Counselor Assistant, Sportsman's Day Camp
Counselor Assistant, Resident Camp @ Camp Panhandle
(first year Orca ever held resident camp!)
1997:
Teens in Action Chair for Orca Council
Steering Committee for Wasington State Youth Leadership Forum
(held in Ellensburg, WA)
Camp Staff (Kopachuck Day Camp and Camp Panhandle Resident Camp)
Participant in Camp Fire congress (held in Kansas City, MO)
Tone School Summer Project, Assistant Counselor (working with homeless youth in a
summer school/day camp co-op program)
Steering Committee for Regional Youth Forum (held in Portland, OR)
Camp Staff (Resident Camp @ Camp Panhandle)
1999:
Selected as a member of Camp Fire's Youth Advisory Cabinet (YAC), as a youth advisor to
the National Board of Directors
First YAC Meeting in San Diego, CA (planning the Think Tank and Congress '99)
Camp Fire Youth Think Tank (held in Colorado Springs, CO)
Day Camp Staff (Counselor) @ Hidden Beach, Madrona, and Kopachuck
Counselor (Resident Camp @ Camp Panhandle, re-named Camp Smokey)
Camp Fire Congress Staff, YAC Role (held in Seattle, WA)
YAC Planning Meeting held in Dallas/Ft. Worth
(for upcoming youth conference)
Pseudo-member of Horizon Club (helped with a Council Fire)
Resident Camp Counselor, Camp Wakahni--all summer!
(located in Walnut Grove, MO--I often refer to this
particular experience, and the Ozarks Council, as "my
time in hell")
Conference Staff, YAC Role, for Youth Leadership Forum
(held in Fort Worth, TX)
Self-Reliance Instructor, Orca Council, teaching anti-violence lessons at all day camps
YAC Planning meeting held in Kansas City, MO (for Congress)
Camp Fire Congress (renamed Convention) Staff, YAC Role, held in Fort Worth, TX
2002:
YAC Planning Meeting held in Kansas City, MO (for Summer Youth Leadership Forum)
Conference Staff, YAC Role, for Youth Leadership Forum (held in Atlanta, GA)
CURRENTLY:
My YAC terms have expired, but I served two terms and could not re-apply
Member of Orca Council
Planning on visiting Camp Smokey this summer (2003) for the first time in three years
Thankful for my friendships/time spent with YAC, Camp Panhandle/Smokey staff, and for adults: Kathy Unruh, Dee Woodlock, Frances Robinson, and Lorrie Scott who continue to embody the Camp Fire spirit and virtue of service/dedication to youth (specifically youth like me!).