YMCA Fairfax County Reston Leadership Camps

COUNSELOR-IN-TRAINING

Counselors-in-Training is a teen program specifically designed for our future leaders. This two-phase program first sends your teen through a week of training in working with 5-12 year olds, leading groups, camp songs, group games, crafts, and much more! After successfully completing training and achieving CIT status, participants will be assigned to assist our talented day camp staff with the daily operation of camps. This program provides an excellent opportunity for these teens to learn hands-on job experience and responsibilities, while still under the supervision of our camp staff team. Teens earn 10 SSL hours for their Training Week and 30 SSL hours for their placement weeks—for a total of 40 SSL hours per session.   

SERVICE MATTERS

At the heart of our mission is building community and it is never too early to start! This is a great way to engage your teen in service work–our teens will work together to plan, execute multiple service learning projects benefiting organizations of their choice in just one short week, and earn 30 SSL hours while they are at it!