Hospitality / Food Service Summer Internship - Paid - Camp Operational Experience

As a Hospitality Intern at Camp Towanda, your primary responsibility will be involved with the behind-the-scenes support operations focusing on our kitchen and dining hall, housekeeping services, facility maintenance and/or security. This is a real-life, in-the-trenches, hands-on experience and opportunity to work from the ground up; with guidance, support and care from our Leadership Team with daily feedback, weekly reviews and instruction. 

As a member of our Kitchen and Maintenance Personnel team (KMP) you will gain hands-on experience and leadership opportunities, while building skills that your future employers are looking for, such as understanding hard work, flexibility, adaptability, initiative, self-direction, social and cross-cultural skills, productivity, accountability, leadership and responsibility. Long term success in any path you take is built with experience. The best leaders have an understanding of what all the different positions handle and deal with on a task-by-task and day-by-day basis, starting at the bottom. You will be gaining those experiences here with us! You will get dirty, you will sweat, you will be washing the dishes, you will be taking out the trash, you will be cleaning toilets, you will be “in the trenches” working with fellow employees and interns doing the real get down and dirty positions and jobs. You will learn technique, problem solving skills, time management, logistics, and most importantly, how to live with and manage though all the diverse challenges to get the job done. 

Camp provides a great window into the Hospitality Industry, and this position is an incredible, hands-on, real-life, behind-the-scenes opportunity; an experience you will be able to tell your future employer: What you did, how you did it, what the conditions were like, what the morale was like, what the management interpretation and interaction was like and you will be able to passionately share the amazing skills and techniques that now flow through you. Furthermore, when you take on a leadership role in the future, you will be able to relate to everyone in your organization, from the bottom up, giving you valuable insight, respect and connection.

You will also learn from our entire Leadership Team about other aspects of our program including new camper tours, alumni/family relations, branded giveaways, employee benefits and customer service. You will be given the opportunity to contribute to how we welcome staff, families, campers, organize events, and cultivate the unique spirit of Camp Towanda (Check it out here)! 

Program Availability: Mid June - Mid August

You will learn about all the different Kitchen, Housekeeping, Maintenance and Security positions, while being assigned to one most of your time with us. The following are the responsibilities for each area.

The next step is to fill out our online application. Our internships are integrated into our hired positions, so there is one application for all positions. We will then set up a time to interview over skype or facetime.