Calendar & Camp Schedule

August

  • Tech Trek Organizers debrief with Camp Volunteers
  • Tech Trek Organizers send thank you cards, process camp expenses, organize camp photos

September 

  • Tech Trek Organizers submit Camp Report to AAUW national office
  • Tech Trek Alumnae and Organizers share stories from the camp as branches invite them to  say thank you for the support

October

  • Tech Trek Organizers recruit volunteers; prioritize Selection Committee Volunteers (so we have reps in all 21 counties)
  • Camp organizers and volunteers raise funds from private giving and local and/or regional grant opportunities (ongoing most of the year)
  • Volunteer committees begin forming: Student Selection, Curriculum, Dorm Mom and Counselors, and Fundraising
  • Camp staff hold “lessons learned” meeting with Selection Committee members

November

  • AAUW national office organizes annual Director Update
  • Camp organizers revise web site to align with materials from Directors’ update
  • Web site begins accepting Volunteers
  • Early emails go out to nominating educators from previous years’ camps
  • Post-convention emails go out to all New Jersey schools with a 7th grade to attend Tech Trek: Nominate a Camper! (link goes live in November)

December

    • Curriculum Committee begins to review core class and workshop topics
    • Emails go out to nominating educators and NJ principals seeking Teachers’ Nominations for students to attend Tech Trek: Nominate a Camper! (link goes live in November)
    • Web site continues accepting Camp Volunteers
    • Student Selection Committee begins to accept Teacher Nominations

January

  • Email reminders go out to nominating educators and NJ principals seeking Teachers’ Nominations for students to attend Tech Trek: Nominate a Camper! (link goes live in November)
  • Continue to accept Teacher Nominations of Students; family Applications begin
  • Student Selection Committee Training via Zoom January TBD at 6:00pm
  • Continue to recruit and select camp volunteers

February

  • Student nomination forms due from teachers to Tech Trek Selection Coordinator – Deadline: February 6.
  • Continue accepting volunteers
  • Continue accepting Student Applications

March

  • Student applications due to Tech Trek Camp Selection Coordinator – March 6
  • Interviews of Tech Trek applicants begins – March 7
  • Review list of dorm monitors, day counselors and begin organizing their schedules
  • Curriculum Coordinator schedules Core and Workshops
  • Order materials and supplies from Curriculum Committee

April

  • Finalize Dorm Monitor & Counselors Selection
  • Volunteers complete applicant interviews – April 10
  • Committee members recommend campers and alternates – April 11
  • Director and Selection Coordinator Finalize Campers – April 17
  • Final Selections (Camper Packet) Sent to Families –  April 18
  • Tech Trek and Registration emailed to Families
    • Camp Schedule 2026
    • What to Bring To Camp
    • Camp Policies and Rules
    • Core Class, Workshop, PWN, and Permission Forms

May 

June

  • Final registration documents (medical forms, page 11 of Camper Packet) and $50 fee (or waiver request) from families due – June 12  
  • Make checks payable to AWCO – mail to Stockton University J-218, 101 Vera King Farris Drive, Galloway NJ 08205 – ATTN: Claudine Keenan

July (Archived from 2025 – will be updated during early 2026)

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