Uplifting Shabbos

Our first Shabbos in camp was quite special! The farbrengens enjoyed at the Seudahs were lively, uplifting! Follow the Friday night Seudah campers voluntarily joined a chassidishe frabrengen lead by learning-director Mendel Gurary.

Throughout the day on Shabbos, there were several farbrenges and lots of a mishnayos bal peh going on.  Rabbi Wagner’s farbrengen with the staff continued till the end of Shabbos. Section C were divided into clubs; where each were enjoyed the different activity prepared for them.

Motze shabbos, section C had their official sports drafts preparing them for some very serious sport leagues starting today iyh!

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Welcoming the new CGI Waterpark

We are excited to welcome our newly expanded inflatable water park to our lake front! The excitement is felt by staff and campers of all ages, as each one is awaiting his turn to have his first jump at it! Our new park shares our lakefront with the amazing selection of boats; hosting a nice amount of campers at a time.

Under sunny skies, there was nonstop action. All sections have had their intense sports drafts, and campers were given their color coded caps to represent their CGI leagues. Sport leagues took off with some great plays throughout the afternoon.  

Last night, after lights out, our staff were visited by Rabbi Ringo from Montreal. In an open and comfortable conversation, Rabbi Ringo trained and briefed our staff with safety prevention ideas, to help provide our campers with the most amazing season. Thank you Rabbi Ringo for taking the long drive up and for sharing your experience and expertise! Following the training, the staff were treated to a special erev-shabbos-chulent-kugel-event. A great time was had by all with a feeling of tremendous achdus.

Looking forward to our first amazing Shabbos here in The Rebbe’s Camp iyh!

Good Shabbos.

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Welcome to Summer 2018

Welcome to summer 2018. Please check in with us daily for an update of some the excitement here in camp.

Things took off to a great start BH with campers enjoying their new bunks, classes, and lots of friends. Parents have all received an email with the bunk lists and numbers. Feel free to send your son an email through our site (up to 4 a week) using your son’s bunk number. You can also contact his counselor or teacher by email. Emails are distributed daily. Although the sections in camp are by grade, each section has an additional name.  Grades 3-4 are section A, Grade 5 is section B, Grade 6 is section B+ and grade 7 is our well known section C!

We welcome our Masmidim that joined us yesterday from Yeshiva in Toronto; along with their Rosh Yeshiva, Rabbi Wagner. These bochurim are an amazing example to all of us!

Although we were only one day into camp, Section C already enjoyed an amazing trip to Asoutee trampoline park followed by a pizza dinner in the Cavendish mall food court in Montreal.

 

 

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Registration 2018 and Dates!

Registration for summer 2018 opens online only on January 15, 2018 at 12 noon.
Camp Dates summer 2018:

First Session: Tue. June 19 (6 Tammuz) – Mon. July 16 (4 Av)
Second Session: Tue. July 17 (5 Av) – Mon. August 13 (2 Elul)
Visiting Days: Sundays July 8 (25 Tammuz) & July 29 (17 Av)

For transportation arrangements, please view the schedule for the transportation of your choice  -as the schedule varies.

Looking forward to another wonderful, Chassidishe summer together iyh.

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Registration Summer 2018

Registration for summer 2018 opens online only on January 15, 2018.

Dates for summer 2018 will updated shortly as we wait for the large Yeshivas to confirm their school dates.

Stay tuned!

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Eclipse & Packing and Banquet Day

Campers have been warned  very clearly about the risks and dangers involved with looking at the eclipse. IYH we will spend most of the day indoors – and when changing locations quickly, we are prepared to avoid the sun iyh. Looking forward to a safe packing day here in camp iyh.

Following packing will be our grand banquet including the award ceremony, camps songs, and lots more. The buses start departing this evening to Buffalo, Toronto, Montreal and NY iyh. The airport buses will iyh be leaving tomorrow, Tuesday throughout the day.

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Last Shabbos & Staff banquet & Eclipse

Our last Shabbos was quite memorable! All three Shabbos meals were quite lively, singing niggunim and lot of farewell camp songs.

Last night the hardworking staff had their very own festive banquet. With a delicious menu the staff enjoyed a great program of grammon, songs, lots of good speakers and a warm good bye to one another.

We are CGI are well aware of the eclipse scheduled for tomorrow. Thanks to all the parents that sent us emails of warning.  We will do our best to warn and prepare our campers and staff for this rare occurrence. We are hopeful that everyone in CGI will cooperate and be safe through it all iyh.

Tomorrow, Monday is packing day and banquet day. Of course, there will be no calling day, as campers are quite busy getting ready to depart in the evening following the banquet.

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Grand trip & Return Transportation

Campers returned last night from their respective trips after an amazing grand trip bh.

Section C had an incredible two day trip to Montreal with many stops along the way;  including restaurants, a hotel overnight stay, bowling, laser tag, jet boating, cruise, indoor race-go-karting, and ice skating. A trip never to be forgotten!

 Sections A, B and B+ had a great time at six-glad-La-Ronde; enjoying the great rides and shows the park has to offer followed by pizza, fries and doughnuts in the park.

This morning we are having a later start as all campers are catching up on some well-deserved sleep, in preparation for our last Shabbos of the season. Looking forward to a very special Shabbos iyh.

Please check your email for confirmation on your son’s return transportation plans. If your plans have changed and you have not notified us, please be sure to send us an email to [email protected] with the details of your change.

 

Transportation arrival reminders:

Montreal bus – Monday evening August 21, 2017 at 9:00 pm- 6405 Westbury

Buffalo & Toronto buses – early morning Tuesday August 22, 2017 as notified by the organizers.

NY bus – Tuesday August 22, 2017 at 8:00 am. – Corner President & Kingston

Flights – Tuesday August 22, 2018 – times specified on flight forms by parents

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Grand Trip Day!

Color war came to an end last night with a smashing grand sing.

Towards the end of the evening, they broke out the grand trip for today – to six-flags-La-Ronde amusement-park. Following davening and breakfast the buses are being loaded and ready to head out for a full day of fun in the amazing park iyh!

Section C continues their grand trip to Montreal city as the fun continues bh.

Obviously calling day and email distribution will not happen today, Thursday August 17.

All sections of camp are expected to return to camp late tonight iyh.

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Color War & Section C grand trip

Color war continues with both teams “Boker” and “Erev” fiercely competing.  Last night, the plays illustrated the themes behind each team in a spectacular way. Another amazing day ahead as we prepare for the grand sing tonight.

Section C is preparing to leave this morning on the grand-two-day-trip; to enjoy the sites and attractions Montreal city has to enjoy.   Campers are packing up excitedly, for two action packed days off camp grounds. An incredible schedule is prepared for them, including many trips, restaurant meals, and an overnight hotel stay!

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