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[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn” el_class=”blog-text-body”]If you\u2019re part of the VagaJobs<\/a> faithful then I\u2019m sure you\u2019ve had that moment. That moment where you fell in love with the outdoors. <\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”9999993939″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” onclick=”link_image” css_animation=”fadeIn”][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn” el_class=”blog-text-body” bb_tab_container=””]Maybe it was a river, a mountain, an ocean, or even just a tree in your neighborhood. It could have been a summer away at camp, or a road trip with your friends. For me it was a film that showed a life and places I hadn’t known existed. Possibly it was the first time strapping your boots into the snowboard you bought form your friend. Or maybe it was the station wagon driving down the freeway with two kayaks strapped on top. It could have been that overnight camping trip\u00a0 that turned out to be two nights.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”9999993935″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” onclick=”link_image” css_animation=”fadeIn”][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn” el_class=”blog-text-body”]No matter how it happened, you\u2019re here because it did. If you\u2019re like me, then that initial moment led to a lifetime of lessons learned through experiences. In the words of Paolo Coehlo, \u201cnothing can substitute experience.\u201d City Kids Wilderness Project, linked here<\/a>, is a unique opportunity to help someone else have that moment.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn” el_class=”blog-text-body”]City Kids is a year-round youth development organization based in Washington, DC and Jackson, WY. They enroll 20 new 6th graders every year and support them through their high school graduation. During the school year, they’re based in DC, but In the summer they’re a camp in Jackson, Wyoming. That\u2019s where you come in. <\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”9999993940″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” onclick=”link_image” css_animation=”fadeIn”][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn” el_class=”blog-text-body”]City Kids is looking for trip-leaders & counselors. These positions serve as role models, guides, and mentors to campers. City Kids believes that the joys of the outdoors should be accessible to everyone, and that the lessons learned among trees and boulders are just as important as those learned in a classroom. And it works! Over 95 percent of their high school youth have graduated compared to DC’s less than a 65 percent graduation rate.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn” el_class=”blog-text-body”]If you love working with kids as much as you love the outdoors this is a perfect role for you. The ideal City Kids counselor is as passionate about community building and social justice as they are about hitting trails and running rivers. Opportunities for Camp Cooks and High School Instructors are also available.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”9999993941″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” onclick=”link_image” css_animation=”fadeIn”][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn” el_class=”blog-text-body”]Staff and campers live on a rustic 62-acre ranch complete with a swimming pool, log cabins, and lodge right outside of Jackson, Wyoming<\/a>. Just an hour and a half from Grand Teton National Park<\/a>, and two hours from Yellowstone National Park<\/a> you\u2019ll be sharing some of America\u2019s prime outdoor adventure real estate with your kids. <\/span><\/p>\n If you\u2019re the education, social work, or psychology student who wears their hiking shoes to class then you might be a perfect fit.\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn” el_class=”blog-text-body”]City Kids offers reimbursement for training so this is a perfect time to knock out your WFR<\/a> and jump start your career in experiential learning and wilderness education.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn”]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If you\u2019re part of the Vagajobs faithful then I\u2019m sure you\u2019ve had that moment. That moment where you fell in love with the outdoors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":9999993933,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[180],"tags":[138,135,139,140,134,136,126,24,141,131,116,137],"yoast_head":"\nMake a difference for someone else while having the summer of\u00a0 a lifetime. City Kids is waiting for you. Sign up to apply here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n