Photograph Station and Blog
We need youth volunteers to take charge of documenting (photographing):

• the day's activities
• the camper's finished art projects

We will be updating our Camp Blog daily. Please make sure you let us know at orientation if you are interested in photography and blogging. No experience necessary – we will be happy to teach you what we know!


Art Projects
We will need some volunteers to help prepare materials for the daily art projects. We also would like to prepare art kits for the toddler and pre-school Balavihar 2009/2010 classes. (There will be lots of work available at this station.)


Gardening
We will have a bhiksha vegetable and puja flower garden this summer. We will need volunteers to be responsible for the daily maintenance of these gardens.


Sports/Outdoor Activities
We need volunteers to engage the children in informal sports activities. We will have a professional size volleyball net, a basketball hoop, bouncy balls, hoola hoops, and soccer balls to play with. The volunteers will also make sure that we have an ample supply of our Super Duper Bubble solution – we've got the secret recipe :-) ... and on really hot days, we've been known for getting out the garden hose and having some cool water fun.


Library/Board Games
The volunteers will be repsonsible for keeping the library and game station in tidy order. We will need to make sure that the children put all the pieces back into the games' boxes and that the books are respectfully placed back on the shelves. Also, we will need to help the younger children understand game rules. Mediation skills will be important at this station.


Bead Weaving
We will have an ongoing station dedicated to bead weaving (on-loom and off-loom techniques.) Volunteers working at this station will need to assist the children in problem solving on the bead loom (which won't be difficult), measure out the beads for projects, help with finishing techniques, etc. This station is a great place for someone who wants to learn different beading skills!


Nature Science
We will have a butterfly station for the children to watch larvae turn into full adult insects. We need volunteers to be responsible for making sure that:

• the children do not upset or harm the insects
• the insects are fed and watered daily
• help the children understand the different growth stages
• help the full-grown insects be released into the environment safely. (We will have flowers they like – so hopefully, they'll stick around!)

We also want to encourage the children to record in a journal their daily observations (sketching and writing.) This center will have two complete cycles through the summer. The larvae take about 3 – 4 weeks before they are ready for release.


Spinning
We will have a station completely dedicated to learning cotton spinning with Book Charkhas and takhlis.


Lego Science Kits
Volunteers will have to actively manage this Lego station by helping the kids work on the projects, as well as understanding the science/physics behind it. We will also need to make sure that all the Legos get properly taken apart and organized back into the containers for the next group of children.