Today was Special Day! Every session there is one day that has a special theme that the counselors (madrichim) plan for the rest of camp (machaneh). The theme for this session’s special day was Greek Mythology. Typically, special day is broken to the campers (chanichim) in the morning, but this session we wanted to surprise everyone. Special Day was broken last night after the evening activity (tochnit erev). Special Day was broken with a fight scene acted out by the staff (tzevet). The titans stormed into the dining hall (chadar ochel) as we were finishing tochnit erev and all of the chanichim cheered with excitement! After special day was broken everyone went to bed anxiously awaiting everything that happened today.
Before the day began, all of the chanichim were instructed to dress up as different Greek gods and goddesses. After everyone was in costume and ready for the day, we had breakfast on Mt. Olympus with the Greek Gods. After a special breakfast everyone headed to the soccer field (kikar) and basketball court for a fun carnival. All of the stations were different Greek gods and goddesses. The stations included: Zeus (playing darts with cardboard lightening bolts), Hera (a marriage station), Ares (playing ninja with foam sword and pool noodles), Hephaestus (making robots), Aphrodite (love potion cocktails), Athena (playing sporcle), Apollo (playing dance dance revolution), Artemis (wack-a-mole), Hermes (sending a message station), and Demeter & Persephone (face painting). All of the chanichim had a really great time at all of the stations, especially the wack-a-mole station. One of the madrichim placed her head in a cardboard cut out and the chanichim threw wet sponges at her.
After an exciting carnival, the chanichim had a round robin of activities in “the underworld.” Each age group (shickvah) went from station to station together to discover what the underworld was like. The station that really stood out from the rest was the haunted house that the tzevet made. The haunted house was created in the barn (refet). The haunted house had a maze inside of it with water and tarps to crawl through. Although the chanichim may have been a bit scared, they all finished with smiles and laughter because it was really fun to crawl through it. Some of the other stations during the round robin were river styx, medusa, the minotaur’s labyrinth and a mud pit. At the river styx station, the chanichim had to get from one side of Hyde Park to the other side without touching the ground. They used chairs, benches, and milk crates in order to get to the other side and also help their friends. At the medusa station, the chanichim had a game of fencing with pool noodles and the object of the game was to get your opponent off of the mattress first. The minotaur’s labryinth was located in the Moadon and it was a maze and obstacle course combination. There were different challenges each chanich had to accomplish to get from the beginning to the end. At the mud pit, the chanichim played different games that we play here at machaneh but in the sand. All of the stations were really fun and the chanichim got a taste of what the underworld was like.
During lunch we had Greek themed food, which was delicious! After lunch was finished we all watched a skit that led everyone into the Trojan War! The machaneh was then split into two teams and everyone raced to the basketball court for a paint fight! Following the paint fight, everyone hosed off and went to the pool for a pool party!
Later tonight we will have a machaneh wide scavenger hunt followed by a delicious banquet for dinner. After dinner we have a fun toga party set up to close special day!
We’ve had a really fun day so far and tonight will be just as exciting! Look for pictures from today on Bunk1!
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