Helping Hands Positions
Overview
These "Helping Hands" positions are part-time, mostly off-site, and essential to the operations of Camp Crossroads. Without volunteers, camp doesn't happen! If you are selected as a Helping Hands volunteer via our Helping Hands Lottery, your daughter is guaranteed placement at Camp Crossroads. All Helping Hands Volunteers will sign a Volunteer Appointment Agreement, which is a contract between Camp Crossroads and the volunteer. If a volunteer fails to meet their obligation, their daughter will be involuntarily withdrawn from Camp Crossroads without refund. This position does NOT allow boys to be enrolled.
Instructions for all of these positions are sent out via email about five days before camp begins.
Positions
Morning Transportation Coordinators arrive at camp each morning by 8:30AM and work with partners to unload the cars and supervise the traffic on Justin Knoll Road, ensuring that camp is a "good neighbor" while our campers use the residential neighborhood. The coordinators will finish each day no later than 9:30AM and may not be accompanied by "non-camper" children when performing their duties.
Afternoon Transportation Coordinators arrive at camp each afternoon by 3:15PM and work with partners to load the cars and supervise the traffic on Justin Knoll Road ensuring that camp is a "good neighbor" while our campers use the residential neighborhood. The coordinators will finish each day no later than 4:15PM and may not be accompanied by "non-camper" children when performing their duties.
The Set Up Crew helps the Saturday before camp begins. We meet at Costco in Fairfax, VA in the morning at 9:15am before Costco opens. Costco membership is not required. The set up crew assists the directors selecting items for camp, pushing shopping carts, and then loading them into the crew members' vans/trucks. The crew then follows the directors to camp and helps unload and store the items at camp. The crew helps move all the equipment from the storage locker to camp HQ. The crew is finished by 2:00pm.
Instructions for the Set Up Crew and maps are provided via e-mail 5 days before camp begins. The ideal candidate is physically fit and capable of carrying boxes weighing up to 40 pounds up and down stairs and owns a vehicle capable of carrying large amounts of gear. The Set Up Crew may not be accompanied by children while performing their duties.
The Tear Down Crew meets at camp on Saturday afternoon after camp is over. The crew meets at 7:00am and begins cleaning chores in the lodges. Chores include mopping, sweeping, mopping, washing windows, mopping, trash removal, mopping, etc. The crew moves all the camp equipment from camp HQ back to the storage locker using the crew member's vans/trucks. The crew visits each camp site and conducts an inspections, retrieves forgotten gear, etc. using a check list provided by the camp directors. The crew is finished by 2:00pm.
The ideal Tear Down Crew candidate is physically fit and capable of carrying boxes weighing up to 40 pounds up and down stairs and owns a vehicle capable of carrying large amounts of gear. Instructions and maps are provided via e-mail or letter 5 days before camp begins. The Tear Down Crew may not be accompanied by children while performing their duties. (Note: We've combined the cleaning crew and tear down crew into one group.)
The Organization Crew has duties that are outlined in the Helping Hands application form, as it changes each year. There are two groups-- Group A, for the Saturday and/or Sunday before camp, and Group B, for Friday (the last day of camp.)