Bearskin Meadow Camp is on of the oldest and largest residential summer camps serving children, teens and families affected by type-1 diabetes. We’re located in the breathtaking Sequoia National Forest, 65 miles east of Fresno (Central California), at an elevation of 5,800 feet.

We have a large variety of summer camp staff positions available for the 2009 camping season. Staff and volunteers may pick and choose which sessions they wish to work (see our camp dates below). Our staff members come from all over California, the country and the world.

Staff and volunteers are the heart and soul of Bearskin Meadow Camp! It is their dedication, creativity, professionalism and enthusiasm that create what we call the Bearskin Magic that keeps campers and staff coming back year after year.

We are accreditation by the American Camp Association.

For more information about life at camp check us out at www.dyf.org or on our facebook page http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8139454163.

Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns at goerzen@dyf.org

We look forward to hearing from you!

Our camp has approximately 50 -70 staff and volunteers at any given time. No special medical training or knowledge is required to work at camp. Approximately 60% of our staff have diabetes, and the rest are willing and eager to learn. A one week pre-camp staff training is mandatory for all staff members (new and returning). This time not only allows us the opportunity to bond as a staff but also provides us with a time to develop skills necessary to work with campers of all ages and to learn about diabetes.

We are currently looking for counselors, counselor supervisors, program assistants, program coordinators, prep-cooks, dishwashers, lifeguards and maintenance workers.

Activities at Bearskin Meadow Camp include but are not limited to the following: archery, day trekking, backpacking trips, overnights, swimming, fine arts, performing arts, crafts, ceramics, sports, photography, field games, variety shows, many late night campfires, team building activities, camp wide games and diabetes education.

What Parents Have to Say about Bearskin Meadow Camp:

"We learned so much about how to live better lives together with diabetes...In such a short time at camp our lives are changed for the better and we leave with so much hope and love". - Family Camp Parent

"Bearskin Meadow Camp is part of our summer, fall, winter, and spring. Not a week goes by where we don't refer to a joke or a friend from camp. The strength and confidence that "Bearskin Magic" has give our family and especially our child is nothing short of a miracle! We really love you!". - Kids Camp Parent

"I know that our outstanding experience has everything to do with the incredible staff from executive to counselors and the extensive training, and guidance to develop team sense and a cohesive sense of service...every detail of camp is so well thought out...Many thanks so much!" - Family Camp Parent

"In this time of our lives, this camp really hits the 'spot'. I look forward to next year and many after that. Please know that all of the efforts of all of these people are changing lives". - Family Camp Parent