Last Saturday we held our Counsellor Hiring Day at Leaside Presbyterian Church in Toronto. We had a pretty stellar crew of Counsellor hopefuls come out. Our day started with Monster Mutant Tag, then moved into an exercise related to social media, discussions on faith and our camp mission, and a group initiative that involved moving a jug without the use of hands or arms, amongst other things.

It was a really fun day and we’re going to have a tough time deciding who to hire this coming summer. Needless to say, every camper who attends Glen Mhor or Iona this summer is going to have awesome counsellors!

Applications for counsellors are due TOMORROW, Friday, February 5, 2010.

Remember that all counselling applicants are also required to come to our Hiring Day on Saturday, February 13, 2010 from 10am – 4pm at Leaside Presbyterian Church in Toronto.

You can download your application here.

Can’t wait to read your applications!

Photo: Travis "Zoic" Allison

Want to be part of an amazing team? Want to work somewhere that values play and laughter? Want to find magic in the mundane? Want to experience the most wonderful summer of your life?

Then look no further.

Cairn in looking to hire its spring and summer staff for the Baysville site. Applications for Resource Staff were due on January 15th and applications for Counselling Staff are due on February 5th. To view our applications, just click here.

Once applications are in, there will be a mandatory hiring day for all applicants to attend:

Resource Staff: January 23rd from 10-4 at Morningside High Park Presbyterian Church
Counselling Staff: February 15th from 10-4 at Leaside Presbyterian Church

These hiring days won’t be like your typical job interview. As a group, we will play games, share stories, take risks, embrace new challenges and work both as a team and as individuals to gain perspective on how we will mesh as a potential body of staff this coming spring and summer at Cairn.

Still interested? Then we look forward to receiving your application in the mail and seeing you on hiring day, ready to play and share!

It thrills me to have such an amazing group of people ready to put their all into camp this summer; based on what I saw on Saturday, we are going to have a stellar Resource team for 2010.

One of my favourite parts of this hiring day was a discussion we had about what Camp Culture is. This group had some amazing insight into exactly what it is that makes Cairn stand out as a place that is serious about providing a holistic camp experience. From the 4S’s to music to faith and to fun, this crew already has an impressive handle how to deliver progamming and experiences that will positively impact our campers.

So, thanks to our Resource applicants for coming out on Saturday and giving your all.

Before we left at 4pm on Saturday, we played a quick game called, 1, 2, 3 Ugly! The premise is this: I hold the camera up in front of a group of people. I then say, “1, 2, 3, _______”! and I fill in the blank with a really great word. For instance, I might say, “1, 2, 3, popcorn popping”, and then you, as the group being photographed, have to immediately pretend that you are, indeed, a kernel of popcorn popping.

We got a nice group shot of everyone (above), then we did a whole group 1, 2, 3 Ugly. Here are our results to, “1, 2, 3, Lifeguard Chair”. Hope you enjoy!

This Saturday all of our Resource Staff applicants will join our co-directors, Match and Palais, at Morningside-High Park Presbyterian Church in Toronto from 10 -4 for our Hiring Day.

Saturday’s hiring day won’t be like your typical job interview. As a group, we will play games, share stories, take risks, embrace new challenges and work both as a team and as individuals to gain perspective on how we will mesh as a potential body of staff this coming spring and summer at Cairn.

Match and Palais have been working up the perfect games, activities, challenges, interview questions, expectations and strategies for forming the best Resource team we possibly can!

We cannot wait to see all our Resource Staff potentials, get to know them a little more closely, and engage with them throughout this jam-packed day.

A note to Resource applicants:  don’t forget your directions to Morningside-High Park, your packed lunch and your A-game!