Group Advisor and Guide Responsbilities

Group Advisor/Guide Cache Depot:

There will be bins and coolers with items that only the group advisors and guides will have access to.  In those bins and coolers will be special items like drinks, snacks and candy that you can retrieve and hand out to YM in your group for personal recognition or to boost spirits.  

Group Adult Advisor Responsibilities:

• Get to know all the YM in your group.

• Help the YM Guides in keeping tabs on each of the YM in their group.

• Provide council or suggestions to the YM Guides.  When you see a success or a need with another YM, if appropriate, communicate that to the Guide and encourage them to reach out to the other YM.  Consider providing an item from the Cache Depot.  

• Be a supportive role model to your YM Guides and help them be attentative to their responsbilities. 

• Be fun and smile

Group YM Guide Responsibilities:

• Get to know all the YM in your group.

• Check in on your peers of your group multiple times a day to make sure they are OK.

  • When we stop for gas or bathroom breaks when traveling, go and find each YM in the other cars and ask them how they are doing.  Maybe offer them a small piece of candy.

  • Be sure to look for hints or social queues like they might feel alone, homesick, or hungry and attend to those those issue.

  • Look for successes and be sure to point those out.  Consider giving a reward from the Cache Depot or just to boost spirits.

• Own the group name that is selected and use that an inspiration to help foster group brotherhood.

• Bring up concerns to your Adult Advisor especially those of a more serious nature.

• Not all YM need to bring their own tents as YM can and should share tents.  Make sure that all YM have a place to sleep.  

• Attend YM Guide council.  There will be 1 or more times during the day where the Guides from all 3 groups will meet together to go over any concerns and iron out details.  

• Lead morning group study.

• Lead the groups evening recap and prayer. 

• At the nightly devotionals for the entire camp be sure to gather your group and sit together. 

• Prepare for the Friday nights closing fireside by helping your group come up with a skit.