Leader in Training Program (LIT) 2025

                                     Applications for 2025 are now OPEN. 

LIT applications are now OPEN and will close on January 10th at Noon, 2025.

Being an LIT at camp is a big deal! At Eagle Lake, it’s all about growing and learning in a motivating, enthusiastic environment. This LIT program will allow you to learn and develop the skills necessary to take on further responsibilities in a manner consistent with the goals and visions of ELRC.

This includes:
• Personal growth
• Developing as a leader
• Learning different age group characteristics
• Ringette and skating skill analysis
• Team work and team building techniques
• Program planning

This program will also help you apply your leadership skills to real life situations. This way you can use them in your every day life!

This is a unique role.  As an LIT, you will join a group of of future leaders like yourself, and together you will learn the ropes of basic leadership. You will spend half the week acquiring leadership skills and will put them to the test mid-week, when the program shifts to “in the field” leadership and you are assigned a designated cabin to assist campers and staff.

 LITs at Eagle Lake will be helping our campers make the most out of their camp experience. This will help you, and the campers gain confidence and experience the benefits of camp, the ice and your everyday lives!

On the ice, you will be given the opportunity to assist on-ice instructors with their daily ice sessions through planning, skill analysis, observation and assisting. This may encourage some of you to become instructors yourself!

We tend to hire succesful graduates from our LIT program for future years on staff as counsellors and instructors.

This program is not a volunteer position and is not eligible for highschool volunteer hours.

Responsibilities:

• Be prompt, enthusiastic, creative, energetic, responsible, helpful, mature
• Assist and observe ELRC instructors on-ice
• Assist and observe ELRC counsellors with cabin groups
• Lead supervised camp activities throughout the week
• Maintain an ongoing log of observations and reflections throughout the week

About the  LIT Program

  • LIT’s stay in their own LIT cabin supported by an assigned LIT Co-ordinator
  • LIT’s will spend part of their week doing camp activities and leadership challenges to prepare them for their time spent with campers –  which is hands-on experience when LIT’s are assigned a cabin to assist with throughout the day, and will return to their LIT cabin and coordinator each evening.
  • LIT’s are permitted personal device use at designated times
  • LIT’s will receive a personalized 2025 LIT camp hoodie and T-shirt with registration.
  • The LIT program is not a “staff role”, and will not attend pre-camp or staffing meetings.
  • The LIT program runs from Sunday August 24th to Saturday August 30th, 2025. Check-in will be on Sunday at a designated LIT time and place.

There are up to 12 spots available that will be chosen by camp directors based on previous camp experience, aquatic certifications and leadership involvement. Applicants will be informed of their outcome on January 10th via email.

Candidates must be born in 2010 to be eligible for the program.

The program cost for 2025 is $1144

All camper cancellation policies apply to the LIT program.

2025 LIT Registration OPEN