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If you are interested in a volunteer position at the Diabetic Youth Foundation’s Bearskin Meadow Camp, as a health care professional volunteer or program volunteer, or you are interested in volunteering at any number of our year-round programs, please read below. All year-round positions are volunteer.

If you are interested in a paid staff position with Bearskin Meadow Camp, please click here. Paid staff typically include those interested in counseling positions, management positions, program leader positions, or support positions. Please note that we do not offer paid positions at any of our year-round programs.

If you are not sure which position you should be applying for, volunteer or paid, please contact Janet Kramschuster, Director of Programs, at 925.680.4994 or by email at Kramschuster@dyf.org.

Most of our volunteers at Bearskin Meadow Camp, DYF's residential summer camp program, are health care professionals who dedicate anywhere from one to three weeks at Bearskin Meadow Camp. We have a number of positions available for health care professionals.

For each session, we have approximately 10-15 health care professionals at BMC, including nursing students, medical students, licensed practical nurses, registered nurses, residents, interns, general practitioners, pediatric fellows, pediatric endocrinologists, registered dietitians and certified diabetes educators. Many of our volunteers come from major health centers in the San Francisco Bay Area, including University of CA at San Francisco (UCSF), Children’s Hospital of Oakland (CHO) and Kaiser Permanente.

All volunteers are supervised by our year-round Medical Director, Dr. Mary Simon, M.D. who lives and works at Bearskin Meadow Camp all summer long. Dr. Mary Simon is a diabetologist with her own practice in Fresno, California. She also has type 1 diabetes and has worked at Bearskin Meadow Camp for over 20 summers.

Volunteers can earn up to 30 CEUs for 6 days spent at Bearskin Meadow Camp. We also offer the opportunity for volunteers to earn hours that will count towards their Certified Diabetes Educator license.

From time to time we have other volunteers who join us for a session or two at Bearskin Meadow Camp who are not health care professionals. These volunteers might include past campers, past camp parents or those who are interested in spending time learning about diabetes. We welcome all sorts of different volunteers at Bearskin Meadow Camp and recognize the huge contributions they make to our programs.

All of our Year-Round Programs are solely staffed by volunteers. We utilize both health care professional volunteers and volunteer counselors and program leaders. We would not be able to run our year-round programs without the dedication of our many volunteers, who come out to the programs to make a difference in the lives of children, teens and families affected by diabetes. Volunteer counselors and program volunteers include working professionals; college students; pre-med students; nursing students; graduating high school seniors; past and current Bearskin Meadow Camp staff; and those interested in learning about and working with people affected by diabetes

Counselors work directly with campers and families participating in the wide variety of camp activities. Depending on the program, counselors may live with a group of designated campers or work with them solely throughout the day. Counselors are responsible for campers' day-to-day care & needs. Counselors are key players in the success and growth of each of our campers and contribute significantly to the camping experience.

DYF VOLUNTEER APPLICATIONS: BEARSKIN MEADOW CAMP or DYF YEAR ROUND PROGRAMS