Workcamp

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JUNE 21 – JUNE 27 2025

Shenandoah County, VA

2024 WorkCamp Video

Arlington Diocesan WorkCamp is an intentional Christian Community that provides an experience of direct service for young people within the boundaries of the Catholic Diocese of Arlington.

For one week you will become a part of a community of dozens of Catholic teenagers. Through many discussions, delights, challenges, and reflections, you will gain new friendships; you will gain self-confidence in your faith; you will inspire others; you will be inspired. Through your selfless service and hard work, you will make the poor and needy shed tears of gratitude and amazement. You yourself will shed tears from God’s Grace and God’s Love. You will find peace; you will find joy. You will want to come back year after year.

Join our Crew!

Requirements of teen participants:

Cost to attend WorkCamp is $575.00 per teen and per Adult Crew leader. There is a $50.00 deposit when registering. Fundraising is a very important aspect of WorkCamp for many reasons, including helping cover the cost so families don’t have to pay much, if anything, out of pocket to attend.
Students must attend all WorkCamp meetings listed below
Students should plan to attend the WorkCamp follow up meeting in July
Students must be present at WorkCamp the entire week
Students must participate in fundraising activities and raise their $575.00
Students should come in with an open mind, cheerful attitude, and servant heart

Ready to join us? Please complete these two steps.

One: Click to be brought to the Diocesan Online Portal to register.

Two: Drop off your $50.00 deposit at the parish office, open Monday-Friday 9am-5pm

Keep in mind that this is just the first step of the WorkCamp registration process and does not guarantee that your child will be able to attend WorkCamp. WorkCamp is a very popular program and might fill up early. The best way to increase the possibility of your child attending is to register as soon as possible, to participate in all of the parish meetings and fundraisers, and to assist the parish in finding adult leaders and contractors.

Registration_Reference_Guide Download

2025 Workcamp Meeting Dates

Date	Time	Location	Description

January 19	6:30pm-8:00pm	MPR	Workcamp team meeting
February 16	12:00pm-8:00pm	MPR	Workcamp team meeting
March 16	6:30pm-8:00pm	MPR	Workcamp team meeting
April 13	6:30pm-8:00pm	MPR	Workcamp team meeting
May 18	6:30pm-8:00pm	MPR	Workcamp team meeting

Fundraising Opportunities

Letter Writing Campaign (Sample Letter can be downloaded and edited for use)
- Each family is asked to send out at least five letters

WC Fundraising Letter 2025 Download

Carta WorkCamp espanol Download

Mulching (Dates TBA)
February 16 Letter Stuffing at 1:00pm Sacred Heart of Jesus Academy MPR
Apple Blossom Help varying times on May 1-3
March 30 7:30am-3:00pm Pancake Breakfast

Adult Volunteer Information

“For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ.For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit.” (1 Cor. 12:12-13)

We need many, many hands to make WorkCamp a successful and fruitful program. Please prayerfully consider joining this great mission and see the list of volunteer needs and opportunities outlined below (descriptions and requirements taken from the Diocesan Handbook). If the Spirit is prompting you to this service opportunity, please email MRevier@sacredheartwinchester.org.

Adult Crew Leader
- They will help supervise the young people 24 hours a day for the entire time we are at WorkCamp. They will supervise a small group (the crew) at the work site and be responsible for groups from their parish at Homebase.
- Adult Crew Leaders must be 25 years of age or older; the only exception to this age requirement is made for those that work with youth in a paid capacity at your parish or school. Interns are NOT eligible.
- We need one Adult Crew Leader per 5 youth (by gender)
- Adult Crew Leaders should attend all WorkCamp parish preparation meetings so they are prepared for the experience and be part of the formation with the young people from their parish WorkCamp group.
- Adult Crew Leaders are encouraged to attend the February and April Stakeholder meetings.
- Attendance at an Adult Leader Formation Meeting is MANDATORY: you may select from the March 6, March 22, and March 27 training days. Attendance at one of the meetings is required. Any Adult Crew Leader that misses this training, for any reason, cannot come to WorkCamp and this will impact the number of teens your parish may bring to WorkCamp. There are multiple options for Adult Crew Leaders to select from, so there are no exceptions. The best way to avoid conflicts with these meetings is to get them on your calendar now.
- You must attend one of the following:
  - Adult Crew Leader Training: Thursday, March 6, 6:30–9:30 p.m. at St. John Neumann.
  - Adult Crew Leader Training: Saturday, March 22, 1:30–4:30 p.m. at St. William of York.
  - Adult Crew Leader Training: Thursday, March 27, 6:30–9:30 p.m. at St. Mark, Vienna.
Contractors
- These are adults, at least 21 years old, who are proficient in the needed home repair skills and can work well with young people. Contractors must also register online by June 1, 2025.
- For every 5 youth that you bring, you must provide one LEAD WorkCamp Contractor (or more) to work at least Monday through Thursday of WorkCamp.
- Assistant WorkCamp Contractors are welcome to participate. This can be a wonderful introduction to WorkCamp for someone who is not quite comfortable leading a project this year. Please note that assistant Contractors do not fulfill the lead WorkCamp Contractor requirement described above.
- If you have a pair of Contractors that want to work together:
  o This is fine, but this only counts as one Contractor for the parish ratio (only one project is covered).
  o WorkCamp strives to honor all of these requests but always reserves the right to split up these pairings, if need be, to cover as many projects as possible.
- Contractors are encouraged to become OPCYP compliant. At a minimum, contractors are required to submit a Volunteer Criminal Background Check Authorization (renews every 5 years, automatically), Acknowledgment of receipt of the Policy (Protection of Children/Young People and Prevention of Sexual Misconduct and/or Child Abuse), Acknowledgment of receipt of the Code of Conduct for Church Volunteers/Personnel in the Diocese of Arlington.
- There is information for Contractors at https://www.arlingtondiocese.org/workcamp/online-resources/ with details and information on meetings, recruiting, requirements, registration, and safety.
- Contractors should plan to attend Tool Safety Training Day in May
- Annual WorkCamp Contractor Meeting: May 29, 2025, 7–9 p.m. at Nativity Catholic School, Burke.
Homebase Team and Logistics Crew
- These are adults, at least two years out of high school, who fill a variety of jobs at Homebase (where WorkCampers stay when not at a project site) during the week of WorkCamp.
- A specific Homebase Team training and teambuilding meeting will be held in June. This is different from Adult Leader Formation training.
- These adults must meet all requirements for OPCYP compliance (same as the Adult Crew Leaders.)
- There are a number of roles and skills that are needed at Homebase to make WorkCamp run smoothly. These include Troubleshooters, Kitchen Staff, Tool Room Staff, First-Aid/Clinic Staff, Logistics Crew, Set-up and TearDown Crew, and Overnight Security.
- Becoming a Homebase volunteer is a great way for adults to participate in WorkCamp and support their parish even if they are not comfortable going out on site with the teens.
Security Personnel
- These are adults, 21 years and older who are willing to come to WorkCamp one afternoon/evening to provide security for our young people while the Adult Crew Leaders shower and have dinner (yes, Adult Crew Leaders get to shower!) Security personnel are needed from approximately 2:15 P.M. to 7:30 P.M. on Monday through Thursday of the WorkCamp week; they are also needed all day Sunday. Parishes will be assigned a particular date for which they will provide these security volunteers.
- The Security Volunteers will register online. The required number of Parish security personnel must be registered by April 28, 2025. The number of required volunteers is based on how many teens are attending from a parish. We will likely need 3 men and 4 women.
First Aid/Clinic Staff
- Doctors, Nurses, and/or other medical professionals are needed at Homebase. Multiple fulltime volunteers are needed for the whole week. Clinic volunteers must be OPCYP compliant. Please let us know as soon as possible if you know of somebody that can help. These volunteers will be asked to provide proof of training (certificate or letter from professional employer).
Prayer Team
- If your current season of life does not allow you to be physically present, please join our crew with your prayers. Thank you!

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