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Camp
is 100% volunteer run! We need volunteers for a successful camp!
Wanted: volunteers. We are looking for adults age
18+ and Aides (high school age) to be counselors for all day camps - Bay Breeze,
Spring camps, Teen Treks, Winona 1, and Winona Teen. If you are interested in the Summer Fun Camps, click
here for
volunteer info.
Want to have fun, learn a few new things, work with girls or with other adults,
or make some friends? Many of us take time off of our full-time jobs to come to
camp. Parents do not have to be Girl Scout Leaders to help at any of the camps.
Day Camp Training is available. Plan ahead and join us at camp this summer!
All Adult Staff will sign a Volunteer Appointment
Agreement which is a contract between the Camp and the volunteer. If
a volunteer fails to meet their obligation, their daughter will be
involuntarily withdrawn from Camp.All adults who work with
girls in our Council must complete our Council's adult volunteer
process. If you are a Girl Scout leader in good standing with our
Council you have already completed this process. If you are new to Girl Scouting or this Council, please complete the
Volunteer Position Application at the Council website. This is a one-time
app required of all persons working with girls.
The process includes:
- Register as an Adult Girl Scout
- Complete a GSCNC Volunteer Application (this is not the same as
the camp registration)
- Complete a 2-hour home-study course called (100A Introduction to
Girl Scouting for Resource Volunteers) or the 3.5 hour Basic
Leadership Training (101).
- Bus Stop Monitors need to complete the
Volunteer Position Application,
but do not require training.
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Positions available at all
camps: (All positions need to register.)
See also the Camp
Status Page for updated opening info. -Staff
- Unit and Center Staff. These may be full-time or part-time positions.
Other staff not in a unit or
center at camp (ex. Equipment, Security)
-Special program volunteers specific to the camp. May be
one hour, or 1 day, or more, but usually less than the week. -Camp
Helpers - other positions specific to each camp, such as registrar, computer
expert, mailing, shopper, etc., that usually don't require attendance at camp.
Bus Stop Monitors - do not need to attend camp
Staff (Counselors)
General -
Work on site directly with girls or boys and are expected to be available
every day, all day for the camp week. The children of adult staff
receive priority placement in camp at reduced or waived fees, with a
small fee for boys and pre-schoolers. Staff members sign a
volunteer appointment form outlining their duties and responsibilities. If at
any time a staff member withdraws or fails to comply with the agreement, their
children must also withdraw from camp, entering again as space available basis
on full fee. Adult staff are expected to attend camp
training and planning sessions. They are also expected to read their camp Staff
Handbook and meet or talk with their unit co-leaders and teen staff as often as
needed to ensure a smoothly functioning unit. These positions require an
Adult Camp Registration and an Adult History Health form.
-Unit - A minimum of two
adults (age 18+) are assigned to each unit. Unit Counselors help plan
the program for their unit when not in a center or other all-camp activity. They also take their campers to
assigned areas as given to them on the camp schedule (ex. arts and crafts
center), take field trips with girls, guide girls at a cookout, and may stay
overnight at camp (depends on camp and unit). Counselors take
attendance, check campers for first aide problems, and prepare and turn in
paper work to camp office as required by the camp directors.
-Centers - can have one or two adults,
be all teen staff, or a combo of adult/teen. Center counselors plan the program for all campers
coming to their center. Activities may be badge, try-it, or IP related, or
just for fun activities. Centers can be archery, crafts, games, songs,
science, nature, canoeing,
kayaking, and swimming, depending on camp theme and available
resources. Some areas require current certifications and person to be age
18+ (archery, swimming, water sports, first aider). Center counselors may
have a cookout, may need to help in another area, may stay late one day, or stay overnight, depending on camp
program.
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-Other - Adults are not usually assigned
to a unit or center, or may move around camp while doing their job. They
may be part-time/day or full-time.
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First Aider -person
stays in the first aide station at camp. Trip first aiders will go
on field trips as the first aider, and not as unit leader. The camp
first aider must have a current first aide/CPR cert plus Level 2 or
equivalent (nurse). Trip first aider must have current first
aid/CPR. Trip first aider needs only attend for the trip assigned.
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Security
person may guide the parent check-in and check-out during a special camp show, or
direct traffic for the show. He/she may also help secure the camp
at the end of the day. For example: make sure all people are gone,
lights off, doors and windows of buildings closed, equipment tied down, etc.
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Equipment
person will check in equipment on Monday, distribute camp gear, help organize the camp shed, make sure
all equipment is returned, and check in equipment on Friday to
Council. He/she may also help move the equipment. These two
positions (security & equipment) could be covered by the same person, or
a part-time person.
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PR person can take
camp or unit pictures, contact newspaper, write article for newspaper,
write a camp newsletter at camp, submit pictures for camp web page,
brochure, or display.
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Carpool person signs
out carpooled campers at end of day. Need only be at camp just before
closing, and then stay for about 15 minutes after or until all campers are
signed out.
- Photographer (Winona 1) - take unit
pictures on Monday, preferably with a digital camera. Develop, sort,
and bring pictures to camp by Thursday afternoon for
camper distribution. You will be reimbursed for developing.
Need to be at camp all day Monday only and part of Tuesday if need a unit
picture missed on Monday.
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Special Programs
Activity can last one hour, 1 day, or more, but usually less than the week.
Time is spent on site working directly or indirectly with campers. You may
do a demonstration in your subject expertise area, lead a center for the
day/morning/hour, or perform for the camp or a specific group. You can even help
on a field trip. This is a great way to take 1 or 2 days off work
instead of the whole week and still help at camp. All but the performer
position requires an Adult Camp Registration and an Adult Health History
form.
- Center
Special
- on the spot topic - past camps have had a person come in to work with
Brownies on a science kit for the day, one led special craft activities for
all groups for the day, and a few have presented a demo just in the
afternoon.
- Performer - present a "show" to
campers lasting 30-90 min. To give you an idea on some of the experts
we've had: a mime, a one-man song & dance show, a couple guys singing
sea chanties, a Native American show, a musician from Williamsburg, state police
K-9 dogs, Scales & Tales from MD DNR, and a jazzercise instructor. Share your talent with us!
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Camp Helpers - These
helpers do not attend camp during the day, but help at other times, or before
and after camp. They do not need to submit an adult health history form to
camp because they will not be at camp. The children of adult staff receive
priority placement in camp. These positions require an Adult Camp
Registration form only.
- Camp Shopper-before and during camp:
shop at BJs and/or SAMs Club (or similar) to buy the paper products and
snacks for camp week. Delivers items to camp the weekend before camp
starts, or as director states, and places items in proper camp areas.
A shopping list and instructions will be given to you by camp director.
- Admin Assistant: Help sort, pack, and
distribute camp materials for camp units and centers before camp starts.
Should be located near the camp directors to easily receive items.
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Bus Stop Monitors
(pdf format) job description - You are at the bus stop both morning
and/or afternoon to help campers get on the bus, take attendance before the bus
comes, and make sure each camper is picked up in the afternoon. This
allows the bus to stay on time and the parents to know their child is on the
right bus.
- Camp set up/take down:
Help put up tents, tarps, tables, and other equipment required before camp
starts. Help take down all equipment and put away on last day of camp
at end of day. May also sign up for this job
here, if you've already registered.
- Swap Person: Arts and crafts people,
here's your chance. Research and make some sample camp theme swaps.
Present samples to counselors during training to show them some cool ideas.
- Other - pick your favorite interest or
hobby. Let us know and we'll see if it can be included in camp.
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