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Short-Term
Job Adventures California
AAVE:
All About Visiting
Earth
Summer
Adventure Travel
Leaders
Southern
& Northern
California
The privilege of working in the adventure travel
field is huge. Live the dream by becoming an AAVE
trip leader. You'll teach teenagers about adventure
camping techniques and life skills while
facilitating group dynamics in Alaska, California,
Colorado or Hawaii in the U.S., with opportunities
to also lead adventures worldwide.

AAVE:
All About Visiting Earth
2308 Fossil Trace Drive
Golden, CO 80401
303.526.0806
800.222.3595 toll free
303.531.2717 fax
info@aave.com
www.aave.com
American
Conservation
Experience
Conservation
Volunteers
Santa
Cruz Home Base (from Catalina Island to Lake Tahoe
and beyond)
Experience
a different way of life. Meet people from around
the world. Enjoy spectacular landscapes. Contribute
your energy to meaningful and challenging outdoor
projects. Take pride in your team's
accomplishments. This is American Conservation
Experience. Hiring volunteers each month in the
western U.S. over a minimum 12-week period.

American
Conservation Experience
418 South Leroux St.
Flagstaff, AZ 86001
831.345.3019
info@usaconservation.org
www.usaconservation.org
Camp
Augusta
Summer
Counselors, Heroes, Village Leaders, Administration
Staff, Equestrian Crew, Kitchen
Team
Nevada
City (Sierra Nevada Mountains of Northern
California)
People can have a job, career, or a calling. Camp
Augusta is looking for folks who have a calling.
Work, play, learn, struggle and grow in a vibrant
community this summer. Reap the rewards of a
healthy and feel-good lifestyle. Enhance your
professional and personal growth. Help foster
self-confidence, independence, life-long
recreational skills, safe risk taking, an
appreciation for community, caring, honesty,
respect, responsibility, environmental awareness
and fun!

Randy
Grayson
Director
Camp Augusta
17530 Lake Vera Road
Nevada City, CA 95959
530.265.3702
530.265.3527 fax
randall@campaugusta.org
www.campaugusta.org

Camphill
Communities
Therapeutic
Community Life Sharing Work
Opportunities
Soquel
(Five acres overlooking Monterey Bay)
Camphill
staff, called coworkers, live and work with
children, youth, and adults with developmental and
other disabilities in rural Camphill communities in
California, Minnesota, New York and Pennsylvania as
well as in British Columbia and Ontario, Canada.
Work life may mean providing human support and
caregiving, teaching a craft, working in the farm
or garden, cooking wholesome meals, engaging in the
healing arts, or celebrating seasonal festivals
together. Full room and board, medical insurance,
vacation time and a modest stipend is
provided.

A
Day in the Life: Camphill Communities
California
Learn more about a Camphill coworker who found
his place to help, change, and influence the lives
of others while being submerged in a culture of
genuine acceptance, love, caring, thought, idea and
action. Read
more »
Headquarters
Lauren Wolff
Camphill Association of North America
P.O. Box 152
Philmont, NY 12565
518.610.3179
coworker@camphill.org
www.camphill.org
Learn more about Camphill
Communities
California
Emandal—A
Farm on a
River
Garden,
Environmental Education, Food & Hospitality
Staff
Willits
(Northern
California)
Come explore the cycle of employment opportunities
with Emandal: a unique place that not only provides
a learning environment, but a chance to do
something constructive while pondering life's
options. This year's employment opportunities
include naturalists & environmental educators;
head gardener, intern and assistant; facilities
assistant/animal caretaker; cooking enthusiast;
clothesline concierge; and seasonal support staff.

Jenn
Procacci
Emandal - A Farm on a River
16500 Hearst Post Office Rd.
Willits, CA 95490
707.459.5439
707.459.1808 fax
employment@emandal.com
www.emandal.com
Esalen
Institute
Holistic
Residential Work-Study
Program
Big
Sur
Esalen. The word itself summons up tantalizing
visions of adventure, of unexplored frontiers, of
human possibilities yet to be realized. The 28-day
Work-Study Program offers the essential ingredients
for making a directed commitment to
self-exploration and growth while contributing your
service and working talents to the Esalen
community.

Mary
Anne Will
Work Study Coordinator
Esalen Institute
55000 Highway 1
Big Sur, CA 93920
831.667.3010
831.667.3069 fax
workstudy@esalen.org
www.esalen.org
Hidden
Villa
Summer
Camp Staff; Farming, Agriculture, Animal Husbandry
& Environmental Education
Internships
Los
Altos Hills (near Santa
Cruz)
Live, work and play on a 1,600 wilderness preserve
and organic farm in the Santa Cruz mountains!
Yearlong interns and summer staff members at Hidden
Villa will participate in innovative, hands-on
programs promoting environmental awareness,
multicultural understanding and humanitarian values
where positive change in the world can be made.

A
Day in the Life: An Incredible Internship
Experience
Is it true that we can live out our dreams by
creating our own realities? Find out how Cori's
internship experience at Hidden Villa unlocked her
door of opportunity. Read
more »
Hidden
Villa
26870 Moody Rd.
Los Altos Hills, CA 94022
Internships:
650.949.8644, hveep@hiddenvilla.org
Summer
Camp Jobs:
650.949.8641, camp@hiddenvilla.org
www.hiddenvilla.org
High
Trails Outdoor Science
School
Outdoor
Instructors
Big
Bear Mountains (Southern
California)
Do good and fight the man. If you have a college
degree, a healthy amount of experience both with
kids and the outdoors and the willingness to work
and live in a small, close-knit staff community,
High Trails is looking for
you.

Drizzt
Cook
Director
High Trails Outdoor Science School
P.O. Box 2640
Big Bear City, CA 92314
909.855.0782
800.428.1851 fax
work@camphightrails.com
www.thehightrailsway.com
IVGID
Diamond
Peak Ski
Resort
Seasonal
& Year-Round Hospitality
Jobs
Incline
Village (north shore of Lake
Tahoe)
Great snow, water fun, great views, mountain
living, and great work/play options: get a jump on
your career with a seasonal job at Incline Village
GID or Diamond Peak Ski Resort. Winter seasonal job
opportunities are available in food & beverage,
dispatch & ski patrol, customer service, lift
& mountain operations, maintenance,
transportation, and ski & snowboard
instruction. The summer months bring job
opportunities that include day camp leaders,
lifeguards, food & beverage staff, grounds
keepers, carts crew, Marshals and more.

Incline
Village General Improvement District (IVGID)
Diamond Peak Ski Resort (1210 Ski Way)
HR Dept. (893 Southwood Blvd.)
Incline Village, NV 89451
775.832.1100
775.832.1359 fax
jobs@yourtahoeplace.com
www.diamondpeak.com
www.ivgid.com
www.yourtahoeplace.com
Northwest
Youth Corps
Outdoor
Crew Leaders & Leadership Development
Program
Northern
California
Imagine working and camping in remote areas
throughout the Pacific Northwest and getting paid
for it! The Northwest Youth Corps is currently
hiring field staff to lead teenage conservation
crews on projects stressing environmental education
and the development of basic job skills with
various start dates from March through October.
Seasonal job opportunities are available in
northern California, Idaho, Oregon and Washington.

Northwest
Youth Corps
2621 Augusta St.
Eugene, OR 97403
541.349.5055
541.349.5060 fax
work@nwyouthcorps.org
www.nwyouthcorps.org
Nyingma
Centers
Buddhist
Residential Work-Study
Program
Berkeley
or Sonoma County (100 miles north of San
Francisco)
Live and work in a Tibetan Buddhist community while
learning about Buddhism and making a difference in
your life and for the people of Tibet. Benefits
include accommodations, vegetarian meals, a full
range of Buddhist study classes and a living
allowance. Wide range of positions available
(including cooking, sewing, maintenance,
landscaping, IT, fundraising and all aspects of the
publishing business), some offering future job
training, from three weeks to six months or more.

Mangalam
Centers Volunteer Office
Berkeley, CA
volunteers@mangalamcenters.org
510.809.1100 ext. 222
Ratna
Ling Volunteer Office
Sonoma County, CA
contact@nyingmavolunteer.org
510.981.1987
www.nyingmavolunteer.org
Ratna
Ling Retreat
Center
Residential
Work Study Program
Cazadero
(Coastal Northern
California)
Interested
in developing your unique potential? The Work Study
program at Ratna Ling invites participants to learn
and grow while living in a spiritual community of
volunteers from around the world. Gain
experience in a variety of work related to the
management and maintenance of a retreat center.
Program includes room and board, evening classes on
a range of Buddhist subjects, and a stipend of $150
per month. Current openings include: Social Media
Advertiser, Maintenance, Cook, Housekeeper and
Gardener/Landscaper.

Ratna
Ling Retreat Center
35755 Hauser Bridge Rd.
Cazadero, CA 95421
888.944.3777
info@ratnaling.org
www.ratnaling.org

Stanford
Sierra Conference
Center
Guest
Services & Hospitality
Staff
Lake
Tahoe
If an
exciting hospitality job and beautiful mountain
setting is beckoning you either this spring or
fall, the Stanford Sierra Conference Center is a
place where you'll have the opportunity to work and
play hard, make new friends and help guests enjoy
their stay. The staff comes from all walks of life—college
students, professionals between jobs, experienced
workers in the service industry, travelers or
people taking time off.

Joe
Sanford
Conference Staff Director
Stanford Sierra Conference Center
P.O. Box 10618
South Lake Tahoe, CA 96158-3618
530.541.1244, ext. 118
530.541.2212 fax
josephs@stanford.edu
www.stanfordsierra.com
TrekAmerica
North
America Travel Guides and Tour
Leaders
North
America (training in Southern
California)
Doubling as travel guide and driver, tour leaders
for TrekAmerica take small groups on exciting
adventures that will take you to big cities,
National Parks, beaches, small towns and many
places away from the tourist routes throughout
North America.

Jennifer
Boyle
Recruitment and Training Manager
TrekAmerica
P.O. Box 1338
Gardena, CA 90249
310.719.9877
800.345.8777 toll free
310.719.1478 fax
jobs@workfortrek.com
www.trekamerica.com
Yeshe
De
Residential
Volunteer Work Exchange
Program
Cazadero
(Northern
California)
Volunteering
for Yeshe De is more than just an opportunity to
participate in a worthwhile project. It is also a
chance to learn how to get the most out of any work
that you do. By engaging in the Skillful Means
program, work becomes a bridge to self-awareness
and development. This unique volunteer work
exchange program provides housing, vegetarian
meals, Buddhist classes and a stipend of $150 per
month all while living among the natural beauty of
their country retreat center.

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