Camp Boggy Creek SPRING 2008 - Community Service/Outreach Event

Dear Crossroads,

CampBoggyCreek (CBC) for Spring 2008!!!! =) It's a camp for children with disabilities/illnesses. We'll be going there as a group to volunteer. You DO NOT need any medical experience because they have medical staff there. This is great for those interested in any health-related field or who wants to work with kids in the future...or if you just have the heart to help others. It's also a chance you can share the CHRIST with your life there that weekend. Many kids grow just from one weekend experience!!

Please read the info below (from the CBC coordinator). Even if you don't know if you can do it in the spring, finish the application now and turn it in so that if they accept you, you don't have to do it again in the future. =)

What to do if interested:
1. Please email Josh at jnlin85@ufl.edu RIGHT NOW
2. Read over this email and the three attached documents
3. Best dates for you (or which dates you're more interested in going to because if the illnesses)
4. Whether you'd like to coordinate this community service event or not.

***********Email from CBC:

2008 is right around the corner and we want to invite you and your members to join us for another incredible Spring Family Weekend Season. Our Family Weekend program provides an opportunity for the whole family to come to camp for a weekend of fun camping activities. Volunteering at Camp Boggy Creek offers College Campus groups the opportunity to "team build" together, gain amazing experiences that cannot be found anywhere else or just give back to the community as a whole. Individual students also find this a great way to earn service hours or school credit. If you are looking to not only have the time of your life, but you want to make a difference in the lives of some amazing kids and their families, then Boggy Creek is the place for you. We utilize 60 volunteers (male and female, ages 19 and older)/each weekend to participate as a Family Pal , Activity Pal, Certified Lifeguard (4 per weekend) or Dining Hall assistant. (See attached job descriptions)

The following is our schedule for the 2008 Spring season:

**_SPRING FAMILY WEEKENDS 2008_**

January 11-13 Diabetes

January 18-21 Spina Bifida /(MLK - 4 day event)

February 1-3 Heart

February 8-10 Asthma with Immunology

February 22-24 Blended Weekend (Children with many different types of illnesses can come)

March 5-9 KOVAC/(Kids on Ventilator Assisted Care-5 day event -ASB)

March 14-16 Cancer

March 28-30 Craniofacial

April 11-13 Sickle Cell

April 18-20 Heart

All Group paperwork must be turned in at least 8 weeks prior to the scheduled weekend to hold spots for up to 10 people! Members may continue to submit completed application paperwork throughout the spring months, as we may have cancellations!

You won't want to miss out on this exciting opportunity to play with some amazing kids and their families here at Camp Boggy Creek! So come on and join the fun!! Check out our website at to learn more about volunteering with us. Contact the Volunteer Coordinator, Robin Brubaker, at 352-483-4200 ext. 293 or email at Rbrubaker@boggycreek.org. Please send us the group leader's contact info (email and phone number and we will be happy to email them the Family Weekend Group Leader information. Once your group has read through the guidelines and commit to a weekend, email us and will confirm your reservation. All completed Applications and background check paperwork will need to be turned into our office at least 8 weeks prior to the weekend you wish to attend in order to hold spots for your group. You are welcome to submit paperwork after the deadline, but
spots will be filled on a first come/first serve basis after the deadline.

Thanks everyone! Remember:

What to do if interested:
1. Please email Josh at jnlin85@ufl.edu RIGHT NOW
2. Read over this email and the three attached documents
3. Best dates for you (or which dates you're more interested in going to because if the illnesses)
4. Whether you'd like to coordinate this community service event or not.

-Josh =)