Reach Higher! Staff Scholarship

Every year the Camp Kintail Board receives applications and rewards the Reach Higher Staff Scholarship. This scholarship was created by the Camp Kintail Board to encourage excellence and celebrate personal development amongst staff members. It annually recognizes staff members’ significant contributions to Christian camping ministry.

Application Deadline: Friday October 21st, 2022

Staff Scholarship Application

To Submit: Email completed applications with the filename as your full name to [email protected].

Scholarship Guidelines

  • The number and amount of awards is to be determined and may depend on available funding and the quality of applications
  • Previous recipients may apply again
  • A selection committee will determine recipients and may consult with the Camp Directors
  • The names of applicants will be kept confidential, but the names of successful recipients may be published

Eligibility

  • Registered at a college or university in the 2020/21 and/or 2021/22 academic year
  • Worked as Camp Kintail staff member in Summer 2021
  • Not a member of the Camp Kintail Board or the Selection Committee, nor has an immediate family member on the Board or Selection Committee

Selection Criteria

  • Quality of answers to the application questions which demonstrate personal reflection and a thorough effort
  • The staff member has demonstrated a commitment to Camp Kintail’s core values:
    • Safety
    • Play, fun, and joy
    • Inclusion
    • Growth and Learning
    • Excellence
    • Stewardship
  • Financial need may be considered in determining amount of the award, but this is not a primary selection

Previous Recipients

A staff member named Noble smiles while wearing his bright red Camp Kintail staff t-shirt.

2021 – Jonathan “Noble” Corbett

A staff member named Sound smiles wearing a bright red Camp Kintail staff t-shirt.

2021 – Cameron “Sound” Aerts

2020
  • No recipients due to COVID-19
2019
  • Cameron “Sound” Aerts
2018
  • Maddie “Chickadee” Krusto
  • Sydney “Jabiru” O’Brien
  • Chris “Meerkat” Zeigler
  • Kyla “Hibou” Reinsoo
2017
  • Jessie “Aqua” Hooker
  • Erin “Lobster” Huston
  • Jeremy “Chasm” Ernest
2016
  • Lauren “Pika” Holden
  • Darryl “Stork” Sherk
  • Maddie “Chickadee” Krusto
2015
  • Samantha “Meridian” Molinaro
  • Aaron “Talus” Holden
  • Lauren “Pika” Holden
2014
  • Anita “Moringa” Young
  • Lauren “Pika” Holden
  • Holly “Zucchini” Boyne
2013
  • Holly “Zucchini” Boyne
  • Sarah “Zabrini” Boyne
  • Kelsey “Nile” Espensen
  • Aaron “Talus” Holden