Leaders In Training (LIT) Program
For young adults entering 9th grade
Participants receive extensive hands-on training and experience while developing their leadership skills, knowledge of child development, and programming ability.
Summer 2010:
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LITs will have the opportunity to become CPR, First Aid, and AED certified through the American Red Cross. These certifications will better prepare LITs to handle situations that might arise at camp and throughout the academic year.
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Day trip King's Island! LITs will travel with Hoover campers to Cincinnati for a day of fun at King's Island!
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Community Service Rocks! LITs will spend time volunteering at Wexner Heritage Village to learn first hand that giving back to the community is important and fun!
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A day at Camp Hoover! LIT participants will learn various teambuilding techniques throughout the summer, however the highlight will be a day spent at Camp Hoover working as a team to complete the ropes course and reach the top of the climbing wall!
LITs will get to experience what it’s like to be both a counselor and a specialist at JCC Camps. Participants will rotate through each of the Eastside camps for the first 3 weeks, shadowing senior counselors and specialists (in specialty areas of their choice!). The 4th week will be devoted to earning certifications, as well as planning and executing a camp-wide program!
The benefits of participating in the Leaders in Training program are endless! Upon completion of the program, all LITs are awarded with a certificate, a reference letter to use for future jobs, and if participants decide to work at camp in the future, they have earned a year of experience, which will bump them up a level salay-wise! Additionally, all LIT participants will receive a summer membership to the JCC which grants access to the pool, gym, Hoover family park, and more! LITs can choose to continue volunteering for the duration of camp if they so choose at the discretion of the LIT Director. LITs MUST fill out a staff application, which can be downloaded in the staff section of the website, and turn that into the LIT Director in addition to the registration form.
For more information about this exciting program, please call Naomi Lamb, Director of Children, Youth, and Camping at 614.559.6253 or email her at nlamb@columbusjcc.org.
