43 years of great summer camp experiences

The Ballibay Camps are arts summer camps for boys and girls ages 6 through 16. Our six camps offer a wide range of non-competitive fine and performing arts activities in a fun, friendly traditional setting. The camps share an exquisitely beautiful 200-acre mountaintop campus in Northeastern Pennsylvania. Our sessions range from 2 to 9 weeks in length.

Our camps offer exciting programs in theater, the visual arts, music, dance, video, radio, and rock-n-roll music. We have an excellent horseback riding program, swimming instruction, and daily sports and movement activities including Capoeira, Tai Chi Chuan, and Frerunning/ Parkour.

Recreation

Staff members receive 1 day off per week and every other night off.
All camp facilities are available to staff members during their time off, except horseback riding. The food is excellent for omnivores and vegetarians alike. On-campus facilities specificallly for staff members include laundry, computers, e-mail, a phone, and a comfy lounge with a TV/VCR, refrigerator, pool table, and more.

Room and Board

Housing options: Shared Cabin

Room and board are provided, and it is quite possible to live at camp all summer completely expense free.

Most teaching staff members are also cabin counselors. Cabin counselors live with at least one other staff member and 10-14 campers in a cabin with hot water and electricity. Ballibay is an activity-oriented camp; staff members spend only 2.5 hours each day with their cabin groups and 5.5 hours a day in specialty areas working with motivated campers!

Campers coming from west of Chicago or overseas are provided with linens.

Free laundry facilities are available on campus.

Benefits

The Ballibay Camps share a breathtakingly beautiful campus, and attract motivated kids with a deep interest in one or several areas of the arts, and a thirst for learning. Staff members are mostly graduate and undergraduate students, teachers, and professionals in their fine and performing arts fields. Average staff age is early-twenties, but we do have staff in their late twenties and thirties; and several camp parents are also staff members. Staff work cooperatively and collaboratively, and share many wonderful experiences with each other and with the kids throughout the summer.
Many staff return year after year to work with us. We offer 8-11 week contracts beginning June 15 or June 22, 2008.

Transportation Info

Staff either drive to camp, take a bus to Scranton, PA, or fly in to Scranton International Airport (AVP). Bus and airport pickup is provided by the camp.

How to Apply

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Please review the websites of all the Ballibay Camps carefully before applying; most staff will work with children from multiple camps.

Download, print and either fax or mail us your completed application.

Email: office@ballibaycamps.com

Mailing Address:
One Ballibay Road
Camptown, PA 18815

You are also welcome to contact us for a staff application packet.

We welcome international applicants through the Camp America and Bunac summer camp staffing programs. Please complete your application through one of these organizations, specifying that you would like your application forwarded to our attention.

International/J-1 Applicants Welcome.

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