Arrival information

Name arrival date details
Sarah Gnieslaw- Australia April - here
Cassie McLean- Cranbourne, Australia - here

Bec Pearce - Upwey, Australia - here
Christie Logan- Australia - here
Laura Wenckowski- Australia - here
Lauren Richards- Australia - here

Emma Ward- England - here
Katharina Abraham- Ebriechsdorf, Austria - here

Masha Silko - Kiev, Ukraine - here

Andrea Marino- Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania - here
Sarah Marino- Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania - here
Rebecca Wissman- Oxford, Michigan - here

Victoria Carver- England - here
Victoria Stafford - England - here

Eliza Buckley- Geelong, Australia - here
Shantell Clark - Jamaica - here

Anna Frick - Traverse City, Michigan - here
Anna Jarvis - Essex, England - here
Chelsea Blaine - Columbus, Ohio - here
Liz Cleary - East Lansing, Michigan - here

Kaleryna Plyutenko - Ukraine - here
Yulia Hacatyrova - Mykolaiv, Ukraine - here

Clare Algozin - Owosso, Michigan - here

Megan Watkiss - Herts, England - May 30
Nicole Govan- Essendon, Australia - May 30th
Amy Mckechnie- Australia May 31st

Jay Imberg- England June 1st UA949 @3.19pm

Anja Ivanovic- Australia June 2nd AA4327 @ 8.15PM
Sally Lugg- Australia June 2nd DL4129 @ 9.30pm

Emily Shanblatt- East Lansing, Michigan June 3 or 4 car
Katie Grimm- East Lansing, Michigan June 3 or 4 car
Becca Rawlinson- England June 3rd UA5720 @ 7.40pm

Amelia Rode - Berryville, Virginia June 4th car
Caroline Stephens- Louisville, Kentucky June 4th car
Courtney Baxter- Cincinnati, Ohio June 4th car
Haley Ireland- Piedmont, California June 4th
Kerrie McIntyre - Alloa, Scotland June 4th car
Natasha Bauer- Auckland, New Zealand June 4th UA6036 @ 08:18am
Sam Clegg- Nantwich, England June 4th car
Alice Jones- England June 4th car
Ginny Krone - Cincinnati, Ohio June 4th car
Abbie Cook- Owosso, Michigan June 4th
Maggie Martin- Grand Rapids, - June 4th car
Eliza Poor - Winnetka, Illinios - June 4th car
Courtney Ractliffe- Geelong, Australia June 4th @ 8.15am

Rebecca Westendorf- Australia June 7th
Naomi Kuipers- Corunna, Michigan June 7th car
Gretchen Grimm - East Lansing, Michigan June 9th car
Heather Larsen- Traverse City, Michigan june 9th car
Farrah Julin- Grosse Ille, Michigan June 9th Car
Maggie Deadrick- Cincinnati, Ohio June 9th Car
Maria Frick- Williamsburg, Michigan June 9th car
Lizzie Brevard- Mississippi (Not 2b) June 9th car
Katie Kraft - Ann Arbor, Michigan June 9th car
Anna Robbins - Winnetka, Illinios June 9th car

Joanna Domachowska - Poland June 10th AF9317 @ 9pm
Joe Macaluso - Elk Rapids, Michigan June 10th car

No arrival date or time details known at this stage.

Aleah Stewart-Souris - Boston, MA not sure at this stage

Carlene Thompson - Jamaica not sure at this stage
Elizabeth Malkin- Wyoming, Ohio not sure at this stage
Hallie Kohler - Traverse City, Michigan not sure at this stage
Jane Windler- Columbus, Ohio not sure at this stage
Kathleen Roche - Cincinnati, Ohio not sure at this stage
Liz Smith - Traverse City, MI not sure at this stage
Lydia Hiller- Ann Arbor, Michigan not sure at this stage


Whitney Kulas - Bloomfield Village, Michigan not sure at this stage

Second session - arriving July 14th
Hannah Mooney- Michigan from being an LC
Caroline Robb- Ann Arbor, Michigan car
Maggie Valle - Chelsea, Michigan car
Martha West- London, England
Sarah Sessions - Hillsdale, Michigan car

Staff form check list

YMCA Camp Arbutus Hayo-Went-Ha
EMPLOYEE PERSONNEL FILE CHECKLIST

Please forward the following to me before you arrive at camp - or before May 17th:
Go to http://www.hayowentha.organd under the “summer camp” drop down menu is a folder titled job postings and forms for 2010 summer staff. This is where you will find all the required staff forms.

( ) Signed staff contract. (coming to you in the mail)

( ) Read the Staff Code of Conduct - found on the web site and also coming with your contract – print it, read it and keep a copy for your files. This document is part of the contract.

( ) Signed Health form – there are two parts to this requirement. The first is an information page and the second page is a written verification form stating that a licensed medical personnel has signed your form stating you have had a health examination with in the past 24 months. You may copy and attach a prior physical if it was preformed in the last 24 months. (Both forms can be found on the web site.) International staff need only the form provided by either CA or CCUSA. All ICCP applicants must use the two part form as described above.

( ) Payroll withholding form W-4 (Not applicable for international staff)
• Federal
• State

( ) Employee Eligibility Verification Form I-9 (For all first year staff only) – For all international staff please include a copy of your valid work visa page of your passport. American staff need to send in a copy of your Passport OR Drivers License AND Social Security Card OR Drivers License AND Birth Certificate.

( ) Direct deposit authorization form - Complete if you would like to have your pay check deposited into an already existing USA bank account. International staff can complete this form once we have opened a US bank account and I will help you do that once here.

( ) Driving forms - For staff who are 20 years and older who hold a valid drivers license. Some international staff may be able to drive on occasion and should come with an international driver’s license if you would like to be considered.

( ) Request for Central Registry Clearance – for all USA staff 21 years or older - please make a photocopy of you driver’s license and attach it to the form. This is a once in a lifetime form - so if you completed this form last year do not do it again this year.

( ) Travel details and t-shirt size - You can email this information to me if you have not already added it to the google doc.

Contracts are in the mail......

Dear staff,

Time is just zipping by and it will not be long before we are all excitedly standing on the shores of Arbutus Lake getting ready for the summer fun!

Your staff contract is in the mail! Once you have received it please look over it and sign the single page on camp letterhead and return it to me. The contract stapled together is your copy to keep. Camp mailing address is 1380 East Arbutus Lake Road, Traverse City, MI 49686. Please note on the back of the enclosed letter in with your contract is a check list of required forms. These forms can be found on the camp web site http://www.hayowentha.orgunder the drop down menu “summer camp” in the job postings and forms for 2010 summer staff folder. If you have any questions or corrections that need to be made please do so on both copies and send an email of explanation if need be.

For International Staff – Lifeguard training starts Friday, June 4th at dinner for orientation and will continue at the pool on Saturday and Sunday. On Monday we will start the CPR certification. Your pay begins the 4th June or the day you start. (This is a busy time of the year so if you arrive at camp prior to the 4th and would like to start work we will definitely have a job for you!) Staff working the spring season will receive via email a contract for the contracted time prior to June 4th.

For American staff - HWH Camps provides, at no change, the complete Red Cross Lifeguard certification course and therefore will not be days you will be paid. This course starts Friday, June 4th at dinner for orientation and will continue at the pool on Saturday and Sunday. On Monday we will start the CPR certification and that day will be a paid day. If you do not need to participate in the lifeguarding course and do not plan to arrive until June 9th CPR will be offered again during the ten days of staff training.

Also this year we are in need of staff with Wilderness First Responder certification to go on some of our bigger trips. (Explorers and Isle Royale particularly) If you already have this certification you will receive an additional $200 and you should update your contract and include a copy of this certification for your file. I am still researching for course offerings in Michigan in May. Let me know if you are interested in participating in a course if one is found.

Please mark your calendars – Our annual work weekend is May 15th and 16th and we would love your help. It is a fun weekend were we have 30 – 50 staff and volunteers assist maintenance staff to clean up, complete projects and open up camp after the winter months. It will be a great weekend to get back at camp and meet some of the new early staff arrivals. Let me know if we are expecting you! The more the merrier!

For all staff - I have had a few developments with staff openings. Recently the Sailing Director and the Web site/social media person cancelled. Due to lower than expected camper enrollment numbers and extremely tight budget restrictions at this time of the year I am unable to hire any replacements at this time. I am also a little over staffed in the counselor area – again due to lower than expected numbers, so I want to see if anyone has either skills required for these positions and an interest to fill either position at least for one session. Please let me know if you have any questions or need any more information.

As I mentioned camper enrollment is a little lower than projected and also slightly down compared to this time last year. So be sure you continue to recruit all camper age friends, neighbors and family members. Have them refer to the web site www.hayowentha.org for more information and program descriptions.

Please let me know if you have any questions and I will be seeing you really soon.