Location

8001 M W Rickenbaker rd Summerton SC 29148

Application Deadline Date

March 13 2026

Audience

Undergraduate Students

Salary

$475-$525 per week

Benefits

lodging all summer and meals during camp

Position Description

Description:

4-H summer camps provide an opportunity to experience new and exciting activities; including climbing wall, archery, canoeing, and many others offered in a safe, supervised environment where campers can explore new areas of interest with encouragement from trained counselors and staff. Counselors lead, instruct, and supervise campers in all areas of summer camp programming. The camp is run out of Camp Bob Cooper in Summerton, SC directly on Lake Marion about an hour and half from Charleston, SC. You can look at our camp by going to our website at http://4hsummer.camp

 

Principal Duties:

• Assist in teaching all components of the summer camp program including canoeing,

teams’ course, high ropes, climbing wall, recreation, arts and crafts, swimming, tubing, paintball, and archery (training provided).

• Lead campers in daily program classes and activities (wake-up, flagpole, meals, campfire, and wrap-up).
• Become actively involved in all program activities, leading and participating in evening recreational and instructional times as scheduled.
• Assist with routine cleanup.
• Train in a specialty area to assist as needed with rental group responsibilities.
• Set-up, maintain, and break down the site and program areas.
• Perform direct supervision of children while involved in classes and activities.
• Perform camp counselor duties including staying with and attending to campers over night while they are at camp.
• Perform duties that are required by Camp Leadership.

 

Qualifications:

• Must have a High School Degree.
• Working toward college degree.
• Experience working with youth preferred, but not required.
• Must have the patience, understanding, flexibility, and energy to work and live with campers and staff.
• Must demonstrate teaching skills and the ability to implement creative “hands-on” teaching

methods.

• Must be willing to sacrifice, adapt, and work hard as part of a team pursuing one common goal and objective.

Salary: $475-$525 per week plus lodging and meals during camp