The Aloha Foundation provides full and partial tuition aid to families who require financial assistance to meet the cost of a 7-week or 3½-week enrollment for a child at Aloha, Aloha Hive or Lanakila, or a 2-, 4- or 6-week enrollment at Horizons Day Camp.

“Campership” support is extended to families who demonstrate financial need based on financial information submitted in conjunction with a request for tuition assistance. In addition, a camper who receives aid should meet at least one of the following criteria:

• Enhance the social diversity of the camp community, and/or
• Increase the population of campers from local towns and Vermont/New Hampshire, and/or
• Extend the camp participation of an alumni family.

Campership Application Procedures

Requests for campership support should be submitted in conjunction with camp registrations, accompanied by a reduced registration fee of $300. The registration fee will be returned in full should support not be awarded.

• Past campership recipients wishing to return to camp with tuition assistance in succeeding summers should submit camp registrations and campership applications by October 15 of the year preceding their return.
  
• Prospective new campers will be considered for tuition aid beginning November 1.

Campership applicants will be notified of award decisions within six weeks of receipt of a complete application.

4/2/02: updated Managing to Executive, removed a local alum, changed Admin. Ass’t to Manager

10/28/02: updated 8% to 12%.  Updated committee members to include an outside alum/parent.  Updated policies – took out A-Team decision and changed to Campership Committee.  Updated consistently needed $1,000 for full season or $500 for half session to: a small amount, for example consistently needed $1,000 for full season or $500 for half session.  Updated: Applicants meeting one of these three goals will be considered on a first-come, first-served basis. To: Applicants meeting one of these three goals will be considered for qualification on a first-come, first-served basis.  Updated: Applicants who are not approved through the campership process shall be given the opportunity of arranging their own financing and a place will be held for a reasonable period of time.  To: Applicants who are not approved through the campership process shall be given the opportunity of arranging their own financing.

11/16/05 – Under Procedures & Timing, defined 3 criteria to say cultural and economic diversity, instead of just diversity.