Registration Open Waukesha Salvation Army Day Camp

From the Waukesha Salvation Army: The Waukesha Salvation Army will again be conducting its popular eight-week Summer Day Camp program in 2018, this year running from Monday, June 18 through Friday, August 17 according to the charity’s Director of Youth Ministry, Cheri Winchowky.

An explanatory flyer and all forms needed to register and to apply for financial aid, if needed, are on the charity’s website under “Youth and Camps” or may be picked up at the local corps.

“Also underway is active recruiting for paid day camp counselors,” explained Winchowky, saying “these are great summer jobs for college students who have career interests in teaching, parks and rec management, child psychology and church or charitable work, just as they are for adults, parents or grandparents with an interest in the satisfaction of having a positive influence on young peoples’ lives.”

Winchowky urges interested counselors to not delay, as their application must go through a non-local Salvation Army human resources website to which they must apply here.

The Waukesha Salvation Army runs many programs and services in Waukesha County that help the hungry, the homeless and others in-need, including:

• Operating the largest homeless shelter for men in Waukesha County;
• Hosting a large food pantry;
• Providing free hot meals for hundreds in its Waukesha dining hall, on three evenings each week;
• Distributing tens of thousands of donated bakery items and loaves of bread;
• Providing free backpacks of weekend food-- for families-- distributed through school;
• Operating a volunteer-driven, summertime, every week day “Feed The Kids” program;
• Offering varied programs to provide emergency help with prescriptions, utilities, and clothing;
• At Christmas, managing a family “Toy Shop” so needy families can enjoy gifts for children, among other programs and services; and,
• Conducting its popular Summer Day Camp program;

The Salvation Army of Waukesha is now in its 124th year, founded locally in Waukesha in 1894. Its headquarters is located in a donor-funded building at 445 Madison Street, just down the street from Waukesha Memorial Hospital-ProHealth Care.

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