The American Red Cross Los Angeles Region Leadership Development Camp is an annual youth camp that gathers over a hundred delegates in in the San Bernardino mountains for a week each August. Summer of 2018 marked the 70th anniversary of the Leadership Development Camp, demonstrating the firm and lasting commitment of the Red Cross to train and empower future humanitarian leaders in communities around Los Angeles.
Over five days, high school and college students build confidence and cultivate core leadership skills such as teamwork, public speaking, and diversity/cultural understanding. These skills can later be applied on school campuses and later in life. Throughout the week, American Red Cross youth volunteers and staff members create sessions and activities that reinforce delegates’ individual and team leadership skills. Over 100 youth come back from camp each year as stronger individuals. Delegates form friendships that can last a lifetime. Moreover, they will become leaders who make a difference in their schools and communities.
2019 camp will be held August 5th through August 9th.
I don’t think I’ve ever met so many people who were so loving, encouraging, and just willing to open their hearts to each other.
Kaitlyn C
Leadership Development Camp (LDC) prepares high school students for the challenges of tomorrow. The camp's programs focus on teaching the valuable skills for their educational and professional career by actively involving the delegates. The programs, constantly changing and evolving, are designed and implemented by alumni and students from universities around the country.
LDC offers youth one of the most inspirational, introspective, and life-changing experiences through our one-week leadership camp. Through LDC, youth have the opportunity to learn about and improve leadership skills, discover their true potential, and gain appreciation for community service. LDC combines learning activities with hands-on interactive games, to create an extremely fun, positive and powerful experience.
Youth learn fundraising, marketing, and time management/planning skills. LDC is leadership by youth, for youth. We focus on core leadership skills first in an active environment. There are no lectures! Sessions and activities are about doing, and that’s a standard at LDC.
Expect to expand your world by sharing your experiences with youth from all over Southern California. Be prepared to open your mind and learn something new about yourself and about what’s going on in the world. Discover what you can do to make a positive impact in your life and in your community.
Leadership Development Camp Staff are appointed annually in February through a screening process. To organize camp activities, Camp Staffers participate in at least three training sessions, a weekend retreat, and camp planning weekend organized by the Advisory Council between March and July.
Leadership Development Camp Staff applications are open to all previous delegates.
Applications for LDC 202o Staff will be open in January 2020.