Sunrise Day Camp - Unit Head Position
Sunrise Day Camp, for children ages 3 ½ - 16, is the only dedicated full summer day camp in the world for children with cancer and their siblings. Located in Philadelphia, PA it is a camp designed to meet the emotional, social, recreational and physical needs of these children while allowing them to enjoy the comforts and safety of their own homes at night.
There are sleepaway camps that provide a great experience during the summer months, but Sunrise Day Camp offers benefits that a resident camp cannot. Sunrise Day Camp will provide a true camping experience while the children remain within their own familiar surroundings. Most pediatric oncology medical sleep away camps last only one to two weeks. Sunrise Day Camp offers an 8- week camping experience.
Best of all, Sunrise Day Camp is offered free of charge to all children being treated for cancer and their siblings on a non-sectarian basis. Children who have received medical clearance from their physicians are welcome to attend. Though 6-weeks of camp programming is offered, children may register and attend any and every day they feel well enough to do so.
Unit Head Position
Sunrise Day Camp is actively hiring individuals (aged 19 and older) to take part in a magical summer experience for our campers as Unit Heads for one of our camper units.
Sunrise camper’s are divided by age:
Acorns- 3.5-4
Troopers- Kindergarten
Ranger- Grades 1-2
Stormers- Grades 3-4
Voyagers- Grades 5-6
Explorers- Grades 7+
Unit Heads are the leaders of a camper unit and are responsible for the organization, supervision, and management of up to 30 campers and 5 staff members. This position requires a high level of organization, decision-making ability, and resiliency in order to keep the summer running smoothly for their unit.
Unit Head positions commonly involve a mixture of administrative work and being with the children for the full length of the camp day. Unit Heads are expected to be at camp for morning meetings as early as 7:30 AM, and are expected to stay at camp as late as 5 PM. There is typically a brief level of work needed some nights after camp as well.
Camp is from June 26 - August 16 (Monday-Friday) and training begins at the beginning of June. This is a great opportunity for anyone going into education, social work, psychology, child life, or healthcare!
Visit https://www.sunrisedaycamp-njpa.org/ to learn more about our organization.
Follow the link below and apply to join the Sunrise Team today!
https://sunrisedaycamp.campintouch.com/ui/forms/application/staff/App