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The Foam Machine returns!
After lying dormant for some time, the famous fantastic foam fiesta recently returned to service in CGI Parksville.
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This year, Mishnayos Ba’al Peh (MBP) in Camp has taken on a whole new level. Like every other year in CGI, each morning campers have the opportunity to wake up a bit earlier and attend Cocoa club in the Shul. Campers have time to learn Mishnayon Ba’al Peh and are rewarded with a hot cup of delicious cocoa. Unlike previous years, this year there is new ‘revamped’ program, the more mornings a camper attends the more ‘points’ he receives, this in turn results in the camper going up in rank, with each rank offering more benefits. The program also has the added incentive of being completely effort based and streamed according to the different abilities of the campers.
Besides for each weekday morning, Shabbos also features an afternoon MBP program with special coupons awarded for Mishnayos learnt, which can be redeemed in the MBP Shabbos ‘store’.
In an unprecedented move, this year campers as well as parents are able to track the Ba’al Peh progress with a unique ‘cloud based’ MBP app. The benefits are obvious with parents ‘back home’ and campers on site being able to monitor their progress.
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We present you with some behind the scenes pictures of the Staff Play of 5774.
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A riveting story of courage, sacrifice and true love for one’s nation: Mar Zutra II, the Reish Galusa rebelled against the Persian King Kadavh with the help of his uncle Rav Chanina. Through incredible danger and sorrow the rebellion is successful which leads to several years of prosperity and peace. However this was short lived as assassination attempts and the murder of Rav Chanina begins a large scale war. Death, destruction and catapults amongst other reasons eventually cause Mar Zutra II to give himself up to save his people. But this only comes after a moving speech on love of God regardless what he does or doesn’t do. Ultimately Kadavh exiles him instead of death and thus ended the last of the Jewish Kingdoms.
The play was written and produced by Levi Pekar together with the amazing staff of Gan Yisroel including but not limited to;
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Basketball: Camp Gan Israel VS. Novominsk Yeshivah
The Staff of CGI recently hosted the Bochurim of the Novominsk Yeshivah for a Grand Basketball Game.
It was a tremendous show of achdus, with both camps enjoying the amazing display of athleticism.
The highlight of the evening however was when, with two minutes left to the game, timeout was called and both camps joined on the court to say tehillim for the situation in Eretz Yisroel.
All in all it was an amazing night… and CGI won!
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