Marin GreenPlay Youth Leaders Program - Now In its 9th Year!
Are you and your teen looking for a worthwhile experience for this summer? Marin GreenPlay’s Youth Leaders Program is a three session training program held every year equipping middle school and high school students with skills that will last a lifetime and propel them to the next level of self-development. Participants will learn the basics of nature awareness, leadership, teamwork, group facilitation and communication, one-on-one connections, and other skills that will transfer to any group environment.
Enrollment Considerations
New Participants currently must be in Grade 7 to participate (entering Grade 8 in Fall 2025). Before enrolling your teen in the Youth Leaders Program, please consider:
1. Does your teen understand what the program is about and fully committed to being a part of it? Send an email with any questions to info@maringreenplay.com.
2. Would your teen rather spend the summer with friends, staying home, or attending camp as a camper? This is a program for teens who are ready to move beyond being a camper and help guide younger children. Although friends are welcome to and often do the training program together, they are not assigned to help out together at the same week of camp. Participants who during the course of the program identify themselves as still in “camper mode” will be asked to wait until at least the following year to restart training. No refunds will be given for participants who are asked to wait until a future summer to restart training or for any other reason.
3. Does your teen enjoy spending time outside? All of our programs are held in nature 100% of the time, which is a wonderful place to be when generally life is spent indoors, often in a very focused way that almost everyone can use a break from.
Dates, Times & Policies
Our 2025 Training Program will take place the week of June 23rd. Trainees are required to fully attend all three sessions, which will be held from 2-5PM, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, June 24-26, 2025. No make up sessions will be held.
Successful completion of the Marin GreenPlay Youth Leaders Program entitles participants to earn a $200 weekly stipend assisting our Nature Guides with Marin GreenPlay Summer Camp sessions during the Summer of 2025. Youth Leaders are typically invited to assist during one week per summer. This service usually includes helping out with our Grades K-2 camp - Watershed Warriors. After graduation from the 3-day training program, Youth Leaders must assist at all five days of a camp week (typically 9AM-4PM) in order to earn the stipend.
Our Youth Leaders will also receive a certificate noting their volunteer hours for use in school service recognition upon request.
Youth Leaders from prior years may be invited to return summer after summer after attending the Sunday session each year they want to continue to participate. There is no additional cost to continue in the program after the first year.
Existing Youth Leaders are invited to apply to become a Nature Guide after completing their junior year in high school by contacting us to express interest no later than March 15th before the summer they wish to work.
Number of Participants Limited. One time $495 enrollment fee. Enrollment begins November 1, 2024. Cancellation policy: You may cancel up to 30 days before the program start date in writing for a full refund.
Any questions? Send us an email to info@maringreenplay.com.
Please enter your teen's name and a contact email in the form below to be placed on our waiting/mailing list for 2025 and beyond.
*Active Youth Leaders Summer 2024
Congratulations to our 2024 Youth Leaders!
Alexia Topel* - Tamalpais High School
Aria Brown* - Mount Tamalpais School
Cassidy Wheeler - Davidson Middle School
Lily Taylor* - Marin Country Day School
Marcella Taboada* - Tamalpais High School
Oliver Bush* - Redwood High School
Scarlett Zola-Kahn* - Redwood High School
Sierra Duncan - Tamalpais High School
Stefan Kovalchuk* - Tamalpais High School
Congratulations to our 2023 Youth Leaders!
Anna Lowenstein - Mark Day School
Audrey Harris - Ross School
Dana O’Connor* - Hall Middle School
Devon Welte* - Mill Valley Middle School
Kava Koss Rice* - Ross School
Lenore Schulz - San Jose Middle School
PJ Weitz* - St. Patrick School
Rosie Siminoff - Kent Middle School
Sally McGee* - St. Patrick School
Vincent Terrier - Mill Valley Middle School
Congratulations to our 2022 Youth Leaders!
Adelaide McIntyre*
Adriella Marcus
Ariel Canny*
Cara Gilgallon
Chase Bremer*
Ella McClain
Grace Taylor
Hadley Perkins*
Harris Naouri*
Indya McIntyre*
Jacob Lamb
Julia Lowenstein
Kaden Kissling
Madeleine Bushnell*
Marin Louie
Marlow Macdonald*
Natalie Stanford*
Natasha Parilla
Oberon McIntyre
Ophelia Chapman
Payson Buchanan
Piper Buchanan
Rose McAllister*
Shane Cessna
Congratulations to our 2021 Youth Leaders!
Calin Blodgett
Edward Gilgallon
Talin Mani
Wes Merrill
Tim Mullen
Quinlan Perkins
Sebastian Pezzullo
Gwynne Spurr
Bradley Stanford*
Congratulations to our 2019 Youth Leaders!
Wilson Adkins
Jude Anderson
Marissa Boysen
Audrey Bruns
Vincent D'Amico
Henry Harwood
Kylie Hellyer
Ryan Judge
Adam Lahart
Elliot Spencer
Jackson Van Alstyne
Nevan Van Alstyne
Wyatt Vaughan
Olivia West-Lewis
Congratulations to our 2018 Youth Leaders!
Dylan Charlton
Charlie DiComo
Sage Dworak
Declan Farmer
David Gilgallon
Oliver Harwood
Katie Low
Adrian McCory
Sydney Perkins
Catie Taylor
Congratulations to our 2017 Youth Leaders!
Maria Adkins
Kaylee Cheu
Keenan Davol-Muxen
Pilar Diaz
Elliot Hasbrook
Elsa Hasbrook
Sylvie May
Abby Moll
Hailey Moll
Iris Pedrick
Mia Schumann
Cole Stanford
Briannah Toy Grace
Sebastian Vaughn
Emily Wangenheim
Alexis Weiss
Congratulations to our 2016 Youth Leaders!
Sasha Gillespie
Charli Jackson
Rylen Karchem
Malia Louie
Emmett Lurssen
Grainne May
Ryan Scholl-Thurman
