Overnight Camp Gardening and Sustainability Counselor

Gardening and Sustainability Counselor at Camp DREAM is an AmeriCorps position, responsible for creating a supportive, safe, and fun environment for campers with shared life experiences to explore and express their identities, experience happiness, and establish healthy relationships with their peers.

Requirements

• Attend scheduled meetings and training events
• Share a living/sleeping space with 8-10 campers and 1-2 counselors
• Care for all Camp animals
• Create a garden environment ready for programming and experiential education
• Adhere to and ensure enforcement of camp rules and communicate them positively and effectively to participants
• Supervise assigned cabin campers during meals, clean-up time, rest hour, evening activities, and overnight
• Escort campers to dining areas, cabins, recreational activities, and camp events
• Regularly communicate with co-counselor(s) and the leadership team about the status of the campers
• Facilitate morning activities as a leader or assistant in one of the following areas: Garden, Arts & Crafts, Performing Arts, Biking, Archery, Ropes, or Field
• Plan and facilitate Camp's "Nature" activity every afternoon
• Interact with and observe campers
• Immediately report all injuries and illnesses to leadership staff
• Know the scheduled service and rest times
• Report to service on time as scheduled
• Abstain from the use of personal electronic devices during on-duty hours
• Perform additional functions or assume additional responsibilities throughout the facility as needed or as requested by the camp leadership

Benefits

• Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
• Child care assistance
• Student loan deferment (forbearance)
• Other publicly-funded benefits, such as heating and utility assistance
• Reimbursement for mileage