Volunteers Needed for Project New Hope

Volunteers Needed

Project New Hope WA Retreat Camps 

For all Military veterans & their families 

Elbow Lake WA – Approximately 11 miles out of Yelm 

July 13-15 & August 10 – 12, 2012   Need Leo Clubs & young adults to work with teens. 

We need 45 Volunteers.  Retreat is 10 couples & their children.  Our Volunteer needs are:  

• 1 nurse 
• 2 Special Ed Volunteers 
• 4 fishing buddies for the kids 
• 4 Volunteers for kids swimming (life guards on duty) 
• 3 hiking buddies 
• 1 person to put up directional signs (signs supplied) before noon on Friday 
• 4 Friday Volunteers, 2:30 pm directing veterans to Cascade Camp, help with parking, assisting families if they need help. 1 registration volunteer (3) on Friday 
• 10 Arts & Crafts Volunteers along with 1 to 1 ratio for infants to 3 yrs  
• 6 Volunteers needed for teens for the weekend. Spots equipment is free for our use at camp.  There is a tennis courts, basketball hoops, swimming, kayak/canoe, hiking trails, all available to us. 
• 6-7 Volunteers on Sunday at 1:00 pm, Inspect, check rooms, pick up, clean up and pack up. 
• 2 Volunteers Sunday to unload at storage sites, Bucknell’s and McDermott’s.   

 Our families and their children eat their meals together. After meals parents bring their children to volunteers so we can entertain them while parents are in their selected sessions.  Parents pick up their children when their sessions are over.  Saturday, we stress during Outdoor Activities, the parents take their children as this is their bonding time.            

To Register go to:  www.projectnewhopewa.org  Click on Volunteer or  mcphotoj@comcast.net.

Volunteer Schedules

Kids Camp

  

Friday, July 13	Saturday, July 14	Sunday, July 15
3:00–5:00 pm – Registration	8:00 – 9:00 am - Breakfast	8:00 - 9:00 am - Breakfast
5:30 – 6:45 pm – Dinner	9:00–11:45 am–Adult Sessions	9:00 -11:45 am-Adult Sessions
6:45 – 9:00 pm–Adult Sessions	9:00 –11:45 am – Kids camp	9:00 - 11:45 am – Kids camp
6:45 – 9:00 pm – Kids camp	10:15 – 11:45 am – Kids fishing	10:15 - 11:45 am – Kids fishing
9:00 pm – Volunteers done	12 Noon – Lunch	12 Noon - Lunch
	1:00 - 2:30 pm - Kids Camp	1:00 pm – Retreat Over
	1:00 – 2:30 pm – Horse rides
	1:00- 5:00 pm – Family Outdoor Activities
Note: Volunteers invited to	1:00 – 5:00 pm – Family Swimming
Join families for meals	5:30 – 6:45 pm – Dinner
	7:00 – 8:30 pm–Adult Sessions
	7:00 - 8:30 pm – Kids camp
	9:00 pm – Family bonfire
	9:00 pm – Volunteers done