Swim lessons start at half past nine and the waterfront doesn't really clear until four. In between there's free swim, canoe instruction, the group that wanted to go back in after lunch, and the ones who spend the whole afternoon on the dock because they'd rather not get in at all. Sunscreen gets put on once by a parent at drop-off and maybe once more by a counselor working down a line of thirty kids who are already halfway to the water. Then it's in the lake. By the second week of July the burns are always in the same three places: the back of the neck, the tops of the ears, and the shoulders.
A Shirt That Goes in the Water With Them
The UPF 30+ Fully Sublimated Long Sleeve Tee With Hood (from $27.50 at 25) is built for exactly that stretch of the day. It's a 4.5 oz. 100% polyester moisture-wicking fabric with UPF 30+ sun protection, long sleeves and set-in sleeves, and a hood that covers the two spots a swim shirt usually misses — the neck and the ears. A kid can swim in it, sit on the dock in it, eat lunch in it and put it back on for the afternoon session, and nobody has to chase them down with a bottle in between.
Counselors and Campers Out of the Same Order
It comes in men's, women's and youth sizes, which is the part that makes it work as a camp order rather than just a camper order. The lifeguard on the stand and the counselor teaching strokes in waist-deep water are out there longer than any individual kid is, and they get the same shirt in an adult cut instead of a separate purchase in a separate style. One design, one order, everyone at the waterfront covered.
Full Sublimation Means the Whole Shirt Is the Design
This is a full dye sublimation print in CMYK, so the artwork isn't limited to a logo on the chest — the camp name, a session year, a color block that reads from across the water can all live on the shirt. That last part is worth more than it sounds when you're counting heads in a lake: a session color you can pick out at fifty yards makes the job easier for whoever's on the whistle. And because the design is sublimated into the fabric rather than printed on top of it, the colors won't fade over time with washing or exposure, which matters for a shirt that gets worn and washed daily for eight weeks and then goes into the bin for next summer.
The price above is a starting point to work from, not a final number — tell us your camper count, your staff count and what the artwork looks like, and we'll get you a firm quote.