Young Life Summer Volunteer Programs at the Malibu Club

You will receive a DocuSign email containing the Young Life Volunteer Agreement from us. Within five days of receiving the DocuSign email, you must acknowledge and sign the agreement. We will send you reminders if it is not completed within that time-frame. You may need to check your spam/junk folder if you have not seen it in the next few days.

Useful instructions to help you with the process:

• If this is your first time using the Online Health Form, click "Create an Account". The login is not associated in any way with your YL volunteer login, so if you've not filled out a YL online health form before, create a new account.

• If you have used it before but cannot remember your login, click "Forgot Username or Password".

• Select the "Don't have a registrant ID" button if you are asked for a registrant ID or access code.

• If you have filled out a YL online health form before, you can click on the Copy button to the right of your most recently completed form. That will make a copy so you do no need to start from scratch.

• You will need your YL Area Number to complete it. It was noted in your Acceptance email

• Select Property: Malibu Club 

• Select Guest Type: Work Crew or Summer Staff depending on which program you are participating in as noted in your acceptance email

• Do not get a Physician signature. It is not required at the Malibu Club. If it asks you for a physician signature, then you have not selected Malibu as the camp property and you have made an incorrect selection and will need to correct it.

• Do not print the form, fill it out to completion and we will be able to access it online.

Under 19 Years Old (not 18 but 19!)

The legal age in Canada is 19, not 18. If you are under 19 you will need the guardianship consent letter showing that you have legal guardian consent to leave your home country and enter a foreign country. Please download the appropriate form for yourself depending on if you are Work Crew or Summer Staff. You must bring the original form filled out with signatures (it cannot be a photocopy nor digitally signed) with you to board the bus.

• • Work Crew under 19

  • Summer Staff under 19

YL Access Training

• You will receive an invitation email through Right Now Media to join the online training module.

• Complete all sections of the training module through the online portal for your completion records to show for us through the backend view.

• Contact your Summer Staff Coordinator if you have questions or issues with getting online.

• Due before arrival.

In Person Training

All Work Crew must go through Work Crew training with their local Young Life staff. Please contact your local staff person if you have not yet completed the training as participation in Work Crew at Malibu is conditional on completion of the Young Life Work Crew Training.

It will take you two days to get to the Malibu Club from Seattle. Please bring snacks and a bag supper for your journey (or money to buy dinner on the ferry). This will be your journey to camp:

• Meet at the SeaTac airport in baggage claim waiting area near Baggage Claim Carousel #16. You can fly into Seattle or be dropped off at the airport.   Arrange to be at this location by 12:00 PM at the latest on the date stated on your Acceptance email.  

• Charter buses will depart the airport no later than 1:00 pm that afternoon.

• Bus will stop at the border, where you will be required to provide proper documentation.  (See the Border details for what is required)

• The buses will take you on a ferry that is 40 minutes long, you can purchase supper on the ferry if you have not brought a bagged supper with you.

• You will drive a twisty road for two hours

• You will arrive in Egmont and spend the night at the Malibu Landing/on the boat that will take you to camp.  

• The boat will depart for camp in the early morning - about a 3 hour ride.

• Please make sure people at home understand you will NOT have cell service or internet access during your time at Malibu.  

It will take you one day to get from the Malibu Club back to Seattle. This will be your journey to return home:

• You will take a boat from camp to Egmont.

• Charter buses will pick you up at the Malibu Landing where the boats dock

• The buses will take you on a ferry that is 40 minutes long.  Food will be available for purchase on the ferry.

• You will cross the border back into the USA. You will be required to provide proper documentation of citizenship to re-enter the USA.

• The buses will drop you off:

  • If you are being picked up, have someone pick you up on the date stated on your Acceptance email. You'll be able to text them when you arrive back in the US. More details will come by email prior to arrival at camp.

• The next morning (the last date stated on your Acceptance Packet):

  • If you are flying home, book your flight to depart Seattle between 8:00 am and 12:00 pm on the date stated on your Acceptance email. The Coordinators will make sure that you will be at the airport in plenty of time for their flight home.

You will need a sleeping bag and pillow both in Seattle and in Egmont. Due to luggage limitations on the charter bus your sleeping bag should be as compact as possible. If you are flying and would like your Coordinator to locate a sleeping bag for you please let them know when they contact you. 

Please bring money (for food on the ferry), a bagged supper, and snacks for while you are travelling. Contact your Coordinator if you have questions about this.

For those being picked up on the final day of the assignment, we will provide the address at a later date.

Citizenship Documentation

Please note that you will be entering a foreign country. As such you must have proper identification and proof of citizenship to enter Canada and to re-enter the United States. 

Accepted ID: Please provide one of the following as proof of citizenship:

• Passport

• Immigration enhanced driver’s license (not a regular driver’s license)

• Passport card

• NEXUS card

A birth certificate and Driver's License is not acceptable.

18 Years Old and Under

The legal age in Canada is 19, not 18. If you are under 19 you will need the guardianship consent letter showing that you have legal guardian consent to leave your home country and enter a foreign country. Please download the appropriate form for yourself depending on if you are Work Crew or Summer Staff. You must bring the original form filled out with signatures (it cannot be a photocopy nor digitally signed) with you to board the bus.

• • Work Crew under 19

  • Summer Staff under 19

Non-US Citizens

If you are not a US citizen then you should contact your local consulate to confirm you will be able to re-enter the US. If you are not a US resident and will be returning to your home country, please note that the buses are not able to drop you at another airport so you will need to be able to return to the US to fly out of SeaTac airport to return to your home country.

Your dates are sent to you by email so please make sure you keep those emails and take careful note of the dates of travel.

You must be able to be here for the entire assignment period. Due to our remote location, we are not able to accommodate requests for special needs to be off the property. Everyone is required to travel to and from Seattle, across the borders and into Malibu with the rest of your team on the bus. 

The following list should help you plan for your assignment at camp. Your Coordinator will be in touch with you before your arrival if there are other items you need to bring.

Personal items

• Your ID as noted in the Border section for the border crossing.

• If you are under 19 you will need the parental consent letter

  • Work Crew under 19

  • Summer Staff under 19

• Bagged supper for your first night travelling or money to purchase food on the Ferry.

• Spending Money

  • US Cash, Canadian Cash, Visa, and Mastercard are accepted at the camp stores. Please note there are no ATM's from which to withdraw cash.

  • Contact your bank or credit card company to let them know your travel plans so they don't stop your card.

  • Please check with your bank that any debit cards are usable in Canada, many are not.

• Bible, Notebook, Pens/Pencils

• Laundry Bag

• Alarm Clock

• Camera

• Sleeping Bag and Pillow for staying in Seattle and Egmont

• Personal music sources - Young Life has made a policy regulating the operation of music sources. Phones/Ipods/MP3’s with ear phones that only you can hear are permitted but are not allowed outside your cabin. No stereos or speakers. You will not be permitted to carry your phone around with you. There is no cell service or wifi available for your use at Malibu Club.

Clothing

You will be interacting directly with guests so your appearance should be “classy” but casual. Pack appropriately for your job.

• Casual clothes for everyday use.

• Old clothes and shoes for messy jobs

• Comfortable shoes for work and casual wear (maybe a hike)

• 1-2 nice outfits

• Costume for Tableau (your coordinator will tell you what the theme is)

• Clothing for cool (even cold!) weather and occasional rain (rain gear)

• Young Life Policy - One piece swimsuit or conservative two piece

A Work Crew or Summer Staff shirt will be given to you upon arrival at camp. Sheets, pillows, blankets, and towels are provided for you.  Storage is limited, but there is weekly laundry. All clothing must be marked with your name for this purpose.

You will be living in our Work Crew/Summer Staff housing called Haida. They are dorm rooms with females on one floor and males on another floor. Summer Staff are in two dorm rooms and Work Crew are in the other dorm rooms on that floor.

Your days will be scheduled with time for personal devotions, community devotions and Bible study through the day and with your whole team in the evenings. You will help set up and run events at camp.  

You will have one half-day off per camp week to rest and have fun with your team. Your Coordinators will have this time planned for you.

Due to our remote location and limited facilities, visitors are not an option for those serving on Work Crew or Summer Staff at the Malibu Club.

Communications and “In Case of Emergency” Contact Information

The Malibu Club is very remote and only accessible by boat or float plane. Communication in and out of camp is extremely limited.  Work Crew and Summer Staff will not have access to email, social media or wifi. 

Please plan accordingly. You may leave the camp phone number and email with those who may need to contact you in the case of a true emergency, (778) 331-7944 and malibuclub@malibu.younglife.org. 

Health Care

We ask that anyone with allergies that result or can result in an anaphylaxis reaction please call the camp office to discuss the medical implications of being in a location so far from full medical facilities. We are a minimum of 3 hours from a full medical facility, and that is in the best possible conditions. At night, that time-frame drastically increases.

For US residents, since you will be in a different country, any US medical insurance will not be able to be direct billed at Canadian medical facilities. If something were to happen and you needed to leave Malibu for required medical assistance at a hospital or clinic in Canada, you will need to pay for the services up-front and then submit those bills to your insurance company for reimbursement. Please contact your insurance company if you have questions about what your insurance will cover outside of your home country. It is highly advisable to get travel insurance anytime you leave your home country, check with your insurance company to see if you are already covered for international travel or whether you need extra coverage..

Mail

Your family and friends can send you mail. Mail and parcels may take 4-6 weeks to reach camp. All packages sent to you will need to clear international customs and may get charged duty. Everything should be marked as “Gift” or “Non-Commercial Goods”. If a package ends up with duty charged on it, we will not accept delivery of the package at the post office and tell them to mark it as "Return to Sender". Anyone with questions as to how to send a package successfully to you should call the camp office at least one month before you depart from home (778) 331-7944.

All mail sent to you should be addressed like this:

[Your Full Name}
[Work Crew or Summer Staff, which ever is accurate for you]
Session [your session number or note your dates]
c/o The Malibu Club
PO Box 49
6545 Maple Road
Egmont BC V0N 1N0
Canada