DunRoamin
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USA/Canada or elsewhere in the world? I really fancy doing one next summer, i had a position at camp USA in wisconsin a few years ago but didnt go in the end, really wish i had,. So have any of you done one?
Anyone worked at a summer camp?
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Tiarella
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Do you want me to look after Buzz when you go?
DunRoamin
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Yeah you could if you want too
hehe
Charmaine18
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I know someone who worked at a summer camp - not overseas, just here in England, but she really enjoyed it. She's a very outgoing "people person" and she had a brilliant time doing all the activities and stuff. The camp was for older kids and teenagers, so some of them were only a couple of years younger than her, and I think she made good friends with a lot of them. She absolutely raved about it, I think she'd have done it forever if uni hadn't got in the way.
GGRider
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Yep! I did a Maine SUmmer Camp in 94- it was brill, i taught riding all summer and then went travelling all over the US. GO FOR IT.
Minxie
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I worked at a BUNAC YMCA summer camp in New Hampshire wwwayyy back in 1987
To be honest it was a life changing experience for me. I specially chose a camp which had kids there on scholarship rather than a private camp. I didn't have a huge amount of confidence and I'd never traveled on my own.
Changed me completely. I mostly loved it and occasionally hated it. I was with the kids 24 / 7 with only 24 hours off each week. It was hard work in terms of nerves but also very rewarding. I travelled for two weeks afterward and saw a fair bit of the east coast of the US.
I now travel a lot and on my own - I love getting around places on my own and doing my own thing. I'd never have done this without the supported travel in going to Camp.
Changed me completely. I mostly loved it and occasionally hated it. I was with the kids 24 / 7 with only 24 hours off each week. It was hard work in terms of nerves but also very rewarding. I travelled for two weeks afterward and saw a fair bit of the east coast of the US.
I now travel a lot and on my own - I love getting around places on my own and doing my own thing. I'd never have done this without the supported travel in going to Camp.
FestiveBoomBoom
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I worked at a summer camp in Maine from 03-05, was an instructor in my first yr and then head of riding section in 04/05. Had 7 horses. It was fab, best time of my life but hard work. Kids can be annoying! Travelled all the way down East coast in 03 and went to Costa Rica in 04, pretty much came straight home on 05 with money i'd saved as I was starting uni (at 23)!!
LMuirEDT
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I did it, it was hard work at the time but looking back on it I'm so glad I did it. Definitely recommend anyone thinking of doing it to go and do it. I went with Camp America but pretty much found my own camp to go to.
maxapple
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I worked at Kutshers Sports Academy (with BUNAC) back in 1993 - best thing I ever did. Spent the summer teaching then 2 month travelling round America by train!
After doing that I spent every summer for years going somewhere new - and went round Australia and Asia on my own for a year!!
GO FOR IT!!
After doing that I spent every summer for years going somewhere new - and went round Australia and Asia on my own for a year!!
GO FOR IT!!
Enfys
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I have never worked at a Summer Camp, had a place on a BunaCamp when I was a student but chickened out in the end. Stupid decision, I heartily regret not doing it.
My daughter, however, trundles off for a month every summer, and I can tell you, Counsellors or whatever they are called, work damn hard. They live with the campers (Evie's has a tent of her own, so has a teeny bit of privacy) and are on call virtually all the time. I think she got one day off a week. She must enjoy it though, she has been there for 5 summers.
You have to REALLY enjoy being with children, and doing the same routine over every week, or two weeks, depending on how the programme works.
This is where Evie goes.
http://www.circlerranch.ca/program/residence_camp.html
My daughter, however, trundles off for a month every summer, and I can tell you, Counsellors or whatever they are called, work damn hard. They live with the campers (Evie's has a tent of her own, so has a teeny bit of privacy) and are on call virtually all the time. I think she got one day off a week. She must enjoy it though, she has been there for 5 summers.
You have to REALLY enjoy being with children, and doing the same routine over every week, or two weeks, depending on how the programme works.
This is where Evie goes.
http://www.circlerranch.ca/program/residence_camp.html
turkana
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I did a summer with Camp America, it was great & I'd recommend it to anybody.
If you're not keen on the idea of being a counsellor, you could do something else like working in the kitchens. I did this instead & I'm really pleased I went for that option; spending all summer 24 hours a day with spoilt , rich, hypercondriac, American children would have driven me to murder!
If you're not keen on the idea of being a counsellor, you could do something else like working in the kitchens. I did this instead & I'm really pleased I went for that option; spending all summer 24 hours a day with spoilt , rich, hypercondriac, American children would have driven me to murder!
Enfys
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Children are children, often they are exactly what their parents make them, it isn't all their fault, SRK, hyperchondriacs, brats or not. Hey, I've met plenty of British ones like that too, nationality has nothing at all to do with it.
They aren't all SRK's. For some it is the highlight of their summer, getting away from towns and cities (and parents
Some of us work very hard to afford these getaways for the benefit of our kids. Don't be fooled by the fact that Camps ARE expensive (we pay your wages) it doesn't mean we are rich. My daughter is an only child, we live way out of town, she has few friends of her own age locally, at camp she actually gets to be with her peers and looks forwards to it. I find a way to afford it, for her benefit.
I think it takes a very special kind of person to enjoy and work with the campers all the time, I'd be in the kitchens too.
turkana
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enfys
You're right it does take a special person to do the work - something that I most definately am not!
The kitchen was the best place for me.
You're right it does take a special person to do the work - something that I most definately am not!
The kitchen was the best place for me.
DunRoamin
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The Place i had was doing Horse managment at a BUNAC camp in wisconsin, as due to my experiance on yards thats what they thought would suit me best, i too chickened out like you enfys, all because of some silly woman i was seeing messing me about, the relationship wasnt very stable abd i didnt thing me going away for the summer would help, but in the end it wouldnt have made a difference, as she dumped me not long after and has been causing me hassle ever since.
Enfys
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enfys
You're right it does take a special person to do the work - something that I most definately am not!
The kitchen was the best place for me.
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As I said, I'd be clashing pans in there alongside you
I like children, I just can't be THAT jolly ALL the time
enfys
You're right it does take a special person to do the work - something that I most definately am not!
The kitchen was the best place for me.
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As I said, I'd be clashing pans in there alongside you
turkana
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Dunroamin
If you're still young you could still go, I was also stupid enough to pass up a different opportunity to work abroad for a relashionship (with a man who was cheating on me the whole time!)
It was only for a few weeks, now I realise that if he was the man I thought he was he'd have said go for it & enjoy yourself.
My own partner has looked into working abroad & people are surprised when I say that although I'd prefer it if he stayed at home, if it's what he wants I'd never stand in his way.
If you're still young you could still go, I was also stupid enough to pass up a different opportunity to work abroad for a relashionship (with a man who was cheating on me the whole time!)
It was only for a few weeks, now I realise that if he was the man I thought he was he'd have said go for it & enjoy yourself.
My own partner has looked into working abroad & people are surprised when I say that although I'd prefer it if he stayed at home, if it's what he wants I'd never stand in his way.
1life
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Go for it DR
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I worked a summer in New England through BunaCamp and then spent a month travelling the East Coast before coming back for college.
The kids loved my English accent, I got to try lots of other sports taught at camp (including water skiing) and met loads of peeps from other countries.
1life says 'You have 1 life, try things'
I worked a summer in New England through BunaCamp and then spent a month travelling the East Coast before coming back for college.
The kids loved my English accent, I got to try lots of other sports taught at camp (including water skiing) and met loads of peeps from other countries.
1life says 'You have 1 life, try things'