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organized American summer camp, the Gunnery Camp,
was founded in 1861. Today, the ACA has accredited more than 2,400 summer programs, affecting the summers of millions of participants and staff each year, including camps, counselors and campers right here in Tidewater. What is it about summer camp? What causes the attraction, and for so many, a life-long devotion? Is it the independence that kids gain at a residential camp? Is it the friendships made? Or, perhaps the skills acquired? Or, is it having structured fun without concern about a grade? Perhaps it’s a mix of all of these tangibles and intangibles that makes camp so important in the lives of campers. Today, there are many definitions of camp. Some are traditional day, or residential with rustic accommodations, while others take place in air-conditioned classrooms or on campuses. Some follow the model of general camping activities…swimming, hiking, sailing, arts and crafts…and others are more specific, focusing on a wide variety of topics such as film, writing, science or athletic training. If a child wants to attend camp, whether spending nights at home or sleeping miles away, options abound. Our lead article discusses trends in today’s camps, including lengths of sessions, specialized programs, changes in camp food, and efforts to make it all affordable. Camps that accommodate children with disabilities are becoming easier to find, too, as more and more camps recognize the need—and the benefits. Camps here in Tidewater, as well as throughout the national Jewish camping networks offer options. The information is just a few pages away.
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Attending camp can be life changing for everyone involved, and that includes parents who gain some free time while their campers are away, if only for a few hours a day or for weeks at a time. Our Summer Camp Guide highlights some of our personal favorite camps, and provides information that can help you make summer decisions for the youngsters in your life. Now is a great time to
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Jewish camp trend-spotting 10 ways a summer ritual is changing of campers attending for seven, eight or
many
even 10 weeks. Now it is the rare child or
Jewish camps have
NEW YORK (JTA)—Nostalgia about summer
teen who spends the full summer at camp
been redoing their
traditions notwithstanding, Jewish camps
(or at one camp), and most programs offer
menus to make them
have changed dramatically from a genera-
multiple sessions, ranging in length from just
more nutritious and
tion ago.
six days to seven weeks. “Our three-week
environmentally
Camp’s value for Jewish education and
session has always sold out more quickly
friendly: adding salad
identity-building is now a major focus of
than the four-week, and our new two-week
bars, replacing “bug
communal attention. Major Jewish foun-
session has been a quick hit as well,” says
juice”
dations, federations and organizations are
Vivian Stadlin, co-director of Eden Village
offering more vege-
investing heavily in the sector.
Camp in Putnam Valley, N.Y.
tarian fare and even
by Julie Wiener
Many camps have become more intentional about incorporating Jewish learning, Shabbat and Israel into their programming. They’ve also evolved to meet families’ changing expectations and demands: offering a
established
with
water,
planting their own Specialized programs
organic
W
hether a child’s passion is sports,
vegetable
gardens.
the environment, outdoor adven-
ture or science and technology, there’s a
wider range of choices of all kinds (from
Jewish camp for that. An incubator under
food to activity to session length); providing
the auspices of the Foundation for Jewish
more frequent updates and communications to parents; accommodating numerous medical requirements and allergies; and placing greater emphasis on safety and security.
More affordable options
T
in air-conditioned dorms, and Six Points
he Foundation for Jewish Camp recent-
Science blur the boundary between “camp”
ly introduced a new program called
and “summer program,” while programs like
Camp spurred the creation of five special-
BunkConnect that enables first-time camp-
USY on Wheels and Adamah Adventures,
ty camps in 2010 (including Eden Village,
ers from middle- and lower-income families
which operate under the Foundation for
which is focused on the environment) and
to search for a variety of discounted Jewish
Jewish Camp’s umbrella, blur the boundary
another four that will open this summer.
summer camp options. While BunkConnect
between “camp” and “teen travel.”
At the same time, the Jewish camping
The idea is to attract kids who might not
is currently only available in the Northeast,
field is becoming more professionalized. The
otherwise consider a Jewish camp and to
New England and Mid-Atlantic regions of
camp director’s job is shifting from a season-
show them they can combine their pas-
the United States, the foundation hopes to
al gig to year-round career, and counselors
sion with Judaism. Increasingly, established
expand it in future years. In addition, the
are receiving more intensive training.
general-interest Jewish camps are adding
One Happy Camper Program, initiated in
specialty tracks and electives. For example,
2006, offers grants for all first-time campers
camps generally haven’t interacted much
the New Jersey Y camps offer a science
regardless of need. So far, 50,000 children
with overnight camps, nor have they
program and various sports programs, while
have received One Happy Camper grants.
received the same level of attention from
Ramah in the Poconos has run basketball
Plus, most Jewish overnight camps offer
Jewish communal leaders or philanthropists
clinics and a tennis academy.
financial aid.
as their sleep-away counterparts. That is
With all this change in the Jewish camp world, here are 10 specific trends: Shorter sessions
O
nce upon a time, summer camp meant the entire summer, with the majority
W
hile the Conservative movement’s Camp Ramah has long operated
both day and overnight camps, Jewish day
changing as this year, for the first time, leadHealthier food Serving healthy, locally sourced food is a
Broadening definition of camp
W
ers of Jewish day camps are being included
hile rural settings and rustic accom-
in the bi-annual Leaders Assembly of the
modations are still the norm, two
Foundation for Jewish Camp. The founda-
specialty camps—the Union for Reform
tion is finalizing plans with UJA-Federation
some specialty camps
Judaism’s Six Points Sports Academy and
of New York to establish an incubator devel-
like the new health-
Six Points Science & Technology—are locat-
oping six specialty day camps in the region.
and-wellness-focused
ed on boarding school campuses, and
In addition, the Union for Reform Judaism
Camp Zeke and was a
another, the 92nd Street Y’s Passport NYC,
is opening its first day camp this summer.
component of Ramah
is in the middle of Manhattan. Passport
Meanwhile, the philanthropic group Areivim
Outdoor
Adventure
NYC, in which participants choose among
is funding Hebrew-immersion day camps
from its beginnings
tracks in culinary arts, film, fashion, musi-
throughout the United States.
in 2010. In addition,
cal theater and music industry, and live
part of the mission of
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Day camps brought into the tent
Inclusion of children
institutions such as synagogues and day
weekend. A number of camps “got into the
with disabilities
schools. These partnerships often involve
business just trying to use the facility more,
n estimated 13 percent of children
sharing staff members under the auspices
but it wound up being a great recruiting
A
have some sort of disability, but only
of new programs like Ramah Service Corps
tool,” says Foundation for Jewish Camp CEO
two percent of Jewish campers do, accord-
and the Foundation for Jewish Camp’s Nadiv
Jeremy Fingerman. Several camps also host
ing to research conducted last year by the
initiative. In addition, camps within easy
sessions specifically for families of children
Foundation for Jewish Camp. The Jewish
commuting distance of major metropolitan
with disabilities. While traditionally mar-
camping world wants to make the camping
areas or in temperate regions or with win-
keted to camp-age kids and their parents,
experience accessible to more children with
terized facilities are increasingly hosting a
Rabbi Mitchell Cohen, national director of
disabilities, including them at regular camps
range of family/community programs in the
the Conservative movement’s Camp Ramah
wherever possible, rather than segregating
off seasons: Eden Village, just 50 miles north
network, says several Ramah camps are con-
them at separate facilities. The foundation
of Manhattan, runs a home-school program
sidering adding sessions for Ramah alumni
is currently working to raise $31-million for
and weekend family/community programs
with younger children. “It’s a relatively inex-
a multi-pronged effort to serve more such
throughout the year, while nearby Surprise
pensive family vacation,” he notes.
children by offering relevant staff training,
Lake Camp, in Cold Spring, N.Y. runs High
revamping physical facilities to make them
Holiday services and Passover Seders. Camp
accessible, and creating vocational edu-
Ramah Darom in Georgia runs a week-long
cation and life-skills training programs at
Passover retreat.
I
Jews, a wide range of Jewish communal
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Jewish camps welcoming more children with disabilities children
with
disabilities
attend Jewish overnight camps.
by Julie Wiener
N
EW YORK (JTA)—In the late 1960s, when husband-andwife team Barbara and Herb Greenberg first decided to create a Jewish overnight summer camp program for developmentally disabled children, it was hard to find a camp willing to host it. Camp directors thought such a pro-
offered at several Ramah camps. Knopp says the foundation would like
to helping in the office to assisting in babysitting programs for the children of
The foundation recently hired a
to double the number of children with
full-time professional, Lisa Tobin, to focus
disabilities attending Jewish camps over
At the Ramah camps in California and
on special needs and is hoping to increase
the next five years and ultimately have
Wisconsin, participants are placed in jobs
significantly the numbers of children with
children with disabilities make up 10 per-
in nearby towns, giving them training and
disabilities served over the next decade.
cent of the total campers.
experience that will help them find year-
camp staff.
While the 2013 survey found more camp-
To reach that goal, the foundation
ers with disabilities attending camp than
plans to provide grants enabling more
“It’s extraordinary to watch them inter-
the foundation had anticipated, the dis-
camps to hire senior professionals with
act with their employers,” Cohen says.
abled
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expertise in special needs, while also help-
“They’re thrilled to do jobs other people
percent of children—is still considerably
ing them train their entire staffs in best
see as drudge work but that make them
underrepresented among the 75,000
practices in working with children with
feel productive.”
North American children attending Jewish
disabilities.
population—an
estimated
overnight camp each summer.
round jobs.
Asked about the Foundation for Jewish
“In some models, you have one expert
Camp initiative, Cohen says, “It’s fantastic
gram would make other campers and
The study also found that 93 percent
at the camp who deals with all issues
that the foundation has dived into this
staff uncomfortable, and that parents of
of parents of special-needs campers were
related to disabilities, and that’s not a
area.”
non-disabled children would see the pres-
satisfied or extremely satisfied with their
good situation,” Knopp says. “The whole
ence of disabled children as a potential
child’s Jewish camp experience, but that
staff needs to be well trained.”
danger.
most camps do a poor job of marketing
The foundation also wants to provide
are able to receive a Jewish education
and publicizing their programs for children
funding for accessibility-related capital
and feel part of the Jewish community,
with disabilities.
improvements and equipment at 15 camps
he says.
But in 1970, the director of the Conservative movement’s Camp Ramah
For many children with disabilities, camp is one of the few places where they
of New England agreed to try it, and the
“Even if you say that a nice proportion
Tikvah program http://www.campramah.
of the camps are offering opportunities
org/content/specialneeds.php was born.
for kids with disabilities, it’s a handful of
“What we’re hearing from camps and
they’d have fun and make friends. I didn’t
Now Tikvah serves 250 children in nine
kids each session,” says Abby Knopp, vice
families is that children are aging out of
realize you’d be nurturing his soul and
Ramah camps throughout North America
president of program and strategy at the
the programs that do exist, and the big
sending him back as a committed Jew.”
and offers family-camp and vocation-
Foundation for Jewish Camp. “People’s
question on the minds of a lot of camps
But the children with disabilities and
al-training programs.
hearts are in the right places, but we’re
is what to do now for them,” Knopp says.
their families are not the only beneficiaries
While Ramah was a pioneer in the field
not doing enough as a field. We know
“Other teens are moving on to leader-
of inclusion programs, Cohen says.
of inclusion—serving disabled children at
from parents that there are not enough
ship training and Israel trips, and there
“It has a sensitizing effect on people
regular camps rather than segregating
opportunities.”
are no opportunities for their peers with
and makes an important statement about
disabilities.”
the community you serve,” Cohen says,
and to create 10 new camp-based vocational training/life-skills programs.
Tikvah parents, he says, frequently tell him, “I sent my child to your camp so
them at separate facilities—today more
The foundation is working to raise
than 50 Jewish overnight camps, including
$31-million to implement a multi-pronged
Rabbi Mitchell Cohen, director of the
noting that tutoring a Tikvah girl for
all Ramah and Union for Reform Judaism
initiative focusing on staffing and training;
National Ramah Commission, whose
her bat mitzvah inspired his daughter to
camps, accommodate some children with
making more facilities physically acces-
Tikvah program has vocational train-
pursue a career in special education.
disabilities, mostly serving kids with cogni-
sible and supporting the development
ing programs at several camps, says
“Once you’ve run a program like this,
tive impairments and autism.
of more camp-based vocational educa-
participants perform a variety of camp
you realize you don’t have an alterna-
A Foundation for Jewish Camp study
tion and life-skills training programs for
jobs depending on their abilities, rang-
tive,” he says. “You must. It’s just a
last year found that approximately 2,500
young adults with disabilities, such as one
ing from setting tables in the dining hall
responsibility.”
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New Reform camp combining science and Judaism by Julie Wiener
NEW YORK (JTA)—At most Union for Reform Judaism overnight camps and youth programs, girls account for at least half, if not more, of the campers. Outside the Orthodox community, Jewish institutions often struggle to attract and retain boys. But finding boys is not a problem for URJ’s Six Points Sci-Tech Academy, one of four new Jewish specialty camps opening this summer. (The others are a business and entrepreneurial camp, a nutrition and fitness camp, and a sports camp.) Instead, the biggest challenge facing the camp in Byfield, Mass., is recruiting girls: Of the 70 campers registered so far, fewer than 20 are female. “One of the things I’ve been shouting from the rooftops is that this is a program
say, ‘I’m a scientist, so I don’t believe in God.’ But you can have both. Judaism can inform our decisions as discoverers and explorers. We can use robotics in a discussion about repairing the world because robotics is being used a lot in medicine and in creating prostheses.” Despite the science focus and the academic setting—the kids live in dorms rather than cabins—Kellner says Sci-Tech is more camp than summer school. “When the kids get up in the morning, they’re going to have morning singing,” he says. “There will be traditions in the dining hall, athletic programs, evening programs, campfires, special days and trips. It will have a camp feel, and certainly we’ll celebrate Shabbat with dinner, song and dancing.” In contrast, he says, “with many academic programs you get a course from one thing to the
Tech’s director.
next, it’s more fron-
At Sci-Tech, located on the campus of the Governor’s Academy boarding school, participants choose from four tracks: robotics and engi-
is
more
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