Rowing Club 2026

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Applications Open
December 19, 2025

Applications Close
February 28, 2026

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The best 2 weeks of your summer

Barnabas Rowing Club 2026 is an amazing two-week summer volunteer opportunity for High School students ages 14-18.

You’ll help with dishwashing, food preparation, dining service and childcare for two weeks of Barnabas Summer Family Retreats. Rowing Club is a great opportunity to make new friends, learn to work as a team, stretch your faith, develop your life experience and enjoy two weeks on the northern tip of Keats Island.

Rowing Club is led by our Rowing Club Captain, First Mate and Coxswains.

Dates

There are 5 Rowing Club sessions in 2026. Each Rowing Club session lasts for 2 weeks (except for Rowing Club 1).

Rowing Club 1
June 23 - 28, 2026 (1 week)
Rowing Club 2
June 29 - July 12, 2026
Rowing Club 3
July 13 - July 26, 2026
Rowing Club 4
July 31 - August 13, 2026
Rowing Club 5
August 14 - 27, 2026

Key Tasks

Kitchen: washing dishes, assisting in preparing food for the guests, setting tables, and clearing tables.
Childcare: involved with early childhood care, ages 0 to 2 years.
Cleaning: keeping the public bathrooms and showers cleaned and stocked with paper products
Assisting summer staff in their departments on a rotational basis such as waterfront, program, and maintenance, and contributing to the summer staff community life.

Next Steps

Please click Apply Now to visit our online application for Rowing Club 2026. We’ll ask you questions about your experience, your education and your faith journey, and we will contact applicants in Spring 2026.

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Please Note

There will be a nominal fee for those who are accepted to join Rowing Club this summer of $100 per week. These fees will go towards paying for food, fuel and electricity bills, and transportation costs. If you would like to serve on Rowing Club and are unable to afford these fees, please reach out to Jon. We do not want these fees to prevent anyone from serving at Barnabas.
As Rowing Club is extremely popular, we expect the number of applications to greatly exceed the spaces available. As a result, not all applications will be successful.
The application system requires you to give an email address when you create your account. Please use your own email address if possible. If you don’t have your own email address, please use your parent’s or guardian’s email.