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Camp Echo Lake

Since you are there for eight weeks (one for training and seven with the kids) you create friendships quickly that help you through the summer. You get to know your coworkers and campers pretty well in a short time. It is a fast paced, sometime stressful environment since you are looking after the camper's well-being and bringing them to their daily activities. Due to this type of work, it is emotionally and physically draining even on a good day since you are going right along with the campers, doing the activities right along with them. One amazing perk of working here is the variety of people that you meet. Many of the employees are from different countries, and it is great to have that international network. One downside is the culture that is perpetuated by ex-campers that get hired as staff. They create their cliques and hold fast to camp traditions that may not be the best for current times.

This was my very first summer job at a very nice camp. Myself and four other girls took care of the laundry for the kids who stayed at the camp. Prior to that, before the camp had opened I did yard work, gardening and painting to get the camp all set for the kids. This job did not give me much experience to the work place, it was only my first job. This job got me excited to start the work life, and loved how  I was constantly outside. The most enjoyable part was by far being away from the everyone with the other girls who worked with me. We had our own small laundry building and were only bothered by these bag called "specials". This was the  most difficult part of the job. Specials were laundry bags that held dirty laundry that included toxic clothing/bedding that could range from lice, to sickness.

Wake up at 7am and get to bed anywhere from 11pm to midnight. 
Helped me make great connections with campers and staff. 
I was given the opportunity to expand my culture and learn about new places. 
The hardest part of the job was working within the rules. The program is very well organized but the rules for staff are very strict and makes it hard to keep the children under control due to head staff. Head staff often takes the campers side of the staff which causes some staff to get fired. 
Best part of the job is making connections with the people and days off traveling with other staff to surrounding areas to have fun. Also on work days all you do is have fun by playing with the campers in their activities. GREAT ENVIRONMENT but little room for error.

This job provides everything you need to be the best at your job, truly all you need to do is be nice and try hard. You will live in cabins with campers and no A/C, wages are low but you don’t need to pay for food or housing and they reimburse travel fees to a certain point. You will make life long friends and memories not only with the staff but campers as well. This job is hard work and requires dedication, I don’t recommend it for someone who wants an easy check or doesn’t fully love working with kids. Management is decent and they definitely care about their employees, multiple times they’ve went out of their way to make sure staff are being taken care of emotionally and physically. I loved my summer at CEL and I guarantee you will too.

Camp Echo Lake is an amazing summer opportunity for those who are interested in working with kids. I was a cabin specialist at camp and in this position you are with the kids all day participating in activities, it is a fun job that allows you to have fun. At camp you have so much fun with campers and your fellow staff. For me it created friendships that I still have and hope to have with people all around the US and around the World. Working at camp isn't always easy but it sure is rewarding by the end of the summer the connections you have and the accomplishment that you feel is indescribable. For anyone looking for a fun summer job working with kids Echo Lake is a great place to be!

This is an incredible place for campers and if you grew up in the area or went to camp here, or have a passion for mentoring children, than this can be a good work environment. There is somewhat of a cult-like mentality that helps staff get through the extreme conditions of the job itself. The upper management is also very poor, with no guidance, high/moving expectations and poor leadership. You will be expected to spend all of your waking time working with compensation that would fall below minimum wage if summer camps weren't excluded from this protection. Upper management is also incredibly bad at scheduling which leads to staff being requested to skip lunch and proofread for mistakes every day.

Working at CEL is such a cool and unique experience. Everyone loves what they do and is there to lend a hand at a moments notice. The kids are so fun and the friendships you make are amazing. I coached tennis for the summer and the tennis team became so close. There's like 15 coaches and you spend so much time together it's hard not to get close. It was so cool to see so many kids get into tennis and want to come back to work with me. The days can be tough because you live with the kids so it feels like there's never really a break but it is so worth it.  

A typical day at Camp Echo lake is at 7:30 all the staff and campers wake up to begin cleaning up their designated bunks around 8 they head to breakfast. 9, morning line up, after which each group heads to their daily activities for the day. 12:30 is lunch and around 1 everyone has rest hour, where the campers are required to for the first half of rest hour write home and stay on their beds, during the second half they are allowed to do what they would like as long as they are quiet. after which they head to their activities that they personally have chosen.

The kids are (mostly) very good to work with. They were intelligent and respectful and loads of fun to be around. The work location actually has some incredible scenery. If you like hiking in mountains and forests, you'd like it there. Management leaves a lot to be desired, and some of the other counselors can be annoying to be around, but if you get a bunk with a few good counselors you'll have a very easy time.
Overall, it's a very interesting place.

This place is magic. Working at camp is not for everyone, but for those who love to have fun, be goofy, and challenge themselves, then this is for them. Working at a summer camp is one of the most rewarding jobs, but it is also a tough one. There will be days where you wonder why you are there, but most days, you won't be able to imagine yourself anywhere else. Echo Lake is by far the best job I have ever had!

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Registered nurse 10 salaries reported	$1,050 per week
Instructor 4 salaries reported	$1,475 per month

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