MY EXPERIENCE AT CAMP SABABA [ Nathan Cooper ]

This summer I spent two weeks away at Sababa Beachaway, which like the name suggests, is a camp focused on ocean activities. My favorite part of the experience was getting my open-water

SCUBA certification. I can now dive anywhere in the world, but I can always take more classes here at the Lynnhaven Dive Center where we learned. Sababa also offered many different electives when we weren’t in the water, like ultimate frisbee and tennis.

After a busy week, we celebrated Shabbat together in a way that was both laid back and traditional at the same time. There are not many Jewish kids at my school, so it was very special to meet so many Jewish kids from all over the country, the world, and from lots of Jewish backgrounds. No matter where we were from, we became a close-knit community at Sababa.