Private Camps
Camp Barney Medintz
Approximate Start Date
Start: 25 May 2025
Approximate End Date
End: 02 Aug 2025
Camp Type
Privately Owned
Location
4165 Highway 129 Cleveland, Georgia
Staff
Total: 400 (125 international staff) aged 18+
Campers
Total: 650 (co-ed camp)
Camp Overview
Camp Barney Medintz, established in 1963, is a vibrant Jewish overnight camp located on 540 acres (218 hectares) in the Blue Ridge mountains.
We are located in the southeastern United States, about an hour and a half north of Atlanta, Georgia, We have 1200+ campers, ages 7-17, and around 400 staff members from across the United States and from all over the world to join us for an unforgettable summer.
Our facility features 2 lakes, 2 pools, and a horse barn, offering a wide variety of activities for every interest. From water skiing, wakeboarding, tubing, scuba diving, and water slides, to horseback riding, zip lines, climbing walls, ropes courses, backpacking, mountain biking, sports courts and fields (soccer, basketball, tennis...), music, theater, dance, arts and crafts, video production, cooking, photography, and much more!
We are located in the southeastern United States, about an hour and a half north of Atlanta, Georgia, We have 1200+ campers, ages 7-17, and around 400 staff members from across the United States and from all over the world to join us for an unforgettable summer.
Our facility features 2 lakes, 2 pools, and a horse barn, offering a wide variety of activities for every interest. From water skiing, wakeboarding, tubing, scuba diving, and water slides, to horseback riding, zip lines, climbing walls, ropes courses, backpacking, mountain biking, sports courts and fields (soccer, basketball, tennis...), music, theater, dance, arts and crafts, video production, cooking, photography, and much more!
Whether you are hired to be a summer counselor living with the campers or to run activities, you will receive extensive training to be confident in the positive impact you will have on the campers.
Our camp has a proud tradition of welcoming international staff and creating a supportive, inclusive community. We carefully select the best candidates and invite you to become part of our extraordinary summer family.
With around 125 international staff members, our camp has a proud tradition of welcoming international staff and creating a supportive, inclusive community. We carefully select the best candidates and invite you to become part of our extraordinary summer family.
Do you have the skills they're looking for?
We asked the camp what positions they are looking to fill. Look out for the big thumbs up!
Are you looking to hire General Counsellors?
Are you looking to hire counsellors with a religious background?
Are you looking to hire counsellors with Sports skills?
Are you looking to hire Waterfront staff and Lifeguards?
Counsellor Roles:
Here's a list of all the positions this camp commonly hires for!
Acting/Drama
All disabilities and ages
Archery
Arts & Crafts
Basketball
Canoeing
Ceramics & Pottery
Climbing/Wall Tower
Costuming
Cycling
Dance
Directing
Ecology
Fishing
Gardening
Guitar
Gymnastics
High/Low Ropes Course
Hiking
Horse Wranglers (Western Style)
Horseback Riding
Jetski
Jewelry
Jewish Education
Kayaking
Kiln or Wheel
Learning Difficulties
Lifeguarding
Makeup
Martial Arts
Mental Disabilities
Motorboat Driving
Mountain Biking
Outdoor Cooking
Overnight Camping
Paddle Boarding
Physical Disabilities
Radio Broadcast
Rock Climbing
Scouting
Set Construction
Singing Vocals
Stage Management
Swimming
Tennis
Tye Dying
Video Editing
Volleyball
Wakeboarding
Waterskiing
Wildlife
Youth Work
Hmm... What's your role?
Staff Time Off
All staff receive one day off per week and two days off between the sessions,, as well as time off most evenings.
On days off we usually provide transportation to Atlanta.
Staff Qualities
We are looking for kind, caring, positive, and coachable individuals who are passionate about making a meaningful impact. Our staff should be highly skilled, enthusiastic team players with a strong work ethic, capable of engaging effectively with both campers and fellow staff.
If this sounds like you, we’d love to meet you at the fair!