Behind the Scenes

Since United Christian Youth Camp is a non-profit organization, they are highly dependent on the work done by volunteers and the generous donations from others. Over this last weekend of our middle school winter camp, we had six volunteers come up to help with the programming of the weekend. These volunteers came from Phoenix and Tucson to spend their time being involved in these kids lives. Each of these volunteers were members of the camp summer staff this past summer and were willing to commit to this winter camp event. I am so grateful for their desire and passion to travel far from their homes just so they can be a part of this life changing experience for these students.

Most of the volunteers at UCYC are people who have had some prior work history with the camp organization, but are now off working somewhere else. However, they have committed to spend time completing various facilities projects and help in whatever ways necessary. Most of the training that volunteers experience is hands-on/on-the-job training because it is entirely dependent on what tasks in which they are going to be involved. We do our best to motivate our volunteers through using encouragement notes, using words of affirmation, and serving them in different situations. Also, the organization is committed to help house and feed all of our volunteers. I believe that there is a very high emphasis on the work of volunteers at UCYC and I personally feel that they are highly valued and appreciated by all of the staff members.