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Junior Counselor: Farm to Table
Description
If your teen or preteen loves gardening and working with younger children, this camp is for them! Junior Counselors will grow their skill as young leaders throughout the week in mentorship with camp staff, facilitating small group activities, and learning what it’s like to teach outdoors, all the while learning about organic gardening and farming. Junior Counselors will earn a Certificate of Leadership upon completion of the camp.
This week’s camp description:
Let’s follow the journey of our food! Join us for this weeklong camp where we will dive deeper into the world of growing food, using fresh ingredients to create farm inspired recipes. Together we will:
- Learn and practice different cooking techniques like chopping, mixing, measuring and peeling.
- Discover the intricate connections between sustainable food systems, humans and garden ecosystems.
- Steward the garden and farm through harvesting, planting, weeding and watering.
- Build confidence in the kitchen by creating seasonal recipes and exploring exciting new flavor combinations.
- Work cooperatively to plan and execute a seasonally inspired menu.
At the end of the week, we invite families to come and enjoy the farm to table experience!
Cooking camps are a smaller group size and have an additional cost for supplies. Dietary considerations and food allergies must be communicated in advance. Please be aware that our kitchen is a shared facility that uses nuts and other allergens.
Junior Counselors will arrive 30 minutes before campers arrive and stay up to 30 minutes after campers depart. This allows time to prepare and set up for the events of the day and to wrap up and reflect on the day with the summer camp staff (built into the times listed).
An orientation will take place before summer camps, consisting of a tour of the farm/garden, a general overview of the Junior Counselor role, leadership training, and some team building activities as we go through a typical camp day! This will give youth an opportunity to get acquainted with each other, the space, and Tilth Alliance staff. Attendance at this orientation is STRONGLY ENCOURAGED. Orientation will take place at the site where the Junior Counselor will attend camp: Rainier Beach Urban Farm and Wetlands, on Thursday, June 12, 6:00–7:30 pm. Light snacks will be provided.
Junior Counselors receive $5 off summer camp T shirts. To redeem, use code JUNIOR5 at checkout.