Camps are an
incredible
way to reach young people… but we need leaders!
In the ten years Emma Pesavento has been working with CRU, she’s seen huge growth in the educational camps division. CRU Educational Camps offer schools a ‘'wake up till bedtime' camp program, providing schools with a venue, camp leaders, and a program full of exciting activities and Christian Discovery sessions. One of the distinctive features of CRU Educational Camps—and something schools come back for year after year—is the way CRU leaders interact with and care for students on camp. The team consists of senior staff plus Summit trainees, who undertake a two-year program training in Outdoor Education and biblical studies, as well as gaining invaluable experience in youth and children’s ministry.
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Running over 150 CRU Educational Camps every year, the team has plenty to do. In non-COVID times, the trainees are on a camp approximately 30 weeks of the school year and doing training in the off weeks. More school camps means the CRU Educational Camps team has had to grow. In 2021, 19 trainees joined the Summit Program, double the number of recent years. “There’s always a need for more people to join our traineeship and lead on CRU Educational Camps,” Emma says. The best part of being a Summit trainee, according to Emma who started out in the role but is now a Staffing Manager, is not just learning skills, and being paid while you learn, but having the opportunity to connect with campers and share the Christian message several times a week.
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More school camps means the CRU Educational Camps team has had to grow. In 2021, 19 trainees joined the Summit Program, double the number of recent years.
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ids love CRU® Camps, and they turned out in massive numbers in the first half of this year. With record numbers signing up for Holiday Camps, and so many CRU Educational Camps booked, getting enough leaders to run camps was the only thing holding CRU back from reaching more young people than ever before.
