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:
Calling all garden friends! For this half-day camp, we will spend the week building our relationships with the garden and those who live there.
Throughout the week, we will:
- Care for the garden by saving seeds, watering plants, and digging in garden beds
- Discover the wonderful worlds of worms, pollinators, and soil through sensory play and scavenger hunts
- Play games and sing songs inspired by garden critters and plants
- Make and enjoy fresh garden snacks and tea
- Create arts and crafts inspired by the garden such as bouquets, seed mosaics and plant prints!
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: The Good Shepherd Center, on Wednesday, June 10, 6:00-7:00pm. Light snacks will be provided.
Junior Counselors receive $5 off summer camp T shirts. To redeem, use code JUNIOR5 at checkout.
