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Jodie Gold, 5, is
all smiles despite
the rain on her
pond boat ride.

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The accent's
on fun at
ACC Summer
Camps.

Photos by
Joshua Kristal

here's no shortage of activity for day-
campers at the Jewish Community Cen-
ter of Metropolitan Detroit.
The two campuses have some programs spe-
cial to each, but both promote camaraderie,
exercise and Jewish learning.
Exclusive to West Bloomfield are a petting
farm, mountain bike trails, nature trails, and
boating and fishing on a one-acre pond. The
ROPES challenge course is a low-ropes course
with stations — "really a team building kind of
thing," said Stan Trompeter, JCC Summer
Camps director.
Oak Park has a new multipurpose athletic field
and the new Imagitivity specialty camps.
Both campuses boast an in-ground pool, an air-
conditioned gym, a playground, mini golf, a pic-
nic grove, a Judaic center, kosher snacks and a
nurses station. There also are theme weeks and
all-day programs.
Trompeter is assisted by Amy Freedman, assis-
tant director; Lori Aleo, Imagitiviiy Camps director;
and Marc Kay, Summer Camps program director. Clockwise:
As for learning Jewishly, "We have Shabbat ser- Lani Rapoport, 13, a counselor at theJCC Summer Camps, holds Emily Klein, 5.
vices every Friday with the lighting of the candles
and the blessing over the challa," Trompeter said. Austin Statfield, 6, plays on the cargo net at CaMp Ruth's ROPES chal-
lenge course.
We have two campers from Israel," he
added. The upcoming Israel Day will feature
Carey Flack, 7, flashes a grin as she embarks upon a boat ride on the
falafel and other native foods and a model West- one-acre pond.
ern Wall.
Jonathan Ben-Menachem, 5; Jacob Balamut, 6; and Joshua Murray, 6, mingle
"We build Jewish learning into every camper's
with animals at Camp Ruth's petting farm.
schedule," Trompeter said. III