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 ns§ 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 'qvg, 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. ❑ Day-Camp Primer JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF METROPOLITAN DETROIT 12/15 2000 911 D. Dan and Betty Kahn Building • Eugene and Marcia Applebaum Jewish Community Campus 6600 W. Maple, West Bloomfield • (248) 661-1000 Jimmy Prentis Morris Building • A. Alfred Taubman Jewish Community Campus 15110 W. 10 Mile, Oak Park • (248) 967-4030 CC