The Weekly

Shmooze August 1, 2011 Week five

We celebrated Week 5 with a Disney/Broadway theme and campers and staff came dressed in their BEST costumes ever! We had plenty of Mickey and Minnie's, Princesses, Guys and Dolls, and Hercules made an appearance! We learned about the Value of "L'Dor V'Dor- Generation to Generation” and earned our 5th dog tag! The week started strong with a Mama Doni concert which kept us all dancing and the week ended with campers showing off their camp at Parent Visiting Day! The week was filled with excitement as K'Ton Ton campers held a tea party with their favorite furry friends, Shalom campers played "Name that Disney tune" and ventured to Bow Craft Amusement Park, Chalutz campers demonstrated their athletic skills in sports leagues and viewed the coolest IMAX show at Liberty Science Center, Maccabiah campers visited Dorney Park and Wildwater Kingdom and at Club Macc participated in outdoor rockclimbing, Marvin's campers welcomed a visit from Laura Gotlin of the Department of Transportation and learned about bicycle and helmet safety and danced with Stefanie Raccuglia their AMAZING dance instructor and Teen travel campers explored destinations such as Seaside Heights, Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum, and Garden State Rock Climbing!

WEEK FIVE IN REVIEW

Campers and staff

dressed as The Hulk and Hercules

for Broadway/Disney

week

Mama Doni rockin’ out with Chalutz, Maccabiah, Marvin’s Camp and Independence

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While the sage Choni was walking along a road, he saw a man planting a carob tree. Choni asked him: "How long will it take for this tree to bear fruit?" "Seventy years," replied the man. Choni then asked: "Are you so healthy a man that you expect to live that length of time and eat its fruit?" The man answered: "I found a fruitful world because my ancestors planted it for me. Likewise, I am planting for my children." Continuity, the linking of one generation to another and a responsibility to future generations were on full display this past week at our camp’s visiting day. One woman said that she had last been on the campgrounds 38 years ago for a camp clean up day. On Friday, she returned to see her granddaughter. Another woman informed me that she had met her husband some 20 years earlier here at the JCC camp while working as a junior counselor. Her 2 daughters are now enrolled in our camp. In conversation with one of our Unit Directors, who is engaged to be married to a woman he met while working here as a counselor, I learned that all of his friends in his bridal party are people that he met at JCC camp. Finally, a young twenty year old counselor, who, this week, was given the opportunity to serve as the “Unit Director for a day,” when asked about the experience, said that she has been dreaming about becoming a Unit Director since she was six years old and that she still intended to fulfill that dream one day. There are many keys to our camp’s success but surely one of them is that the majority of our counselors began their affiliation here at JCC camp as campers themselves. And like the man who found a fruitful world and who felt a responsibility to plant a carob tree for future generations, our current counselors were nurtured by caring counselors who came before them, and now feel a responsibility to nurture the next generation of JCC campers.

JEWISH VALUE OF THE WEEK: L’DOR V’DOR - GENERATION TO GENERATION

Parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents, siblings and

guardians participate in and view daily

camp activites during visiting day

Marvin’s campers working on social skills using programs on

their Ipads

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4 Independence boating in the lake

Maccabiah boys making delicious

fruit and yogurt parfaits at

cooking

K’ton ton

campers and counselors with their favorite Teddy

Bears at their Teddy Bear Picnic

Chalutz campers at soccer and hanging

out in the playground

Shalom campers heading to the pool

1131 Manor Road Staten Island, New York

10314

Phone: 718.983.9000 E-mail: camp@sijcc.com

Fun is Our Tradition!

Lillian Schwartz

JCC Day Camp

Check out our website at Camp.sijcc.org

THE WEEKLY SHMOOZE Issue 5 - August 1 2011

Camp Co-Directors: Camp Committee Co-Chairpersons: Glenn Wechsler Susan Perel Stephanie Feldman Melissa Rabinovich

JCC President: Susan Sappin Executive Director: David Sorkin Comments or questions? Contact Samantha Goodman at sgoodman@sijcc.com Editor: Samantha Goodman Communications: JR Rich

K’TONTON: Simon the Clown Show SHALOM: Milo & Friends show, Powerhouse Studios Trip (Regular Dismissal) CHALUTZ: International Dance Party TEEN TRAVEL: Blackbeard’s Dave MARVIN: Healthy Food Day WEDNESDAY AUGUST 3

K’TONTON: Flags of All Nations Creations SHALOM: Trivia Scavenger Hunt CHALUTZ: Day of Peace MACCABIAH & TEEN TRAVEL: Splish Splash (8:30pm Dismissal) MARVIN: Park Trip (Regular Dismissal)

Theme: International Music Jewish Value: Shalom - Peace

MONDAY AUGUST 1 Don’t forget to dress in blue and white!

ALL CAMP SHOW: The Israeli Friendship Caravan is a group of ten Israeli Scouts that travel through North America for the summer sharing their lives in Israel through song and dance.

TEEN TRAVEL: Point Pleasant (6:30 pm Dismissal)

TUESDAY AUGUST 2 Camper Semi Formal at Bernikow Building 6-7:30pm

THURSDAY AUGUST 4

K’TONTON: Peace Chain Fun SHALOM: Foods Around the World CHALUTZ & MARVIN: Sesame Place (7:30 pm Dismissal) MACCABIAH: Leagues Championships TEEN TRAVEL: New York Liberty Basketball Game (Regular Dismissal) FRIDAY AUGUST 5 Israel Day MACCABIAH: Local Trip - Roller Skating (Regular Dismissal) TEEN TRAVEL: Combat Sports Outdoor Laser Tag (Regular Dismissal)

COMING UP THIS WEEK AT CAMP