Welcome Summer Staff 2023!

Each camp hosts a pre-camp training session covering a wide range of topics, including safety measures for preventing the spread of COVID-19. Counselors who are receiving advanced trainings (first aid, lifeguarding, trip leading) also attend Certification Week. We follow and train our staff in the American Camp Association’s (ACA) guidelines for cleaning and sanitizing, including logging how frequently spaces like bathrooms, toilets, communal spaces, and frequently touched surfaces are cleaned. New handwashing stations were installed on all of our campuses in 2021.

Our residential camp health staff is supported by a Nursing Supervisor and a Health House driver. Upper Valley Pediatrics (UVP) will continue to serve as our camp doctors. Our arrangement includes a daily visit by a UVP doctor to each campus and assistance on Opening Day. New for the summer of 2023, we will have a Wellness Coordinator on our camp staff present to support campers and counselors. In addition to providing our staff with a Mental Health First Aid training, she will hold office hours throughout the summer for campers and staff and will be available to guide our decision making in how best to handle a camper’s mental and emotional needs while at camp. Since 2021, we have contracted with Little Rivers to provide on call and in person therapy support to our campers and counselors.

The Aloha Foundation requires all staff and volunteers to adhere to our vaccination policies and upload proof of vaccination to their records. This includes COVID-19 vaccination (primary series and boosters as recommended by the CDC).

All campers and staff must complete a Health History Form on an annual basis. This form is part of your onboarding paperwork. If you have questions about health forms or your medical needs, please email Gretchen Cyros, Nursing Supervisor.

Staff members in our summer programs create joyful, often transformative opportunities for campers. To make these experiences possible, our primary responsibility as an organization and as individuals must be the safety and well-being of our campers, staff, and community at all times.

The use or possession of alcohol, tobacco, vapes, non-medically required drugs, and any related paraphernalia or products is strictly prohibited on camp property and at all off-site camper events while summer camp is in session. Prescribed drugs that are medically necessary must be used exclusively for the purpose for which they were prescribed.
Should the medication of a staff or volunteer impair their ability to perform their work safely and effectively, they must immediately inform the Camp Director and Executive Director.

A violation of this policy will be reported to the Executive Director and HR Director and subject to disciplinary action, up to and including potential termination of employment. A second violation of this policy will result in the automatic termination of employment or revocation of volunteer status. This policy does not apply to adult guests participating in family camp programming or attending special functions on camp property.