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Camp Ten Trees is currently accepting applications for 2008 summer staff.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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Summer Camp Volunteering

Make a difference in the lives of children and youth in the LGBTQA community--volunteer as summer camp staff!

Camp Ten Trees recruits a team of highly-motivated, responsible and enthusiasitic summer camp counselors, junior counselors (for those with less counselor experience and between the ages of 18-24) and specialty staff. Our staff is a dedicated group, which is demonstrated by our high rate of return each year. We will begin accepting summer staff applications in early 2008. If you'd like to get on our mailing list to ensure you receive an application from us, or if you'd like more information, please contact us.


All staff are required to attend a staff orientation held near Seattleduring one weekend (2008 dates TBD) over the summer. This is a unique opportunity and an invaluable time that will help prepare you for a smooth transition to camp life. Workshops are held in programming, personal relations and communication. Details are provided to help you become familiar with your campers. Time is set aside for staff to work and interact together. Orientation sets the foundation for the summer season and brings together staff of many backgrounds into one cohesive team.

If you cannot commit to a full week or two, but would like to help with the camp season, we are looking for volunteers to help with pre-and post-camp tasks both in Seattle and at our rented camp site. Jobs include: loading up the trucks, camper check-in, set-up, clean-up, check-out, and more. If interested, please contact us for more information.

Year-Round Volunteering

Administrative/Office: We are looking for reliable volunteers to devote 2-10 hours per week to help us with general administrative office tasks.

Committees: Camp Ten Trees recently became a fiscally-sponsored project of the Seattle LGBT Community Center/Queen City Community Development, a non-profit organization. CTT's organizational leadership is now housed in an Advisory Committee, rather than in a Co-director model. The Advisory Committee for Camp Ten Trees is a governing body that reports to the Seattle LGBT Community Center and also supervises the work of various CTT subcommittees and volunteers. We are actively recruiting committee members for the Advisory Committee and its various subcommittees. Descriptions are as follows:

  • Advisory: works on policies & procedures, organizational, staff and board structure, board of director recruitment, 501c3 and ACA Accreditation pursuit, general governance, etc.
  • Fundraising: works on annual auction, grants, donor development, etc.
  • Outreach & PR: works on newsletter, brochure, pamphlet, website, press releases, seeking out outreach opportunities, tabling, etc.
  • Programming: evaluates and improves summer camp programming, including activities, scheduling, and much more!
  • Finance: reviews monthly statements, reports on financial activities to the Advisory Committee. Assists in quarterly & yearly reports, audits, etc.