Top Ten Reasons You Want to Work at Wightman this Summer!
#10. Not a job, a home
People who work here don’t come for the money though it is nice to get paid. It’s about people - being with them as they play, laugh, learn, struggle, and grow. Your fellow staff will become your second family. People can have a job, career, or a calling. We’re looking for folks who have a calling.
#9. We are interested in your personal and professional growth
#8. Friends you’ll keep for life
Fast and deep friendships are made living and working with your teammates. People often keep in contact for years, and our alumni are a testament to friendships kept for decades. Also, more than a few have found their life’s mate while at Camp Wightman.
#7. Connection with children
Working so closely with children, it is inevitable that you’ll form real friendships. You’ll be instrumental in their spiritual, physical, social, and mental development. Help foster self-confidence, independence, life-long recreational skills, safe risk-taking, an appreciation for community, a healthy lifestyle, caring, honesty, respect, responsibility, environmental awareness, and fun! And above all else, be an exemplar of the Christian faith (even with all your own questions and failings) that they seek to emulate -- you will have the opportunity to point them to Jesus.
#6. Memories
Your "mental" photo album will be full of pictures that you will treasure for the rest of your life. You will also make lifelong memories for children.
#5. Fun!
The time of your life? That's what staff tell us, so we are only reporting the facts.
#4. Work and play in a 24/7 Christian community
Work with staff and volunteers of all ages from around the world, and children from all walks of life. You’ll be with other high-quality staff who survived a rigorous selection process and share your faith. Your suggestions are heard, discussed, and often used. People pitch in and share the load. People belong. We rely on God's grace to help us create the Christian community we desire.
#3. Healthy living
Summer camp days are often long, our activities are rigorous -- you’ll sleep well, eat well, and get plenty of exercise!
#2. Beautiful Surroundings
Camp Wightman has many treasures...Billings Lake, miles of hiking trails, nature that sometimes gets too close for comfort, beautiful rocks and islands, diverse forests, and the smoke of campfires among 250+ acres in the southeast corner of Connecticut. On a clear night, our view of the heavens is simply breathtaking.
#1. Your own spiritual growth
You’ll find that your work at summer camp requires utter dependence on God's grace and mercy. As you rely on the Holy Spirit's work in your life, you will strengthen your relationship with God and become a stronger disciple! You get to worship while you work (most of the time you can whistle if you want, too).
People who work here don’t come for the money though it is nice to get paid. It’s about people - being with them as they play, laugh, learn, struggle, and grow. Your fellow staff will become your second family. People can have a job, career, or a calling. We’re looking for folks who have a calling.
#9. We are interested in your personal and professional growth
- Skill enhancements are often reported: organization, motivating others, problem solving, leadership, emotional intelligence, prioritizing, decision making, risk management, working with groups, behavior management, project management, first aid, teambuilding, responsibility, self-confidence, child development, skill integration, and knowledge of more games and activities than you thought existed. We can also teach you almost any program area, so you can teach it to children.
- Self-definition/career selection: It's common for staff to say they've learned more about themselves in two months at summer camp than in several years before being here. Will working at summer camp change your life? Probably.
#8. Friends you’ll keep for life
Fast and deep friendships are made living and working with your teammates. People often keep in contact for years, and our alumni are a testament to friendships kept for decades. Also, more than a few have found their life’s mate while at Camp Wightman.
#7. Connection with children
Working so closely with children, it is inevitable that you’ll form real friendships. You’ll be instrumental in their spiritual, physical, social, and mental development. Help foster self-confidence, independence, life-long recreational skills, safe risk-taking, an appreciation for community, a healthy lifestyle, caring, honesty, respect, responsibility, environmental awareness, and fun! And above all else, be an exemplar of the Christian faith (even with all your own questions and failings) that they seek to emulate -- you will have the opportunity to point them to Jesus.
#6. Memories
Your "mental" photo album will be full of pictures that you will treasure for the rest of your life. You will also make lifelong memories for children.
#5. Fun!
The time of your life? That's what staff tell us, so we are only reporting the facts.
#4. Work and play in a 24/7 Christian community
Work with staff and volunteers of all ages from around the world, and children from all walks of life. You’ll be with other high-quality staff who survived a rigorous selection process and share your faith. Your suggestions are heard, discussed, and often used. People pitch in and share the load. People belong. We rely on God's grace to help us create the Christian community we desire.
#3. Healthy living
Summer camp days are often long, our activities are rigorous -- you’ll sleep well, eat well, and get plenty of exercise!
#2. Beautiful Surroundings
Camp Wightman has many treasures...Billings Lake, miles of hiking trails, nature that sometimes gets too close for comfort, beautiful rocks and islands, diverse forests, and the smoke of campfires among 250+ acres in the southeast corner of Connecticut. On a clear night, our view of the heavens is simply breathtaking.
#1. Your own spiritual growth
You’ll find that your work at summer camp requires utter dependence on God's grace and mercy. As you rely on the Holy Spirit's work in your life, you will strengthen your relationship with God and become a stronger disciple! You get to worship while you work (most of the time you can whistle if you want, too).