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2009 CAMP SEASON - COUNSELOR INFORMATION

LETTERS OF INTEREST FOR AUGUST CAMP BEING ACCEPTED NOW.
Please scroll down for application details. 
  • CAMP SAFE HAVEN NORTH CAROLINA August 9-16th, 2009


OUR FIRST CAMP - MARTHA'S VINEYARD 1994
Please submit your letter of interest before downloading and completing the application.
Information on where to send your letter is below.

AUGUST CAMP LETTERS ACCEPTED BEGINNING IN MAY, 2009

How to become a volunteer counselor with Safe Haven.

In keeping with an important goal of our mission - which is to foster service experiences for young people by offering positions as Counselors and Junior Counselors at our camps for young people living with HIV - Safe Haven has created a process that we ask each potential applicant to follow. This process will allow us the ability to choose our staff based upon specific criteria.

It is our mission to offer the camp service experience to as many new individuals as possible, in order to share what many who have volunteered in the past consider a life changing experience. In addition, Safe Haven will balance our staff of new volunteers with a number of return staff to provide the continuity necessary for a smooth camp experiences.

It is in this spirit that we ask that each potential volunteer, both new and returning, to use the following criteria if you are interested in being considered.



Pre-application letter of interest.

Each person who is interested in being considered for a position as a Counselor or Junior Counselor for an up-coming camp
should submit a letter of interest to Safe Haven.

LETTERS OF INTEREST FOR  AUGUST CAMP WILL BE ACCEPTED BEGINNING MAY, 2009

This letter should include:

  • Your name, age, Date of Birth, address, phone, cell phone and email address
  • A brief description of your past service commitments
  • Why you wish to be a counselor at a Safe Haven Camp.
  • State your ability to attend training (held prior to camp ) as well as provide your own transportation to the area at camp time.
  • (If you are applying for one of the Junior Counselor positions ) A note from your parent or guardian which supports your desire to volunteer with us. You should write your own letter.
  • Let us know if you prefer that we send you the full application via regular mail or if you can download it from a special link we can provide to you.
A Safe Haven Representative will contact you regarding your letter
either by email or phone after the deadline.

Where to send your letter.

Cailyn Sears
Safe Haven Project Admin. Asst.
4 Oak Street
Gill, MA 01354

You may also send your letter via email
(IN WORD OR PDF FORMAT ONLY PLEASE)



Selection will be based upon the following:
  • Overall number of interested applicants both male and female.
  • Comparison of this number to our needed camper to counselor ratio (male and female)
  • Balance between new and returning staff
  • Balance between Counselors and Junior Counselors.
  • Successful criminal background and reference checks.


PLEASE NOTE

Past involvement in a Safe Haven camp does not guarantee a spot in a future camp.
Safe Haven seeks to offer this opportunity to new individuals as well as returning individuals.
Every effort will be made to create a fair balance in order that as many people have a chance to join us as is reasonable.






Once we have chosen potential applicants and you are notified, we will send you a copy of our Counselor Application via regular mail or we will to return to this page where you can download the application on line.
Please fill this out completely and return it by the deadline.

Safe Haven will process applications and notify you of your acceptance.

We look forward to hearing from you.