KC SUMMER
CAMPS 2001
A camping tradition since 1935
CHECK OUT OUR EXCITING
SUMMER LINE-UP:
Camp JCC
Traditional 4-week camps. Give your child an enriching outdoor camp experi-
ence in a Jewish setting. Wide range of activities, including arts and crafts,
canoeing, R.O.P.E.5. course, nature hikes, petting farm and much more!
New! Teva Trek Outdoor Adventure
(Fifth-Eighth Grade) Four two-week sessions for campers to explore the
great outdoors. Campers will learn the basics of camping, including outdoor
cooking, fire building, setting up tents, canoeing, hiking, orienteering and
wilderness survival.
Imagitivity Camp
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Camp
through May, but day camps fill up
early. So to avoid disappointment, set
a deadline for yourself and register
your camper by mid-March. Once
that's done, there will be plenty of
time for both child and parent to
prepare for that first day of summer
fun.
The day camps' main task is to
help campers develop a sense of
teamwork, independence and self-
esteem. Area camps are rich in pro-
gramming, offering a broad range of
activities, including arts and crafts,
water play, theme days, sports and
fun-in-the-sun field trips.
Some Suggestions
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! NOW MORE OPTIONS!
"Imagitivity...where imagination and creativity meet!" New this year
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are:
Museum Madness, Dance Fever, Musical Theatre and new programs from the
Living Science Foundation. Plus these favorites: Second City Kidz Improv,
cooking and clowning.
One-Week Maccabi Pro-Sports Camps
Now with more programs! New this summer: In-line hockey at our profes-
sional-quality InLine Hockey Center, Gold Medal Swimming, girls volleyball.
SESSION DATES:'
Session I June 18-July 11 • Session H July 15-Aug. 8
To support our mission of inclusion, the Jewish Community Center of
Metropolitan Detroit enthusiastically welcomes everyone to use our facilities
and participate in our programs. Individual inclusion assistance is available by
calling Nancie Furgang, special needs director, (248) 661-7737.
Give your child a memorable summer experience. Let us help you design a sum-
mer program specially tailored for your child.
For brochure and more information, call the
JCC Summer Camps office, (248) 661-1010.
ACCREDITED
CAMP
American Camping Association
"The first step in looking for the
right day camp, especially if this will
be your first experience of letting
your little one go, is to call camp
directors and get a tour of the facili-
ties, ongoing program and environ-
Noga Ben-Ami of Southfield makes a
ment," says Rena Weintraub,
new friend at Camp Ganeinu.
preschool camp director for
Congregation Shaarey Zedek. "Have
Older campers at Shaarey Zedek
conversations with camp directors and
will
travel around the world in eight
discuss what you want for your child.
weeks and celebrate a Hooray for USA
You know your child best."
week.
Eileen Weiner, summer camp direc-
If it's chicken soup for the Jewish
tor of Adat Shalom Nursery School, is
camper's soul, you may want to check
planning a Sensational Sounds week
out Ganeinu Day Camp. Sponsored
for her program, which will feature
by Chabad Lubavitch, the programs
science and sound experiments. A
are integrated with both standard day
Moon Struck week will have mini-
camp fun and spiritual lessons based
astronauts voyaging to the moon and
on Jewish themes.
back.
"Our fishing trips and roller-blad-
An Oakland Parks specialist will
ing days are good for the body," says
help with Jeepers Creepers week, with
Chaya Bergstein, Ganeinu director.
campers exploring the world of insects
"And arts and crafts, Jewish songs and
and spiders.
challah-baking are good for the Jewish
At Adat Shalom, each week will
soul."
feature a different theme. "This sum-
Many camps in addition to those
mer, full-day campers will a have a
above
offer Jewish or secular programs
specialist every afternoon in science,
in the Detroit area. Check the accom-
sports and music to provide a variety
panying camp listings for additional
of activities in coordination with the
offerings.
themes," says Weiner.
Before selecting any program,
Weiner suggests considering whether
your child is used to long days con-
stantly filled with activities. Does
he/she show signs of early indepen-
dence? Can he/she be left alone with
Want to start getting your youngster
other caregivers?
Weintraub of Shaarey Zedek says
into the camp spirit? Check out these
their camp programming will also be
books:
tied to themes. Their nursery school
The Berenstain Bears Go To Camp
day camps, Camp Sunshine (age 2-3)
by Stan And Jan Berenstain.
and Camp Keshet (age 4-5), will hold
Arthur Goes To Camp by Marc
programming in both the Southfield
Brown.
and West Bloomfield locations.
Franklin Goes to Day Camp by
Paulette Bourgeois and Brenda Clark.
Theme weeks will include Down
Under (the ocean) and Don't Bug Us
Princess Lulu Goes to Camp by
(exploring the Earth).
Kathryn Cristaldi.
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