Dear Penn Community,

Camp AmeriKids, a summer camp for children living with the challenges of HIV/AIDS and sickle cell disease, is looking for caring, responsible, energetic and fun counselors for its 2016 season. A volunteer counselor team is responsible for the 24-hour supervision of a cabin and maintains a camper to counselor ratio of about 2 to 1. Counselors spend each day of the one-week camp session with their cabin group as they rotate through a schedule of activities and participate in new and exciting workshops provided by the program staff. The cabin counselor’s enthusiastic participation in all aspects of camp, from meals and activities to nightly special events and cabin chats, is crucial in creating a memorable camp experience for campers. Counselors are expected to be role models and sources of energy and ideas, and are a key part of the Camp AmeriKids community. Room & board in Warwick, New York, is provided. Volunteers can apply for one or both of the following sessions: Session One: July 25-August 1; Session Two: August 6-13.

Applications are available online at www.elm-project.org

Call (203) 658-9671 or email equiroz@elm-project.org if you are interested in more information.

Join Penn VIPS Drives Committee: Penn volunteers provide a drop-off location to collect the many donated items we receive during our annual drives. A variety of drives are conducted during the course of the year to partner with and help support local schools, families and agencies. Dropsite volunteers are located throughout campus. Volunteers post the events, set up collection sites and help select the recipients for the donations. They also participate in an annual thank you luncheon.

Drives are held during the following times: School Supplies Drive: August; Food Drive: November; Gift/Toy Drive: December; Coat Drive: December; Change Drive: March.

Contact Isabel Mapp at sammapp@pobox.upenn.edu for additional info.

—Isabel Mapp, Associate Director, Netter Center for Community Partnerships