Tag: summer staff
Inside the Cove | Summer Staff
by Anna Birch
Have you ever wondered what our full-time camp teams do during the other nine months of the year? Much of it is spent preparing for the next summer, pouring into current college staff, and recruiting new staff. Since recruiting makes up a substantial part of the year, it begs the question: HOW do we find […]
Tags: recruiting, summer, summer staff
by Anna Birch
As we wrap up the final week of camp, it’s fun to look back on what have been some of the trends this summer. Every year we notice there just seems to be a few things that are cool and we can’t quite put our finger on why, but it sure is fun to take […]
Tags: campers, summer, summer staff, summer trends, trends
Inside the Cove | Summer Staff
by Anna Birch
Every summer, we offer our summer staff the opportunity to give back part (or all!) of their paychecks to help get campers to camp. The money they give goes straight to Project 319, which helps with scholarships for kids and families who need some help offsetting the cost of camp. God clearly softened hearts and […]
Tags: 2020, donate, giving, scholarships, stats, summer staff
by Anna Birch
Blake had wanted to be a counselor at Pine Cove since she was in fifth grade. When she got the chance to work at the Shores, she never could’ve imagined the impact that one week would have on one particular camper in her life—her little brother! See how God answered Blake’s prayers to soften and […]
Tags: siblings, stories, summer staff, transformation
by Anna Birch
It’s that time of the year… our new summer staff are getting their camp names! We’ve been laughing out loud at some of these names and we just had to share. If you don’t get some of them, it’s okay—sometimes that’s the funniest part! A lot of camp names are based on food. We’re not […]
Tags: 2020, camp names, name game, summer, summer staff
I can recall, as a high school camper at the Shores, watching the worship leader up on stage and thinking they must be the coolest person at camp. This past summer, we got together with a couple of staffers who have had the privilege of being worship leaders to see what the job was really […]
Tags: staff roles, stories, summer, summer staff, worship, worship leader
by Grant Wilkie
“Spins, will you pray with me to help me accept Jesus?” These eleven words have been seared in my mind since they were spoken to me on July 23rd, 2019, the second Tuesday of Overflow D (Week 9). They have become a part of me, a driving force within my story. This summer, I was […]
Tags: life transformation, salvation, shores, summer staff
Camp Culture | Inside the Cove
by Anna Birch
Camp names are supposed to embody the staffer’s personality while typically putting a smile on the face of anyone who hears it. Some names are just so memorable, we can’t stop talking about them! We thought since the weather is getting cooler, leaves are on the ground, and pumpkin spice everything is in the air, […]
Tags: camp names, fall, name game, seriously fun, summer staff, thanksgiving
Inside the Cove | Summer Staff
by Anna Birch
It’s an annual tradition that never fails to draw a crowd. Every fall, Pine Cove hosts tailgates at some of our largest staff-represented universities! Each tailgate weekend is an opportunity for current staff to connect with friends at different schools, hang out around campus, and bring friends who are interested in applying for summer 2020. […]
Tags: a&m, baylor, college students, football, recruiting, summer staff, tailgate
Inside the Cove | Summer Staff
by Anna Birch
We. Love. Our. Staff! God uses them every summer to help transform the lives of thousands of campers each year. It also pumps us up to hear how, in the process of pouring out their lives at camp, they are impacted as well! For countless college staff, their experience over the summer is life-changing. They […]
Tags: college students, counselor, gospel, impact, life change, stories, summer, summer staff