Connection Card Pro Help & Documentation

Connection Card Pro lets you limit public event registration so only participants within a specific age range, grade range, or both can register.

This is helpful for events like:

• Kids camp
• Youth retreats
• Senior adult events
• Grade-specific classes
• Age-limited activities

Where to find age and grade restrictions

1. Go to Events > View Events.
2. Create a new event or edit an existing event.
3. On the first step, Basic Event Info, scroll to the bottom.
4. Find the section titled Who is this Event for?

Here you can enter:

• Minimum Grade
• Maximum Grade
• Minimum Age
• Maximum Age

Click Save when finished.

How the restrictions work

Age and grade ranges are inclusive.

For example:

• Minimum age 10 means 10-year-olds are allowed.
• Maximum grade 12 means 12th graders are allowed.

If you enter only an age range, only age will be enforced.

If you enter only a grade range, only grade will be enforced.

If you enter both age and grade restrictions, both must be true for the participant to register through the public registration page.

How age is calculated

Age is calculated based on the participant’s age on the first day of the event.

For example, if an event begins on July 10 and the minimum age is 10, the participant must be 10 years old on or before July 10.

Required participant fields

Restrictions only work if the related participant information is collected.

If birthday is not required, age restrictions will not be enforced.

If grade number is not required, grade restrictions will not be enforced.

Connection Card Pro does not enforce these restrictions based only on existing database information. Existing information may help pre-fill the form for logged-in users, but the restriction is enforced from the information collected during registration.

What public registrants experience

When someone registers through the public registration page, Connection Card Pro checks each participant against the event’s age and/or grade rules.

If a participant is outside the allowed range, they will not be able to continue with that participant on the public registration form.

Admin exceptions

Admin users can manually create registrations from the admin area, even when a public registrant would normally be blocked.

This is helpful when:

• A pastor approves a one-time age exception
• A student is slightly outside the grade range
• A staff member is registering a helper or leader
• Someone is allowed to attend even though registration is closed, suspended, not yet open, or the event is full