Reduce camp brochures after choosing a program

Ask the camps you did not choose to stop sending brochures. Ask the camp you chose to stop only next-season sales mail. Registration, health and safety messages from that camp should keep coming, so name the kind of mail you want to end.

Separate sales mail from enrollment mail

  1. Make two piles. One holds brochures from camps you passed on. The other holds forms, schedules and packing lists from the camp you chose.
  2. For each camp you passed on, use its official contact page or mailing-preferences option to ask it to stop printed brochures.
  3. For the chosen camp, send a narrower request. Ask it to stop promotional mail for next season and keep sending everything tied to current enrollment.
  4. Use the parent's name and address as printed on the brochure. Leave out the child's birth date, medical details and identity documents.
  5. Write down the date and any reply for each camp.

When one list carries everything

A camp may send sales and enrollment mail from the same list. If it does, a broad stop request could cut off messages you need. Ask whether it can separate the two before you agree to any change.

Health forms and medical questions go through the camp's enrollment contact, not a marketing request.

Sample brochure requests

Example for your own use. Replace the bracketed details and review what you share.

Camp you passed on: Please stop printed promotional brochures for [camp] to [parent name as printed] at [address]. This covers advertising mail only. Camp you chose: Please stop next-season promotional mail to [parent name as printed] at [address]. Please keep sending registration, enrollment and safety communications for [session]. Can you confirm these are handled separately?

Check the chosen camp's reply

When the chosen camp replies, check that it says enrollment and safety messages will continue. If the reply is unclear, ask which contact or preference controls each type of mail before you change anything else.

Official source

Have an unwanted advertisement ready?

Photograph one piece you are authorized to handle, with the sender and full mailing label visible. Review the details before submitting. The first request is free; the sender controls the response.

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