Camp New Dawn is hiring male counselors for 2009. (Female slots are filled.) Ideally available June 10-July 24, which includes training, camps and clean-up after camp. However, if available any of the weeks, please apply. Must be 18 years old and exhibit a growing faith, with a desire to make Christ known to campers and fellow staff and show grace and love in all situations. Counselors are the connecting link between campers and all other areas of camp. Training is essential. During camp, counselors are on duty 24 hours a day, with free time only when their assigned campers are in a supervised activity. Counselors will lead Bible study, counsel, help with programming and perform manual labor at times.
Other positions counselors may fill: staff nurse (hired), music leader, crafts coordinator (hired) kitchen staff, class instructor and lifeguard. Nurse applicant must have current CPR certification and some LPN or first responder training. Lifeguard applicant must have up-to-date certification. Music leader must have knowledge of music and a willing heart.
Room and board, and $150-$200 per week stipend depending on experience.
Teen Volunteer Helpers
Older teens, entering 10th-12th grades may serve as Jr. counselors or support staff during the camps. After completing two or more weeks as a Jr. counselor/support staff, older teens may attend Cove Adventure or Soccer Camp, or Civil War Camp FREE as a camper. Training is June 12-16.
Room and board are provided. Contact us for a volunteer application. Especially interested in teens who enter training program for a Sr. counselor position.
Volunteers
Volunteers are welcome during camp to assist with planned activities and to help in kitchen. Contact us. There is no time requirement and you may serve where you have skills and interest, such as crafts, games, missions, hiking, animal care, etc. Thanks to New Covenant church, Flat Rock, Alabama; Bro Phil Williams, John Redman, Sherry Daniels, Sherry Broome, Pooh Sparks, Justin Love, Victoria Kingsley (all local); and Karen Coblentz of Ohio for their help during 08 camps.
During the year, we welcome volunteers to help with maintenance and special projects. Work groups from colleges, organizations and churches are encouraged to come, as well as individuals or families. We provide room and board. Groups provide muscle, time and if possible, materials for the project. Examples are a family from PA that helped with our memorial prayer garden, three groups from Rosedale Bible College in Ohio built fences, helped restore a staff house, built a fire ring and amphitheatre and cut lots of wood for our wonderful campfires, plus a few other projects. A group from Lancaster Mennonite High School came during their mini-course and helped build a bridge, cleared lots of brush and weeded and replanted in the prayer garden. The youth from Sunrise Community Church in Florida came for a retreat and offered a half day of work--they added finishing touches on the amphitheater, painted trim on the guest house and our sign, started the four-square pad, and constructed a ladder golf game; Sam Kendall donated and installed shelves in the kitchen We are grateful to each and every one.
Volunteers also help man booths and set up at our various fundraisers. Cindy and Cordell Kingsley, Curtis and Sherry Daniels, David and Bobbie Perra, Scott and Megan Tackett, Derek Jones Pete and Ramona Moore, Dick Chandler(local), Bill and Susan Rawls from Hoover, Alabama, assisted this year. Thanks to all.
How can you or your group help? NEEDED: Booth workers or the Menlo Hot Air Balloon Festival, May 15, 16, 17, 2009. Call Jennie at 706-539-2324 for details.
Possible projects for Camp New Dawn
--Downed trees cut into firewood for campfires (immediate need as these are on guest house lawn and embankment beside lawn) Requires ability to use chain saw, split and move wood to covered storage.
--Build post and rail fence along S. Cedar Lane and install a gate at driveway. (immediate need) Requires knowledge of rail splitting, setting posts, use of chain saw and plumb line to keep fence straight
--Landscape and plant trees to provide some privacy in camp area (Requires knowledge of plants and planting, keeping view shed open)
--Work on lake area in spring: grass sowing, landscaping, install docks and equipment storage building. Requires knowledge of all tasks listed
--Construction in future: Multipurpose building to house office, registration, nurse’s station, staff room, bath and more bunks. Requires knowledge of permits, building construction—electric, plumbing, framing, roofing, HVAC, and finishing.
--Build paintball course. Requires knowledge of the game for optimum course layout and basic construction skills
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