Camp Courage Volunteers Needed!

Background:

Annie’s Hope - The Center for Grieving Kids is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide comprehensive support services to children, teens, and their families who are grieving a death. Each year,

Annie’s Hope serves over 3,600 kids and families through ten unique programs. Camp Courage is the organization’s summer camp program, and annually serves nearly 175 kids via two five-day, four-night camps. Volunteers serve as Camp Counselors and have a direct relationship to the number of bereaved kids we can invite to join us at Camp. Each year, we especially need male volunteers. Can you help us ensure no child grieves alone this summer?

Responsibilities:

Camp Counselors work as members of the Camp Courage team, alongside Assistant Directors and Nurses, to serve the kids who join us for the Camp experience. Cabin Counselors are assigned a cabin of campers and oversee their day-to-day activities and safety. Activities Counselors are assigned to support various areas, tasks, or activities - such as arts and crafts. All volunteers facilitate an energetic, fun, joyful, safe, and welcoming environment. One’s presence as a volunteer sends the message that kids’ grief matters.

Time Commitment:

Camp Courage (Ages 6 - 10): May 31 - June 6, 2025

Qualifications:

• Willingness and ability to convey warmth, compassion, respect, and nonjudgment
• Willingness and ability to work with campers and other volunteers from a broad range of backgrounds, grieving deaths of various causes
• Ability to be flexible in consistently changing environments
• Must be a team player and a leader
• No experience as a social worker, counselor, or major in a social service profession is required. Some of our greatest counselors have represented the nursing, education, child life, outdoor education, physical education, and business disciplines. No matter the course of study, a volunteer experience with Camp Courage is sure to inform one’s educational and professional work.

To apply to be a volunteer camp counselor, please complete a volunteer application

found at www.annieshope.org/programs or call (314) 965-5015.

All volunteers must complete an interview to be considered for a Camp Counselor position.

Campground Location:

DuBois Center

2651 Quarry Road

DuBois, Illinois, USA 62831

Annie’s Hope - The Center for Grieving Kids

1333 W. Lockwood, Suite 104 · Glendale, MO 63122

(314) 965-5015 · www.annieshope.org