Short-Term Job Adventures Virginia

Global Youth Village International Workshop Instructors, Counselors and Specialists
Bedford (foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains)
Are you looking for a place to invest your talents, while still having a opportunity to learn and grow in a community working to address local and global issues by energizing and inspiring the next generation? This summer contribute your own thread of education, thought, personality and dreams! Very different from an academic environment, the Global Youth Village staff experience is an intensive and fulfilling learning opportunity that requires active, responsible participation. Job opportunities include workshop instructors, counselors, program specialists, and administration, food services (international vegetarian entrées) and health care staff.

Go Ape! Tree Top Adventure Course Instructors
Freedom Park in Williamsburg (this 600-acre forested retreat also features approximately two miles of hiking trails and more than 20 miles of mountain bike trails winding through historical sites, forests and along creeks, open meadows, and parking); there is also a second course at Rock Creek Regional Park in Rockville, Maryland
With awesome tree top adventure courses, zip-wires, Tarzan swings, giant rope nets and general monkey business, Go Ape! is actively seeking Course Instructors to assist with operations at courses in Maryland and Virginia to get people out of their comfort zones and adrenalin pumping.

Innisfree Village Therapeutic Farming Community Residential Caregivers
Crozet (30 minutes from Charlottesville and the University of Virginia)
Volunteering at Innisfree Village brings the give and take of a lifesharing home and work environment with residents who have intellectual disabilities. Residents and volunteers participate side-by-side in a variety of workstations that can tap into their artistic energies at the bakery, community kitchen, farm, herb & vegetable gardens, the free school, weavery and woodshop. Benefits include room, all meals, a monthly stipend, wireless Internet, access to onsite fitness facility and an incredible view of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Now accepting applications from volunteers who can begin a year of service starting between February and June 2012.

A Day in the Life
Learn more about how the Innisfree Village community empowered Lisa Gerlits to find a new way to move through the world while volunteering again and again and again (or take a sneak peek of your new work environment and the variety of people who live and work together).

Marine Science Consortium Seasonal Marine Science Educators; Summer Jobs: Adult & Family Program Assistants, College Program Assistants, Summer Camp Staff & Internships
Conveniently positioned on the Delmarva Peninsula, adjacent to Wallops, Chincoteague and Assateague Islands
Looking for the type of exciting outdoor hands-on job experience that puts you elbow deep in algae and knee deep in marsh mud? The Marine Science Consortium is searching for seasonal marine science educators to lead student groups through a coastal ecology program that spans the dynamic ecosystem of a barrier island including: bay/estuarine, salt marsh wetland, maritime forest, sand dunes and Atlantic coastal beaches. Educator positions run from late February through mid-November, with a potential winter extension and/or spring rehire. Summer jobs include adult & family program assistants, a college program coordinator, college program assistant, summer camp staff and internships.

WellBalance Health, Nutrition and Fitness Camp Staff
The Virginia camp is based on a sprawling 125-acre boarding school campus in Christchurch with a access to a private beach; positions are also available at the Northern California camp in Santa Cruz
Interested in working for one of the best health camps in America? WellBalance operates weight loss and fitness camps designed to help children, teens, and young adults gain skills and motivation for a lifetime of healthy living. Come spend your summer at one of two camp locations (Santa Cruz, CA and Christchurch, VA) helping campers lose weight and get in shape. Summer health & fitness job opportunities include a Camp Director (Santa Cruz only), Program Supervisor, Clinical Director, Culinary & Nutrition Director, Health Coach, Fitness Trainers, and Camp Counselors/Dorm Supervisors.

Wollam Gardens Floriculture Internship
Jeffersonton (60 miles southwest of Washington, D.C.)
If you have a passion for flowers, Wollam Gardens is the place to work, learn, live and grow the floriculture dream. From working in the fields and bouquet making at the farm to selling flowers at Washington D.C. farmers' markets and to high-end florists, apprentices have the opportunity to learn all aspects of a cut-flower growing operation. Positions are available beginning in March and continue through November (seasonally or the entire period).