My YDEV Story


            When I was a kid I went to the Audubon Society Camp for a week a two for one summer. We learned about ecosystem and marine life and we learned about marshes and rivers. We learned many things about wild life and it was in an educational setting. Most summers I would spend the day with my mother. She was a teacher so in the summer she had off, we would go to the beach, hang out with friends, and go visit my grandparents in Westerly. When I got to high school I started to look for a summer job and the first one was at a small camp. It was in Bristol and I was an aide for the art instructor at this camp. I would help kids with arts and crafts stuff and I would clean up. Then the year after I applied to work at the YMCA and I started working as a counselor that summer. I would play games with the group I was assigned with and that group was the youngest group kindergarten to second grade. It was recreational activities and games like soccer and kickball, we have a little water slide. I was a counselor for two years and when I was 19 my supervisor asked me to be the Camp Director. The first summer was making schedules for camp and working with my staff and having a great summer for the kids. I have always worked in a recreational setting and some of the times we have learning experiences at camp. I also started working in the after-school program to help kids with disabilities and we play games and do homework. I also played football and basketball when I was in high school. These are the experiences that helped form me in to the youth worker that I am today and that I will become in the future.

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