Registration Opens March 8th!
Personal Reference Form CIT Application Form
Sunday, June 29 – Saturday, July 5, 2025
Counselor Trainers:
Mary Carter-Vail and Ayanna Gaines
Submission Deadline: April 15, 2025
Do you want to give an amazing experience to the next generation of campers? Ready for a summer-week of hard work and serious responsibility, mixed with outrageous fun and friendship? Train to be a cabin counselor with the CIT program! Delve into a week of intensive learning as you discover the behind-the-scene side of camp!
We’ll explore leadership styles and conflict management, build skills for working with children, practice handling emergency situations, learn how to lead age-appropriate workshops and games and so much more.
In addition to learning how to be top-notch counselors, CIT’s build connections with each other and become an integral part of the UU Elementary Summer Camp community. Training takes place in the first half of the day; in the afternoon, CIT’s will assist camp counselors and program staff to gain practical experience.
Space is limited. Given Camp’s ongoing need for counseling staff, applicants should be willing to commit to the counseling program for several years after successful completion of the program.
All applicants must be between 14 and 18 years of age. A formal CIT application will be sent upon registration and receipt of deposit. All applications, including letters of recommendation, must be submitted by April 15, 2025. Acceptance notification will be made by May 1, 2025.
For more information about the program, watch the following video!
Pricing Information:
Cost of Program: $579
Pricing includes lodging, meals, training, activities and supplies. A $75 per person non-refundable deposit is required to confirm registration. Full balance due one week before the start of camp. No refunds will be allowed after check-in begins on the first day of camp. Electronic invoices will be sent out periodically, allowing partial or full payment, until payment in full is received. The $75 deposit will be returned if the applicant is not accepted into the program.
To make camp affordable, you can even make payments!
A Note about Payments:
After registering, there will be three options to pay: Pay in full via PayPal, pay a portion via PayPal, or pay via check. PayPal is our payment processor. Although you don’t need an account, our transactions do run through their platform.
To pay via PayPal without having an account, log out of any PayPal accounts and select the option “Pay with Debit/Credit Card,” which will be under the login button.
To submit payment by check, please make your check payable to: Camp de Benneville Pines and note the specific camp in the memo line. The mailing address for the check is:
Camp de Benneville Pines
Attn: Janet James
PO Box 82
Angelus Oaks, CA 92350
If you miss the payment step while registering, contact the registrar and request an invoice, registrar@uucamp.org.
COVID UPDATE: Camp no longer requires proof of vaccination at check-in; however, you will be required to show a negative Rapid Test result upon arrival before mingling with other campers. More details to follow closer to the event. Click here to read the updated policy in full.
Contact Information:
CIT program details or camper concerns/special considerations: Camping Ministries Director, Laura Lunn, cmd@uucamp.org, (949) 300-3645
Facilities or General Camp: Contact Janet James, Executive Director, director@uucamp.org, 909-435-6298
Registration: Contact Angela Andiorio, Camp Registrar, registrar@uucamp.org, 909-654-4769
Camp de Benneville Pines may sometimes need to make the difficult decision to cancel or postpone camp due to a variety of factors including but not limited to the following: severe weather conditions, road closures, Covid and other contagious outbreaks, camp volunteer and site staff shortages, etc. Should the camp have to cancel, refunds will be issued.