📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
CAMP BETSEY COX, PITTSFORD, VERMONT is a camp for young women growing up in the global world of the 21st century. Betsey Cox was established in 1953 and focuses on providing each camper with a rich community experience living, playing and growing in the outdoors. Our staff and campers represent many countries and they contribute multiple talents and perspectives to the group. More information can be found at http://www.campbetseycox.com
💼 What the programme involves
WORK: Work will take place in two areas, at the Maclure Public Library in Pittsford and at the Rutland Area Farm and Food Link (RAFFL). The Maclure library is filled with children from Pittsford all summer. Pittsford is a small rural community of 2,900 people. This is a wonderful opportunity to share your culture with children who might never travel outside of our small state. Projects will include assisting with the summer reading program for children ages 5-12, the theme this summer is On Your Mark, Get Set...Read. Crafts will revolve around silly races, teen video, travel and learning new ideas. Other tasks include creating an event or two for local teens. It would be wonderful if volunteers would bring photos, a favorite storybook, and information from their countries to share with the community. At, RAFFL, the work would be helping at different farms harvesting different crops - during this time a big one will probably be sweet corn. More specifically, physically harvesting the crops in the field, then boxing it, weighing and labeling it, and loading it in the van.
We look forward to meeting you!
STUDY THEME: “On Your Mark, Get Set, Read...”- Sharing of ideas
🏠 Accommodation on site
ACCOMMODATIONS: Volunteers will live at Camp Betsey Cox in a rustic cabin with campers and other staff. Meals will be in the camp dining hall, and volunteers are welcome to participate in all camp activities. Volunteers should be prepared to live in a technologically limited setting. (Campers do not use cell phones or computers, staff may use them infrequently, and not during daylight hours).
📍 About the location
LOCATION: Camp Betsey Cox is built on a picturesque Vermont hill farm in the Killington-Pico Mountain area, ten miles north of Rutland.
LEISURE ACTIVITIES: Swimming, Hiking, Horseback riding, community contra dances, Addison County Field Days.