Join Our Team

Don’t Waste Your Summer! Apply Today

Build a better future for yourself by serving at Arrowwood. If you want to be a future teacher, lawyer, engineer, or PhD, serve at Arrowwood. The skills you will grow and develop at camp WILL make you successful in life and with your walk with Christ. We are praying and seeking great young people to serve on our seasonal Summer Staff. If you are interested in joining our team, please carefully read the steps below to complete your online application. We are looking for exceptional young people who love Jesus and are excited about sharing their summer volunteering at Camp Arrowwood.

**Note about our LIT program – We will be limited this year on the number of LITs that can serve on staff due to facilities and staff size. Preference will be given to returning staff. For 15-year-old first-time applicants, you are encouraged to complete the application process, but please realize that we will probably have 30+ applicants for 6 total positions. If you don’t serve on camp staff as a 15-year-old, don’t worry, some of our best staff members were not hired their first year.

Important Application Dates:

Positions Available:

We are looking for outstanding young people excited to join our team for the entire program. Staff training week is essential and mandatory for all staff.

1st-year LIT: Staff Training week + 3 Weeks (4-week minimum commitment). If hired, you will work a consecutive 3-term period (S1-3 or S4-6).
2nd-year LIT: Staff Training and 3-5 Weeks.
3rd-year Program LIT: Staff Training + All 6 weeks
17 years and older: Staff Training + All 6 Weeks
Cabin Counselors: Staff Training + All 6 Weeks
Program Staff: (must be 18) Staff Training and 6 weeks of Camp
Barn Staff: (must be 16) Staff Training and 6 weeks of Camp
Kitchen Staff: (must be 16) Staff Training and 6 weeks of Camp, (must LOVE the vital role of cooking and hospitality)
Camp Media/Photographer: (must be 16) Staff Training and 3 weeks of Camp

We are human with schedules too. Talk to us about scheduling conflicts you may have. We can work around weddings, College visits, etc. We give preference to staff who are available for the entire summer. To best deliver on our mission and promise to campers, we strive for a consistent and unified staff. Please indicate your availability on your application, and we can talk about it during your interview.

Important Dates – Mandatory Staff Training Week of June 2nd.

Equestrian Training: May 28 - 30th
Staff Training Week: June 2 – June 6
- Pre-Staff Counselor Only Training: Sunday, June 1st
Session 1 June 8 - June 13
Session 2 June 15 - June 20
Session 3 June 22 - June 27
Session 4 June 29 - July 4
Session 5 July 6 - July 11
Session 6 July 13 - July 18

Benefits of working at Camp: Our Camp Alumni are doing Great things in the World!

Arrowwood Alumni staff will tell you that working at camp was one of the most beneficial and formidable experiences of their life that set them up to lead others and lead themselves well. “Camp People” are dependable, resilient problem solvers who can work with others and get things done!

Collaboration and Communication
Discipleship Opportunities
Active Problem Solving
Empathy
Leadership and Teamwork
Organization and time management
Supervision and management

Staff Compensation

Camps are famous for saying “We can’t pay you what you are worth” and that’s true. However, most of our staff do better financially by choosing to work camp versus a $ 17-an-hour job back home. Living on campus and meals are included at camp. Besides the weekend, you actually have no opportunities to spend money at camp, so camp is like a built-in piggy bank.

Counselors and Program Staff: Pay starts at $290 a week, depending on experience and certifications.
3rd Year Program LIT: 3rd Year LIT staff can earn a weekly payment based on experience and availability
1st and 2nd Year LIT: 1st and 2nd-year LIT staff is a volunteer position where you are being poured into and learning to serve by our LIT leaders

Important note about Staff Training Week:

Staff Training Week is our most important week of the year and, therefore, is 100% mandatory because it is 100% vital to our mission and purpose of serving campers with excellence. During staff training week, we will bond as a staff by playing, praying, and learning together. Staff week equips us to serve the Lord with excellence!