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