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3 people are interested
Volunteer Camp Counselors Needed Age 16 and up
ORGANIZATION: Muscular Dystrophy Association
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3 people are interested
MDA Summer Camp provides thousands of kids with muscular dystrophy and related muscle-debilitating diseases "the best week of the year." At MDA Summer Camp, kids are living beyond limits in a place where anything is possible. It's a week where they’re free to enjoy adventures like horseback riding, swimming and fishing, develop lifelong friendships, and build self-confidence and independence.
Quality volunteers are critical to the Association’s goal of providing safe and fun-filled activities for youngsters with neuromuscular disease. MDA is looking for volunteer counselors that will work one-on-one with campers with neuromuscular diseases during the one week camp session. This is an overnight camp and counselors stay in cabins with their campers.
If you are interested in the opportunity, please apply directly at: http://www.ultracamp.com/info/sessiondetail.aspx?idCamp=520&campCode=md3&idSession=132649.
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About Muscular Dystrophy Association
Location:
11800 Sunrise Valley Drive, #1210, Reston, VA 20191, US
Mission Statement
MDA is the nonprofit health agency dedicated to curing muscular dystrophy, ALS and related diseases by funding worldwide research. MDA also provides comprehensive healthcare and support services, advocacy, education and summer camp
Description
MDA is the nonprofit health agency dedicated to curing muscular dystrophy, ALS and related diseases by funding worldwide research. The Association also provides comprehensive health care and support services, advocacy and education.
MDA combats neuromuscular diseases through programs of worldwide research, comprehensive medical and support services, and far-reaching professional and public health education. With national headquarters in Tucson, MDA has more than 200 offices across the country, sponsors some 200 hospital-affiliated clinics and supports more than 330 research projects around the world.
MDA supports more research on neuromuscular diseases than any other private-sector organization in the world. MDA scientists are in the forefront of gene therapy research and have uncovered the genetic defects responsible for several forms of muscular dystrophy, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, a form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease), childhood spinal muscular atrophy and several other neuromuscular conditions.
The Association's comprehensive services program includes diagnostic and follow-up medical consultations, flu shots, support groups, MDA summer camps for youngsters, a medical equipment program, assistance with equipment repairs and resource referral.
Through its national advocacy program, MDA works to make life better for people with muscular dystrophy and related muscle diseases by providing representation in matters of public policy and research advancement, nationally and internationally; and facilitating active involvement in these areas by the people it serves.
MDA was created in 1950 by a group of adults with muscular dystrophy, parents of children with muscular dystrophy and a physician-scientist studying the disorder. Since its earliest days, it has been energized by its number-one volunteer and national chairman, entertainer Jerry Lewis
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Camp Fairlee22242 Bay Shore RdChestertown, MD 21620
DATE POSTED
March 22, 2017
SKILLS
- Child Development
- Mentoring
- Child Care
- Pediatrics
- Children Medical Services
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 16
- Counselors serve for the entire week
- If counselor is under 18, parental permission is required