Volunteer Roles

Required Adult Applications – Deadline February 1, 2023

All churches are required to submit one of the following adult volunteers for every 3 students they wish to bring to Flower City Work Camp.  These adult leaders include:

Work Site Leaders – These leaders provide planning, direction, and support on Work Sites while enabling participating students to do the ministry work.  These leaders must be present Monday evening and all day Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.

Sidewalk Club Leaders – These leaders oversee a mini-Vacation Bible School type ministry experience that operates alongside Work Sites in City neighborhoods. Sidewalk Club teams evangelize children with Bible stories, verses, songs, crafts, and a clear presentation of the Gospel during the three working days of Work Camp (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday). A Sidewalk Club Leader functions in much the same way for the Sidewalk Clubs as the Work Site Leader does for the Work Site. He or she needs to provide planning, direction, and support while allowing the students to do the ministry work.  These leaders must be present starting Monday evening and all day Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.

Sports Camp Coaches (Basketball or Soccer) – These leaders function in much the same way for the Sports Camps as the Work Site Leader does for the Work Site. The Coach works with Work Camp teens to help lead skills and scrimmage events at a City-based mini-camp. The Coach needs to provide planning, direction, and support while allowing the students to do the ministry work.  These leaders must be present starting Monday afternoon and all day Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.

Agency Support Leaders – These leaders provide planning, direction, and support on Agency Support sites while enabling participating students to do the ministry work. These leaders must be present Monday evening and all day Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.

Applications will be available beginning 11/4 for required adults from churches that have already registered to participate.  Apply here!

Lunch Coordinator – Churches also must provide a Lunch Coordinator to oversee providing lunch to at least one site during the three workdays of Camp (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday).

Applications will be available beginning 11/4 for lunch coordinators from churches that have already registered to participate.  Apply here!

Other Adult Applications – Deadline April 1, 2023

There are many additional ways that we need adults to serve at Flower City Work Camp. Each church must send at least 1 person to serve on a shift for the medical or security teams. These additional adult positions include, but are not limited to:

  • Roving Experts – are adults skilled in one or more major home repair areas: electrical, plumbing, carpentry, masonry, roofing, etc. Roving Experts are not assigned a particular worksite but are available during Work Camp to assist Site Leaders with labor-intensive, skill-specific projects or consultations. Roving Experts may also be called on prior to the week of Camp as Work Site Leaders plan the work to be done on their site.  Roving Experts must be available the Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday of Camp.
  • Gofers – support Work Site teams by responding to requests for materials or other supplies. Gofer activities include purchasing and delivering materials, moving tools or supplies between sites, and transporting students as necessary.  All purchases are reimbursed within 48 hours. These leaders must serve for the full week of Camp.
  • Kitchen Crew – feed the hundreds of student and adult volunteers who eat breakfast and dinner at the Host Churches during the week.  Volunteers can either help to prepare and serve meals provided at Home Base or help with the Snack Bar in the evenings.  You can schedule your preferred time slot at the end of your application.
  • Medical Team – We have a team of medical professionals (nurses, doctors, PA’s and EMT’s) on-site 24 hours a day during camp. These adults provide first aid care in the event of injury or illness and administer or supervise the taking of medications. Duties are spread among several individuals serving 4-6 hour shifts. You can schedule your preferred time slot at the end of your application.
  • Security Team – These volunteers provide security and information at Home Base each morning, evening, and overnight during the week. They help ensure that Flower City Work Camp is a positive, nurturing, and safe place in which our students serve.
  • Prayer Walk Leaders – these leaders oversee Work Site Teams as they go on a daily Prayer Walk in the neighborhood in which they are serving. While Student Shepherds and Work Site Leaders generally coordinate the Prayer Walks, on occasion prayer warrior volunteers are needed to lead a team of students and adults in praying for the area around their worksite. Prayer Walk Leaders make it possible for the students to be bold in prayer as they take a walk around the neighborhood, praying for the people and needs they encounter. You can schedule your preferred time slot at the end of your application.
  • Clean Up Volunteers – at the end of the week, we need to clean and restore the two Host Church locations that host Camp.  These volunteers will assist in a variety of ways to clean and reset the churches back to their normal operational footing.
  • Merchandise Team – we operate both a snack shop fundraiser and branded apparel shop fundraiser in the evenings at Camp.  We need a small group of folks to run those retail operations.  It is a great place to interact with the kids.

Applications will be available beginning 11/4 for other adult volunteers from churches that are already registered to participate.  Apply here!

If you are an adult that desires to participate as a volunteer during Flower City Work Camp, but your church did not submit a Church Registration Form (deadline is October 31, 2021), please drop us a line through our Contact Form and let us know what area of service you are interested in – we may still be able to use you!