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WHAT 00 YOU HOPE Tt,
ACCOMPLISH?

"I hope i can help Tamarack
continue to build a strong,
vibrant Jewish community and
to provide experiences that will
make campers want to be staff
here one day so they in turn can
provide the same positive expe-
riences to their campers."

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Informational Meeting for parents and campers
December 15, 2008 at 7pm, Max M. Fisher Federation Building
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December 22, 2008
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interviews and hires staff specialists
and counselors, which includes trav-
eling to Israel and England. Ruskin
learns a lot about other cultures when
traveling outside the U.S. to employ
staff.
"When you work overseas with
another culture, you take that experi-
ence with you:' she said.
More than anything, Ruskin values
working with kids and spending time
outdoors. While she never attended
Tamarack as a camper, Tamarack has
found a niche in Ruskin's life.
"The more familiar I became with
Tamarack, the more I found it was a
place where my values are also impor-
tant values here."
Ruskin said she feels lucky to work
at Tamarack. She loves when visitors
come to camp and remark what a
happy camp it is.
"The summer is the culmination of
months and months of hard work, and
you see memories being created:' said
Ruskin. "You know campers are going
to go home and have stories to tell for
years."

Alumni Family eekend
May 22-24, 2009 at Camp Maas
Spend a memorable weekend at Camp Maas with your family and friends.

CARLY LEIPSITZ
"Camp was my life. I was the one cry-
ing when I got off the bus to go home
Carly Leipsitz said.
Leipsitz started attending Tamarack
at age 7. Over the next 20 years, she
attended each summer, first as a
camper, then a counselor.
However, Leipsitz took a break from
Tamarack and worked at Ripco Real

Alumni Family Fun Day
Sunday, June 21, 2009, 10am - 4pm at Camp Maas
Celebrate Father's Day with Tamarack Camps and enjoy many camp
activities! For information email alumni@tamarackcamps.com

WHAT WAS YOUR
FAVORITE PART ABOUT
GOING TO TAMARACK?

Alumni

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or corporate event at Tamarack Camps, call (248) 627-2821.
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December 11 . 2008

"I went to camp every year with
three Rachels. It was the three
Rachels and Carly. We went
through every year of Ortonville
here. They were my best friends
in the world, and I'm still in
touch with them to this day. My
friends that are a huge part of
my life now I met at camp when
I was 10."

Estate in Manhattan, N.Y., doing mar-
keting and graphic design. After three
years at Ripco, Leipsitz made her way
back to Michigan — and Tamarack.
Leipsitz was appointed development
associate in June 2007.
In that role, Leipsitz works with
the marketing department at Jewish
Federation of Metropolitan Detroit
and conducts alumni relations.
Leipsitz recently coordinated Alumni
Family Fun Day at Tamarack and is
working on upcoming alumni events
in New York and Chicago. The goal
of alumni events is to get the alumni
connected to Tamarack again.
"I love planning the alumni events
and bringing them back to this great
place Leipsitz said. "You hear the
excitement, talking with someone
who's at Tamarack who hasn't been
connected with camp for 10 years."
Leipsitz stresses to alumni that
Tamarack is going back to the way it
was when they attended as campers.
"I think camp went away for a little
bit, and it has really come to this great
place that reminds me of when I was
here Leipsitz said. "The same activi-
ties like Fox Fire and Israel Day still
go on."
Yet Tamarack has changed in some
ways. "We didn't have all those toys in
the water or the climbing wall when I
was here Leipsitz said with a hint of
jealousy.
Like it has for many campers,
Tamarack helped form Leipsitz's
Jewish identity.
"I was very active in my Hebrew
school, but coming to camp I learned
to appreciate my Jewish identity,'
Leipsitz said. "I was a professional in a
non-Jewish organization, but coming
to work for a Jewish organization is so
meaningful, and you understand why
you're here."
Leipsitz said working for Tamarack
is a dream come true.
"When I worked in New York, I had
a job, and now I have a career."

RABBI JASON MILLLii
Rabbi Jason Miller has grown up since
his last summer at Tamarack 20 years
ago. "I've experienced life, gotten mar-
ried, had three children, traveled the
world and been to Israel nine times. I
have learned how to be a teacher and
I have also been on a Jewish spiritual
journey."
While he may have grown up, Miller
fondly recalls the days he was a camp-
er at Brighton from 1983-1986 and
Ortonville from 1987-1989.
"I loved camp',' Miller said. "I loved