Camp Chi

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Camp Chi is a Jewish summer camp in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin.[1] Chi caters mainly for Jewish children, grades 5 to 11. The camp is located on Lake Blass and is next to Perlstein Resort.

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 current Director of Camp Chi is Ron Levin, who has been with the camp since 1980 and Director since November 1983.

Villages

Camp Chi is divided by grade into the following groups:

  • Yeladim (2 week 4th and 5th grade)
  • Shoreshim (4th and 5th grade)
  • Tsofim (6th grade)
  • Kadima (2 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 & Fitness
  • Ultimate Frisbee
  • Aqua Aerobics
  • Canoeing
  • Fishing
  • Funyaking
  • Kneeboarding
  • Paddle Boating
  • Rowboating
  • Sailing
  • Swimming
  • Wakeboarding
  • Water-Basketball
  • Waterskiing
  • 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

Performing Arts

  • Camp Play – acting & production
  • Hip Hop Dance
  • Talent show

Keshet, a cabin built for children with physical disabilities, opened in 2009.[8]

The CHIne On program was developed in the summer of 2008 in order 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.

Notable alumni

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. ↑ http://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. ↑ http://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. ↑ http://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. ↑ http://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. ↑ http://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

External links

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

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