"This is Michael, a typical Menominee counselor. Let's see what his day is like: When Michael wakes up in the morning he is responsible for getting his cabin of 8 year old boys out of bed and into the mess hall for breakfast. However, today is Michael’s day to be “on-line”, so he has to serve the meal which requires waking up earlier to prepare. Michael made sure to discuss this with his co-counselor and let him know he’d be on his own with the kids that morning. After breakfast, Michael will go back to his cabin and help his kids do cabin cleanup. This is usually very easy since 8 year old boys are always so eager to sweep, mop and make their beds…
Michael then heads out to basketball as this is his area of expertise. He teaches two instructional periods this morning, juniors first then seniors. He must organize the staff to lead fun periods for boys with a wide range of skills. After lunch Michael usually has a rest period with his cabin. However, this is his day of the week to catch up with the directors and go over how things are going in the cabin. They talk about how things are going in the cabin. Then move on to an update on camper goals. The directors make sure that Michael is sharing all this with his co-counselor. Finally, they discuss the ways Michael and the Directors can support each other.
The day doesn’t get any easier for Michael! He needs to schedule his league games, help his campers write a fun song for our evening camp fire, make sure his campers takes showers, find time to do his weekly cabin write-up, get his kids to sleep, monitor the cabin compound after lights out and find time to get some rest so he can do it all again tomorrow."
Every summer people join our staff from all over the world, including teachers, coaches, instructors, mentors and leaders. Meet some of the people joining our staff this summer.
Most of our staff are both cabin counselors and activity intstructors. All cabin counselors will sleep in the cabiins where their campers and co-counselors sleep. We also have private and semi-private housing for support staff.
We make sure to cater to staff and campers with many different food allergies and dietary needs. It is important, however, to understand that our menu is designed for the campers. We make sure to have healthy options at each meal. We also serve vegetarian diets and have a salad bar at lunch and dinner.
We are lucky to be in our spectacular North Woods setting, but it is relatively remote. On site we have wifi for the staff to connect to in their down time, and we will also help advise international staff on the best (and cheapest) data plans they can purchase for the summer.
Yes. Camp Menominee is an equal opportunity employer. We have plenty of women on staff in various different roles around camp. Outside of cabin counselor roles we always look for qualified instructors, members of our media team and other areas around camp.
Yes. We work with various agencies to help international staff obtain Visa's to work in the US for the summer.
