Hildegard H. – Child Psychologist / Researcher: Hildegard is actually a grad student working this year on our campus performing a number of higher-ed studies about children with ADHD, concentration, camping, and who knows what else! What we know is her skills have come in handy a good handful of times, especially her intimate understanding of first aid, and we’re beyond grateful to have her on staff. 

The Mercy Girls:

The Mercy Girls are our real pride de force here at the camp. They came to us as a group, and I’m sure when the time is right they will retire as a group as well. They are from a defunct Eastern European nation, and are working at our camp on long term work visas (we’ve sponsored them), and their methods, however unorthodox, are highly effective and I can’t imagine what we’d do without them. 

Gerry – Is the eldest, and matron of the Mercy Girls. She is very strict and sometimes has to play the “bad cop” role in intra-camp discipline. She oversees all of the day-to-day activities around the camp including physical exertion exercises and making sure all chores are taken care of, though the exact definition of “done” is always up to her, and we’ve done well by trusting her exceptionally strict judgment.

Ulrika – Is the queen of the mess hall, but don’t let the name fool you, there is no ‘mess’ in our cafeteria. She coordinates volunteer efforts in the dining room and makes sure everyone gets exactly what’s coming to them at meal time. She also conscripts volunteers to perform cleaning duties, as well as peeling and preparation, but whatever it is that she does, rest assured this one fact; dinner has never been late under her watchful watch.

Sarbiner – Is in charge of grounds keeping and dorm room clean checks. She is very good at making painfully certain that our many campus rooms and living spaces are kept to exceptionally standards of cleanliness, She also ensures that those children who do not live up to these standards are held to account for their shortcomings. When your camper comes home, you can thank Sarbiner for the perpetually tidy state of the bedroom, house and even the outside grounds. She doesn’t just make cleaning fun, she makes it an almost obsessive matter for her graduated kinderfolk.

Dr. Smerzkopf – Our resident doctor on staff (Board Certified MD in Arizona and New York) is responsible for ensuring that your children are within their safe, medicated ranges, as well as administering any new prescription drugs as needed, based on ongoing evaluation, though there are rarely any medications needed to speak of. He mostly mends the little boo-boos that naturally befall a child at a nature camp like laryngitis, modestly broken bones and some of the more serious infections that may require review for hospitalization. He has tended to several averted would-be drownings at our camp, as well as saved more than six lives from certain demise at the hands of our “cabin of exertion” learning exhibit. We are forever indebted to Dr. Smerzkopf, and so are you.

Nursing Staff – We always run a rotation of at least two LPN-grade nurses (or higher) at any given time to ensure that, when Dr. Smerzkopf is unavailable, there is always some attendance for the little campers. Details and credentials available upon request.