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SENIOR COUNSELORS

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APPLY NOW! (New Applicants)
APPLY NOW! (RETURNING APPLICANTS)
Hiring 5 men and 5 women.

$290/week for 6 or 7 weeks; add'l $25/wk each returning year, plus $100(+) end-of-summer bonus, plus $100 for every adult counselor you recuit! Training is May 31-June 11, 2021, and paid weeks are June 13-July 24/31. (Total commitment is 8-or-9 weeks.). Housing, meals, laundry house, and supplies provided May 31-July 24/31. Additional paid work available Aug 1-14. This is a resident position and Senior Counselors are on site and on duty each week 2:00pm Sunday through 8:30pm Friday and off duty 8:30pm Friday through 2:00pm Sunday. Off duty on-site housing is provided and encouraged, but it is not required while off duty.
Senior Counselor Description (ages 18+):
​Note: In 2021, all adult counselors are Senior Counselors, with no distinction between Resident Camp Counselors, Adventure Counselors, and Day Camp Counselors.
In teams of two or three, counselors are "in loco parentis" (in place of parents) for their unit of 8-10 campers. Counselors are expected to be fully engaged with campers, keep their campers safe, act as role models, and guide campers through the schedule/activities they have planned together.  Some activities are led by counselors and some are led by coordinators.  During staff training, all counselors will learn the activity skills they will need. Activities that are offered on-site at Camp Bethel include swimming, hiking, biking, crafts, creek-play, cook-outs, singing, challenge course, high-ropes course, low-ropes course, archery, nature study, group games, skits, Bible study, worship, campfires, and campouts, with many more activities offered off-site. Counselors stay in a cabin with their campers at night. When assigned to an Adventure Unit, Counselors stay with their campers at night in their Adventure Village platform hut. Most units are co-ed.  All sleeping facilities are separated by gender: female counselors stay in cabins/huts with female campers, and male counselors stay in cabins/huts with male campers.  Each morning, units reunite at Morning Watch. Senior Counselors will rotate into assignments with on-site Day Camps and Adventure Camps, and Senior Counselors will work with all ages: Mini-Camp & Day Camp (ages 5-7), Elementary Camp (ages 8-11), Middle School (ages 12-14), and High School (ages 15-17).


Staff Recommendation Form
View a position description and 2020 Summer Staff Policies.
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WHAT PARENTS ARE SAYING:
"Our son and daughter have been coming to Camp Bethel since they were 5 years old--they are now 13 and 14 years old. We have found that your camp is one of the few that our kids continue to enjoy even as they are older. Other camps (sometimes a lot more expensive) are nice but for some reason the magic of Camp Bethel remains. We also really respect the way that your camp incorporates God and Bible study but in such a way that it is still cool--a rarity these days to find a place were kids can be kids and learn to love God and care for one another in God's creation. Thanks so much for the awesome experience for our kids and the ongoing magic that is Camp Bethel. Thanks, Gina and Chris Engel" 

CONTACT US  540.992.2940
CampBethelOffice@gmail.com
328 Bethel Road, Fincastle, VA 24090

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