We strive to provide the most impactful experience possible for everyone involved in Camp Swift, and we therefore uphold a merit-based application process to select our Camp Swift counselors.  We have worked hard to ensure that this process will be as objective as possible.  We will have a committee made up of Swift Youth Foundation staff, board members, and experienced volunteers who will all be involved in the application review process.  In order to be as transparent as possible, we are sharing with you the rubric the team will be using to score each application.  Each person on the committee will be reviewing each application, and scores from each reviewer will be averaged for a final score.  The applicants with the highest scores off of this rubric will be accepted to be counselors for Camp Swift 2019.  A few things to note:

• Because we split our cabins by gender and therefore need a specific number of female counselors and a specific number of male counselors, female and male applicants will be scored separately.
• Session preference will be given to those with the highest scores.  To better ensure that you will get a spot at camp this summer, we highly recommend that you remain open to the possibility of attending either session.  If you know that you absolutely cannot attend one of the sessions, please only mark the session that you are able to attend*.

​​*Team Swift members are the only counselors who are eligible to attend both sessions.

Payment
​We will be collecting payment only once an individual is accepted as a counselor.  Payment must be made within one week of acceptance unless prior arrangement has been made (in writing by email) with Kaylie Medansky, Executive Director.  If payment is not made by the deadline the spot will be forfeited and given to an applicant on the wait list.

• Please note that for the first time in over 15 years we are slightly increasing our counselor fee rates due to increased costs associated with putting on Camp Swift.  Please note that this rate is still actually significantly subsidized, as the true cost per counselor is closer to $600/counselor per session of camp due to housing, food, and training costs.  Thank you for your understanding.

Here at Swift Youth Foundation, we are all about that grilled cheese and tomato soup life! During the colder winter months, our friends of #TeamTomatoSoup are enjoying their time to shine. As a nip in the air remains during "Soup Month", we're sharing one of our favorite (and easiest to make) tomato soup recipes. If you have just four ingredients and 10 minutes, you'll have yourself a Camp Swift favorite! Enjoy and don't forget to share a pic of your sensational soup with us by tagging @SwiftYouthAZ! Yum! 

This recipe was shared from AVirtualVegan.com and authored by Mel.

Session 1
May 23 - Support Staff Orientation
May 24 - Counselor Orientation
May 25 - May 28 Camp Swift Session 1

Session 2
July 29 - Support Staff Orientation
July 30 - Counselor Orientation
July 31 - August 4 Camp Swift Session 2

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