CISV Maine 2025 Applications open November 24th!
2025 Application Deadline January 30th, 2025
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We welcome youth and adults to apply for our programs where global friendship, peace education, fun and youth leadership all come together for a life changing experience.
Don’t let the expense stop you from applying! Reach out to our application chair for scholarship information! Click on links in blue box below for more info about the specific programs and in section 3 further below, click on links to the application packets.
In order to be a candidate to participate in a program, applicants need to follow the steps outlined below.
CISV Maine and CISV Greater Springfield (Massachusetts) are currently chapter-sharing the programs below. We encourage folks across New England to apply for these programs.
Please review the guidelines below, and if applying for a program through the Maine chapter, email Morgan Donovan Jones, Applications Chair, at maine-applicationchair@cisvusa.org, if you have any questions. If applying for a program through the Greater Springfield chapter, full details are located here.
Application packet materials, deadlines, and program costs are in the cover letter of each application packet in section 2 below.
| Program Information | Ages | Program Dates | Program Locations | Chapter Share Program | # of Delegate Applicants | Where/how to apply |
| Village | 11 | 7/4/25-7/31/25 | Hordaland, Norway | Springfield, MA | 4 | Springfield |
| Youth Meeting | 12-13 | 6/28/25-7/12/25 | Stockholm, Sweden | Springfield, MA | 1 | Springfield |
| Step Up | 15 | 7/4/25-7/26/25 | Guadalajara, Mexico | Maine | 4 | See below for application packet |
| Junior Counselor | 16- 17 (male) | 7/18/25-8/9/25 | Netherlands | Maine | 1 | See below for application packet |
| Junior Counselor | 16- 17 (male) | 6/27/25-7/24/25 | Trondelag, Norway | Springfield, MA | 1 | Springfield |
| Leader | 21+ | see above for Village and Step Up locations and dates | see above for Village and Step Up details | Springfield and Maine | 3 | Springfield and below for application packet |
Application Guideline Steps
1. Become a member of CISV Maine (youth delegates only):
You must become a (family) member of CISV Maine in order to apply to be a youth delegate. Scholarships are available for membership–goto membership page for details. Program leaders–if you are chosen, CISV Maine will cover your membership fee.
2. Review Program Cover Letter & Submit Forms
The cover letter provides a step through guide to the application packet material.
Application Packets:
- Step Up Delegate Application Packet
- Fortnight (National) Camp Application Packet
- Junior Counselor Individual Application Packet
- Seminar Camp Application Packet
- Leader Applicant Packet
Note: if you have questions about age, use the age calculator and/or contract our application chair at maine-applicationchair@cisvusa.org.
3. Attend Selection Day – Required
Selection Day includes a full day of activities, interviews, and programming. A mandatory parent meeting will be simultaneously to Selection Day. This typically happens in early February in Old Town, Maine.
Leadership Training Requirements, If Selected
| Program | Safeguarding Online Training | National Leadership Training | Maine Mini Camp (MMC) |
| Fortnight | X | Encouraged | |
| Junior Counselor | X | X | X |
| Seminar | X | X (online) | Encouraged |
| Leader | X | X | X |
| Staff & Jr Staff | X | X | Encouraged |