Port St. Joe, Florida

your role

Each volunteer will serve on a Family Host Team. You/your family will be paired with a guest family to help them feel welcome and host them throughout camp, befriend them. Volunteers will also be assigned to a service team: Program (setting up Good Morning Blue Skies and Evening Activities); Beach (setting up beach/pool); Hospitality (setting up the welcome table, lullaby cart); or Food (picking up food orders, running buffet line).

meals

Volunteers will have dinner together the evening they arrive at camp. We also eat together with guest families the evening they arrive.

We have coffee and donuts/bars available each morning at Good Morning Blue Skies. Snacks and bottled water, sodas, and juice boxes are available at the beach and most camp activities.

In the past, we have shopped, cooked, served, and cleaned up meals for our guests and volunteers. To help minimize germs, we are no longer preparing the meals but are arranging catered or prepared meals for some of our lunches and dinners. We will provide more details about 2 weeks before camp. Our hope is to have every lunch and dinner taken care of for volunteers and guests during camp so that you don’t have to worry about groceries or cooking! Plus, it’s more fun when we share meals together! However, you may be responsible for a few of your meals - a couple of lunches and a couple of dinners.

housing

At WindMark, volunteers share houses with other volunteer families. Each volunteer family has their own bedroom and bath. Guest families share houses with other guest families.

Just a friendly reminder, each volunteer family will share a bedroom and one bathroom. (That means mom, dad, and all the kiddos are sharing a room together - that might be the greatest challenge and sacrifice at camp but also one of the greatest rewards and fondest memories you'll make as a family). There is great peace and blessing when we sacrifice for the good and benefit of others for His namesake.

travel

The closest airport to Windmark Beach in Florida is the Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport in Panama City, Florida. The airport is located in the Central Time Zone (camp is on Eastern Time). It takes about an hour to get to the airport. At camp, you will need a car to drive to Rish Park on Cape San Blas, to the Marina for snorkeling, and to the grocery/restaurant for any meals we aren’t able to arrange.

what to pack

You won’t need much! Pack casual clothes, bathing suits, flip-flops, toiletries, beach towels, and a beach chair/umbrella if you would like. Remember to bring all of your family's routine medications like Advil, Tylenol, bandaids, etc. along with any prescription medications, sunscreen, and swim diapers if you have little ones. The community is ideal for biking and skating, so feel free to bring bikes, scooters, or skates. Some evenings, we have theme parties that you may want an outfit from home for, or accessories to add fun to the evening!

Monday: Luau

Tuesday: Hoedown

Wednesday: Splish Splash BLUE bash

Thursday: Jingle in June

Friday: Red, White, and BLUE SKIES

We will provide:

• Bed and bath linens - You may want to bring extra towels and pillows (the houses provide 1 per person) as well as bedding for your children.

• The house has your initial toilet paper, paper towels, laundry detergent, dryer sheets, and dishwashing pods. We also will provide a cart with extras throughout the week.

• Snacks, bottled water, and canned soda at the beach and pool

guidelines

Please review our guidelines for volunteering at camp by clicking HERE. We ask all volunteers to abide by these guidelines to ensure we all have an incredible week together!

additional info

Windmark Beach is the ideal place for biking, skating, walking, running, etc.  There are boardwalks throughout the community and a path that runs along the water!