Category: Leaders
December 10, 2021
How the Trip Leader position sets you up well for a career post-Moondance, using guidelines set by National Association of College and Employers. We always knew that the Trip Leader position teaches our leaders intangible, directly transferrable-to-the-real-world skills. But, in regards to the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) latest report, “The Key Attributes…
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October 4, 2021
Hello Future Moondance Leaders. How’s the day? Going well? We hope so, anyways. We’re so glad to see that you’ve officially sent in your application through our Staff/Leader Portal: CampSite. Once you submit your initial application, we will read through it and then send along a longer application, should we see fit. This portion has…
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September 1, 2021
2021 Trip Leaders share what makes this job so rewarding, unique, and irresistible. We all know how valuable our time is. We also know that nothing is guaranteed, as we learned throughout our year living with a pandemic. That being said, why should you consider spending your summer with Moondance? In other words, Why Lead?…
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March 3, 2021
Future Trip Leader, Molly Eddings, reflects on her first Moondance trip and why she is leading this summer! There is something different about the air on the first day of a Moondance trip. Everyone is a little nervous, everyone feels weird without their phone in hand, and everyone is anxious to see what this…
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September 14, 2020
The 2021 Trip Leader Application is live! The search for the best people for the best job has begun. Every September we launch the Trip Leader Application with great anticipation and excitement. We have enrolled over 1,200 students since the end of August. The reality of next summer has already begun to crystallize. Our…
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April 8, 2020
Here is a reminder from long time leader, Mimi Middlebrooks, on why she loves to lead for Moondance. Check out our Instagram for some pictures that take you through Mimi’s Moondance journey! When I was a junior in high school, I went on a two week backpacking trip in Grand Teton National…
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March 24, 2020
Garrett Lucey dives into how he continues to learn and take advantage of each and every day. Even at home! Every year at Staff Training, we read a composition that I have always found to be descriptive of the Moondance community. This composition is actually a letter, titled the “Bon Vivant Manifesto”, written by…
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March 23, 2020
Kit Sommi, a member of our Staffing Team, shares how she stays active without feeling pressure to push it to the limit every day! As I wake up to a new day, I know I’m also waking up to more cases of the coronavirus around the world, more changes to regulations placed on our…
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March 19, 2020
At Moondance we are asking ourselves and our community: How do we live in the moment when you want that moment to change? People around the world are spending most of their time indoors these days and separated from the open spaces we love so much. At Moondance headquarters in Nashville, TN, we have found…
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February 21, 2020
“Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity.” – John Muir Between the inspiring leaders, fantastic students, beautiful places, and new cultures, there are many ingredients that go into creating the trip of a lifetime. However, there’s one ingredient…
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