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Camp Frank A. Day YMCA

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Approximate Start Date

Start: 14 Jun 2024

Approximate End Date

End: 10 Oct 2024

Camp Type

Under-Served

Location

125 South Pond Road, East Brookfield, Massachusetts 015151

Staff

Total: 75 (35 international staff) aged 18+

Campers

Total: 150 (co-ed camp)

Camp Overview

Camp Frank A. Day is a traditional overnight camp for boys and girls ages 7 to 15 run by the West Suburban YMCA. The camp is located an hour west of Boston in East Brookfiled, MA on Lake Quacumquasit.

Our campgrounds span 52 acres. We have direct lake access with a beachfront, athletic fields, basketball courts, climbing towers and all the facilities needed to run a fun and safe summer camp.

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Do you have the skills they're looking for?

We asked the camp what positions they are looking to fill at the recruitment fair. Look out for the big thumbs up!

Are you looking to hire counsellors with Creative & Performing Arts skills at the fair?

Are you looking to hire General Counsellors at the fair?​

Are you looking to hire counsellors with Outdoor Adventure & Nature Skills at the fair?

Are you looking to hire Waterfront staff and Lifeguards at the fair?

Counsellor Roles:

Here's a list of all the positions this camp commonly hires for!

Acting/Drama
Arts & Crafts
Canoeing
Climbing/Wall Tower
Costuming
Digital Photography
Ecology
Gardening
General Counsellors
High/Low Ropes Course
Kayaking
LARP
Lifeguarding
Magic
Motorboat Driving
Outdoor Adventure
Paddle Boarding
Painting
Photography
Rock Climbing
Sailing
Science
Scouting
Sketching
Swimming
Tye Dying
Wakeboarding
Windsurfing

Campower Roles:

Here's a list of all the positions this camp commonly hires for!

Assistant Cook/Food Prep
Dishwashing/Kitchen Cleaning
General Maintenance
Groundskeeping
Housekeeping
Laundry
Office Assistant/Secretary
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Hmm... What's your role?

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Staff Time Off

1 day on a 7 day week 3-4 nights a week.

Staff Qualities

Our staff are True to life Living Superheroes that are able to:

1) Sing Once Direction, Smash Mouth, Taylor Swift, and Selena Gomez songs at every meal with a smile and enthusiasm.

2) Be ready to wake up their co-counselor and to let them know they have been vomited on by an upper bunk camper.

3) That understand going to the bathroom will be the only peaceful time of the day.

4) That think they got a super tan, only to take a shower and realize it was dirt.

5) That don't consider perpetuating "beaversharks" as lying but rather a creative form of mythology.

6) While in the real world all they can think about is Risk Assessment.

7) That meeting strangers and leaving with life long friends is a goal that is achieved every Summer.

8) When a campers asks them what they get paid they answer with "Sunshine and Smiles" and really mean it.

9) That understand it is "normal" to get dressed up to simply go to Walmart on your night off.

10) That live 10 months out of the year for the 2 Summer months of Camp!!