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Camp Noah Volunteer
ORGANIZATION: Lutheran Social Service of MN
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Camp Noah is a camp for children whose communities have been impacted by disaster. Camp Noah provides a safe, caring and fun environment where children build resiliency skills within the familiarity of their own communities, using a proven curriculum designed to help children process their disaster and/or trauma experience through creative activities and play. In this safe and supportive setting, children are encouraged to face their fears, grieve their losses, identify and share their unique gifts and talents, and plan for an amazing future.
Camp Staff work directly with children as camp leaders during the Camp Noah week. There are a number of duties team members can take on. These include leading the curriculum in small groups, leading activities, and emceeing large group events. Each person has the opportunity to serve in an area that utilizes their own unique gifts and talents!
Need: 15-25 Camp Staff for each week of Camp Noah. Training and resources provided.On-site roles available include: (staff members may be assigned to any of these roles during the camp week, a more detailed description of each position is available in the Camp Noah 101 guide)
- Small group leaders and assistants
- Actors and puppeteers-can also be a small group leader/assistant
- Large group leader
- Recreation leader
- Music leader-can also be a small group leader/assistant
- Craft leader
- Must pass background check
- Willing to agree to the Guidelines and Policies & Procedures of Camp Noah
- Work well with children, professional, energetic and caring
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About Lutheran Social Service of MN
Location:
2485 Como Ave, Saint Paul, MN 55108, US
Mission Statement
"Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota expresses the love of Christ for all people through service that inspires hope, changes lives, and builds community." Expresses the love of Christ for all people: The work of LSS is grounded in Christ's unconditional love for all people. LSS celebrates other faiths and invites everyone who shares our vision to join in the common cause with us. Through service: LSS offers a broad range of service intended to provide all whom we serve the opportunity to live and work with dignity, safety, and hope. Inspires hope: Hope instills conviction about life as it should be and creates the courage to seek it. Changes lives: People who come to LSS yearn for change in their lives. LSS recognizes that its role is to be a catalyst for that change. Builds community: LSS resolves to optimize its capacity for advocacy and influencing change. A center role for LSS is to build the public will with respect to the vision we have for the community's life together.
Description
LSS is the largest, statewide non-profit social service agency in Minnesota with over 2, 400 employees who serve in 300 communities. It is owned by the six Minnesota synods of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). Services are divided into four divisions:
- Children and Youth
- Families and Adults
- Older Adults
- People with Disabilities
Volunteers are a growing part of LSS with more than 10,000 active volunteers working for the vision: LSS Volunteers change lives by encouraging hope and connecting communities, by energizing staff and enhancing services, by growing their own talents and sense of purpose.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Various locationsSaint Paul, MN 55108
DATE POSTED
April 5, 2017
SKILLS
- Mentoring
- People Skills
- Safety & Disaster Education
- Critical Thinking
- Multi-Tasking
- Youth Services
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- Camp is Monday-Friday plus travel time.