Work at YMCA Camp Immokalee

Summer is more fun here.

Every year, we hire a big team to make summer happen at YMCA Camp Immokalee. Overnight Camp Counselors, Day Camp Counselors, and Kitchen Staff make up most of the people who work here.

If you’re looking for a job with us, summer is probably what you’re looking for.

And yes, we hire early. If you’re reading this in November, you’re in the right place.

Kids Come First Here

Like kids? That’s the foundational part of this job. Everything we do here comes back to them.

If you work in the kitchen, that might mean making sure a vegan camper has food they like and doesn’t feel different because of it. If you teach swim lessons, you’re making a whole new part of the world possible for a kid. At the adventure course, you’re helping kids face their fears and find out they can do hard things.

There are a lot of different jobs at camp. All of them matter. That’s why we’re here.

Keeping kids safe comes before everything else. We take that responsibility seriously. Their people at home are trusting us, too, and we want them to know their kid is being cared for by people who are paying attention and doing things the right way.

We don’t expect you to show up already knowing how to do all of this. We’ll train you.

Three Ways to Spend Your Summer Here

Overnight Camp Counselor

Live at camp. Lead a cabin. Be right in the middle of it.

Overnight Camp Counselors live in cabins with campers and spend the week with them. You’ll eat meals together, lead activities throughout the day, get in the lake, help with bedtime, dress up for theme weeks, and eventually understand why a kid can care that much about Color Wars.

You’ll also be the person campers come looking for when they need help, have something important to tell you, or desperately need you to WATCH THIS.

The basics:

  • Age: 18+
  • Starting pay: $325/week
  • Staff Training: May 26–June 2
  • Summer sessions: June 2–August 7
  • Commitment: At least six week-long sessions
  • Housing + meals: Included
  • Time off: Two hours each day, plus time between sessions

You don’t need certifications before you get here. In fact, we’ll provide and pay for the certifications we need you to have. Some also increase your weekly pay. Lifeguard, adventure course, and shooting sports certifications each add $50/week.

There are laundry machines you can use, Wi-Fi is available in parts of camp, and yes, your phone use will be limited while you’re working. You’re living with kids and responsible for them. We need you to actually be there.

I’m Interested in Overnight Camp

Day Camp Counselor

Camp all day. Home at night.

Day Camp Counselors spend their days outside with kids, leading activities, swimming, playing games, and helping their group have the kind of day that makes them want to come back tomorrow.

It’s a great first job for someone who likes kids, wants a summer that doesn’t look exactly the same every day, and would still very much like to sleep in their own bed. Housing at camp is not available for day camp staff.

  • Ages: 16+
  • Starting pay: $16/hour
  • Commitment: About 30 hours/week
  • Shifts: Various between 6:45 AM–6:15 PM
I’m Interested in Day Camp

Kitchen Staff

Work at camp without being a counselor.

Our Kitchen Staff make meals happen for the whole place. You’ll help prepare and serve food, keep the Dining Hall moving, and work behind the scenes on something camp absolutely cannot function without.

You’ll still be part of the summer at Immokalee, just without being responsible for a cabin full of kids. Housing at camp is not available for kitchen staff.

  • Ages: 16+
  • Starting pay: $16/hour
  • Commitment: About 30 hours/week
  • Shifts: Various between 5:45 AM–7:15 PM

And yes, 5:45 AM is a real shift. Breakfast has to come from somewhere.

I’m Interested in Kitchen

What You’d Be Part Of

Summer gets a little ridiculous around here.

Color Wars is a very big deal. The Dining Hall gets loud. We dress up for theme weeks, spend a lot of time outside, get in the lake, sit around campfires, and end up caring way too much about things that are difficult to explain to people who weren’t here.

But the people might be the best part.

Every summer, we bring together this completely random group of people who probably never would have met anywhere else. Some grew up at camp. Some have never been to camp before. Some have wanted to work here forever. Some just needed a summer job.

Then we get a whole summer together.

Come be part of it.