Author: cgi

Wednesday Morning:
Campers arrive back to camp tired. Everyone was bitten up by mosquitoes, but hey, that’s all part of the fun, right? The younger bunks had morning learning classes taught by exhausted teachers. Despite their lack of sleep, the Learning Teachers were Moiser Nefesh to teach Torah. By the time the afternoon rolled by, the entire camp was back on schedule and ready to get to sleep on time only to be thrown off schedule again after being told by H.C.Y.G. that the grand trip was the following day and was set to take place @ Six Flags, Great Escape, which was announced Wednesday night right before lights out.

Tuesday Evening:
With Monday’s unexpected rain, the overnight was postponed to Tuesday night. After activities, the campers set forth on their journey to the open wilderness. Bunks aleph through vov conducted their overnight in the woods that we have on Gan Yisroel grounds with Survival director Gershon Sandler. The rest of the bunks went to Neversink River Camp grounds. At both overnight sites all campers enjoyed hot-dogs, camp songs, and stories.

Sunday: As campers sat in their learning classes, soaking up Chochmosoi Yisborech like a sponge soaks up an overflowing cup of Chochmosoi Yisborech, parents began to arrive bearing gifts for campers, waiters, counselors, and learning teachers. Visitors from all over the world gathered to Gan Yisroel to visit their children and siblings and to walk the holy grounds of Gan Yisroel. From the moment parents arrived, moderately exciting activities began including but not limited to: Boat-rides, survival programs, barbeques, puppet-shows and much much more…

A special round of applause for the Gan Yisroel technical staff who arranged two (not one, but two!) web-cams for the event. To showcase this website and it’s exciting yet informative updates, a computer booth was set up outside for parents to browse this site.

As the sun began to set on another day in Gan Yisroel the last few families reluctantly walked thought the gates, walked to their cars, put the key in the ignition, turned the key, stepped on the gas, and drove away, waving to their children as they did so.

Monday: At lunchtime the head staff lectured the camp about personal hygiene. Just when things were getting really scary and camper thought that they might have to change their socks, the over-night was announced. Yes, the lecture was a hoax just to break-out the overnight. The campers were delighted. Faces lit-up and the campers began to prepare for their adventure in the wilderness. Then it was rained out and everybody stayed in camp playing board games. Eh, maybe tomorrow.

We are happy to announce that the Live Webcam is up and running. The camera will be on during most of the day or during special events. The video camera is facing the Shul and part of the CGI athletic field.

Monday 30 Sivan: A magnificently planned, and extremely enjoyed roller-skating trip kicks off week 2 as the summers first trip.

After breakfast the younger half of camp was lead stealthily to buses and brought to the roller rink. The older half of camp sat obediently in learning class as the buses carried their younger peers away. “What’s going on?” they thought and perhaps whispered. After class, the older campers were brought together for an early line-up and were informed with great enthusiasm that they were in fact going roller skating. Oh boy!

Meanwhile, the younger bunks were enjoying their dizzy stroll around the shiny wood floor. The poles lining the walls aided those who knew not the art of roller-skating and the carpeted walls made stopping a breeze! When the buses arrived with the older campers, the younger ones hopped on the buses and were brought back to camp safely, happily, and ready for lunch.

By the time afternoon learning classes were ready to begin, all campers were back and ready to learn the holy Torah of the Holy one, blessed be he.

Tuesday: Today we were visited by inspectors from the New York State government, BOH all went well.

The campers continued to prepare in learning classes for the Gimmul Tammuz.

After supper, the campers were brought outside for a special line-up. Night activity director, Moshe Hecht announced that that all campers were to run around camp (safely) searching for papers with words on them. The bunks were then challenged to construct as long of a sentence as possible with the words they had collected. Boy was it fun. Giggles and other sounds of delight echoed throughout the camp as the sun set on another night of Gan Yisroel.

Visiting day will be starting @ 12:00pm – City Time, PLEASE do not come earlier!

There will be lake activity’s from 1:30pm till 4:30pm

No girls over 12 years old should come into camp grounds, this is self-understood and will be enforced

You must sign your kid out of camp! it is very important to sign out your kid if you will be taking him off camp grounds

Hope to see you!

Thursday Night: After a moving experience at the Ohel, Camp Gan Yisroel boarded the buses once again and traveled to Crown Heights for the central Farbrengen at Beis Rivkah.
When the camp arrived, a beutiful meal was served (provided by Rabbi Benji Stock), followed by Bentching and Maariv prayers. As chassidim began to arrive for the Farbrengen, Gan Yisroel concluded their evening with camp songs and niggunim. By 2:00 am everybody arrived safely in camp and stumbled to their beds for a good night’s sleep.
Shabbos: Friday night, the begiining of the Shabbos after Gimmel Tamuz, the campers showed their inspiration by singing niggunim together with an added energy and spirit of achdus. Benches were jumped upon, hands were were clapped against one annother, koogle was eaten.
Shabbos day: After seudas shaabos the campers had a rest period and then resumed their shabbos inspiration with farbrengens for each learning class, and then Mishnayos Baal Peh. Shabbos concluded with Seudas shlishis. Shmayunkee featured four staff members and two puppets (puppets?).