Animal Welfare Professionals

I'm starting to dive into Summer Camp planning for 2024 (it feels too early for this!) and am curious what programs other facilities use for registration. Our Humane Education department is small, and I've mostly used spreadsheets to track sign up in the past. So it looks like: The parents submit the registration paperwork to me (in-person or via email) and then pay for camp at our front office (in-person or via phone) and I track it all manually. I spend a lot of time following up with parents for one part after the they submit the other (usually paperwork submitted and then they take a few weeks to pay for camp).

I am trying to expand our camp program for 2024, and I imagine it's going to make my spreadsheet even more challenging to maintain. I'd like to look at better options that can help me "work smarter, not harder." 

Does anyone else have a program/event registration program they really like? I'd love to have one that requires the paperwork and payment be submitted together.  We are open to programs that we would have to pay for. We have tried DonorView in the past and have decided not to stick with it. 

Thank you!

I wanted to share an update on this, as I reached out via email to a few other Humane Education people I know and did some investigating of my own. I am planning to go with HiSawyer for our camp and other education programs going forward. It has a LOT of great attributes that will not only make registration easier, but help my camp staff stay organized during the season (and move a lot of things to virtual so they aren't hauling giant binders everywhere!). It is reasonably priced and comes with a LOT for the price. 

Another option that caught my eye was Zeffy. Zeffy is a reasonable free option that I think could have covered my basic concerns - it doesn't have much room to expand use, but I wish I had found it 2 years ago when I was just getting started! 

I'm starting to dive into Summer Camp planning for 2024 (it feels too early for this!) and am curious what programs other facilities use for registration. Our Humane Education department is small, and I've mostly used spreadsheets to track sign up in the past. So it looks like: The parents submit the registration paperwork to me (in-person or via email) and then pay for camp at our front office (in-person or via phone) and I track it all manually. I spend a lot of time following up with parents for one part after the they submit the other (usually paperwork submitted and then they take a few weeks to pay for camp).

I am trying to expand our camp program for 2024, and I imagine it's going to make my spreadsheet even more challenging to maintain. I'd like to look at better options that can help me "work smarter, not harder." 

Does anyone else have a program/event registration program they really like? I'd love to have one that requires the paperwork and payment be submitted together.  We are open to programs that we would have to pay for. We have tried DonorView in the past and have decided not to stick with it. 

Thank you!