Morale and Mental Health: What Staff Want and What They Need

Camp staff equate happiness with healthiness and look to their camp leadership to provide both. This session will focus on the needs of staff to protect and strengthen their mental health, while guiding them to focus on the priorities of camp: the health and well-being of campers. How can we provide for the morale of staff without cosigning their belief that any discomfort or unhappiness they feel must be solved by leadership before the staff can be expected to do their work? Come for some frank conversation!