IT’S A WRAP

Today is bittersweet for me. It’s Friday, August 25, 2017, and summer is coming to an end. This marks my third summer as the director of Camp Haverim. J-Camp 2017 has been a summer to remember. We had two sold-out weeks of American Ninja Warrior camp; a spirited Olympics week that saw Adam Greenman, the new president and CEO of the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island, join in on the staff fun; visits from the Providence police, Elisheva Stark an urban chicken farmer and Ruth Horton, a local beekeeper.

The children experienced a variety of local state parks through field trips that had them swimming  and enjoying the summer sun all day. The campers got to see me become a human sundae and get dunked in our annual J-Camp carnival.

We have seen a record number of campers come through camp this summer, and the Dwares Jewish Community Center was filled with laughter, joy and lots of artwork.

Today also means we say goodbye to our amazing summer schlicha, Noam Spector. This was Noam’s second summer with us, and we will miss her dearly. She was a great asset to the camp and campers. The campers loved learning about Israel from her, especially the unique dances she taught everyone. Noam has left a true love of Israel with everyone here at J-Camp. Thank you, Noam, for everything.

SETH FINKLE (sfinkle@jewishallianceri.org) directs teen programming for the Jewish Alliance when he’s not at camp.