{"id":20117,"date":"2016-07-22T00:22:26","date_gmt":"2016-07-22T07:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/?p=20117"},"modified":"2016-07-19T22:03:58","modified_gmt":"2016-07-20T05:03:58","slug":"camp-groundbreaking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/2016\/07\/22\/camp-groundbreaking\/","title":{"rendered":"Camp groundbreaking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>From left to right: Andy Kaplowitz, Camp Solomon Schechter vice-president\/president elect; Sam Perlin, camp executive director; Sarah Kahn Glass, camp president; Jerry Cohen of the Samis Foundation; and Jay Holzman, leadership donor. <em>(photo from CSS)<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>On July 10, Camp Solomon Schechter hosted a formal groundbreaking ceremony to commemorate the start of major construction at their facility. From 60 to 120: The Campaign to Build Jewish Continuity is a $12 million multi-year project, beginning this fall, to refurbish the camp\u2019s facilities over the coming years.<\/p>\n<p>But this campaign is about so much more than buildings. \u201cCamp is kids,\u201d said CSS executive director Sam Perlin, but \u201cSchechter is also about adults. That\u2019s because it\u2019s not just a summer experience or a school-years\u2019 experience. As we have found, it\u2019s a lifelong experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The facilities currently host more than 500 campers and staff each summer and are used during the year by the Osprey Camp program, which primarily works with distressed school districts in southwest Washington to provide students with an application of science concepts as they live and learn in the outdoors. It also provides a rental venue for a range of organizations and individuals.<\/p>\n<p>Speakers at the groundbreaking included Sarah Glass, CSS board president; Andy Kaplowitz, CSS board vice-president; representatives of major donors, including Jerry Cohen for the Samis Foundation and Jay Holzman for the Holzman family; Tumwater Mayor Pete Kmet; and two CSS campers. Several local officials were in attendance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From left to right: Andy Kaplowitz, Camp Solomon Schechter vice-president\/president elect; Sam Perlin, camp executive director; Sarah Kahn Glass, camp president; Jerry Cohen of the Samis Foundation; and Jay Holzman, leadership donor. (photo from CSS) On July 10, Camp Solomon Schechter hosted a formal groundbreaking ceremony to commemorate the start of major construction at their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20079,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[5218,5938,6152,6153],"class_list":["post-20117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","tag-camp-solomon-schechter","tag-continuity","tag-groundbreaking","tag-summer-camp"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20117\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}