Camp Staff

We depend on a highly skilled and dedicated group of Scouts and Scouters to operate Camp Babcock-Hovey each summer. Serving on camp staff is truly the summer of a lifetime.

It is a unique chance to learn to teach, be a leader, work on a team… and to touch the lives of the Scouts who pass through the camp’s gates this year. We hope that you will encourage your best Scouts to apply for staff positions, so that we can truly offer a “dream team” to all of the units who attend Babcock Hovey.

Contact the Servicenter at 315-789-1166 or via email at camping@senecawaterways.org for more information and an application. Additional applications are taken throughout the camp season.

Camp Staff Positions

Counselor-In-Training (Age 14 or 15)
For $10.00 a week receive hands-on training on being a summer camp staffer (CITs cannot work the same week their troop is in camp). CITs also work on merit badges and developing their own leadership skills.

Junior or Support Staff (Age 15 or 16 and up)
Teach merit badge sessions, lead special programs, work in the kitchen, camp office, or trading post.

Senior Staff (Age 18 and up)
Lead a program area in Scoutcraft, Aquatics, E-con, or Native American Culture; instruct on shooting ranges or high adventure programs; serve as a health officer or cook.

Volunteer Commissioners (Age 18 and up)
Spend one or more weeks as a volunteer on staff. Work with the commissioners on unit service, patrol and troop programming, help out with transportation, teach special badges, and whatever else might be needed that week!