Ilana & Mark Meskin - Camp Ramah
Ilana & Mark Meskin - Camp Ramah Ilana & Mark Meskin - Camp Ramah
Camp Ramah in California Endowment Funds PAGE 10 Endowments have been established to provide support for scholarships and for the development of new programs without the necessity of increasing camp fees. Camp Ramah in California would like to thank all who have donated to the Ramah Scholarship Endowment Fund and to our Program Endowments, and those families who have established the following endowments. The current minimum gift to establish an endowment fund is $30,000. A Scholarship Endowment established at this level will fund half of a session for a camper who might otherwise not be able to enjoy the magic of a Camp Ramah summer. Many new Program Endowments will be created through gifts to the capital campaign, “Enhancing the Journey.” To establish a new endowment fund, or to increase your existing one, please contact Carol Abrams at (310) 440-1276. SCHOLARSHIP ENDOWMENTS Anonymous Scholarship Endowment Fund Appel Scholarship Endowment Fund Sam & Rosalie Barnett Scholarship Fund The Rhoda & Bob Barnhard, Betty & Sheldon Feinberg Endowment in memory of Harry Barnhard Becker Scholarship Endowment Fund Robert M. Beren Scholarship Fund Bockman Scholarship Endowment Fund Deutsch Family Scholarship Endowment Freda & William Fingerhut Scholarship Endowment Fund The Abner & Roz Goldstine Scholarship Fund Goodglick Family Scholarship Endowment Fund Grandparents3 Scholarship Endowment Fund Dr. Norman & Lela Jacoby Scholarship Endowment Ralph & Taren Jacoby Metson, Joel & Susan Jacoby Stern, Jonathan & Judy Jacoby Chiel Scholarship Endowment Fund in honor of our parents Dr. Norman & Lela Jacoby Sybil & Mannon Kaplan Scholarship Fund Debra & Robert Kasirer Scholarship Fund Bessie Krevitz Scholarship Endowment Fund Irene & Howard Levine Scholarship Fund Philip M. & Beatrice Levine Scholarship Fund Dr. David Leiber Scholarship Endowment Fund Lowy Scholarship Endowment Fund Petty & Bates Metson Scholarship Endowment Fund Julie & Marc Platt, Ellen & Adam E. Beren, Nancy T. Beren & Dr. Larry Jefferson, Amy & Robert Bressman Scholarship Endowment The Schneider Family Scholarship Endowment Lana Berke Silverman Tikvah Scholarship Fund The Smotrich Family Scholarship Fund Reuben Tucker Scholarship Endowment Fund Shari & Michael Weiner Scholarship Endowment Whizin Scholarship Fund Zimmer Scholarship Fund PROGRAM ENDOWMENTS The Barnhard Mador Young Leadership Endowment The Spitzer Family IKAR Endowment The Spiwak Family Tikkun Olam Endowment Tikvah Program Endowment The Ziegler Tikvah Counselors Endowment Total Endowment $3,500,000 $3,000,000 $2,500,000 $2,000,000 $1,500,000 $1,000,000 $500,000 0 2005 2006 2007
Expanded Ropes Course to Enhance Teamwork, Jewish Identity A summer at Camp Ramah in California has always been about having fun. The fun at Ramah enables campers to discover Judaism and make it their own in an environment that is bursting with excitement, activity and new challenges. “The fun at Ramah,” says Rabbi Daniel Greyber, Camp Ramah in California’s executive director, “is the key to unlocking kids who are going to grow into the kind of Jews and the kind of people we know they can be.” An expanded Ropes Course, to be constructed on Ramah’s new orange grove property, will ensure that the fun at camp never stops. The project, slated for completion for summer 2009, will be funded by proceeds from this winter’s dinner on Thursday, December 4 honoring Ilana and Mark Meskin. The expanded Ropes Course will consist of four elements: a high ropes course, a low ropes course, a climbing wall, and an alpine climbing tower. In addition to providing campers with physical challenges and team-building exercises, activities on the new ropes course will tie in themes of Judaism and Israel, and will largely be taught by Israeli staff. Campers will scale up a climbing wall that is painted with a map of Israel. As they climb, they travel from Eilat to Israel’s northernmost towns – Tzefat, Metulla, Rosh Hanikra. Team exercises on the lower ropes course emphasize the value of Kehillah and treating others as being created b’tzelem Elokim (in the image of God). In addition to facilitating Jewish learning, the expanded ropes course will foster a sense of community among campers. The low ropes course in particular will provide challenges that force kids to work together to come up with a solution. This teamwork translates into a more positive bunk environment, teaching valuable interpersonal skills and providing opportunities for personal character refinement. The high ropes course is a physical and emotional challenge that will build self confidence for its participants as they support each other and realize what they can accomplish when they work together. “We want as many kids as possible to have an experience on the Ropes Course every summer,” says Rabbi Greyber. The current ropes course can accommodate up to 30 campers each day. That means that less than half of campers have the opportunity to use the ropes course every summer. The new ropes course will enable up to 50 campers to participate each day, greatly increasing exposure to this valuable activity. “When one of our campers is cheered on by her continued on inside back cover In addition to facilitating Jewish learning, the expanded ropes course will foster a sense of community among campers. Expanded Ropes Course PAGE 11
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Expanded Ropes Course to<br />
Enhance Teamwork, Jewish Identity<br />
A summer at <strong>Camp</strong> <strong>Ramah</strong> in California has always<br />
been about having fun. The fun at <strong>Ramah</strong> enables<br />
campers to discover Judaism and make it their<br />
own in an environment that is bursting with excitement,<br />
activity and new challenges. “The fun at<br />
<strong>Ramah</strong>,” says Rabbi Daniel Greyber, <strong>Camp</strong> <strong>Ramah</strong><br />
in California’s executive director, “is the key to unlocking<br />
kids who are going to grow into the kind of Jews<br />
and the kind of people we know they can be.”<br />
An expanded Ropes Course, to be constructed on<br />
<strong>Ramah</strong>’s new orange grove property, will ensure that<br />
the fun at camp never stops. The project, slated for<br />
completion for summer 2009, will be funded by<br />
proceeds from this winter’s dinner on Thursday,<br />
December 4 honoring <strong>Ilana</strong> and <strong>Mark</strong> <strong>Meskin</strong>.<br />
The expanded Ropes Course will consist of four<br />
elements: a high ropes course, a low ropes course,<br />
a climbing wall, and an alpine climbing tower.<br />
In addition to providing campers with physical<br />
challenges and team-building exercises, activities<br />
on the new ropes course will tie in themes of<br />
Judaism and Israel, and will largely be taught by<br />
Israeli staff. <strong>Camp</strong>ers will scale up a climbing wall<br />
that is painted with a map of Israel. As they climb,<br />
they travel from Eilat to Israel’s northernmost<br />
towns – Tzefat, Metulla, Rosh Hanikra. Team<br />
exercises on the lower ropes course emphasize<br />
the value of Kehillah and treating others as being<br />
created b’tzelem Elokim (in the image of God).<br />
In addition to facilitating Jewish learning, the<br />
expanded ropes course will foster a sense of community<br />
among campers. The low ropes course in<br />
particular will provide challenges that force kids<br />
to work together to come up with a solution. This<br />
teamwork translates into a more positive bunk<br />
environment, teaching valuable interpersonal<br />
skills and providing opportunities for personal<br />
character refinement. The high ropes course is a<br />
physical and emotional challenge that will build<br />
self confidence for its participants as they support<br />
each other and realize what they can accomplish<br />
when they work together.<br />
“We want as many kids as possible to have an<br />
experience on the Ropes Course every summer,”<br />
says Rabbi Greyber. The current ropes course can<br />
accommodate up to 30 campers each day. That<br />
means that less than half of campers have the<br />
opportunity to use the ropes course every summer.<br />
The new ropes course will enable up to 50 campers<br />
to participate each day, greatly increasing<br />
exposure to this valuable activity.<br />
“When one of our campers is cheered on by her<br />
continued on inside back cover<br />
In addition to facilitating<br />
Jewish learning, the<br />
expanded ropes course<br />
will foster a sense of community<br />
among campers.<br />
Expanded Ropes Course<br />
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