The summer has flown by quickly, and most summer camps have ended their programs a full week ago. There was one camp, however, that gave its campers a few extra days to enjoy the camp experience. Camp F.R.E.E. – Gan Israel of Brooklyn continued until Friday, August 24th, concluding with a grand banquet and awards presentation.
The inaugural summer of CGI Toronto was a wonderful success. The campers and staff enjoyed trips, BBQs, a staff play, color war, a two-day Grand trip to Canada’s Wonderland – spending the night at Chabad @ Flamingo, swimming, a tour of Chabad Lubavitch of Ontario Headquarters and much, much more.
As every year, the campers of Gan Israel-Florida overnight camp worked on preparing a special and most befitting present for the Rebbe with their annual Mishnayos Be’Al Peh program; together, the campers learned and were tested on close to 30,000 lines of Mishnayos, Tanya, Siddur and Yediyos Kloliyos. This figure includes: 48 complete perakim, 651 Mishnas and 1,868 lines of Tanya.
As the summer draws to a close, campers attending Gan Yisroel in Parksville, NY bid farewell to their newly-found friends and dedicated counselors and teachers at the grand banquet. The next morning they packed their luggage and boarded the buses which would take them back home.
For two days campers and staff at Gan Yisroel-Parksville participated in plays, competitions, songs, comedy skits and – most importantly – Mishnayos Ba’al Peh. The battle between teams red and blue culminated in the ‘Grand Sing,’ where the entire camp gathered in the Shul for hours of lively song and inspiration.
As the summer draws to a close, bochurim attending the Yeshiva Summer Program in Morristown, NJ bid farewell at the grand banquet to their newly-found friends and dedicated counselors and teachers. The next morning they packed their luggage and boarded the buses which would take them back home.
Campers and staff at Gan Yisroel-Parksville enjoyed the summer’s grand trip to Lake Compounce, an amusement park in Connecticut.
Campers and staff at Gan Yisroel-Montreal enjoyed an overnight camping and paintball shooting trip.
A short month ago, on the 25th of Tammuz, a memorable and historic day was celebrated in CGI Florida. The entire camp, all staff & campers, gathered for the printing of the 1st-ever Tanya by CGI Florida and the city of Groveland, FL.
Marking Chof Av, Camp Gan Israel of Parksville, NY made the two hour trip from upstate New York back to the city to visit the Rebbe’s Ohel and daven Mincha in 770.
Campers enjoy their sixth week at Lubavitch Day Camp in Monsey, NY.
Campers and staff of Gan Yisroel-Montreal’s ‘Section C’ program posed in front of the camp’s ‘770’ for a group portrait.
The bochurim of the Yeshiva Summer Program in Morristown, NJ traveled to the Rebbe’s resting place in Queens, in honor of the Yahrtzeit of the Rebbe’s father. Returning to Brooklyn, they took a tour of the Aguch library in 770, hearing all about the life of Reb Levik, and seeing his Torah writings, which were smuggled out of the Soviet Union by his wife, Rebbetzin Chana.
The campers at Camp Gan Israel of Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, are having a blast, and they still have more than a week’s worth of fun left for this summer’s general session. From 30-month-old toddlers to 14-year-old teenagers learning to become counselors, the day camp has something exciting for everyone.
Parents and friends from all over the northeast made the trek up to the Quebec mountains to visit the children in Camp Gan Yisroel of Montreal.
Bochurim at the Yeshiva Summer Program in Morristown, NJ enjoyed a grand paintball-shooting trip, along with an inspiring bonfire and adventurous overnight.
Yesterday the campers of Gan Yisroel in Parksville, NY had a real treat: “The Amazing Race!”
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