WC Happenings: Improvements & Gearing Up for Summer!

Hello WC friends, supporters and fans! We hope this Tuesday morning finds you well and celebrating Earth Week in whatever small and wonderful ways you can. Come back on Friday for an informative reflection about environmental conservation in Malawi and the US.

If you haven't had a chance, be sure to check out our new website: http://www.worldcamp.co. We're in the process of fine tuning, so let us know what you think. Or if there's anything else you'd like to see! Post it on your facebook wall, in your gchat status, leave it on your friends notebooks....just be sure and share it with everyone you know!

WC Staff Rachel Dudasik and Jesse Pipes speak to college
students about opportunities to work with World Camp.
Photo credit: Heather Walls

As spring rolls in, so does our relentless push to bring in as many people as we can to the World Camp family. That's right, we're in the middle of recruitment, recruitment, recruitment! We still have a few spots left for both the Outreach Through Education and Youth to Youth summer internships. We've all been hard at work, but did you know that the majority of World Camp service interns hear about us from a former volunteer? That means you! Share your World Camp story with 3 new people a week (on the train, at the gas pump, even happy hour), host an info session on your campus, speak to a class about your experience, post flyers around your workplace. We'll help you do it. Let us know where you are and we'll connect you with other World Camp volunteers/staff or send you brochures/flyers to hand out. We understand the economy's tight and parents worry, so refer great applicants to us and we'll send them our fundraising packet and safety information.

Summer sessions begin the end of May, but World Camp has held a strong presence in Malawi this spring. World Camp founders Jesse Pipes and Baker Henson have spent the past number of weeks in country working with local staff, networking and piloting our new partnership with Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative and Hole in the Wall Camps. Check back next week to hear about the camps and what these two have been up to.

We have some exciting new additions to our core World Camp staff, including local board members in Asheville and a year-round on the ground Country Director in Malawi. We'll officially announce these soon, so be sure to visit again.

Happy Earth Week everyone! Have a great one.