See Who's Coming to Summer 2021!
With summer quickly approaching, we know how excited most of you are for summer camp, but the ones who may be the most excited are our summer staff. Our summer staff is a significant part of camp, and the reason Camp Huawni is so special. In less than 20 days, our staff will be arriving to camp in the Piney Woods of East Texas ready to learn, serve and love the kids this summer!
Recently, we held a Zoom call with our summer staff to check in and see how everyone has been doing before the summer. But of course, the conversations detoured towards excitement for camp. What was common across the board was: “I’m just ready to be back at Camp Huawni.” Our staff LOVE camp. They love the kids, but they also love each other. Camp Huawni is known for building meaningful relationships, and this doesn’t stop when you become a staffer. If anything, summer staff allows you to find people and make lasting friendships. The same is true for staffers as it is campers, these relationships are what bring our staff back every summer.
When hiring our summer staff, there are certain qualities that we look for: hungry, hardworking, and humble. We want our staff to be willing to serve at all times in whatever capacity they are needed. When we have the posture of humility and selflessness, it opens the door for growth, and our desire is for our staff to grow into the person they were meant to be. When applying for summer staff, staff must go through the application and interview process. We carefully look over the application, interview notes, and reference forms to see if the applicant exhibits the qualities we are looking for to be on summer staff.
Camp Huawni truly wouldn’t be the special place it is without our summer staff. Hannah Sizemore, one of our senior counselors for this upcoming summer expressed:
“I’m endlessly excited for this upcoming summer! Being at camp has always been one of my very favorite things so another summer at one is such a gift. This summer is going to be special because as it’s my second summer at Huawni, I’m going to be able to embrace all the traditions fully as well as help new staff and campers learn them and watch as they fall in love with Camp Huawni because of them. My favorite thing about working on summer staff is getting to see all the staffers’ differences and the way those differences work to help us work towards the same goal of helping campers discover their true significance and purpose. I have been made better because of my time as a summer staffer at Camp Huawni and cannot wait to continue to grow this summer!”
We love our summer staff and are so excited to be with them all summer as we serve and love the families and kids who come through our gates for the best summer experience!
We’re still accepting summer staff applications. If you know anyone you think would be a great fit this summer, send them our way!