DESCRIBE THE APPLICATION AND HIRING PROCESS for camp goodtimes.

After submitting a staff application (which includes 3 references for new applicants), it will be reviewed by the camp director. All new applicants will be contacted to set up an in-person or phone interview. Hiring decisions will be communicated within 10 business days from a) when a veteran volunteer submits their application, b) when an interview is completed for first-time applicants. Specific job functions and teammate information will be shared in late April/early May once all applications have been received and interviews completed, allowing us to create the strongest teams possible. Hiring decisions include offering a position, being placing on a waitlist, or deferring an application for possible hire in the future.

If you are hired, you will be required to complete ~2 hours of online staff training prior to arrival at camp and will participate in on-site training once at camp. For Camp Goodtimes, new staffers will be invited to participate in a new staff orientation.

what is my time commitment to be on staff and what prerequisites do i need to complete before camp?

The Goodtimes Project runs four camps, each with their own duration, dates, and eligibility requirements. Please refer to the individual camp staff pages for detailed information.

In order to be hired on staff for any camp, you must commit to:

  • being at camp for the duration of the camp dates

  • completing a series of online staff training modules (totaling approximately 2 hours) prior to camp

  • submitting required health and compliance forms

  • passing a background check

  • providing 3 references

how old do i need to be to be on staff, or to volunteer?

Because the majority of our camps serve campers ages 5-17, we require all staff and volunteers to be a minimum of 18 years old. The preferred minimum age of staffers is 19, and there is no maximum age (as long as you are healthy and mobile we welcome all ages).

Why is it important for staff to be vaccinated?

To be hired to be on staff at any Goodtimes Project camp, all staff and volunteers need to attest that they are up-to-date on their immunizations. A significant portion of our camper population is medically fragile, making it imperative that all campers and volunteers are current in their vaccinations unless exempted for cancer treatment or medical allergy reasons. Routine vaccination of campers and staff is an important public health matter and a way to combat the outbreak of preventable infectious diseases in the confined setting of sleep-away camp or during single-day or weekend camps.

HOW DO I SELECT A “CAMP NAME”?

All camp staff receive a “camp name”, which they go by when at camp. This is a name that will be yours for the duration of your volunteering with Goodtimes, so it should resonate with you. It must also be different from existing volunteers—one of a kind. To see if your name is available, you can check our Master List to make sure someone hasn’t selected it already.

To confirm your name, let our Volunteer Manager, S’mores, know which name you’ve chosen so that it gets added to the Master List.