HELP WANTED: Westchester Parks Foundation’s Camp Morty Seeks Energetic Leaders for Mountain Lakes Park This Summer

Westch­ester Parks Foun­da­tion, the only or­ga­ni­za­tion ded­i­cated ex­clu­sively to pro­mot­ing and sup­port­ing Westch­ester County Parks, is seek­ing ap­pli­cants to work this sum­mer in res­i­den­tial po­si­tions at the Camp Morty, a tra­di­tional sleep­away camp for un­der­served chil­dren in Westch­ester County.

Lo­cated at Sal J. Prezioso Moun­tain Lakes Park, the coun­ty’s north­ern­most park in North Salem, Camp Morty was founded in 2006 and is op­er­ated by the Westch­ester Parks Foun­da­tion in part­ner­ship with Westch­ester Coun­ty’s De­part­ment of So­cial Ser­vices, De­part­ment of Com­mu­nity Men­tal Health, and De­part­ment of Parks.

The camp pro­vides a qual­ity out­door tra­di­tional sum­mer camp ex­pe­ri­ence for chil­dren ages 8 to 15, many of whom are in fos­ter care, live in home­less shel­ters, or are un­der child pro­tec­tive ser­vices.

Job open­ings in­clude work as a Camp Coun­selors, Cer­ti­fied Life­guards, Camp Nurse, So­cial Worker, Kitchen Staff and more.

All staff live on the grounds while camp is in ses­sion. Room, board, and meals are in­cluded along with com­pen­sa­tion. Staff have off from Fri­day evening – Sun­day morn­ing.

Mary Ehring, Camp Morty Di­rec­tor, stated: “This marks the first time since the pan­demic that we have op­er­ated as a tra­di­tional sleep­away camp, and we are ex­cited to con­tinue our tra­di­tion of cul­ti­vat­ing a safe, sup­port­ive and en­gag­ing en­vi­ron­ment for new and re­turn­ing staff mem­bers. We are look­ing to hire en­er­getic, adapt­able, and cre­ative role mod­els to lead, en­cour­age and fos­ter growth among our campers and them­selves."

Ap­pli­cants must be 18 years old as of July 1, 2022, and if ap­pointed and un­der the age of 18, they must pro­vide the age-ap­pro­pri­ate work­ing pa­pers to com­ply with NYS La­bor Laws.

Those who wish to ap­ply, should reg­is­ter to fill out an ap­pli­ca­tion here by April 30, 2022.

For more in­for­ma­tion about Camp Morty, visit http://​camp­morty.com/.

About Westch­ester Parks Foun­da­tion

Westch­ester Parks Foun­da­tion is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit, phil­an­thropic or­ga­ni­za­tion which pro­vides pri­vate sup­port to pre­serve the Coun­ty’s park sys­tem and im­prove the qual­ity of life in our com­mu­ni­ties. Westch­ester Parks Foun­da­tion’s mis­sion is to en­gage the pub­lic to ad­vo­cate for and in­vest in the preser­va­tion, con­ser­va­tion, use, and en­joy­ment of the 18,000 acres of parks, trails, and open spaces within the Westch­ester County Parks sys­tem. For more in­for­ma­tion, visit thewpf.org.