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General Trip & Safety Information
General Trip Information
The following general information pertains to all overnight trips.
Eligibility For all trips lasting longer than three days and two nights, participants must attend an NSSRA overnight trip prior to the registration deadline for the desired trip in order for our therapeutic recreation specialists to assess the individual’ s readiness for the trip. If a participant has not attended an overnight trip with NSSRA and is interested in a trip lasting longer than three days and two nights, please contact Recreation Specialist for Trips Jerod Mikkelsen( 847) 509-9400 x6833 or jmikkelsen @ nssra. org to discuss eligibility. Assessments will be completed at the end of all trips to determine eligibility for future trips. All participants are expected to follow scheduled activities.
Housing Participants will be sharing rooms, and possibly beds, with peers. If you want your own room or bed, you must call Recreation Specialist for Trips Jerod Mikkelsen( 847) 509-9400 x6833 or jmikkelsen @ nssra. org by the designated registration deadline to make arrangements. An additional fee may apply for these arrangements if they are available. Refer to the specific trip information for more details regarding housing. For adult trips, NSSRA staff members may not be present in all rooms. Room assignments will be made at the staff’ s discretion. Participants are expected to stay in their rooms and be respectful of their roommates.
Safety / Insurance Information
NSSRA is committed to conducting its recreation programs and activities in the safest manner possible and holds the safety of participants in the highest possible regard. Participants and parents registering for recreation programs must recognize, however, that there is an inherent risk of injury when choosing to participate in recreation activities. NSSRA continually strives to reduce such risks and insists that participants follow all safety rules and instructions which have been designed to protect the participant’ s safety.
Please recognize that NSSRA does not carry medical accident insurance for injuries sustained in its programs. The cost of such would make program fees prohibitive.
Therefore, each person registering themselves or a family member for a recreation program / activity should review their own insurance coverage. It must be noted that the absence of health insurance coverage does not make NSSRA automatically responsible for the payment of medical expenses.
Due to the difficulty and exorbitant cost of obtaining liability insurance, the agency providing liability coverage for NSSRA requires the execution of a Waiver and Release. Certain high risk activities may require an additional waiver prior to participation.
Please contact NSSRA Safety Coordinator Meggan Davies at( 847) 509-9400 x6828 or mdavies @ nssra. org with any questions.
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