SUNRIVER, OR -- Students in the Sunriver and Three Rivers area could have a new after-school option this Fall.
Campfire Central Oregon currenlty offers an everyday after-school program at two Bend schools. "We're looking to expand that to the third site at Three Rivers Elementary. It would be the same model of what we use in Bend offering care five days a week after school longer on Wednesdays. All of our Bend sites are about 40 kids each site. So, it would be very similar to what we're doing in Bend. But the hope is to get that five-days-a-week program running down there, we are also looking at doing full day, no-school day-camps."
Program Director Melanie Feltmate says the program will fill an after-school childcare gap, "A lot of it will depend on demand as well as space and staffing, but we're going to start with 30 make sure we have a really solid program. And as soon as we are able to accommodate more kids, we are going to continue to try to meet that need."
And they need employees. "We are actively hiring right now. We are looking for a coordinator, to be managing the after-school program. And then we're also looking for part time staff to help run the program in after school hours," Feltmate says, adding part time hours are very flexible, and they would like to see people apply even if they can only work a short schedule or fill-in. All positions and hiring details can be found on Camp Fire's job webpage.
The program's first day is slated for Monday, September 9th.
