to get mail! Our mailing address for the US Postal Service is:

Camper Name
C/O Camp Mowglis
P.O. Box 9
Hebron, NH 03241

Our mailing address for UPS and FedEx is:

Camp Mowglis
4 Mowglis Drive
Hebron, NH 03241

Each camper has his own mailbox, where his mail is deposited each morning. For first time campers, it’s nice to have frequent mail, so enlist additional relatives or friends to send mail as well, but we suggest not overdoing it as it is important for campers to be able to focus on the fun they are having at camp. Letters don’t have to be long, as most campers seem to enjoy the quantity of mail!

When writing to your son, it’s a good idea to keep your letters from home upbeat and “newsy” without making your son feel as though he is missing out on tons of fun. Try to avoid phrases like, “We miss you terribly, it is so lonely and we can hardly stand it here without you,” but rather, “We know you are having a wonderful experience,” or “You are so fortunate to be at camp.”