Dear Prospective Camp Jamie Volunteer,
Thank you for your interest in becoming a Camp Jamie Volunteer.
Camp Jamie 2003 will be held on September 19, 20 and 21.
Camp will be held at Lathrop Smith Environmental Education Center in Rockville, MD.

Please complete and return the enclosed application to Hospice of Frederick County, P.O. Box 1799, Frederick, MD. 21702, as soon as possible. To be considered as a volunteer for this year’s camp, your application must be received by Friday, August 22, 2003. Sorry, but no exceptions can be made.

While we want to give new volunteers a chance to volunteer, we will also be choosing volunteers with Camp Jamie experience to keep the balance. We will be choosing the number of volunteers needed based on the number of campers selected. Male campers will be given a male volunteer, and female campers will be given a female volunteer. We will be serving a maximum of twenty-five children at camp this year, needing 25 “Big Buddy” volunteers and approximately 5-7 support staff volunteers.

If you have never volunteered at Camp Jamie in the past, we ask that you attend the first training session, which will be held on
Wednesday, August 27, 2003 from 6:30-9:00 PM. It is not until after the first training session that we will be choosing the volunteers for Camp. We will choose new volunteers from the training and veteran volunteers from the applications on hand. We will notify everyone as soon as possible. We will then ask all chosen volunteers to return for the final training session held on Monday, September 15, from 6:30-8:45 PM.It is often that we have many very good applicants, but because we only need a specific number of volunteers each year, many volunteers are not chosen. Please know that if you are not asked to attend Camp Jamie, it is because you have not met the criteria, or (most likely) because we have more volunteers interested than we have spaces open. If we are unable to use your services at camp this year, please apply again next year. We would love to have you join us for a camp in the future.

Volunteers will need to be available from approximately 3:30 P.M. on the Friday of the camp weekend until 2:00 P.M. on Sunday. Camp Jamie volunteers will also be required to attend training sessions held prior to camp.

Once we have received your application, we will contact the references you have listed. Volunteers will be chosen for the role of a “Big Buddy” or as Support Staff (see attached job descriptions). Please be sure to include any areas of special interest or any special talents that you feel may contribute to Camp Jamie.
Thank you for your support in helping to make Camp Jamie a rewarding experience for the children of Frederick County.

Sincerely,

Linda Kinna-Engel
Bereavement Services Coordinator

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