Work / Volunteer with Adam’s Camp

Spend a week or more working at Adam’s Camp helping individuals with developmental disabilities and their families realize their potentials and develop their strengths. You just might find you’ve developed your own strengths too.

Work at Camp

Adam’s Camp provides a unique opportunity for counselors, therapists and other professionals interested in meaningful, challenging work to grow and contribute to something that has had a lasting impact on thousands of children with special needs and their families for over thirty years.

Yoga stretching with campers at Adam's Camp New England

Therapists

Our Therapy Based Family Camp uses a unique 5-5-5 therapy based model, meaning teams of five therapists work one-on-one with five children for five consecutive days. Therapists focus on each child’s strengths to provide goal-directed, outcome-based treatment. Synergy, focus, and extensive time dedicated specifically to working on enhancing skills make this a unique and powerful intervention. Children often achieve significant developmental, functional and behavioral gains that can be further developed and sustained.

Our therapists revel in seeing measurable results in our campers in just one week, as well as the great professional growth opportunities that develop from working closely on a multidisciplinary team.

Physical Therapist, Occupational Therapist, Speech-Language Pathologist, Music Therapist, Art Therapist, Social Worker, School Psychologist, Special Educator, Recreation Therapist.

Status: Seasonal Employee | Reports to: Therapy Program Director | Salary: Based on experience

Email your resume and letter of interest

Adventure Camp Counselors

Camp Counselors are responsible for providing personal care and supervision to youth and young adults with disabilities to ensure a quality camp experience in a safe and supported environment.

Our counselors experience meaningful, challenging teamwork, build relationships and develop leadership skills, all while having great fun alongside the campers.

Email your resume and letter of interest to apply
Camper enjoying SUP at Adam's Camp New England camp

Volunteer at Camp

If you like working with individuals with developmental disabilities have an outgoing, positive attitude and enjoy learning, this is for you! Summer volunteers can earn up to 100 community service hours.

Program Volunteers

Our programs are held in Nantucket, MA and Loon Mountain Resort, NH. Volunteers for these programs are in residence for the week of camp; accommodations and meals are provided. Volunteers need to provide their own transportation to and from camp.

Email your resume and letter of interest

Additional Volunteer Opportunities

There are many ways Volunteers support Adam’s Camp. We invite you to find an option that fits with your time and talents.

Word of mouth is the most powerful recruitment and fundraising tool we have. Telling your story to other parents or community partners is a wonderful way to let them know about your favorite organization.

Some ways to spread the word about Adam’s Camp:

  • Visit your child’s school, special education teacher or director
  • Talk about us at your next visit at your child’s doctor’s office
  • Represent Adam’s Camp at a community event or fair
  • Meet with a supporting organization (like Autism Society)
  • Connect with a community program (like Special Olympics)

If you love Adam’s Camp, this is easy and fun. We provide the talking points and materials. You provide the energy, enthusiasm and wisdom.
Time Commitment: 1 – 8 hours.

Volunteer Program Support can include:

  • Providing care of siblings
  • Breakfast donations and breakfast set-up during Early Start
  • Equipment transport and set up or break-down

Adam’s Camp assists every participating family by subsidizing 50% of the actual cost of attending camp. That’s right: We only charge half of the actual cost, so fundraising is critical to our ability to provide life-changing intensive therapy and adventure camps.

Community volunteers work year-round to raise these funds. You can support Adam’s Camp by:

  • Serving on a special event committee
  • Volunteering at a special event
  • Create your own fundraising events though your networks of friends, work or faith communities

Our Board of Directors is a working board. Each board committee welcomes non-board members to join and work on finance, fundraising, program development, community relations, etc.
Time Commitment: 4 – 10 hours per month.

Adam’s Camp greatly benefits from service projects that are designed and/or supported by groups, such as coworkers, families or faith-based initiatives that come together to participate in a high-impact project that has a limited timeframe – anything from 2 hours to one day.

For more information or to volunteer your time and talents, please contact us by email.

Additional volunteer opportunities to support Adam's Camp