Case Study
Every Dollar in the Right Place
Camp Zehnder YMCA · Day Camp · Monmouth County, New Jersey
Co-mingled Fund Disputes
Manual Entry and Math Errors Eliminated
Transactions Tracked Automatically
The Challenge
Camp Zehnder is part of the YMCA of the Jersey Shore, which operates multiple day camp locations across several branches. Before FunFangle, the snack shack operated through the YMCA's general registration platform, Daxko, with camp store funds co-mingled with camp registration fees in a single account.
This created cascading problems. When parents deposited snack money through Daxko, it sat in the same account as their camp registration balance. When the system deducted the next week's camp fee, it could wipe out the snack money — leaving a child at the snack shack with no funds and a frustrated parent on the phone.
Attendance tracking presented its own challenges. Staff spent significant time double-checking records because the system couldn't be trusted. Health information was siloed, with no easy way to ensure the right staff had access to the right camper medical data.
The Solution
FunFangle gave Camp Zehnder a dedicated, separated system for camp store operations that resolved the co-mingled funds problem entirely. Parents deposit snack money directly into FunFangle accounts — separate from camp registration fees. Children scan their wristbands at the snack shack, and every purchase is tracked automatically.
The parent portal gave families real-time visibility into their child's spending for the first time. Parents could see exactly what was purchased, how much was left, and could add funds mid-session. This visibility produced an unexpected result: parents began voluntarily offering their remaining balances to fund treats for children without accounts.
For health information, FunFangle's role-based access means nurses see full medical profiles while general counselors do not. Attendance tracking operates through the same wristband, giving leadership confidence without manual double-checking.
“The parents could see what was going on with their child's account. They started coming to us and offering their remaining balance for kids who didn't have accounts.”