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Registration

Registration for El Ranchito 2010 has ended.  Check back in January, 2011 for registration details on camp season 2011.  Please call 512-739-9199 for more information.

El Ranchito was created specifically to serve children and youth from low-income families.  If a family qualifies for the federal free lunch program at school, a child/youth is eligible for El Ranchito. Eligible campers are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. 

How do you register?

Visit the El Ranchito office at El Buen Samaritano Episcopal Mission to fill out all the paperwork and have a short applicant interview.  Each child/youth applicant must:

  • complete all paperwork
  • have a short interview
  • visit a doctor or clinic for a health exam
  • get a teacher recommendation
  • pay the $25 fee

Both a parent/guardian and applicant must come by to register and fill out papers.  Each child/youth must have a health exam from a doctor before being accepted to camp.  We will give you the health forms to take to a doctor or clinic.  You return them to us when they are complete.  No one will be accepted into camp unless medical forms are complete.

Where can you register?

El Ranchito's office is in the El Buen Samaritano Episcopal Mission education building at 7000 Woodhue Dr., Austin, TX 78745.  We are located just inside the front door, next to the childcare center.  Click here for a map. Map of El Buen Samaritano

When can you register?

 Check back in January, 2011 for more details.

 

Questions?

Please call Registration Director Dianne Folkerth at (512) 739-9199 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

2010 Registration Status as of 5/14/2010:  67 applicants have begun the registration process

Nature Discovery Camp
Session I, June 13-18, rising 6th and 7th graders - 28 spaces FULL
Waiting list:  girls - full; boys- 3 spaces left

Session II, June 20-25, rising 8th and 9th graders - 28 space
Girls - 6 camp spaces left;
Waiting list: boys - 5 spaces available

Session III, June 27-July 1, rising 4th and 5th graders - 28 spaces FULL
Waiting list: girls - 3 spaces available; boys - 1 space available

Conservation Corps
June 13-24 - 16 spaces FULL
Waiting list - FULL

Waiting list information:  Applicants must complete the entire registration process in order to be considered on the waiting list.