VOLUNTEER ANNOUNCEMENTS

Children's Association for Maximum Potential (CAMP) was founded over 26 years ago by volunteer health professionals and young counselors to provide summer camp experiences for children with serious and chronic disabilities. Over the years, our diverse volunteers have collaborated to provide recreational camp experiences that have kept safety, fun, and a fostering of independence as primary goals. Learning occurs from all avenues of volunteering. Many of our young counselors have chosen careers in health, counseling, service, and education as a result of their experience at CAMP.

Listed below are a multitude of opportunities to volunteer for people from all walks of life. Camp Counselors , Health Care Professionals, Paid Seasonal Staff, and Work Parties are the crux of what allows our camp to be successful.

CAMP needs high school, college age, and adult counselors to enable children with special needs reach their maximum potential. Throughout the summer of 2007, we will need approximately 400 counselor volunteers ! Each individual session runs Sunday-Friday and overnight stay is required. The most rewarding experience at CAMP will be the friendships formed with fellow counselors and campers. Nothing compares to the smiles our volunteers help place on the faces of our children. Volunteers must be 14 years or older. Adults highly sought. CAMP provides a thorough orientation and continuous training. Go to www.campapps.org to fill out the VOLUNTEER application.

Training of Volunteers: We provide training opportunities for all new volunteers. Each person will be trained to care for a camper's daily living needs, maintain their health and safety, and ensure that they have the best time possible at Camp CAMP . Our mandatory pre-camp training will be from June 3rd-7 th . Additional trainings are offered during our monthly weekend Respites. For exact dates, please see the CAMP calendar.

For more information regarding volunteering, contact Hope deLemos at hope.delemos@campcamp.org or phone her at 210-671-5411. You may apply directly online at www.campapps.org by filling out the VOLUNTEER application.

Service Hours: As a CAMP volunteer you earn 99 service hours per a week worked at CAMP. Additional hours may be earned by participating in other CAMP events. These include: Parent's Night Out (PNO), Teen's Night Out (TNO), and our respite weekends. If you are interested in volunteering for PNO or TNO, please contact Beverly Brown at 210-671-5239 or beverly.brown@campcamp.org .

Health Professional

CAMP needs Texas-licensed physicians, nurses, pharmacists, social workers, OTs, PTs, STs, special education teachers, and other health professionals as staff and volunteers for five-day sessions (Sunday-Friday) during summer 2007.  Professionals without a Texas license will needed to apply for a temporary license, with CAMPs assistance.  During each of the summer 2007 CAMP sessions, we will be offering a DDRC (Developmental Disability Review Course) focused on the needs of the campers present that week, which provides CEU/CMEs and other professional training credit.  For more information click on the "DDRC" tab on the left of your screen, or contact Judy Foster, 210-671-5230,  judy.foster@campcamp.org . 

Seasonal Summer Staff

These positions are only available during the summer. CAMP is seeking experienced staff for leadership roles for the summer of 2007. Most positions require that you are 18 to apply, however we do have limited availability for those who are 16 and older. We are currently seeking people for the following positions:

•  Lead Cabin Counselors

•  Activities Instructors (horseback, arts and crafts, canoeing, nature, sports and recreation, music therapy, outdoor cooking, archery, and swimming).

•  Kitchen Staff

•  Maintenance and Facilities

•  Office Assistant

You must be able to commit to the FULL summer schedule as part of seasonal employment. Contact Hope de Lemos. hope.delemos@campcamp.org or 210-671-5411. You may also apply directly online by going to www.campapps.org and filling out the EMPLOYMENT application.

Download Volunteer Brochure (require Adobe Acrobat)

Work Groups

Volunteer work groups from civic clubs, church groups, corporations, and military organizations are welcome at CAMP Our list of projects includes both indoor and outdoor tasks that may require a few hours to several days. Projects may involve modest skills (such as cleaning and painting) to more highly skilled tasks using specialized equipment. Overnight lodging and food may be available with advanced planning. Please contact the CAMP Facilities Manager Bob Tanner at (830) 634-2367 or the Camp director Hope deLemos at 210-671-5411.