From camper preferences to printed run-of-day in an afternoon. Schedule, staffing with quals and free-time duties, daily newsletters, off-camp trips, Saturday changeovers, transportation manifests — every part of running a session, in one tool.
Campers rank their elective picks each period. The solver places everyone, respects starred picks, penalizes repeats from prior weeks, and produces print-ready PDFs.
Track Lifeguard, Boat Driver, Belay, Driver-21+ certs. PinePlanner refuses to double-book, over-schedule, or send an unqualified counselor anywhere they shouldn't be.
Everything that happens around the schedule: the daily newsletter, evening events with staff-on-duty, off-camp trips with cabin manifests, and Saturday transitions when half the camp turns over.
From your weekly schedule grid to the daily newsletter, season setup, and Saturday changeovers — sample data, no sign-in needed. Switch tabs to peek inside.
| Activity | Staff | P1 | P2 | P3 | P4 | P5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waterfront | ||||||
| SailingBoat dock | ✓ 3/3 | — | Block · Sr 16/18Dani · Fiona | Md 11/12Dani | — | |
| SwimmingMain beach | ✓ 12/12 | Jr 24/24Bella · Cole · Hawk | Md 24/24Bella · Cole · Hawk | — | Sr 22/24Bella · Cole · Hawk | Jr 22/24Bella · Cole · Hawk |
| Arts | ||||||
| Pottery StudioStudio | ✓ 4/4 | Md 8/8Hana | Md 8/8Hana | Sr 7/8Hana | — | Jr 8/8Hana |
| Music StudioCabin 7 | ✓ 2/2 | — | — | — | Sr 6/8Beck | Jr 5/8Beck |
| Outdoors | ||||||
| Climbing WallWall | ⚠ 3/3 | Sr 10/10Gabe | — | Md 8/10Indigo | — | Jr 7/8Gabe |
| ArcheryRange | ✓ 3/3 | Jr 14/14Casey | Md 16/16Casey | — | Sr 12/12Eli | — |
Tonight at 7:30 PM, the lake comes alive. Four teams. Three days. One champion. Captains will meet at the dining hall steps to receive their banners and break the silence.
Wear team colors all week — Greens, Golds, Reds, Blues — and may the best team win.
Activities → Staff → Schedule → Preferences → Solve → Finalize. A clear path from Monday planning to Friday print.
Optimal placement under fairness exponent, repeat penalties, cohesion bonuses, and starred picks. Solves a full week in ~50ms.
Junior / Middie / Senior each have their own enabled state, capacity, and qual requirements per activity. No "but Juniors can't do that" surprises.
The Daily Star (or whatever you call yours). Editable masthead, weather panel, evening event call-out, print-ready PDF — done in under 90 seconds.
Evening events with staff-on-duty rotations. Period 6 / Free Time duty rotations auto-populated from blocks that extend past P5.
Day trips with per-cabin signup sheets, manifests, and bus assignments. Surfaces alongside the activity grid so trips and on-camp programming never collide.
Half the camp arrives, half departs. PinePlanner orchestrates the day: arrival lists, departure lists, hourly task assignments, transportation, and the cabin reset.
Bus routes, airport runs, per-camper transport defaults. Manifests print with driver, vehicle, and pickup-point assignments.
Two directors editing at once? Every change syncs live via Firestore. Conflict detection, echo suppression, sign-out wipe — all handled.
PinePlanner fits camps with 50–500 campers, elective-based programming, mixed-cert staff, multi-week sessions, and a director who's tired of spreadsheets that lie about availability.
Elective-based days. Campers pick electives 4–6 times a day, not one all-day cohort.
Camper preferences matter. Kids rank their elective picks; you want a fair shot at first choices.
Mixed-cert staff. Lifeguards, boat drivers, belay-certified — and you can't stretch them across the day.
Multi-week sessions with changeovers. 1, 2, 4, or 7-week stays — and a Saturday turnover day that needs orchestrating.
Programming beyond the schedule. Daily newsletter, evening events, off-camp trips, transportation manifests.
Two directors editing at once. One on staffing, one on roster — live sync without stepping on each other.
Show us your current setup, we'll show you what PinePlanner would look like for your camp. No deck, no pitch — just the app and your real Week 1 problem.
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