Camp Chi

Camp Chi is a Jewish summer camp in Lake Delton, Wisconsin.[1] Chi caters mainly for Jewish children, grades 4 to 11. The camp is located on Blass Lake next to Perlstein Retreat Center.

History

Chi was founded in 1921 as the Chicago Hebrew Institute by the Jewish Community Centers of Chicago.[2] In the 1940s and beyond, the camp was supported by fundraising efforts by the Jewish Auxiliary[3] and the Institute Woman's Club via luncheons.[4]

In the 1950s, the camp had a summer population of 1500 children between the ages of 5 and 16,[5] and it provided for free summer events and trips to Jewish elderly.[6][7] It moved to its present site in Lake Delton, Wisconsin in 1957 and became a co-ed camp. The 600 acre facility features summer cabins, two pools, tennis courts, a horseback riding stable, athletic fields, a large winterized gymnasium facility, a year-round conference center and miles of magnificent trails. The director of Camp Chi is Brad Finkel.

Villages

Camp Chi is divided by grade into the following groups:

  • Garanim (two-week 3rd grade)
  • Yeladim (two-week 4th and 5th grade)
  • Shoreshim (4th and 5th grade)
  • Tsofim (6th grade)
  • Kadima (two-week 6th and 7th grade)
  • Chalutzim (7th grade)
  • Habonim (8th grade)
  • Noar (9th and 10th grade)
  • Staff In Training (SIT) (11th grade)

Activities

Arts

  • Arts and crafts
  • Ceramics
  • Digital photography
  • Glass fusion
  • Jewelry
  • Mosaics
  • Painting and drawing
  • Textiles
  • Woodwork
  • Shibori Ori

Athletics

  • Archery
  • Baseball
  • Basketball
  • Beach volleyball
  • Cheerleading
  • Flag football
  • Frisbee golf
  • Lacrosse
  • Soccer
  • Softball
  • Tennis
  • Volleyball
  • Strength training and fitness
  • Ultimate Frisbee
  • Aqua aerobics
  • Canoeing
  • Fishing
  • Funyaking
  • Kneeboarding
  • Paddle boating
  • Rowboating
  • Sailing
  • Swimming
  • Wakeboarding
  • Water-basketball
  • Water skiing
  • Water tubing

Cooking

  • In the Kitchen
  • Over the Fire

Media

  • Radio
  • Video production

Outdoor adventure

  • High ropes
  • Horseback riding – Western
  • Low ropes
  • Rock climbing
  • Hiking
  • Mountain Biking

Performing arts

  • Camp Play – acting and production
  • Hip hop dance
  • Talent show

Keshet, a program for children with developmental or physical disabilities, began in 2009. Avodah, a work program for special needs adults, began in 2012.[8]

The CHIne On program was developed in the summer of 2008 to encourage campers to participate in "random acts of loving kindness", referred to as חסד and כבוד in Hebrew.[9]

Chi participates in the Hillel Initiative to educate campers on modern Israeli history.[10] Learning about Judaism and Israeli culture are also activities.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.campography.com/camp/Camp-Chi/953
  2. ↑ http://www.campchi.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=229&Itemid=127
  3. ↑ https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/479133632.html?dids=479133632:479133632&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Feb+03%2C+1946&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=JEWISH+AUXILIARY+TO+MARK+CAMP+CHI+FOUNDING+TONIGHT&pqatl=google
  4. ↑ https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/488882952.html?dids=488882952:488882952&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Mar+27%2C+1949&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=INSTITUTE+WOMEN%27S+CLUB+WILL+SPONSOR+EARNING+LUNCHEON&pqatl=google
  5. ↑ https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/505608502.html?dids=505608502:505608502&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Jul+03%2C+1954&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=Notes+on+News+in+Religion&pqatl=google
  6. ↑ https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/564873382.html?dids=564873382:564873382&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=May+10%2C+1959&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=TIME+ISN%27T+FREE+ANY+MORE+FOR+GOLDEN+AGERS&pqatl=google
  7. ↑ https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/582303412.html?dids=582303412:582303412&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Jul+12%2C+1965&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=Jewish+Camp+Gives+Elderly+Rich+Reward&pqatl=google
  8. ↑ http://www.sj-r.com/news/x592697392/Churches-church-groups-slated-to-receive-millions-from-state-capital-plan
  9. ↑ http://www.gojcc.org/content/view/825/416/
  10. ↑ http://www.juf.org/news/local.aspx?id=25508

Coordinates: 43°35′41″N 89°48′20″W / 43.594589°N 89.805465°W / 43.594589; -89.805465

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