In addition to our four Directors, Bob, Karen, Rich and Dave, who have over 100 years of experience as Directors of BLC, we have more than 30 Key Staff members. These staff members represent the backbone of our Counselor Staff and provide the daily leadership and oversight in every one of our Mini-Camps. This Key Staff group, who is mostly comprised of teachers and coaches, total close to 500 years of experience at Brant Lake Camp and are among the most favorite staff we have among the kids.

Having so many Key Staff allows us to accomplish well so many of the special things we do within our program and ensures the warmth, spirit, guidance, safety and healthy fun for which we are known.

Our Counselor Staff
The faculty at Brant Lake consists of over 100 carefully chosen people gathered from colleges and universities throughout the U.S.A., Great Britain and other countries.

The most important attributes that we look for in prospective counselors are that:

• They enjoy spending time and having fun with kids
• They are great role models
• They are nice human beings

Everything else is secondary as a boys summer will most clearly and primarily be influenced by our ability to have counselors who embody the above.

These young men, as well as a few superb young women who work with our younger groups, are screened and selected from many applicants on the basis of integrity, character, reliability, warmth, personality, and a sincere desire to work with kids. Many have special skills and are excellent coaches and teachers-- but their primary responsibility is to spend quality time with kids.

Each new counselor participates in a well-planned five-day, pre-camp orientation program, which covers our camp philosophy, values, policies and traditions, as well as offering specific instruction and guidelines in dealing with the needs of our campers. Follow-up meetings with Key Staff and Directors occur at regular intervals throughout the camp season.

The ratios of campers to counselors varies by age group, starting at a level of 2 to 1 in the younger groups. Most importantly, these ratios are based on our ability to oversee both the physical and emotional safety of every child in camp as well as provide the kind of individual attention and instruction that our campers thrive on.