Katerpillar Kids Camp: Volunteer FAQs

Katerpillar Kids Camp will take place on Saturday, April 22, and Sunday, April 23, 2023. For additional details about the date and time, please visit our camp homepage.

Other than the time spent at the campgrounds during the camp sessions, volunteers also receive training ahead of time. Training for the 2023 fall session will take place on Thursday, Aug. 24, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. 

Training will take place at ________.

Camp volunteers must be available to help campers for the entire duration of camp. The camp’s duration will be from Saturday and Sunday from 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day.  

Some of our volunteers will be chosen for “prep time” before camp, which could take a total of 10 hours.

Katerpillar Kids Camp is held at Camp Wesley Woods, 329 Wesley Woods Road, Townsend, TN 37882. Volunteers come to the Covenant Health West campus, 270 Fort Sanders West Blvd. in Knoxville, TN 37922, to help campers board the buses each morning of camp. 

No. Camp times are:

Saturday, 7:30 a.m. (for 8 a.m. bus departure from Covenant Health West) to 6:30 p.m.

Sunday: 7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. for non-bus riders; 7:30 a.m. – 6 p.m. for bus riders.

There are four volunteer roles available at Katerpillar Kids Camp: clinical group leader (CGL), organizational group leader (OGL), panel volunteer, and group volunteer. For more information about each of these positions, please visit our volunteer positions page.

Of course! We welcome volunteers year-round forother Covenant Health and Covenant HomeCare services. If you’d like to explore more opportunities, just visit the Covenant Health or Covenant Hospice volunteer pages.