Campers and staff of this summer\u2019s Camp Gan Israel Kelowna. (photo from Chabad Okanagan)<\/i><\/p>\n
Camp Gan Israel (CGI) Kelowna campers experienced a summer packed with joy, adventure and Jewish education.<\/p>\n
The first week of camp was filled with activities that combined fun with learning about Jewish holidays and traditions. The children baked\u00a0challah\u00a0for\u00a0Shabbat, shaped honey jugs and played at the splash park with the\u00a0shofar\u00a0sound for\u00a0Rosh Hashanah. They created stained glass art for Passover, made edible\u00a0sukkot (huts) and enjoyed playing \u201cJust 4 Fun\u201d for the holiday of Sukkot. Campers also made candied apples for the High Holidays and dressed up for Purim with a photobooth and kosher hunt, all while receiving education about these special days.<\/p>\n
In the second week, campers continued to explore and learn with a variety of activities. They went to Energyplex, enjoyed rock climbing, fruit picking, bowling, science experiments, beading, and visiting the aviation museum. Each activity was paired with lessons about Jewish heroes like Abraham, Jacob, Joseph, Esther and Moses, allowing the children to connect their experiences to the teachings of Judaism\u2019s greats.<\/p>\n
Campers were provided freshly made, nutritious lunches every day, helping them stay energized and ready for all the adventures. The staff did a fantastic job ensuring every child had a safe, memorable, fun and enriching experience, while making new friends along the way.<\/p>\n
With more than 20 campers and five staff, this has been the largest Camp Gan Israel Kelowna season yet! One parent shared in a video interview that his daughter told him it was the best camp she had ever attended. Another grandparent expressed regret for not having sent her granddaughter the year prior, as well, only hearing about the camp\u2019s wonderful reputation afterward.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n To keep the Camp Gan Israel spirit alive throughout the year, there will be JewQ\u00a0sessions on Mondays, where the children will continue their Jewish learning journey with dinner, study and fun. For more information on this and other camp and Chabad Okanagan activities and events, visit jewishokanagan.com.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u2013 Courtesy Chabad Okanagan<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Campers and staff of this summer\u2019s Camp Gan Israel Kelowna. (photo from Chabad Okanagan) Camp Gan Israel (CGI) Kelowna campers experienced a summer packed with joy, adventure and Jewish education. The first week of camp was filled with activities that combined fun with learning about Jewish holidays and traditions. The children baked\u00a0challah\u00a0for\u00a0Shabbat, shaped honey jugs […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45076,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1573,9753,430,3076,218,5948],"class_list":["post-45075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","tag-camp","tag-camp-gan-israel","tag-chabad","tag-education","tag-judaism","tag-summer"],"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\/45075","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=45075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45075\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}