Summer Art Camp Volunteers

Performing and Visual Arts camps are offered in a variety of disciplines, themes, and mediums in one-week full and half-day sessions for campers entering grades K–7 in the following school year.  Campers register for camps according to age/rising grade and interest in camp content. Campers must reach age 5 by September 1 of that year to participate in HCAC summer camp.  

Our Visual Arts and Performing Arts camps are generally limited to 15 campers, and each class has one teacher and 1-4 classroom assistants (which include Counselors and Volunteers). All staff members ages 18+ receive CJIS, FBI, and CPS background checks and are trained in Summer Camp policies and procedures, Medical and Emergency procedures, and the Child Abuse Prevention and Reporting Program. 

The Camp Assistant Program is a summer employment and volunteer program designed to provide an environment for teenagers and young adults to learn leadership skills by example, activities, and feedback from summer camp directors and staff. Camp Counselors are paid, others serve as Volunteers. Not all camp classes will have Volunteers; Counselors and Volunteers are assigned based on class enrollment.  

Camp Volunteers serve as classroom aides and are responsible for helping to ensure that campers have a positive and safe camp experience. Work is completed under the direction of classroom teachers, the Camp Director and Assistant Director, and the Arts Council Deputy Director. All classroom assistants should be actively and appropriately involved with the campers throughout the camp day. 

• December 1* – Camp Assistant Applications open on the HoCo Arts website 
• February 28* – Application deadline 
• February through early April* – Scheduled zoom interviews with HoCo Arts Camp Supervisors 
• April 25 – Notification of job offer with schedule available 
• June 18 – Staff zoom meeting 
• June 20 – All day onsite MANDATORY staff training 
• June 23 – July 27 Camp Session 1 
• June 30 – July 3 Camp Session 2 (4-day camp, closed July 4) 
• July 7 –11 Camp Session 3 
• July 14 – 18 Camp Session 4 
• July 21 – 25 Camp Session 5 
• July 28 – August 1 Camp Session 6 
• August 4 – 8 Camp Session 7 
• August 11 – 15 Camp Session 8 
• August 18 – 22 Camp Session 9  

*Yearly dates will remain the same, otherwise specific 2025 dates listed 

Daily Schedules: 

Camp Volunteers must be able to commit to at least one entire week ½ day camp session, Monday-Friday.  Preference will be given to those able to work full day camp session(s).  

If you are not available to work a particular schedule for the full week, please let us know in your application.  While we try to avoid scheduling people for a partial week, occasionally volunteers are called in to cover for a schedule change due to illness.   

• 8:45am – 3:45pm (full day camp session) 
• 8:45am – 12:00pm (AM camp) 
• 12:30pm – 3:45pm (PM camp)

We depend on Counselors and Volunteers to keep camp running smoothly! 

Counselors and Volunteers’ primary role is to help teachers and campers in the classroom. Tasks will vary from creative, such as assisting students in completing artwork or rehearsing a scene, to routine, such as washing out paint trays, wiping down tables, and walking students to the restroom. All of these are of equal importance and should be done with the same positive approach.  

Expectations:

• A good role model 
• Dependability 
• Positive attitude 
• Respect for staff, campers, and fellow assistants 
• Appropriate active participation in all activities 
• Involvement in duties without reminders or requests 
• Appropriate dress 
• Completion of required paperwork 
• Adherence to Center and camp policies and procedures

Volunteers are unpaid. They can earn school service hours, but this is not required.