Camp Kinder Ring

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Camp Kinder Ring

Our Home Away From Home
Established:	1927
Director:	Steve Wendell
Enrollment:	About 550 campers
Colors:	Blue and white
Location:	335 Sylvan Lake Road, Hopewell Junction, NY, USA
Phone Number:	Summer: (845) 221-2771 Winter: (212) 889-6800 ext 275
Website:	http://www.campkr.com

Camp Kinder Ring is a Jewish camp located in Hopewell Junction, New York. It is run by The Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring.

Contents 1 About 2 Traditions 3 KR Landmarks 4 Administration 5 Structure 6 Famous Alumni 7 External links

[edit] About

Camp Kinder Ring is a Jewish camp located in Hopewell Junction, New York on beautiful Sylvan Lake. Founded in 1927 by The Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring, Camp Kinder Ring has many families which have been attending for up to 4 generations. Offering an array of activities, too many to name, CKR provides a lot of fun for its campers while educating them about Jewish traditions and culture. Many campers return for many years, finding it hard to ever leave the place where they have such a great emotional attachment. The greatest example being beloved waterfront head Joel "The Hawk" Hochheiser, who has been working at camp for nearly 50 years.

Camp Kinder Ring is a nonprofit §501(c)(3).

Camp Kinder Ring is Accredited by the American Camp Association

[edit] Traditions

The greatest aspects of Kinder Ring are its traditions. Some of which include Maccabean Games, Olympics, all-whites shtiller and the setting of candles onto Sylvan Lake symbolizing the end of another summer. Another featured tradition is the annual Ron Dagan concert during the first half of camp. Accompanied by his sons Adam and Tamir, his numerous songs including 'New Word' and 'Bagel and Chocolate Milk' are well known by campers and counselors and enjoyed by all. What makes the camp so great is the new traditions which are created every year, evident by the first annual KR Softball League this past summer of 2006.

[edit] KR Landmarks

The tradition of Camp Kinder Ring is thanks in small part to the places in camp which make it so special. The Shack and the Clubhouse, the Jewish Heritage Palace, and Social Hall are well known as older distinct places in camp. These are joined by the newer landmarks, including the Adventure Center, Water Trampoline (aka Trambopoline), the Iceberg (aka the Aquacrag), and the recently renovated lower basketball courts.

[edit] Administration

Director: Steve Wendell

Assistant Director: Vicki Windman

Head of Boys Side: Norm Levine

Head of Girls Side: Ilene Joachim

Quality of Life Coordinator: Evan Seidel

[edit] Structure

The camp is broken down into boys side and girls side, with each having its own distinct set of staff. Each "half" of camp is led by a Head Counselor. The head counselor is assisted by an Assistant Head Counselor. There are then 8 divisions, each led by a Groupleader. The groupleader has a staff of counselors, typically between 6 and 9 strong.

Summer 2006 Groupleaders:

Sophs: Sam Ross and Melissa Stein

Juniors: Zach Levine and Jessica Gutman

Ultras: Eric Teisch and Jackie Friedlander

Inters: Danny Lange and Emily Carpenter

Seniors: Scott Goldstein and Kayte McGinlay

Supers: Jared Finkelstein and Stacie Millman

Teens: Ricky Posner and Lindsay Heit

Workgroup: Greg Schwartz and Nancy Sackstein

Assistant Head Counselors: Marc "Z" Zelmanowicz and Sam Fishman

Summer 2005 Groupleaders:

Sophs: Eric Teisch and Kayte McGinlay

Juniors: Jordan Braver and Steph Slome

Ultras: Adam Tatz and Emily Carpenter

Inters: Danny Lange and Jackie Friedlander

Seniors: Mike Tirrell and Nancy Sackstein

Supers: Scott Goldstein and Stacie Millman

Teens: Ricky Posner and Lindsay Heit

Workgroup: Marc "Z" Zelmanowicz

Assistant Head Counselors: Noam Ben Tov and Sam Fishman

[edit] Famous Alumni

Barbara Boxer: U.S. Senator from California

[edit] External links

• Camp Kinder Ring Official Website
• Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring Website