Adult At-Camp Volunteers

 

TYPES OF ROLES

 

There are 50+ positions that need to be filled each camp week to ensure that camp runs smoothly. (These are in addition to year-round positions like Camp Director, Treasurer, and Quartermaster.)

 

There are three types of jobs at camp for adult volunteers:

 

  • Working in a unit. You would be placed with a group of 18-21 campers, along with 1-2 other adults and 2-3 Program Aides (PAs). You will do activities in the unit and take campers to various programs around camp. (We also have smaller TAGS and Boys units for younger siblings of campers.)

 

  • Working in a program. You would work with a group of PAs in the area you are assigned—Archery, Crafts, Dance, Games, Leather, STEM, or Theme. Units would come to you. (The Songs program is run by PAs.)

 

  • Fill-ins. They report to Headquarters and help where an extra hand is needed. They need to be very flexible as they will go from job to job.

 

HOW JOBS ARE FILLED

 

We make every attempt to place volunteers in one of their top three (3) choices, either by location or by age group. Unfortunately, this cannot always happen. Here is how we makes placements to better understand how volunteers are assigned to their positions:

 

  • Unit Leaders (ULs) from previous years are given top priority and placed first. If their Assistant Unit Leaders (AULs) wish to work with them again, then their whole team will be assigned together.

 

  • Returning volunteers who are willing to be Unit Leaders (ULs) are placed next.

 

  • TAGS, Boys, and PAT unit positions are next. These are some of our most important positions at camp. If we do not have units for the younger children of our volunteers, many of our volunteers would be unable to come to camp. Fewer volunteers means fewer campers will be admitted to camp.

 

  • Full-time volunteers are placed next. Volunteers with little or no experience are placed with more experienced leaders. If we have a dearth of experienced adult volunteers, we will place new volunteers with teaching experience in charge of units and place experienced Program Aides (PAs) with them.

 

  • Part-time volunteers are placed last.

 

** THANK YOU FOR VOLUNTEERING! **