Custom Builds
The sheets that run camp,
rebuilt as working tools.
Staff schedules, purchase requests, bus lists, program budgets. Most camps run on a few spreadsheets that someone rebuilds by hand every week. We turn them into tools that update themselves, using the Google Sheets your team already knows.
- Who it is for
- Owner-operated camps whose office runs on a handful of shared spreadsheets.
- On its own?
- Yes. It is a project on its own. You do not have to move your accounting to us.
Showing for
Pick your camp type and this page will speak to it.
What we build
Sheets that do the work.
We use Google Sheets automation, built with Apps Script, to add the pieces a spreadsheet is missing.
- Daily automations that run before staff arrive
- Custom menus that start a workflow with one click
- Drive folders watched for new uploads
- Checks that flag a mistake before it spreads
Why not new software
Your team already knows the tool.
New software means training a staff that changes every summer. A better spreadsheet means the program director and the office manager keep working the way they do now, with less retyping.
How a project runs
One sheet at a time.
We sit with the person who owns the sheet, map what they do with it each week, and rebuild the parts that are done by hand. Then we hand it back with short written notes, so it still works after we leave.
Before and after
Three sheets most camps have.
Staff scheduling and coverage
- Before
- A master schedule rebuilt every week, with coverage gaps found the morning of.
- After
- Shifts entered once, gaps and ratio shortfalls flagged automatically each day.
Purchase requests and program budgets
- Before
- Requests by text and email, and program budgets checked at the end of the summer.
- After
- A request form that routes for approval and shows what is left in each program budget.
Transportation and bus manifests
- Before
- Bus lists typed up the night before from registration exports.
- After
- Manifests built from the camper list on a schedule, ready to print or share.
Related
The rest of Custom Builds
Camp Intelligence
Owner dashboards and live staffing counts from the data you already have.
Integrations
Your financial and operational systems connected, for one view of the camp.
Camp Launch
The back office of a new camp, set up in the right order.
Next door
Accounting Operations
Purchase requests that land straight in the right program budget in the books.
Next step
Sometimes the answer is a better spreadsheet, not new software.
Send us the sheet your team dreads opening. We will tell you what we would rebuild first.