Thursday, January 29th, 2009
It is just the time of year when The Fresh Air Fund begins preparing for the summer full of summer camps filled with happy faces and lots and lots of kids from the cities who get to spend their summer vacation out of the city and in the country. It is also a very important time for finding and hiring camp counselors for the summer as well as locating, vetting, and securing host families as well. All of this information is collected on a little informational web site you can check out, but I will excerpt some of this below.
Fresh Air Fund Needs Counselors for Summer 2009!
You love working with children, and that’s probably what we like most about you. Running across the ball field, washing off the glitter glue, or swimming in the lake - with your cabin group laughing around you - you’ll be in your element.
Are you going to be the counselor the children learn to paint with? The one they play soccer with? The one they want to hang out with? Or perhaps the one they read a bed-time story with? Whatever your role becomes, you’ll thrive on the challenge and commit yourself to the cause.
You’ve got to be 18 or over by June 20th to apply, and you’ll usually have completed at least one year of college by the summer. Any previous work with children should always be included on your application.
The experience you’re about to apply for will be like no other, and it’s going to take patience, flexibility, creativity, and a whole lot of self-motivation. But the rewards will be great… overcoming challenges, meeting new friends, playing games in the sun, jumping into the cool lake, painting face masks, hitting a home run, telling stories around a camp fire…
…and then seeing that smile brighten a child’s face.
We’re looking for counselors and program staff for all five of our summer camps - but places fill fast, so get your application in today.
We are now accepting applications for the 2009 season.
What I think the fine people at Fresh Air Fund are looking for Camp Counselors right now, so if you’re interested in applying to become a Fresh Air Fund camp counselor, please apply here. And, if you are on the fence, be sure to check out the below video, see through the eyes of some Fresh Air Fund counselors:
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Monday, January 26th, 2009
In December, we at Abraham Harrison helped the Fresh Air Fund reach out to bloggers and folks online in order to remind the online Fresh Air Fund friends and family that they both need donations during this time of year as well as needing families to host children for the summer. Since the holidays, over ninety bloggers have responded to Fresh Air Fund’s call to action with the placement of banners, with tweets, and with blog posts. We are much obliged to you, Fresh Air Fund bloggers!
- Young Manhattanite via Young Manhattanite.
- Dicky’s Doodles &Scribbles via a Banner.
- Mexico Surfin’, Traveling via a Banner.
- Sonofthebeaches via a Banner.
- More Of Dicky’s Doodles and Scribbles via a Banner.
- Willy Wipeout via a Banner.
- Dicky’s Gallery via a Banner.
- Mexico Surfin’, Traveling via a Banner.
- East Village Idiot via a Banner.
- Assertagirl via The Fresh Air Fund: Donate Today To Change A Child’S Life Forever..
- Olean NY, Bradford PA Entertainment Connection via Give The Gift Of A Fun Summer.
- Picking Daisies via a Banner.
- Rethinking Life via Rethinking The Natural World.
- Sugar and Spice & a Little Rice via a Banner.
- Self-Absorbed Boomer via Fresh Air Fund Needs Your Help This Holiday Season..
- Make it Happen via Help The Fresh Air Fund.
- Serf City via Give To The Fresh Air Fund.
- Art of the Possible Online via The Fresh Air Fund Helping Inner City Children.
- Yoga and Judaism Center via Fresh Air Fund.
- Blah Blah Babycakes via This Holiday Season Give The Gift Of Fresh Air..
- The Hosanna Road via Fresh Air.
- The Stephford Diaries via Randomness Because I Can.
- Lost in the Ozone via Happy Holidays From The Fresh Air Fund.
- Stories of a Traveling Diva via Share Your Blessings For The Fresh Air Fund.
- Grace come By Hearing via a Banner.
- LeeOdden via a Tweet.
- Ocean Hopping: NY To London via Fresh Air For Christmas.
- Parenting Cares via Making This Holiday Count.
- She Lives via Fresh Air.
- I Say Hella via Support And Awesome Cause.
- Bloody Brilliant via a Banner.
- Tom Glover’s Hamilton Scrapbook via The Fresh Air Fund
- Around the World in beautiful Shoes via a Banner.
- Circle Of Life via a Banner.
- Fat Doctor via Give The Gift Of Fresh Air.
- Gotham Unleashed via Don’t Forget The Fresh Air Fund!.
- Blue Ridge Dreaming via a Banner.
- Mountain Mama via a Banner.
- Best View in Brooklyn via Need An End Of The Year Tax Deduction? Consider The Fresh Air Fund.
- Left of Centre via a Banner.
- Samotalis via Happy Holidays From The Fresh Air Fund.
- Word Journey via You Can Give A Child A Break This Summer.
- Blogging for Business via The Fresh Air Fund Needs Help.
- Speaking Thru Me via a Banner.
- Myrtus via Open Your Heart.
- Queens Crap via a Banner.
- Camy’s Loft via a Banner.
- Just A Flip Flop Mom via a Banner.
- The Online Degree Dorm Room via Try A Little Fresh Air This Holiday Season.
- Jewels of My Heart via The Fresh Air Fund.
- Citizen Hunter via The Gift Of Fresh Air - And A Family.
- The Common Room via Truly Give The Gift Of Space To A Needy Child.
- mytopicalescape.com via a Tweet.
- Political Junkie via The Fresh Air Fund. .
- Outskirts:Life and Times in Charlottesville via C-Ville Needs Fresh Air.
- Zoeysworld via Fresh Air Fund Thoughts.
- Newbie NYC via NYC Charities - Tis The Season.
- Lessons From a Recovering Doormat via The Gift Of Charity.
- via Editors Advise On The Pursuit Of Happiness… The Couture Pack Or Not….
- The New Dad Blog via a Banner.
- South Bronx Math Teacher via a Banner.
- Christ, My Righteousness via Supporting Fresh Air Children Fund Psa.
- Friends of Dave via The Fresh Air Fund.
- Base Magazine via The Fresh Air Fund Needs You!.
- Christian Spirituality w/ Edges via The Fresh Air Fund: Changing Children’s Lives.
- Inside the frame via a Banner.
- Sherman’s News and Editorials via The Fresh Air Fund.
- Tri Valley Technology News via Giving To Children In Need For The Holidays.
- Enux.org: Regional News via Giving To Inner-City Children For The Holidays.
- The Tutorial Blog via Giving For The Holiday Season.
- Pregnant Pause via a Banner.
- Healing Quotes.Daily Inspiration via a Link.
- Healing Quotes.Daily Inspiration via a Link.
- Green Daily via Share Your Christmas Blessings.
- Paravanes: Christian Meditations via Fresh Air; It’s A Good Thing.
- The Diva Network via a Banner.
- Baby Fruit via a Banner.
- Cheap Textbooks for college English literature writing via a Banner.
- Happy at HFC via Fresh Air Fund.
- ClearlyEnlight’s Travel Blog via a Link - Under “Websites”.
- Granby 01033 via Support The Fresh Air Fund.
- Third Mom via a Banner.
- Baby Ethiopia via a Banner.
- Baby Ethiopia via a Tweet.
- The Buddha Diaries via Fresh Air.
- Third Mom via The Fresh Air Fund.
- The Evil Beet via Amazing Opportunity To Help Out: The Fresh Air Fund!.
- New York Portraits via Sparkly Lights In Rockefellar Center.
- Londonderry NH net via Thinking Of Summer, A Child In NYC Is!.
- Good As You via a Banner.
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