Cornerstone Fellowship

Third-year bunk counselors are the “cornerstones” of their camps, making significant contributions to the camp program. Retaining these valuable staff members can be a challenge. The Cornerstone Fellowship, made possible by the generosity of the AVI CHAI Foundation, empowers third-year Jewish bunk counselors to view themselves as Jewish role models for both campers and younger counselors alike.

Now in its eighth year, Cornerstone’s advanced professional training and incentive stipend enables Jewish camps to continue to attract these critical staff members. The program imparts counselor skills, best practices in Jewish content programming, and teambuilding exercises. Giving counselors the tools they need to succeed means that they’ll come back year after year, helping to build camp community while camp continues to build them.

Camps may apply in the fall to have members of their third-year bunk staff participate for the upcoming summer. Acceptances are announced in the winter. Cornerstone’s training seminar takes place in May at Capital Camps and Retreat Center in Waynesboro, PA. Counselors then return to camp with new skills and programs acquired during the seminar. Please check back in the fall for a 2011 program application.

See the Program Guide for Fellows from the 2010 Cornerstone Seminar