We are an all-volunteer camp with 200 adult and junior staff and over 800 happy
campers, including units for Pixies (preschool children of volunteers) and boys
(sons of volunteers). We have strong traditions and planned activities that have
been evolving for over 45 years.
It's fun! If you register to volunteer, you'll get to spend fun filled days in the forest
helping our girls experience the wonder and magic of camp and the outdoors!
Part time and Full-time positions are available. You'll make new friends and get to
pick a fun unique camp name. You will also receive a camp shirt and patch. Your
campers will receive priority acceptance into camp at a significantly reduced
registration fee.
Positions Available
We are looking to immediately fill the following position which serves on the Day
Camp Planning team that meets monthly (previous volunteers are available to
help and train):
- Food Coordinator – Works with a team of volunteers that provides food for camp cookouts. Can be a shared position. You have a team of food sorters, truck drivers, menu planner, and a volunteer that provides the food orders to Lundardi’s.
We would like to fill the following positions now, they do not require a monthly
commitment.
- Aides Unit Leader Assistant – Full Time at Camp – Assists our Aides Unit Leader, McFly, to providing support to our 8th through 10th grade Aides who help in units and program. Camp experience is helpful.
- Assistant Program Director – Part Time at Camp– Assists the Program Director with pre-camp preparations and early AM help at camp.
- Assistant Registrar – Does not need to attend camp. – Assists our current registrar in all the registration processes. This includes learning the Active Registration System and the Girl Scout Looker Application and following up with volunteers who are not registered Girl Scouts.
Sign up for these positions when you register as a volunteer at camp.
- Unit Leader – Full or Part Time at Camp - co-lead a unit of campers with the majority of activities provided by camp and/or bring your own ideas.
- AIT Unit Leader –Full Time at Camp – Requires at least 2 years of camp experience being a unit leader. You will be working with 7 th grade campers training them to become AIDES for the following year at camp.
- Attendance – Full Time at Camp - Help keep attendance at camp. Experience in Excel spreadsheets is a plus.
- Boys Unit Leader – Full or Part Time at Camp– Manage our boy’s unit’s activities.
- Bus Check Off Person (COP) – Full Time - Not at camp - Checks campers off buses at bus stops in the afternoon; verifies parent/driver pick-up permissions.
- Bus Lead – Full Time at Camp – Must be able to ride the bus to and from camp each day. Responsible for checking the campers onto the bus each morning at the bus stop and each afternoon at camp.
- Camp Set Up and Tear Down – Helps load in all camp supplies at Huddart Park before the first day of camp AND/OR Helps load up trucks after camp is over and unload into storage unit
- Crafts – Full or Part Time at Camp – Help lead pre-planned crafts at the craft table
- Food Sorter – Does not attend camp. Pick up pre-ordered food at Lunardi’s Market (different food categories desserts, vegetables, or fruits). Sort by unit and deliver to the food station on Monday and Wednesday 1st week and Monday and Tuesday 2nd week.
- Food Truck Driver – Drives a large U-Haul truck to Huddart Park on Tuesday and Thursday the 1st week and Tuesday and Wednesday the 2nd week. This job can be shared by multiple volunteers.
- Nurse – Full or part time –Most nurses are able to volunteer for 1 or 2 days. They help keep our camp safe. Responsible for overseeing the care of campers who may be carsick, have a splinter, stung by a yellow jacket, have a headache, etc. Administer prescriptions that are provided by parents of campers.
- Outdoor Skills –Full or Part Time at Camp - Helps to train campers in camp skills – knot tying, fire starting and safety, knife skills and safety. orienteering, compass skills, nature hikes, etc. We will train you to present these skills to the campers.
- Outside help – Not at camp - shopping for shed or crafts, craft preparation, etc
- Program – Full or Part Time at Camp– Leads activities in specialty areas, such as singing camp songs, music-based crafts, field games (Frisbee games, yoga, Zumba, parachute games, hula hoop games, etc), geology, geocaching, Theatre Games, and STEAM (science, tech, engineering, arts and math).
- Shed Help – Full or Part Time at Camp – Helps our shed team provide units with cooking and ice cream equipment along with buckets and supplies for fire safety. Optimal days are Tuesday and Thursday and 2nd Wednesday, as those are the cookout days for camp.
Opportunities for Campers Entering 11th and 12th Grade in September 2023
- JAD (Junior Assistant Director) - New this year. Assistant the Camp Director in all
- aspects of camp.
- JAL (Junior Activity Leader) – Full or Part Time – Leads activities in specialty areas,
- such as singing camp songs, music-based crafts, field games (Frisbee games, yoga, Zumba, parachute games, hula hoop games, etc), geology, geocaching, Theatre Games, and STEAM (science, tech, engineering, arts and math).
- JUL (Junior Unit Leader) Full or Part Time – co-lead a unit of campers with the majority of activities provided by camp and/or bring your own ideas.
- LIT (Leader in Training) – Lead a unit paired with an adult.
Please call or email Kelly McGrath – Valentine - regarding any question you have
on volunteer opportunities – 650 576 7084 – kmcgrath8587@gmail.com.
