28 | JULY 21 • 2022 

Campers at Hillel’s ECC Camp Funtabulous recently celebrated America 
from Sea to Shining Sea. The campers explored all things red, white and blue, 
and the many customs and traditions that make them proud to be Jewish 
Americans and American Jews. 
Most importantly, they talked about making the world a better place by help-
ing others through acts of kindness. Campers decorated crowns and marched 
in the all-camp parade, sang “Yankee Doodle Dandy” and “God Bless America,” 
and enjoyed red, white and blue bomb pops as part of the celebration. 
To finish the week, all campers made mini tzedakah boxes to share at home. 
Campers were asked to fill their boxes and bring them back to camp each week, 
to help make the world a little bit better.” 

Celebrating America

STORY AND PHOTOS COURTESY OF HILLEL ECC

faces&places

ABOVE: 
Judah 
Slatkin, 
Noam Harbi 
and Maya 
Blanca.
LEFT: 
God Bless 
America 
Shabbat.
BOTTOM 
LEFT: 
Maude 
Sherman, 
Kaia Ran, 
Mia Silver, 
Oliver 
Salama 
and Ariel 
Fishman.
BOTTOM 
RIGHT: 
Emmett 
Garrison, 
Claire Sikora 
and Madison 
Kessler.

