The final opportunity that campers have for leadership development is our CILT program. This program culminates with campers joining our counseling staff…so we mean business! Campers who successfully complete LEAD have the opportunity to apply for CILT (see FAQs below). Running the first four weeks of camp, it starts with a canoeing and backpacking wilderness trip during which girls are challenged physically and mentally. When they return to camp, they dive into training similar to what we provide our counselors. The focus is on improving their camp-specific leadership skills with the hope that they will succeed and join us on staff. CILTs learn how to plan Bible studies, lead activities, and manage a cabin group — and it ends with a “live-in” experience where they are essentially in charge of a cabin (with counselor supervision) for part of a week. CILT is our main source of future counselors, and its success determines the strength of our staff going forward.