Join our 2008 Team!
Are you willing to accept the challenge of helping kids?
Are you ready to learn more about yourself?
Are you willing to put the needs of others before your own?
Can you endure hard work, stress, sweat, responsibility, sleepless nights,
laughter, fun camaraderie, and being a role model -- all for a child's smile
and a hug?
If so, then we invite you to
consider being a counselor at
Click here for a 2008 Counselor
Application (PDF)
Click here for a
2008 Returning Counselor Application (PDF)
For more information on volunteering, contact Gary Cornwell
at 352.331.1321
or email volunteers@floridadiabetescamp.org.
Please
click here to meet some of our volunteers!
A little more about camp:
Each year over 700 youngsters participate in
FCCYD programs designed to help youngsters with diabetes learn to handle their
disease by sharing their needs with others who have diabetes and with caring
adults. Camp is staffed by physicians, nurses, nutritionists, teachers,
administrators, and, of course counselors. Counselors include health
science students and health professionals, former campers, folks who love
camping and helping kids, as well as those who work or study in other
fields. Our camp medical director is happy to write letters of
recommendation for our volunteer staff. Because these letters are based
on detailed knowledge of your performance in a challenging situation, the
references can carry a great deal of weight with admissions committees and
potential employers. Of the experience at Florida Diabetes Camp, one
University of Florida Dean wrote: "The educational opportunities you
and your staff have provided at camp will prove invaluable to their careers ... the experience has served to broaden the view
of childhood disease."
How does the process work?
Applications are handled in the order they
are received. Please read the information below and in the brochure
carefully. Volunteers are recruited during the winter and spring for our
summer camps. Programs during the fall and spring are mainly staffed by
counselors trained during the summer.
Due to OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) and
Labor Department regulations all staff at diabetes camp programs must be over
the age of 18. There are no exceptions.
Applications must be completed and mailed to
the camp office. When we receive the application we will schedule a
personal interview. We will verify references and perform a background
check with law enforcement agencies. Those applicants selected will take
part in a training/orientation session prior to the start of the camp they will
be attending. If you can not print this downloadable form, we will send
you an application. Please send us your name and address by e-mail. You may also send
any questions to this address or call the office at 352.334.1321.
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