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So you want to be a Camp Counselor? – 5 Steps to Rockin’ a Camp Worthy Portfolio

by Nicole on November 11, 2011

When it comes to getting a job a resume is often the thing which decides if you will be put in the ‘nuh-uh’ pile or into the next stage. The same principal goes for your portfolio when participating in a summer camp job fair, or sending your resume out to camps where you’d like to [...]

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So you want to be a Camp Counselor? – Choosing a Company or Going Solo

by Nicole on November 7, 2011

So you want to be a camp counselor? Well now is the perfect time to begin the journey to becoming one! The United States, Canada and Russia all offer large full-summer programs, with options in other regions available but on a smaller scale such as being a day-camp supervisor in Sydney, Australia or teaching English [...]

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So you want to be a Camp Counselor? – an Introduction

by Nicole on October 19, 2011

Since reading the Babysitters Club novels when I was 12-years-old I’ve wanted to be a Counsellor at an American Summer Camp. In 2010, with my Uni degree in a period of transition I finally made this dream a reality when I applied through Camp Counsellors USA (CCUSA) to become one! But when I was researching [...]

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Summer Camp Notes: The Day Vegemite was Banned

July 10, 2011

This is part of the Summer Camp Stories series: When you stumble into a hostel kitchen for breakfast you can almost always pick the Australians. They’re the ones spreading their bread with a black goop which looks almost passable as a cheap relative of Nutella. But then the smell fills your nostrils. A bitter, yeasty smell and you realise that no, it’s not Nutella (which you were going to ask to borrow) it’s Vegemite.

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Summer Camp Notes: Fourth of July Camp Style

July 4, 2011

“Does my tongue looks blue to you?”
I stopped licking and displayed my tongue to Irem making the noises such as when a Doctor places a popstick on your tongue to check your tonsils. She laughed.
It’s not the typical question you ask a Turkish girl you met two-weeks ago when sitting on the lawn with about 400-kids wearing red, white & blue, cheering with excitement or screaming at the loud noise, but in that moment all I really wanted to know if I could start acting like a blue-tongued lizard and poke my tongue out at unsuspecting bystanders (aka – campers!)
It my was first ever Fourth of July. Well, actually it was my 21st Fourth of July but my first American Fourth of July and it was kind of a big deal (to me and the kids at camp at the very least!)

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