Volunteering 3-Mile Style is Fun!!!!
One thing that helps keep Three Mile Island's spirit alive, interesting, and genuine are the volunteer opportunities that keep us rooted to the things we love. So much of what makes Three Mile special is directly related to the variety of volunteer efforts that abound. Whether it be a camper who organizes a nature writing afternoon at North Point, an old-timer who returns each fall to cook for the crew, a web designer who keeps the website alive, or a happy person with a hammer, TMI can accommodate all interests and abilities. Is it work? Sure (some is). Is it fun? You bet!
Listed below are the volunteer opportunities which are available each season. We encourage you to contact the volunteer coordinator for each event if you have any questions.
June 6–8, 2008
Join us for a weekend of trail repair, handyman projects, and opening camp. Help sweep cobwebs, organize the kitchen, roof a cabin, cook dinner, stain a john, rig a boat, you get the idea. And this year we have a special treat in store: trail work under the guidance of the AMC Trail Crew. Come learn from the best as they help us protect a valuable resource while at the same time making parts of the Island more accessible to campers with limited mobility. All talents and ages welcome. The more the merrier!
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AMC Three Mile Island Camp is managed by volunteers. The TMI Volunteer "Committee" sets policies and goals for the camp, hires the summer managers and oversees the long-term financial affairs of the Camp. The Committee helps to ensure that Three Mile continues to meet the vision articulated by one of its founders, Roswell Bigelow Lawrence, in October 1900.
"But not only should the natural beauties of the island be protected and no work of man allowed to mar; but campers also should live as close to nature as the rules of hygiene and reasonable regard to comfort will allow. Golf and fine clothes should be tabooed; early hours, camp costumes, and simple fare should be the rules. Canoeing and swimming, fishing and sailing, tramping and climbing, resting and communing with nature should be the order of every day. Briefly, the island camp should never become a hotel, but remain a camp, pure and simple, where club members may find rest and live as close to nature as possible."
Comprised of thirteen members,
the Three Mile Island Committee members meet
formally three times per year, (September, February and May). Committee member
terms are four years long, with three new members recruited each year.
Volunteering for the Committee is a fun way to help preserve our special
island community. If you'd like more information, or would like to apply
for the Committee, contact the Chair, Rick Tjader, at
committeechair@3mile.org.
For more information on the 3 Mile Committee:
List of Current Committee Members
Making Committee Work Transparent
Application for the TMI Committee
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