Would you like to be in the above picture as part of the 2011 Farm Camp staff? It will be an experience that will help you in whatever you do in life. Please apply at www.frostvalley.org. After you apply please e-mail the director at farm@frostvalley.org. Attach your resume and write a short bit about why you want to work at farm camp.
Our farm staff includes full-time farming specialists as well as seasonal summer staff. Counselors are chosen that have a passion for working with children as well as a background in agriculture, camping, outdoor skills, and cultural history.
Name: Andy Szymczak (Camp Director)
Hometown: Cedar Grove, NJ
Hobbies: Biking, hiking, climbing, working with kids, making people laugh, and being outside as much as possible .
Favorite Food: Anything with bacon
I’ve been coming to Frost Valley since 1989!
Name: Beth Grocholl (Barn&Grounds Manager)
Hometown: Fleischmanns, NY
Hobbies: Riding horses, snowmobiling, camping, or mostly working all the time.
Favorite Quote: “Keep on Truckin’”
Goals for the summer: Make lots & lots of hay!
Summer Camp Staff 2011
Name: Kayla Scelfo (Assistant Farm Director & Intern)
Hometown: Sault Ste Marie, MI
Hobbies: Swimming, soccer, scrap booking
Favorite Food: Italian
This is my first summer at Frost Valley!
Name: Hannah McHardy
Hometown: Longest time spent in Bentonville, Arkansas, originally from New Orleans, LA
Hobbies: Fiber crafts (spinning, knitting, felting, soon to be weaving), herbal medicine, rock climbing, gardening, natural history
Favorite Food: My mom’s tabouli
This is my third summer at Frost Valley
Name: Amadu Barrie aka Amo
Hometown: Freetown, Sierra Leone
Hobbies: Football (soccer), basketball, running, and having a good time.
Favorite Quote: “Only God can judge me.”
Favorite Food: Anything with chicken
This is my 3rd summer at the farm
Name: Mickey D’Andrea
Hometown: Lincoln Park, NJ
Hobbies: rock climbing, juggling
This is my 15th summer at Frost Valley, 2nd summer as staff, and 1st summer at the farm!
Favorite Quote: “You don’t have to own the universe to see it”
Name: Emma Mason (Animal Specialist)
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Years at FV:
Name:Madeleine Boga
Hometown: Guerneville, CA
Hobbies: hiking, art, botany/herbalism
This is my first summer at Frost Valley
Favorite Food: Kale
Favorite Quote: “If I could return to when I was a child, I’d forget what I’ve learned and go back to the wild.” -Langhorne Slim
Name: Sergio Cortes
Hometown: Tello, Columbia
Hobbies: music, farming
This is my first summer at the farm
Favorite Food: Roasted chicken
Name: Jessica Parr (Jess)
Hometown: Nottingham, England
Hobbies: camping, hiking, kick boxing
This is my first summer at Frost Valley
Favorite Food: Shepherds Pie
Name: Kara Daniel
Hometown: Berkley, MI
Hobbies: reading, knitting, riding my bike, hiking
I was a Program Instructor at Frost Valley this fall/winter/spring. This is my first summer at FV!
Favorite Food: wild food
Favorite Quote: “We are the roadside flowers, straying from garden grounds; lovers of idle hours, breakers of ordered bounds.” -William Bliss Carmen
Name: Rosie Thraves
Hometown: Gloucestershire, England
Hobbies: Latin American dance
This is my second summer at farm camp
Favorite Food: Spag bol or chilli con carne
Favorite Quote: “An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.”
Name: Kate Brittenham
Hometown: Neversink, NY
Hobbies: Harp, herbalism
This is my 5th summer at the farm
Favorite Food: Kale
Name: Danika (Dani) Hill
Hometown: Chicagoland
Hobbies: Knitting, reading
Favorite Food: Peanut butter toast
Favorite Quote: “It’s wonderful that one need not wait a single moment before changing the world.” -Anne Frank
This is my first year at Frost Valley!!
