WELCOME 2021 COUNSELORS!
Please complete every item on your Counselor Checklist prior to arriving at Camp Nakanawa. We look forward to a wonderful summer together!
REGISTER AND COMPLETE THESE ITEMS:
- SELECT YOUR COMMITTEES AND ACTIVITIES
- EMERGENCY INFORMATION FORM
- ELIGIBILITY FORM AND TAX FORM
- MEDICAL FORM 2021 – MUST BE SIGNED BY A DOCTOR
- PLEASE READ YOUR 2021-COUNSELOR-TRAINING-MANUAL
THE MANUAL COVERS A LOT OF IMPORTANT INFORMATION PLEASE BE SURE TO MAKE TIME TO READ THIS BEFORE PRE-CAMP 🙂
Pre-Order your 2021 Staff T-Shirt (Optional!)
Every counselor will receive one free white staff shirt upon arrival at Camp Nakanawa. This is a different t-shirt – designed by our counselors – that is available for you to purchase. Again, this is not mandatory, just a fun option you may want to think about. The shirts will be shipped to camp and given to you there. THANK YOU MARGARET MATENS for the wonderful artwork that you created! Please place order by June 7th.
Click Here to Order a Short Sleeve Staff T-Shirt
Click Here to Order a Long Sleeve Staff T-Shirt
*READ EACH OF THE FOLLOWING TUTORIALS:
- Meet Ann Perron
- Pepe says hello!
- Meet Annette Hall
- Meet Karen Barlow Parrish
- Meet Your Head Counselors
- A brief history of Camp Nakanawa
- How to be a great role model
- Child development and Camp
- Counselors as teachers
- Our Focus is the campers
- Devotions and bonding with your cabin
- Cabin life tips
- Homesickness
- What to expect as a brand new counselor
- Transitioning from Camper to counselor: please watch this 20 minute video prior to camp!
- Rest Hour Etiquette
- Extras that you may want to bring to camp…
- Social Media & Going Unplugged
- The new “reality” for girls
- Taking care of YOU!
AND NOW, A FEW MORE COUNSELORS HAVE SOME ADVICE TO SHARE…GET TO KNOW THEM ALL!
Margaret Leatherbury – We wear many hats
Caroline Harris – Life as a Counselor
Mop’s 30 Plus Summers
Casey’s Life of Adventure
Tiny tells about Nakanawa legacies
Val is ever returning