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Echo Staff

Anna Vogel
Anna joined the full-time team in 2018 after 6 previous summer working on Echo staff. At camp, she can’t go a day without jumping in the lake!
Bernard Rocca
Bernard has been a full time staff member since 2010, but considers his best years to be those of the mid-90s that were spent at the archery range as a camper.
Charlie Schaefer
Charlie joined the full-time team in the Fall of 2018 after working closely with the trip program for the previous 4 summers. During the summer, his favorite part fo the day is playing games with campers at the Social Lodge during Twighlight Fun.
Katie Trippi
Katie has been part of the Echo family since her youth and has worked full time for Camp since 2004. She is passionate about finding and reconnecting Camp Echo alums to share their stories and their resources with today’s Camp Echo community.
Sarah Cort
Sarah has been at Echo full time since 2015 in her role as Summer Camps Director, where she oversees all of camp’s on-site programs and operations. She loves dancing at morning music and talking to the weather character every day at breakfast announcements.
Scott Tyink
Sidney Long
Sid came to McGaw YMCA from the YMCA of Metro Chicago. She is a graduate of the University of Illinois and has a degree in 10 years in the camp realm and is excited to continue to share her love of camp with the Echo community!”
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Camp Echo’s dedicated full-time staff counts themselves lucky to work for the finest camp they know all year long. Most of the full-time team spends the off-season (October through April) working out of the McGaw YMCA in Evanston, IL. Scott spends the entire year living and working at Camp Echo in Fremont, MI – joined by the team for the summer! Click on the names below to send the Echo staff an email or give us a call at 231-924-7076!

Anna Vogel, Program Coordinator

Bernard Rocca, Branch Executive Director

Charles Schaefer, Adventure Trips Coordinator

Katie Tucker Trippi, Alumni & Development Director

Sarah Cort, Summer Camps Director

Scott Tyink, Property Manager

Sidney Long, Site and Activities Coordinator

Camp Echo’s Summer Staff

Camp Echo staff members are chosen with care from a pool of applicants that includes both returning Camp Echo veterans, new staff from colleges and high schools around the country, high schools in the Evanston area, and a number of fresh faces from around the world. All Echo staff are screened through applications, reference checks, interviews, the national sex offender database, and criminal background checks for staff 18 years old and above.

All of Camp Echo’s staff is extensively trained before camp begins, mastering Camp Echo’s policies and procedures, as well as how to effectively work with, and develop, youth. Camp Echo’s staff training occurs during the two weeks prior to campers arriving and is led by the full-time and seasonal leadership teams.

Camp Echo’s staff to camper ratio is 1:6 or lower. The number of campers in Trips and Main Camp cabins varies slightly based on enrollment, but is typically 10 campers per cabin. These cabins are staffed with at least 2 counselors: a Senior Counselor (1 or more year out of high school) and an Assistant Counselor (4 years of high school completed and at least 18 years old).

Teen participants in the Leadership, Wilderness, and Adventure Trips programs are mentored by Teen Counselors and Trip Guides who have been specifically trained in the unique needs and issues facing teenagers. Teen Counselors work with each individual to develop leadership skills and use teambuilding activities to build a positive group dynamic. Trip Guides are required to have Wilderness First Responder (WFR) and lifeguard certifications.

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Evanston (Oct-May):
1000 Grove St,
Evanston, IL 60201
(P) 231-924-7076
(F) 847-475-1764
 
Fremont (June-Sept):
3782 S Triangle Tr,
Fremont, MI 49412
(P) 231-924-7076
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