Camp Connection 2009/2010 (NSW) - Project Officer Position
Overall Description of role:
Camp Connection is a proactive and interactive camping experience for adoptees and their families aimed at helping them discuss common adoption issues. It is a two-day annual weekend camp for children adopted from other cultures and their families and has been successfully running since 2003. Intercountry adoptees often live in a highly visible family and may feel isolated and different from other children. Parents of intercountry adoptees want to support their adopted children as they seek to resolve issues of racial, cultural and personal identity.
Camp Connection provides an opportunity for adoptees and their families to establish and rekindle friendships, seek support and develop networks that are empowering and that provide a foundation for ongoing connections beyond the camp.
Key tasks
- Acknowledge Camp Sponsor (Macquarie Bank) on all advertising and stationery as well as at relevant activities.
- Source and gather information on possible venues. (Including cost / facilities / location maps/ number of rooms with and without private facilities.)
- Check availability of dates
- Send invitation letters to buddies inviting them to participate / chase buddies / coordinate meetings
- Coordinate meetings for volunteers for the adult program and the running of the camp.
- Prepare promotional info flyer on the camp.
- Prepare ADULT program for the camp in liaison with camp committee volunteers
- Prepare KIDS program for the camp in liaison with camp buddies / including cultural activities.
- Arrange buddies training – in liaison with trainers.
- Source / liaise with possible presenters / topic / time slot
- Prepare brochure for camp (printed format / email format)
- Mail and email out brochures.
- Send media releases
- Receive and documents bookings, name lists, spread sheet details of adults / kids / kids ages / county of birth.
- Arrange rooming list
- Organise name labels on the day
- Purchase goods needed for the camp activities
- Thank you card buddies / presenter
- Honorarium buddies
- Honorarium presenters
- Maintain register of buddies / and attendees
- Feedback forms – draft, handed out to participants, collect and document responses.
- Document and file records and procedures of the program.
To sumbit your application, please email us with a copy of your CV - info@australianadopt.org or fax to 02 93142074
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