Jenny Lam Review of Camp Robin Hood
I visited Camp Robin Hood with about 45 other coll...
I visited Camp Robin Hood with about 45 other college Resident Advisors and 4 college Area Coordinators. We meant to only stay one night but only ended up lasting 45 minutes at this camp. This is why...
We first arrived at Camp Robin Hood and had to wait for "D.C" (as I heard this is what he calls himself) to greet us and welcome us. Normally for any type of camp, one would expect a warm welcoming of smiling faces and excited camp counselors or directors. It was quite the complete opposite with our experience. D.C. made us wait 10 minutes before coming out of the Admissions cottage. Not only did he make us wait that long (and there also seemed to be no one in the cottage for the ten minutes I may add), but he also greeted us with, "Hello. Where is the woman I was just speaking to?" in a very harsh tone. There was no smile. After this, he brought us to follow him to our bunks. There were more female RAs than there were male RAs.
After having to switch the female bunks with the male bunks (because there were too many females for the smaller bunk), we all noticed the bunks were very dirty and sandy. There was trash everywhere. It looked as if no one had been in the bunks for years. At this point, D.C. still had not said anything along the lines of "Welcome to Camp Robin Hood!" He seemed very grumpy and angry at us.
Usually when the Housing Staff from our college goes to camp during training before school starts, it is for team bonding experiences with activities being held by the camp counselors. However, even though our Director of the Housing Department had spoken to Chuck, D.C. asked if we had a schedule or itinerary for activities (even though the camp counselors and camp staff were supposed to help us with that).
After this, we had an hour of free time before lunch would be served. Naturally, we all decided to explore the area. There was a beautiful lake/beach-like area, basketball courts, and volleyball courts where we all decided to stay for a while. When D.C. noticed we were out in that area, he became very aggressive with our supervisors. He yelled and screamed at them telling them that for all he knew "we all had criminal records" and were not allowed down to use the facilities. Well, that should have been mentioned to the Director of Housing beforehand, or even better, it should have been mentioned to us when we had arrived at the camp. Also not to mention, it was very rude of him to imply that we may have held pedophilic qualities because we were not children but college students.
After this had happened, after he had been so rude and had made one of our supervisors CRY, our supervisors told us to back our bags and that we were going back to campus. We never handed in a check because we had no stayed our visit. We also had to sweep the floors of the bunks before leaving to ensure that we were not going to be charged with hidden fees. D.C. had told us to make sure there were no damages (even though we had only made our beds quickly and were out of the bunk area within 10 minutes). We left the place spotless, cleaner than it was before we found it...and it was pretty bad as I mentioned.
All in all, I would no recommend this place to anyone. We had not even met the man yet, and yet, he already seemed to despise us all. I can't imagine how he is like with children. If he were a decent human being, I would maybe consider recommending Camp Robin Hood to others. I would have given zero stars if I could; however, I don't believe it would let me do that. Camp is supposed to be welcoming and fun and happy. We were all happy playing soccer and basketball and volleyball (on the fields far away from the campgrounds as possible). However, meeting D.C. was not worth anyone's time or money or breath.

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