Camp Counselor

Friends Camp, a Quaker overnight camp located in beautiful central Maine, is looking for positive role models to help build our intentional, inclusive community in summer 2026!

At Friends Camp, cabin counselors have the biggest role in shaping the camp experience for kids and making it amazing. Counselors are in charge of planning creative programming for campers and creating community in their cabins, and some counselors are lifeguards as well. We encourage counselors to bring their own interests and talents to the job, so a sense of creativity is important. Activities often include sports, arts and crafts, boating, nature activities, games like Dungeons and Dragons, and games of your own invention—the wackier the better!

Being a counselor at Friends Camp provides the opportunity to live in, engage with, and help build an intentional community where we strive to achieve belonging and connection for everyone. Counselors must be at least 19 years old and have some experience working with kids (whether through a job, volunteering, or caring for family members). The summer of 2026 goes from June 12th to August 15th, including one week of staff training and 8 weeks of camp. The summer is split into four two-week sessions: the first session with kids ages 7-12, the second with ages 10-13, and the final two sessions with ages 13-17. Counselors live in cabins with between 5 and 10 campers each session, and almost always with a co-counselor. We offer boys', girls', and gender-expansive cabins, but we do not divide campers by gender in other areas at camp, and welcome folks of all identities. Counselors get two days off per session, in addition to over a full day off between sessions. Laundry and (delicious) meals are provided, and bedding can be provided for staff traveling from far away.

We are a Quaker camp—prioritizing values including peace, equality, and simplicity—but we welcome and value people of all religious and spiritual identities, including atheists and agnostics, and we do not proselytize. Diversity and inclusion is a foundation of camp. Apply at friendscamp.org!

Food, shared housing, and laundry are provided. There are opportunities for lifeguarding, CPR/First Aid, and other trainings.

English proficiency is required.