FAQ'S

Click on 'Sign-in' or 'New user sign-up' to access the Registration Portal. If you have difficulties, please contact us at register@thefirs.org.

Registration begins in November and sessions may fill up as early as April. In this case, a waitlist will be started for full sessions. Any sessions that don’t fill to capacity will have the advantage of smaller cabin groups and smaller Activity Classes.

Here are some guidelines for you to follow when dealing with a waitlist situation.

• When a spot opens, you will be notified by email. Please keep an eye on your emails and respond as quickly as possible.

• The email you receive will have a “please let us know by” date. If we do not hear from you by that date we will assume your plans have changed and move to the next waitlisted camper.

• If your camper isn’t offered a spot in camp one week prior to the start of camp, your deposit will be automatically refunded.

• Do not register your camper in a camp week “just in case” they do not get into the wait listed camp unless they plan to go to both sessions. If they get into the wait listed camp and you cancel out of the non-wait listed camp; the $200 deposit is non-refundable.

All pre-camp communication will be sent via email including a packing list, Opening & Closing Day instructions and directions to camp.

Make sure that you have added register@thefirs.org, registration@thefirs.org, and firwood@thefirs.org to your contacts list so that our informative emails do not go to your SPAM folder.

A full session at Camp Firwood serves 225 campers. One cabin can accommodate 8 campers. Two Counselors/Summer Staff are assigned to each cabin.

We love it when friends come to camp together! We are more than happy to facilitate two (2) cabin mate requests per camper. These can be made in the camper registration portal under “Buddy Requests.” Please be sure to list the friend’s first AND last name. Also, be aware that all cabins are grouped by age and, for this reason, buddies must be within one academic grade of each other.

• Cancellations made up to two weeks before the scheduled camp session will receive a refund for any amount paid above the non-refundable deposit. Cancellations made less than two weeks before the start of the scheduled camp session will be responsible for the full tuition and will not be eligible for a refund.

• Refunds of camp fees will not be made for any campers departing early from Camp for any reason, including health-related or behavior-related reasons.

• Camp activity fees (such as for paintball or extreme studio arts) are non-refundable once the camper has arrived at camp.

Our tax ID# is 91-0609820N. According to Washington State Law; we can’t offer tax advice.