A thank-you for the counselors, from every family in the cabin
They learned every name in a day and got your kid into the lake. Send one link to the cabin's families. Each family chips in what it wants, and each counselor receives their own gift with the families' messages.
How it works for a camp parent
Start the pool in the free KadoPool app
Add each counselor with their e-mail, the head counselor too, and set each person's share.
Invite the families
Send the link by e-mail from the app or in the cabin's parent chat. Families pay from any phone, with no app or account.
Let the reminders do the chasing
With automatic reminders on, KadoPool nudges the people you invited by e-mail who haven't chipped in yet, about 3 days and 12 hours before the closing date. You see who has chipped in, never who gave what.
Send the gift on the last day
Each counselor gets one e-mail with their own gift and opens it in the free KadoPool app, with the KadoBook of the families' messages.
On a computer? Scan with your phone's camera.
Free to organize, in about two minutes. Families chip in from the link, with no app.
Check the camp's policy first
Some camps ask families not to give staff gifts or money, and suggest a donation to the camp, such as its scholarship fund, in a staff member's honor instead. Ask the camp office before you start.
If gifts aren't allowed, give in their honor
If your camp is a nonprofit and a KadoPool partner, families can give to it in the counselors' honor. The money goes to the camp, each donor gets a tax receipt from the camp, and the person you honor receives a KadoBook of every family's messages. How donation pools work
The whole cabin team, one pool
The counselors, the head counselor, the swim instructor: set each person's share, and each one receives their own gift, privately.
What they receive
Prepaid cards or gift cards: they choose
Prepaid cards they spend wherever the card is accepted (up to $999 each; the rest as gift cards), gift cards they pick, or a mix. See the gift cards
Everyone can add a photo
On US pools, each person can add one with their message, in the app or on the website after paying. You choose which ones to keep.
A KadoClip: the messages as a short video
Set to music, from $2.49 per recipient, or with the photos, from $3.99. You see the price before you choose.
Play the sample KadoClip from the messages
Play the sample KadoClip with photosThe KadoBook, free with every gift
Every message on its own page, with the names of the people who chipped in, kept in the app for two years.
A KadoPrint: the KadoClip, printed
The messages and photos you keep, printed and sent to each person you thank. You see its price, with shipping, in the app.
A KadoFrame: the poster
The photos everyone added, as one 18 × 24 in poster in the gift's style, with every name. Printed, rolled in a tube and sent to each person you thank. You see its price, with shipping, in the app.
Why KadoPool for a camp gift
- Private by design. Nobody sees who gave what, not even the organizer. The total stays hidden until enough people have chipped in that no amount can be guessed.
- The card is built in. A summer of messages from the families in one KadoBook, and their photos in a KadoClip.
- Everyone can join. Families from different towns chip in from the same link.
What it costs
Organizing is free. Each payment carries the card processing and KadoPool's 2% fee: about $1.53 on a $25 gift. You choose whether it comes out of the gift or is added on top. See pricing
Questions
When should we start?
About two weeks before the last day, so every family has time to chip in. Set the closing date for the day before, and send the gift on the last day.
Our counselor lives outside the US. Can they use the gift?
KadoPool's gift cards and prepaid cards are for use in the US. If they're heading home soon, send the gift early so they can claim and use it before they leave, or give to the camp in their honor instead.
Do families need the app to chip in?
No. Families chip in from the link on any phone or computer, by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay. Only you, to set up and send the gift, and the counselors, to open it, use the app.
More questions
Can we thank several counselors?
Yes. Add each one and set their share.
Do I hold the money?
No. Payments go through Stripe, never to you. The gift is exactly what was collected.
Start the counselors' gift
Families in every cabin chip in from the link, and each counselor picks their own gift.
On a computer? Scan with your phone's camera.