Summer Staff Jobs
A Life-Changing Experience For Our Campers—
A Life-Changing Experience for You.
APPLICATIONS FOR 2025 ARE NOW OPEN!
Camp Boggy Creek is hiring summer seasonal staff to keep our campers, volunteers, and staff members feeling safe, respected, and loved.
Join our team delivering our life-changing therapeutic programs to children from around Florida! Our non-profit, overnight, medical camp in central Florida serves campers seven to 17 years old who have serious illnesses. Our summer jobs run from mid-May through the beginning of August.
Open Positions
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Cabin Staff members take care of the daily needs of 8-10 campers and work to build community within the cabin group.
The job requires being actively involved in the supervision, guidance, and motivation of campers by building working relationships with kids, staff, and volunteers to ensure that a high standard of care is maintained.
Cabin staff live in the cabins with the campers, one or two other cabin staff, and 1-3 weekly volunteers.
With activity staff, cabin staff train and integrate new volunteers into the team each session.
Cabin staff serve on committees to facilitate all-camp activities and will serve on committees and perform other duties to support their Pride or cabin of campers, volunteers, and staff.
These staff work 8-15 hours a day.
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Activity Staff members prepare, supervise, and facilitate activities.
The job requires building working relationships with staff to ensure a high standard of programming is maintained.
Activity staff members support a variety of activity areas, but each staff member has a specialization in one activity: arts and crafts, woodshop, theater, photography, music, sports and recreation, nature, music, archery, aquatics (pool and boating and fishing), and equestrian/horses. Activity staff plan and facilitate activities for campers depending on the ages and needs of individuals in each group.
When the Activity staff member is not facilitating an activity area, they are supporting their assigned cabin of campers and working with the cabin staff and weekly volunteers of the cabin.
With cabin staff, activity staff train and integrate new volunteers into the team each session.
Activity staff sleep in our staff lodge buildings, sharing living space with three to seven other activity staff members.
Activity staff will serve on committees to facilitate all-camp activities and will serve on committees and perform other duties to support their Pride or cabin of campers, volunteers, and staff.
These staff work 8-15 hours a day.
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Lifeguards / Aquatics Staff keep everyone safe at our swimming pool and lake’s boating and fishing area.
Lifeguards’ primary responsibility is ensuring the safety and well-being of our campers and staff in an aquatic environment: both the pool and the boating and fishing area.
Fun fact: we do not swim in our lake; we only swim in our pool. At our lake, we fish from a dock and use paddleboats.
Lifeguards receive site-based training, sequential in-service trainings.
Camp Boggy Creek can help interested folks to obtain American Red Cross lifeguard certification. Applicants that do not currently hold Lifeguard certifications are still encouraged to apply.
These positions are considered part of the Activity Staff team, yet they can be either residential or non-residential. This means that someone who lives locally could choose to live on site and work longer days or to live off site and work shorter days (with a different salary).
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Camp Nurses must be licensed Registered Nurses. Pediatric experience is preferred. On-site housing is provided in our Medical Lodge. For more information, please contact our Director of Nursing, Linh Nguyen, at lnguyen@campboggycreek.org.
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Patch Receptionists work at our medical center, the Patch, to support the needs of campers, volunteers, staff, and guests. They input data, manage phone lines and messages, organize paperwork, and answer questions. This position works eight-hour shifts, so on-site housing is not provided. For more information, please contact our Director of Nursing, Linh Nguyen, at lnguyen@campboggycreek.org.
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The Camp Operations Assistant will work out of our Camp Operations office building to support the needs of campers, volunteers, staff, and guests. This individual will input data, manage voicemails, organize paperwork, make copies, and answer questions. In addition, the Camp Operations Assistant will work out and about on camp, sorting and preparing items for delivery and then delivering items where they need to go. This position works eight-hour shifts, so on-site housing is not provided. For more information, please contact staff@campboggycreek.org.
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Kitchen Staff members include cooks, prep cooks, dishwashers, and more. This team works together to prepare food and maintain a clean kitchen and dining hall. These positions work shifts, so on-site housing is not provided. Stay tuned for more information, including how to apply.
Is This The Job For Me?
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Our staff members will leave having learned interpersonal skills, worked in a community that believes in teamwork, made long-lasting friendships, discovered new talents and contributed to bringing joy and fun into the lives of children with serious illnesses. Our staff gain experience working with both kids and adults, because we work with the campers and with each other.
If you enjoy kids, trying new things, and choosing kindness, this could be the place for you! Don't worry if you don't have experience with children who have illnesses; we have medical staff and volunteers on site to take care of campers' medical needs. We will train staff in the medical information you will need to PLAY WITH KIDS here.
Camp work is demanding. Please be ready to experience long hours, curfews, limited time off, lack of privacy, Florida heat, and thunderstorms. Camp work is also fun! Please be ready to experience laughter, high fives, celebration of mistakes, and life-changing rewards. We get to help kids make friends, practice their courage, and try new things for the very first time!
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People who want to help. People who want to grow. People who want to share their skills.
All voices are needed at Camp Boggy Creek, and every new member of our team is an opportunity for our camp to grow. We want to hire a camp staff that is reflective of the campers we serve, so we strongly encourage diverse candidates to apply. Camp Boggy Creek is intentional about growing in our diversity, equity, and inclusion, as we want all children and adults to feel safe, respected, and loved here.For the summer of 2025, we will hire approximately 60 employees to work from mid-May through the beginning of August.
Applicants must be at least 18 years old.
Employment is contingent on reference checks, receipt of passing the criminal background screening, fingerprinting and medical/immunization requirements. (COVID-19 vaccination is highly recommended, but not required.)
We try to have summer staff hired by the beginning of April, so interested applicants are encouraged to apply early.
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The job provides free on-site housing and meals.
Learn and practice the top skills graduate schools and employers want in applicants: leadership, communication, critical thinking, problem-solving, customer service, collaborative, and interpersonal skills. Whether we label these qualities as part of social-emotional learning or 21st century skills, camp staff learn how to help themselves in the future.
Staff can also receive CPR and first aid training, lifeguard training, and archery training.
Regular professional development sessions teach staff additional skills as the summer progresses. Camp helps staff grow! (Click to let Jesus tell you about it!)
Regular feedback.
Experience in youth development while working for a non-profit organization in the medical field.
Fun! (Click to let Trinity tell you about it!)
Previous summer's staff said they learned these skills that will benefit them in the future:
· how to lead a group
· self-care
· flexibility
· patience
· trust in myself
· communicating my needs
· confidence
· how to have difficult conversations
· time management
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Have questions? If you would like more information regarding summer jobs, please call us at 352-483-4200 ext. 4235 or email staff@campboggycreek.org.
Apply today!
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Click the Summer Staff application red button and complete our online application.
Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.You must complete all pages of the application at once; unfortunately, it can't be edited after completion.
Please make sure that you have all of this necessary information ready before starting the application:
· Expiration dates for any certifications (Lifeguard/CPR/First Aid) (These certifications are not necessary to apply.)
· Education information (school names, dates attended)
· Employment/volunteer information
· At least 3 non-family/non-friend references including email addresses. References can include but are not limited to current or former employers/supervisors, instructors/teachers, counselors, mentors, group/team members, people you volunteer with or coaches.
If you are prepared with the above information, this process will take approximately 20 minutes! Apply today!
Early Bird special! If you are hired and sign your contract by January 31, we will compensate you an extra $100.00. *You must complete staff orientation.
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I’m interested, but not quite sure.
Interested, but want to check us out in person before applying? Click here to learn how to check us out for three days in the spring by volunteering for a family retreat weekend!
Interested, but can't commit to an entire summer? Click here to learn about volunteering for six days!
Interested, but have questions? Or maybe you want to talk it out? E-mail us at staff@campboggycreek.org. We want to help and answer all of your questions! Or maybe you want to talk it out?” (352) 483-4200 ext. 4235
