•We hire staff members with a wide range of experience in some pretty
amazing fields. Some of the more interesting programs and classes that we offer at our camps include environmental science, culinary arts, fashion
design, orienteering, leadership, video editing, digital and dark room
photography, ropes course, nutrition and agriculture.
• Fresh Air Fund Needs Counselors for Summer 2009!
You love working with children, and that's probably what we like most about you. Running across the ball field, washing off the glitter glue, or swimming in the lake - with your cabin group laughing around you - you'll be in your element.
Are you going to be the counselor the children learn to paint with? The one they play soccer with? The one they want to hang out with? Or perhaps the one they read a bed-time story with? Whatever your role becomes, you'll thrive on the challenge and commit yourself to the cause.
You've got to be 18 or over by June 20th to apply, and you'll usually have completed at least one year of college by the summer. Any previous work with children should always be included on your application.
The experience you're about to apply for will be like no other, and it's going to take patience, flexibility, creativity, and a whole lot of self-motivation. But the rewards will be great... overcoming challenges, meeting new friends, playing games in the sun, jumping into the cool lake, painting face masks, hitting a home run, telling stories around a camp fire...
General Counselors live in cabins with a group of children or in cabins next door. Other camp staff live either in camper cabins or staff housing. Facilities at Camps ABC, Hayden-Marks and Tommy are rustic. Many cabins do not have electricity and bathrooms are located a short walk away. Camps Mariah and Hidden Valley have more modern conveniences. Campers and staff eat meals together at their camp dining halls. A vegetarian menu option is offered at every meal. Staff members are permitted to have cars at camp. Each camp has a staff lodge available for use during time off. The staff lodge provides an opportunity for socializing, movies, snacks, games and relaxation. Free laundry facilities are available in a central location on the reservation, and regular van transportation is provided for trips into town.
• Diverse Camp Staff
Fresh Air Fund camp counselors are young adults from all over the United States, representing diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds. In addition, many international students spend their summers as Fresh Air Fund counselors. The most admirable quality in a Fresh Air Fund camp staff member - wherever they're from - is a commitment to work with inner-city children.
The Fresh Air Fund welcomes international staff who wish to apply for our program directly through our Web site. We are dedicated to assisting international staff with obtaining visas for summer work in the United States.
Camp Dates
The Staff Arrival Dates for 2009 are:
Waterfront Staff: June 14, 2009 Administration, Village Leaders, Head Counselors, Program Staff, Instructors, Farmers and Ropes Course Staff: June 16, 2009 Nurses:June 16, 2009 General Counselors: June 20, 2009 Transportation was provided from Manhattan to camp on June 14th, 16th and 20th at 3:00pm.
The Encampment Dates for 2009 are:
Camps Hayden-Marks Memorial, Tommy, ABC & Hidden Valley
Session 1 Monday, June 29 – Thursday, July 9
Session 2 Monday, July 13 – Friday, July 24
Session 3 Monday, July 27 – Friday, August 7
Session 4 Monday, August 10 – Thursday, August 20
Camp Mariah
Session 1: Monday, June 29 – Wednesday, July 22
Session 2: Tuesday, July 28 – Thursday, August 20
Employment is for the whole summer only, ending on August 20, 2009.
Available Positions
The Fresh Air Fund offers competitive salaries. Staff who have prior
experience working at residential camps or certifications in areas such
as CPR, Lifeguard Training and Standard First Aid are eligible for
additional compensation. Small travel allowances are available for
staff members traveling over 300 miles to New York City.
General Counselors General Counselors are guides and role models to a group of 12 campers as they explore the great outdoors. Counselors are required to provide 24-hour-a-day direct supervision of campers, as well as participate in vigorous outdoor activities such as hiking, boating and athletics.Apply now!
Senior/Special Staff Positions
The Fresh Air Fund hires summer staff in supervisory positions and for jobs requiring special skills. The remaining positions are examples of our current senior/special staff positions.
Village Leaders:
Village Leaders maintain active communication with the administration, counselors and campers.They also guide and evaluate counselors assigned to the village, as well as plan and supervise village activities.
The waterfront staff is responsible for maintaining waterfront and boating facilities to comply with all safety codes. Whether obtained through our on-site course or elsewhere, a current American Red Cross Lifeguard Training certificate and a current CPR certificate are required.
Apply now! Note: You do not need to be certified in order to apply. We provide training and a certification course before camp begins. However, you must be a strong swimmer.
Program Specialists:
Program Specialists plan activities such as arts and crafts, nature, photography/video, music, ceramics, athletics, drama, dance, fashion design, pioneering, boating, outdoor living skills, woodshop, sign language and creative writing. Specialists are responsible for developing and teaching four to five one-hour activity periods each day, ordering and maintaining equipment and supplies, and keeping the program area clean.
Camp Nurses:
Camp Nurses are responsible for health education teaching and maintenance; emergency care; referrals to camp doctors; nursing care of campers and staff requiring short-term bed rest; communication of pertinent medical information to The Fresh Air Fund office, parents and city agencies; keeping records and filling out accident reports.
Ropes Course Staff teach three two-hour classes each day on the Teams and High Ropes Courses. The Ropes Course Director is responsible for the overall supervision of the Ropes Course program. Applicants must be at least 21 years of age and have experience as an instructor/facilitator on both the Teams and High Ropes Courses.
Farm Staff:
Farm staff must enjoy teaching children and feel comfortable working with farm animals. The primary responsibility of staff is teaching the farm program. Other duties include, morning and evening chores (feeding, cleaning, milking), garden upkeep (weeding, planting, harvesting), daily compost pick-ups from dining halls morning breakfast program and general cleaning of the farm facilities.
Nutritionists create and conduct one-hour classes in which they emphasize the importance of diet and good health and teach campers the nutritional value of foods, while campers make healthy snacks.
CIT Directors:
CIT Directors oversee six to 12 Counselors-In-Training, ages 16 to 17, who live at
camp for the entire summer. CIT Directors are responsible for supervising CITs
in their daily activities as well as working with camp staff to develop workshops and
other learning experiences for the CITs.
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About Fresh Air Fund
• THE FRESH AIR FUND, an independent, not-for-profit agency, has provided free summer vacations to more than 1.7 million New York City children from low-income communities since 1877.
Nearly 10,000 New York City children enjoy free Fresh Air Fund programs annually. In 2008, close to 5,000 children visited volunteer host families in suburbs and small town communities across 13 states from Virginia to Maine and Canada. 3,000 children also attended five Fresh Air camps on a 2,300-acre site in Fishkill, New York. The Fund’s year-round camping program serves an additional 2,000 young people each year.
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