Who we serve / Camps

Run camp. We'll run the back office.

Polaris becomes your embedded team for Finance, HR & Payroll, Business Operations, and Marketing. We work inside your systems and around your camp calendar so directors can spend more time on campers, families, staff, and the experience they are there to create.

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Camp WeHaKee
Camps and camp organizations we've supported
Camp WeHaKee
Camps Kenwood & Evergreen
The Road Less Traveled
North Star Camp
Why Polaris for camps

Camp has a back office all year, even when campers are only there for the summer.

Seasonal staffing, payroll, parent enrollment, vendors, insurance, budgets, international staff, and marketing all hit on different calendars. Polaris understands the rhythm and builds the work around it.

01

Summer payroll starts long before opening day.

Seasonal hiring creates months of onboarding, paperwork, payroll setup, tax questions, benefits decisions, PTO rules, and employee administration before staff ever arrive. Polaris can own the recurring process so camp leadership can focus on building the team.

02

Your finances have to make sense across the full year.

Tuition and deposits arrive on one schedule. Payroll and program costs hit on another. We handle bookkeeping, AP and AR, reconciliations, reporting, budgeting, cash-flow analysis, and audit support so you can see the business behind the season.

03

Camp systems have to work when nobody has time to troubleshoot them.

Registration systems, payroll platforms, HR tools, insurance processes, vendor workflows, and internal project systems all touch the operation. We help camps improve the setup, document the process, and keep the administrative work moving.

04

Enrollment is a year-round marketing job.

Websites, search, email, social media, digital advertising, content, and brand all shape whether the right families find you and take the next step. Polaris can manage the marketing work that gets families to the conversation. Your camp team owns the relationship and closes it.

Our approach

Camp people should get to run camp.

Polaris does not design your program, define your camp culture, or replace the relationships your directors build with campers, families, and staff.

We own the work behind those relationships: finance, payroll, HR administration, systems, vendors, recurring business operations, and marketing execution.

We work inside your organization so the systems and records stay with camp, not in an outside vendor's inbox.

The Road Less Traveled
Marketing spotlight · The Road Less Traveled

“Polaris refined our brand, elevated our online presence, and helped us reach new families. Our marketing finally reflects who we are and has revived our enrollment.”

Laura Dunmire
Director, The Road Less Traveled
120%
Growth in teen enrollment
9×
Return on paid search ad spend
3×
Lead-to-enrollment conversion
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Finance & Ops spotlight · Kenwood & Evergreen

“You know the stuff ‘you have to do’ but wish you didn’t? Victoria and her team either take care of it or make it easy. 100% trust and give me back 2 hours every day.”

Jack Schott
Director, Camps Kenwood & Evergreen
$50K+
Saved in the first year through expense reduction and vendor optimization
2 HOURS
Given back to the director each day
REAL-TIME
Department budget dashboards for clearer spending decisions
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Camps Kenwood & Evergreen
Camp-specific knowledge

We already speak camp.

01

Seasonal and international staff.

Payroll and HR processes need to account for short-term teams, different employee circumstances, and the questions that arise when domestic and international staff work side by side.

02

Camp systems.

We can work around the registration, finance, HR, payroll, and project tools your camp already uses and recommend changes when the setup is creating more work than it solves.

03

Insurance and compliance cycles.

Renewals, audits, payroll filings, background checks, and other recurring responsibilities each have their own calendar. We build those cycles into the work.

04

Enrollment marketing.

Search, paid media, email, website, content, and social should work together around inquiry and enrollment rather than operate as separate projects.

See how the work comes together.

Different camps have different programs, ownership structures, enrollment models, and traditions. The back-office problems are often familiar. Polaris brings the shared experience without treating every camp like the same operation.

Build your scope

What would you take off your camp team's plate?

Choose one area, combine a few, or select all four. This gives Victoria context before you talk and does not lock you into a final scope.

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01 · Finance

Finance

BookkeepingAccounts Payable & ReceivableMonthly ReconciliationsFinancial ReportingBudget SupportCash Flow AnalysisAudit Coordination
02 · HR & Payroll

HR & Payroll

Payroll ProcessingPayroll Tax FilingsStaff OnboardingBenefits AdministrationEmployee RecordsPTO & Leave TrackingOpen Enrollment
03 · Business Operations

Business Operations

Software Review & ImplementationWorkflow & Process ImprovementVendor ManagementInsurance Renewals & AuditsAdministrative SystemsProcess DocumentationProject & Task Systems
04 · Marketing

Marketing

Marketing StrategyWebsite Design & UpdatesSEODigital AdvertisingEmail MarketingSocial MediaContent CreationBrand StrategyCampaign Management
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What would make your next season easier?

Tell Victoria how your year-round and seasonal teams are structured, where the calendar gets complicated, and which responsibilities keep landing back on directors. We'll talk through what Polaris could own and what should stay with your camp team.

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In their words

Directors on what changed.

“WeHaKee finally has an online presence that matches what this place actually is. Families actually find us now online and immediately want to come.”

Winter, Wisconsin
Stacie & Cory, Directors of WeHaKee

“When I wanted to be out working with kids, I was buried under payroll filings and reconciling the books. From that realization, Polaris was born.”

Hayward, Wisconsin
Andy, Director of North Star