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Day Three: Shabbat

August 2, 2015Leave a Comment

Our first Shabbat in camp just ended, and it was amazing! After the usual pre-Shabbat pictures, we ate another delicious meal courtesy of our amazing cook Binyamin. After lunch, Ben the magician gave us a super magic show! He made things disappear, read minds, and even got out of a straight jacket! Throughout the day, everyone got to go back to the social hall to learn some cool magic tricks. Later we had a bingo game and the winners got some really sweet prizes! After Shabbat, we had some more partying and dancing in the dining room. It was awesome!

Have an awesome week,
Moshe

Day Two: Italy

July 31, 2015Leave a Comment

Ciao from Camp Simcha! Today we traveled around Italy and it was awesome! The dining room was set up to look like Venice, with an actual gondola floating on the stage! After breakfast, we had pizza making in the dining room. The campers rolled their own pizza dough, put on tomato sauce, cheese, and whichever spices they like. It was super yummy!
We started all of our workshops today! Greenscreen, Lego Mindstorms, candlemaking, DJ beats, pottery, and tons more! Today was seriously jam-packed!

Have a great Shabbat,
Moshe

Welcome to Camp Simcha Special 2015!

July 30, 2015Leave a Comment

Welcome to Camp Simcha Special 2015! Camp has finally arrived!

A big welcome to all of our campers, new and old. Today was crazy! The campers started arriving in the afternoon, hopping off the bus straight into the fog tunnel where our wonderful staff members were waiting to greet them. Coming out of the tunnel, the campers joined the staff in a non-stop dance party hosted by our very own DJ Jon. Everyone was dressed up in crazy costumes. With superheroes, cartoon characters, clowns, and even an astronaut, the party was rocking! Afterwards, we ate dinner and then went to see our first show of the summer. The word famous Skyriders really started the summer on a high! With their jumping, flipping, and crazy trampoline tricks, the night was awesome!

Stay tuned for more to follow,
Moshe

Staff Orientation

July 30, 2015Leave a Comment

Who knew staff orientation could actually be fun? The buses from all around arrived this afternoon and after lunch we had orientation. All the staff acquainted themselves with one another and then broke the floor with our crazy dancing! Ari Dembitzer, our head counselor, walked us through the upcoming weeks. This summer is going to be incredible! Shaindy Lowenthal, our program director, introduced us to this year’s theme. We’ll be going on the Simcha World Tour, where we will be traveling to a different country every day. It’s going to be awesome! Our wonderful medical staff gave us the run-down on everything we need to know in order to make our summer fun and especially safe.
Afterwards, we had our staff orientation ice-breaker. Slip n’ slide kickball, slippery tug-of-war, volleyball, and more, everyone is definitely ready for camp!
Your tour guide for the summer,
Moshe

About ParentSpace and our Galleries

July 29, 2015Leave a Comment

As the session begins, we would like to clarify some things about our Facebook galleries, public galleries on our website, and ParentSpace galleries.

If your child is photo-released “in camp only,” he will only appear in the ParentSpace gallery. Your child will not appear on Facebook, nor on the public side of the site. So if your child is a camper, go ahead and sign up for ParentSpace by clicking “REGISTER” at the top right corner of this page. Not only will you see more pictures (2x more pictures than on FB), but you will also be privy to ParentSpace exclusive videos, a special blog, the daily camp newsletter, camp schedule, and more!

Please note: it may take a couple of hours for your account to be activated, giving us time to confirm who you are. When your account is activated, you will be notified by email.

If you have any questions, comments, requests, or suggestions for our site, please contact webmaster@campsimcha.org

E-mail your Camper!

July 29, 2015Leave a Comment

Our campers love getting e-mail! To send your camper an e-mail, include his NAME and BUNK NUMBER in the subject line of the e-mail. Please send all e-mails to mail@campsimcha.org. Unfortunately, we cannot download any attachments so please include all content in the body of your e-mail.

For technical assistance, please e-mail webmaster@campsimcha.org.

Day Thirteen: China

July 28, 2015Leave a Comment

What an incredible final day! The ultimate bubble party, musical, banquet, video presentation in the social hall and, goodbyes, Simcha knows how to end a summer! Today we traveled to China and everyone was wearing their kimonos and straw hats. The dining room was set up with a Chinese hut and a giant gong. Plenty of tea was drunk throughout the day.
After breakfast, we had the ultimate bubble party in the canteen. The canteen was filled with bubbles and we had a non-stop epic rave!
All the workshops were open today, so campers could make the final adjustments to their projects.

After lunch, we headed to the social hall where we saw this year’s musical, and it was great! Aliens, an evil camp director, dancing, singing, plus the one and only Master Chef Reuven. Camp Simcha knows how to make an awesome musical!
After the musical, we had our end of the session banquet. The food was incredible! There were carving stations, franks n’ blanks, ‘taters, and tons more. A big thank you to our chef Binyamin!
Following the banquet, we went to the social hall for one last special presentation. We recapped everything that happened in camp this summer in our end of camp video. Thank you media crew, it was awesome! Then we performed our dance one more time and by now everyone is experts! Finally, we said our goodbyes to our counselor, rotator, friends, and everyone else.

Goodbye,
Moshe

Day Eleven & Twelve: Shabbat & Sunday

July 27, 2015Leave a Comment

Shabbat was a lot of fun. We had Simchanopoly where campers played a life-sized version of monopoly. Instead of the usual monopoly properties, we had places in camp including; the gym, the dining room, etc. Even the jail was life-sized! One lucky winner got to go home with an awesome, brand-new drone! Later we had ‘Comedy Sportz’ where our division heads and head counselor faced off in improv comedy. The campers got to vote for whoever they thought was funnier. It was hysterical! Dembi left as the comedy champion. After Shabbat, we had a bonfire where Rabbi Feiner told us some very inspiring stories. On Sunday, we had a mentalist show us some really cool tricks! He dazzled us with his illusions and magic. Campers got to go onstage and even they were lost in his illusions. All of our workshops were open on Sunday so that campers could finish their projects before they go home. Everyone was busy painting their pottery, molding their candles and sanding their wood projects. It sure was a busy day!

Have an awesome week,
Moshe

Day Ten: Iceland

July 24, 2015Leave a Comment

Brrr, it’s cold in Iceland. Winter was in full force in Simcha today! We had an ice fort with snow in the dining room and everyone had on their winter gear. After lunch we had a massive snow bubble fight around camp! Everyone was nice and clean afterwards. We also had a slip n’ slide kickball game which was awesome. The Chicago Boyz Acrobats came today and impressed us with their supreme acrobat skills. They were jumping, flipping, and flying all over the place. It was really cool.

Shabbat Shalom,
Moshe

Day Nine: USA

July 24, 2015Leave a Comment

Today was America day! We woke up hearing the national anthem and seeing red, white, and blue everywhere. The patriotism was in full force and the American flags where flying all around. There was even a massive liberty bell in the dining room. Craig Hodges (two time NBA Champion, formerly of the Chicago Bulls) came after breakfast and gave out autographs to everyone. Throughout the day he gave basketball clinics to the campers and now they’re ready to take on the NBA! By lunch we kicked-off deal day with t-shirts for everyone a warm welcome for the people from Deal. After lunch we headed outside where the most incredible carnival ever was set up! There were all kinds of carnival games, a plethora of rides, a face painter, and even a dunk tank!
After the carnival we went to the social hall where the people of Deal were set up inside with booths ready to hand out awesome free stuff to the campers! There were electronics, sneakers, remote controlled cars, t-shirts, and tons more. The campers got to walk around the room and take whatever they liked! After dinner we went to the front of camp where we preformed our song and dance a couple more times. The second time around we threw paint up into the air and it was super cool! Everyones white deal day shirts turned into colorful tie-dye shirts.
To end off America day we went to the middle of camp where we got to watch an epic fireworks show! Everyone got glow-sticks to wave during the show and it was awesome!

God Bless America,
Moshe