Sacred Heart Summer Camp's Volunteers
Sacred Heart Summer Camp is staffed by a warm and caring team of experienced volunteers principally from New York and New Jersey, but sometimes as far away as California. We actively recruit volunteers from high schools affiliated with our hosts - the Marist Brothers, including Mount Saint Michael Academy (Bronx), Saint Joseph Regional High School (NJ), Archbishop Molloy High School (Queens), and Marist High School (Chicago). We also recruit high school students who attended Sacred Heart Summer Camp as campers, who would like to return and serve as volunteers.
Each year at Sacred Heart Summer Camp, between 65 and 85 volunteers spend time caring for and mentoring our campers. Our volunteers serve as counselors, lifeguards, activities and special events coordinators, medical staff, and the kitchen crew. They are creative and energetic. They are dedicated as demonstrated by the fact that so many continue to return year after year. For many of our volunteers, working at Sacred Heart Summer Camp is a substantial sacrifice. Many of our volunteers forgo summer jobs, or spend their limited vacation time with our children. Others give up precious time with their husbands, wives and children to work with our children. They are truly beloved by our campers as evidenced by the tears that are shed each Saturday when the buses arrive to take everyone home.
Each year at Sacred Heart Summer Camp, between 65 and 85 volunteers spend time caring for and mentoring our campers. Our volunteers serve as counselors, lifeguards, activities and special events coordinators, medical staff, and the kitchen crew. They are creative and energetic. They are dedicated as demonstrated by the fact that so many continue to return year after year. For many of our volunteers, working at Sacred Heart Summer Camp is a substantial sacrifice. Many of our volunteers forgo summer jobs, or spend their limited vacation time with our children. Others give up precious time with their husbands, wives and children to work with our children. They are truly beloved by our campers as evidenced by the tears that are shed each Saturday when the buses arrive to take everyone home.
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Camp Directors
Jason Jurgens is the lead director of Sacred Heart Summer Camp. He has volunteered at the Mid-Hudson Valley Camp for almost 35 years. In 2007, Jason became a director of Sacred Heart Camp. He also taught law and civics at Sacred Heart School in 1998 and 1999 while attending Columbia Law School. Jason is a Partner with Jones Day, one of the world's largest and most respected law firms. After living in Manhattan for his entire adult life, he now lives in New Jersey with his wife and son. Email: jason.jurgens@gmail.com Tomas Palacios is a director of Sacred Heart Summer Camp. He has volunteered at the Mid-Hudson Valley Camp for almost 25 years. In 2010, Tomas became a director of Sacred Heart Camp. He is an Executive Editor in the children's publishing division of HarperCollins where he is responsible for such properties as Dungeons & Dragons. Tomas lives in New Jersey with his wife and two children. Email: tomas.palacios@harpercollins.com. Carolina Medina is a director of Sacred Heart Summer Camp. A graduate of Sacred Heart School, Carolina attended Sacred Heart Summer Camp as a camper, before becoming a volunteer while in high school. After many years supervising our female counselors, Carolina became a co-director of Sacred Heart Summer Camp in 2013. She lives in Congers, New York with her husband and their two children. 
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Senior Staff From Sacred Heart School
Each year, Sacred Heart Summer Camp's Volunteer Staff usually includes numerous Sacred Heart alumni, teachers and administrators. 
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