About

Our Summer Day Camp Staff

A counselor is truly the most important person to a camper. And, for parents we understand that it’s so important they feel comfortable with and confident in the people they are entrusting their children to during their stay at our summer day camps. That’s why we place top priority on recruiting a team of highly qualified, caring, experienced Christian staff. They are passionate about helping children and teens become the best they can be – spiritually, physically, emotionally and socially. Many of them are pursuing degrees in education, youth ministry or psychology, and they come to us with a range of skills that enhance the quality of our electives programming and other special events. We recruit from around the region, the country and even the world! Check out the video to the left to hear directly from past staff about why they love being a counselor at DCS!

Camp is an ideal environment for building relationships in which these dedicated adults can build into the lives of campers with the love of Jesus. They are dedicated to be a lasting influence of positive growth and change for each and every camper that they interact with.

Check out our parent perspectives video to hear what camp parents think about our staff, or contact us and we’ll put you in touch with some more parents that are willing to share their experiences with you!

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Screening & Training

We require our summer day camp staff and counselor applicants to complete and extensive application and we conduct three reference checks for each applicant. We also conduct a thorough background check and a personal interview to ensure the applicant is both qualified, and a good fit for our particular program and campers.

Counselors must be 16 or older. Counselors younger than 18 will be partnered with a counselor 18 or older.  Our Lead campers are counselors in training and will be joining Base and Trek camp groups to learn from and assist the other counselors and campers.

What It's like to work at Day Camp Sunshine