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With over 80 years’ camping experience, CRU Camps are famous for enabling your kids to learn, grow, make new friends, experience awesome activities and have non-stop fun from sunrise to sunset.

Sample residential camp program*:

7:30 Rise & shine

8:00 Breakfast

9:00 Christian Discovery group time (Singing, Bible talk & discussion groups with leaders)

10:30 Morning tea

11:00 ACTIVITY: Paint Wars

12:30 Lunch

13:30 ACTIVITY ROTATION: sailing, canoeing, archery, high ropes

15:30 Afternoon tea

16:00 Free Time: pool games, touch footy, craft

17:30 Showers

18:00 Dinner

19:00 Night games: Spotto & bonfire

21:00 Supper & Bedtime

… GET UP AND DO IT ALL AGAIN!!

*Please note – This is a sample timetable based on a day at a general activity camp. All camp programs will vary depending on activities, season and location. In the event of adverse weather or other circumstances which may arise, CRU Camps reserve the right to vary the program. Specific activity camps (eg. Ski Camps) vary significantly from this program.

CRU Camps powerfully impact and transform young lives.

We encourage you to help us grow by supporting financially, prayerfully and actively on camps or in the CRU Camps office!

Donate

Many parents desperately want their kids to experience the love, acceptance and life-transforming faith found on CRU Camps, but simply can’t afford it. You can give children the chance to experience the joys of camp while struggling parents get a vital break by giving to the CRU Adopt-a-Camper Fund or other general ministry funds.

You can choose to give to:

CRU Camps general fund – we’ll allocate your gift where most needed to enable over 3,000 kids to experience camps each year.
Sponsor/Adopt a CRU camper – help cover the cost of camp for a camper, who would not otherwise be able to go on camp.

Give now on our secure website

Adopt-a-Camper donations are not tax deductible. Other tax deductible gift options are available here.

Pray

Your prayer support is vital, as we ask God to work powerfully in the lives of kids on camp.

You can receive our quarterly newsletter “CRUView” and Prayer Diary in the mail or by email or view it online. Sign up here.

Volunteer

Volunteer on a CRU Camp or help out in the Eastwood office with mailing out brochures and preparing for camps. Call 02 9874 8933 (opt 1) for more details.

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Phone: 02 9874 8933 (option 1)

If you are calling about a camp currently running or starting in 24-48 hours, please contact the camp director via the mobile number listed in the Camp Information Letter emailed to registered campers and available on the camp detail page of the website (use ‘find a camp’ to search for the camp and click the search result tile. The letter will be linked in the camp description section).

Mail: PO Box 590, Eastwood NSW 2122

Street Address: Suite 1/38 Rowe Street, Eastwood NSW 2122

Fax: 02 9874 0218

Visit the main Crusaders website

We are so thankful that you are interested in volunteering on CRU Camps! Your involvement can make a big difference. For answers to your questions, follow the links below:

Application Questions

Payment Questions

Camp Responsibilities Questions

Training Questions

If you can’t find the answer to your question, please call us on 02 9874 8933 (option 1) or email us.

There’s always great things going on at CRU and the CRU community with plenty of ways to get involved.

Sign up for emails and newsletters

Stay in the know for the latest camps, opportunities to serve, special offers, campaigns and training events by signing up for emails below! You can also log into your account and customise what communications you’d like to receive.

Keep in contact with other CRU Camps volunteers

Share your experience, ideas and resources and find out about more volunteering opportunities with our leaders’ Facebook group

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Become a Crusader Friend

Support CRU Camps, kids and fellow leaders by giving regularly as a Crusader Friend. Your gifts can help more kids go on camp, help train more volunteers to lead well and support the wider ministry of Crusaders in schools. Even a small amount each month can make a difference!

Become a Crusader Friend

Join Crusaders’ Summit Educational Camps Team

If you love Christ, kids and camps then joining the Summit Team could be for you!

With about 100 school camps each year, Summit camps combine exceptional outdoor education and great opportunities to help students think about Jesus. Positions available include:

Summit Fellowships – get paid to learn on the job as you spend 1-2 years in an outdoor ministry traineeship
Casual Camp leaders – help out with leading on school camps on a casual basis

Learn more about working for Summit

Once you have been invited to lead on camp by the camp director, you are required to complete the following to register for camp:

Online registration.
- To complete
  - Login to your MyCRU portal account (if you do not currently have a MyCRU account, you can create one here)
  - Search for your camp
  - Click the image or tile to view the camp details
  - Click ‘Volunteer’
- You will require the following:
  - A NSW working with children check number (not required for those under 18).
  - Contact details of a referee who leads you in a ministry context.
  - Leader fee payment (see payment schedule here).
- NB: After completing this form, most details will prefill if you lead on a subsequent camp.
Online CRU Camps Child Protection Training Test Certificate
- To complete
  - Follow this link and click start
- This is valid for 3 years.

Please ensure these items are complete at least 2 weeks prior to camp. Our office staff are required to process 100’s of volunteer registrations per season and having registrations completed in a timely fashion allows for all leaders to be approved for camp.

VOLT (Volunteer Training Events)

CRU Camps currently run 4 pre-season training events for volunteers. These training events are all FREE. At VOLT our aim is for volunteers to Be Encouraged by worshipping God in song and hearing from God’s word together; to Be Inspired by meeting CRU volunteers and hearing their stories and to Be Equipped to serve on a CRU Camp with class keynote speakers and seminars.

Feel free to email cruleaders@cru.edu.au for more information.

First Aid and Bronze Medallion Training

CRU Camps run free regular, accredited First Aid and Bronze Medallion training for current volunteers. Please click on the training opportunities below for more information.

Bronze Medallion Refresher Training – Saturday 23rd October 2021

Bronze Medallion Full Course Training – Saturday 13th November 2021

Feel free to email cruleaders@cru.edu.au for more information.

Dirtbike Training & Work Weekends

Learn new skills, prepare the tracks and get qualified to teach kids to ride on camps. Click through for more information and to register your interest.

Sailing & Boating Training Day

Sailing Training Day – Saturday 20th November 2021

Training camps for Junior Leaders

If you’re still in high school, we have some camps to train you as a Christian Leader:

CrossTrain (NSW) – Years 7-12
CrossTrain (Perth, WA) – Years 9-12

Search ‘Leadership Camps’ to find out more.

Each CRU Camp is run by a leadership team of committed Christians who are eager to use their gifts to share both the Gospel and their lives with the young people under their care.

Volunteering on a CRU Camp will help develop your gifts and ministry skills which will be valuable for the rest of your life. It’s also heaps of fun and gives you the opportunity to make long-lasting friendships.

We’re always looking for more volunteers in all sorts of roles ranging from cooks to mechanics, leaders and camp parents in order to support and grow our camping ministry and help more kids explore Jesus and his claims!

Click through to find out more about the various roles you can take on a CRU Camp:

Leader – care for and encourage campers as you share your life and faith
Junior/Assistant Leader – (15-18 years) experience Christian leadership first hand with support from senior leaders
Director – use your God-given networks and gifts to oversee exceptional camps so kids and leaders grow in faith
Camp Parents and families – help kids and young leaders through new and challenging experiences as you model positive Christian relationships and family life
Speaker – help kids understand Jesus and grow in their faith as you explore the Bible with them
Cook – provide the ‘tasty energy’ needed for maximum fun and learning
Mechanic, Boat Maintenance, Bus & Boat Driver – use your God-given skills and qualifications to help kids learn new skills on bikes, buses, boats, boards and skis
Office Support – help us to make sure parents, leaders and kids have the best experience possible

To be one of our CRU Camp volunteers, you will need to meet some requirements:

Be at least 15 years of age
Have a growing Christian faith
Be a current, active and regular member of a Bible-based Christian congregation
Have a strong desire to see campers come to a personal knowledge of Jesus Christ as their Saviour and Lord
Have a growing understanding of the Bible and a willingness to see it taught
Accept Crusaders’ Basis of Belief and all policies relating to camp leadership
Complete Crusaders’ Child Protection Training
Display leadership skills or have the potential to develop them
Have a sense of responsibility for property and equipment
Be able to work in a team
Be cleared under the government’s child protection legislation

Videos From Camper Parents

We often receive encouraging letters and emails giving us positive feedback on CRU Camps. You can read some of the comments we’ve received below:

“My year 10 son was very reluctant to go to camp, but when I picked him up at the end of camp he was a different young man! He said it was ‘the best camp I have EVER been on,’ and can he please go next year. Thanks to the great leaders!” – Sally, parent

“Our son had a great time at his first CRU Camp…and it gave his sister in Year 12 a chance to study in peace at home! Thank you for taking good care of him.” – Sue, parent

“My son just got back from study camp and got a lot out of it…both study and Christian reinforcement. How do I book for next holidays?!” – Liz, parent

What campers are saying about CRU Camps

95% of campers said that they would come on another camp and recommend CRU Camps to their friends.

CRU Holiday Campers

“It was so much fun and I can’t wait to get all my friends to come with me next time” – Jaime, Summer Trails

“Best five days of the year” – Aaron, Gamezone

“CRU Camps are an experience you would only miss if you don’t know about it” – Melissa, Hunter Hype

“I am so going on another CRU Camp because this one was awesome!” – Niamh, Getaway

CRU HSC Study Campers

“CRU Camps really helped me prepare for trials – thank you!” – Jacqueline

“I had a great time! Perfect balance between study and free time without the distractions of home. FIVE stars!” – Caleb

“Top quality leaders and such a well-run camp.” – Jess

“Most work I’ve done all year – I didn’t realise there was that much time in a day.” – Tim

“I honestly never imagined a study camp to be so fun and enriching” – Isabel