Experience Level
Entry-Level
Work Style
On-site
Opportunity Type
Volunteer
As a camp volunteer, your job is to support your campers throughout the week of camp. While many of our volunteers have experienced a loss of their own, it is NOT a requirement to volunteer. Volunteers with varied experiences help our campers see that adults can sit with the campers’ grief, even if they don’t have the same experience.
As a volunteer, you will:
Live with campers in a cabin, sleep on a twin bed, eat 3 meals a day in the dining hall, share a bathroom, and probably get dirty (out of cabin counselor roles are also available)
Instruct a camp activity (e.g. basketball, soccer, frisbee, yoga, art, or cooking).
Help campers thrive, play, laugh, and make a new friend.
Attend a one-day orientation the day before camp begins.
Interview and receive a background check before attending camp.
Participate in on-line training & in-person orientation before camp.
- Health & Wellbeing
- Nonprofit/NGO
Experience Camps
Experience Camps, founded in 2009, is a national, no-cost program for grieving children who have experienced the death of a parent, sibling or primary caregiver.