Afternoon Electives: Music, Art, Improv, Adventures, and More!

The Amelim and Chotrim have left for tiyul! We can’t wait for them to come back with pictures and stories to share! Galil is just not the same without them here!

Everyday in the afternoon we have a special time called chugim (interest groups/electives). The campers (chanichim) choose their chug at the beginning of the summer. On the first night of camp, counselors (madrichim) and counselors-in-training (Madatzim) put on short skits about the chug that they are running to attract as much interest in it as possible. Usually these skits are a crowd pleaser and absolutely hilarious!

The chug that the chanichim choose is the one that they will go to for the entire session. There are usually about 15-20 chanichim in each chug and there is a mixture of chanichim from the youngest age group to the oldest. This gives chanichim of all ages a chance to interact with each other as well as develop a bond over a common interest.

Today the music chug split into different groups and formed mini-bands! At this chug the chanichim practice musical instruments, write songs, form bands, and even learn an instrument! We hope that by the end of the summer one of the bands will play the machaneh a song they wrote!

The Stick With It chug also allows the chanichim to practice something and “stick with it.” At this chug each camper chose an activity or skill that they wanted to stick with the entire summer. Every day when the chug meets the chanichim practice that activity they chose on the first day. Some of the activities include: juggling, reading, and knitting.

Other chugim this summer include:

• Public Art: creating public art around camp such as moss graffiti, chalking the basketball court, and painting murals
• Sports: every day the group plays a different sport.
• You Can Do It: activities to build confidence in our teenage and pre-teen campers
• Creative Writing: helping campers develop their writing voice and style
• Improv Everywhere: creative improvisational games for campers with a flair for dramatic arts.
• Object Manipulation: learning to juggle, do Poi and other fun activities.
• Extreme Makeover Clothing Edition: making new clothes and updating campers' wardrobes with the help of our arts & crafts specialists.
• Soapstone: Bart teaches campers to create sculptures out of soapstone which they can take home at the end of the summer
• Camp Galil Explores the White House: every day the campers "visit" a new room at the White House and participate in the activities that take place there

Your chanichim can’t wait to show you everything they’ve learned this summer!