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Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

June 29, 2010Leave a Comment

Well, I do. I’m sure you want to too. Today, everyone at Camp Simcha Special became millionaires. With the dining room draped in dollar signs and gold coins, CSS barely had to imagine: we quite literally had all the money in the world.

The day started bright and early with a ballet class for our younger division, followed by heart to heart. The morning was filled with many exciting workshops including leather, where Franscesca made an “F” keychain, and boating, where Henny went on a pontoon boat. She said it was “a lot of fun!”

After lunch we had an exciting game of Simon Says with Steve Max. We discovered that campers are better listeners than counselors (big surprise!) The winning counselor was Ronit P, whose camper, Leah, was extremely excited. Mr. Max told us that Camp Simcha is the liveliest most awesome camp that he goes to but yea, we knew that already.

Our next activity was learning groups in order to commemorate the destruction of the walls of Jerusalem which happened on this very day many years ago. Some bunks had a penny hunt that alluded to the good deed of charity. Another group heard about the historical significance of this day in a speech by Rabbi Brazil.

At the end of the day, we had a night activity with a bunch of game shows that enabled our campers to become millionaires! The first game was Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Campers were asked questions about CSS such as “how much does soda cost: $100, $5, or $0?” Our trivia mavens, Ahuva, Rachel, and Rina made it to the final round. After, we played Wheel of Fortune, and Miriam solved the puzzle: Disney World! Congratulations to all our campers who are now millionaires. We hope you share the wealth. Or at least the simcha…which we know that you will!

We’re in Outer Space!

June 28, 2010Leave a Comment

Good morning camp Simcha Special! Today our campers and counselors woke up with their heads in the sky because we were flown out to Outer space. In the middle of the night. Seriously, the whole dining room was swarming with aliens and astronauts. There were glow in the dark stars & moons. Some of us honestly thought we were up in the sky. And those who were not thoroughly convinced were treated to a helicopter ride! Yes, our campers got to go 1000 feet up in the sky to see our camp as a dot on the ground. Many campers were thrilled because this was their very first time on a helicopter. It was, in a word, “awesome.” While not up and out in the sky, campers enjoyed various workshops including pottery, candle making, mosaics, and baking. That’s the update so far today, and we only just finished lunch! Stay tuned for the rest of today’s CSS update, coming soon from the very best place on earth, where anything can happen…just use your IMAGINATION!

Welcome to Camp Simcha Special 2010!

June 27, 2010Leave a Comment

Welcome to Camp Simcha Special!! We’re looking forward to another exciting year at the place where anything can happen…just use your IMAGINATION! And can you guess what theme we chose for this year?

IMAGINE IF!

Yes, this year Camp Simcha Special will be taking our girls on an incredible ride, letting them experience everything and anything from both within and beyond their wildest imagination…

Today our campers were welcomed to camp by the most famous, most iconic, most fantabulous imagineers: our very own Disney princesses and characters including Mickey, Minnie, Peter Pan, Goofy, and Pluto. Each camper was greeted with a professionally choreographed musical show directed by our very own Camp Simcha Special Staff.

After a delicious lunch & dinner, Camp Simcha Special got down to one of our most favorite pastimes: DANCING! Our dining room was pumping with campers and counselors dancing to the beat. The excitement was palpable and is surely a prelude to the many days of excitement that our campers will have this summer.

An end to a most perfect arrival day at Camp Simcha Special came in the form of an impossibly amazing acrobatics group  from Africa that wowed our campers with their tricks, flips, and antics. After the show, some campers went to lounge in our canteen area, some went to have some fun in the game room, and others opted to get some rest to get ready for another packed, exciting, and fantabulous day in CAMP SIMCHA SPECIAL! Wondering what’s in store for tomorrow? Don’t worry, we’ll keep you posted…have a great night!

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Camp Simcha is dedicated in memory of Dr. Samuel Abraham. Camp Simcha Special is dedicated in memory of Zvi Dovid Obstfeld.

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