Get Involved

How to Get Involved with Making a Difference

The Central Coast Chapter of For The Children currently has two main programs:

Royal Family Kids Camp and Royal Family Mentor Club

Royal Family Kids Camp is a faith-based one week residential summer camp that provide foster, adopted, and children in high risk situations with 5 days of important childhood experiences. We focus on providing a week of fun, unconditional love, positive and safe relationships, healthy coping skills. We serve kids from Santa Cruz, Monterey, and Santa Clara counties between the ages of 7-11.

Royal Family Mentor Program is an extension of camp, an important way for us continue to stay connected to our campers for most of the year. Mentor club meets once a month on a Saturday morning for four hours during the school year.

There are many ways you can get involved from small commitments to full time counselor. All full time and most part time positions require the full application process (application with references, interview, Livescan, 3 mandatory training sessions). Below you will find explanations of the positions available. Your sacrifice of time, talent, or money can change the lives of these children in a major way.

No donation of time or money is too small to make a difference! Please join us in making moments matter!

Camp Counselor

Full Time Position, required overnight

For every counselor willing to spend the entire week at camp, two more campers are able to attend. Training is mandatory. Counselors arrive at camp the day before the campers to prepare the cabins and welcome the campers as they arrive. Each counselor is responsible for two campers in order to provide the very best care and experience.

Nurse

Full Time Position

A full time position that involves administering and holding medications for campers and staff. Training is mandatory.

Night Counselor

Part Time Position

Night counselors come every night at dinner time to give day counselors a break and put the campers to bed. This position is as equally as important as full time counselors and require the same dedication. Training is mandatory.

Photographer/Videographer

Full or Part Time Position

Our photographers have the essential job of documenting our fun week at camp and then using those pictures to assemble a memory book for each camper. These memory books are life changing and keep the memories of camp alive for the rest of our camper’s lives. A videographer would assist in creating a video of the week to use at pick up at the end of camp as well as one to use for PR purposes.

Junior Staff

Full Time Position

We are looking for volunteers aged 16 and 17 that have a heart of service and flexibility. Junior staff will be plugged into whatever is needed. This can mean being asked to run supplies from one end of camp to other, participating in the daily skit, or sitting with a rowdy table at a meal time. Applicants must be mature, responsible, and flexible.

Royal Treatment

Part Time Position

We believe in treating not only our campers but also our staff royally. The person in this position will plan and provide treats and encouragements to all of our volunteers throughout the week. They will also continue to keep in touch with our volunteers throughout the year by sending birthday cards and keeping tabs on other major milestones to be celebrated throughout the year. This can be a part time position or can be paired with another support position.

Crafts

Full Time Position

We need someone that has a heart for leading our craft station! This position involves working with our curriculum before camp and planning out crafts for daily activity centers. They will need to work on putting together the instructions, collecting supplies, setting up and cleaning up the craft area daily, assisting campers with their crafts, and packing up at the end of camp.

Laundry

Part Time Position, full application process not required

This is a great position of you are not able to attend training, be at camp all day, or attend camp at all. We need beds checked every morning in case a child has wet their bed. The main laundry person will the change the bed, wash the bedding and any soiled clothes, all while ensuring they do not draw any attention. We also need someone after camp to take on the large task of washing all of the camp’s used bedding and towels before they are packed up for the year. This part can be a group task.

Support Staff

Full or Part Time Position

Additional positions that assist in areas such as arts and crafts, birthday party, Brunch club, and activity centers. This role can also function as a floater, filling the roles where additional support is needed

Registration

Part Time Position, full application process not required

Be one of our welcoming faces as we bring in our campers and their guardians on Monday morning. This can be a stressful time for campers and families and they say goodbye for a week, we want to make sure we make that as safe and enjoyable as possible.

Birthday Party

Part Time Position, full application process not required

Help us throw an epic birthday party to celebrate our campers! Some of our kids have never experienced a birthday party or received gifts meant just for them. Beyond the important childhood experience of a birthday party, we also know how essential it is to have people celebrate your day of birth and the fact that you continue to exist.