This week has flown by and today was the last "normal" day of the
summer. In the morning a reporter came from the local newspaper
to learn about Galil. Specifically,
she was interested in the garden (gan)
and the sheep that we are taking care of this summer. The reporter came during
work groups (avodah) so they also
interviewed campers (chanichim) and took great
pictures with the sheep.
During the first age group activity (peula shickvah aleph), the Chotrim (post 5th grade campers) had a scavenger hunt. They had to put a map together by figuring out
different clues. The clues were placed throughout camp (machaneh) in a poem or riddle form and the chanichim had to complete different challenges to complete the map.
The Sayarim (post 6th grade campers) had a fun
time at the pool in the morning. Today was the last day for
instructional swim so after a short lesson the lifeguards gave the chanichim free swim. Since we’ve had
many special days in the past week, there are many new pool toys and floats to
play with at the pool and the Sayarim took
full advantage of them! Their counselors (madrichim)
also joined them in their free swim.
During sports today, the Tzofim (post 7th grade campers)
counselor (madrich), Eli
Silverman, organized a game of basketball with the older chanichim. This way the older chanichim were able to play more
competitively which they really enjoyed.
What we thought was going to be a completely normal day turned
into a slightly different schedule in the afternoon. Following lunch, Galil experienced a big thunderstorm and
all of the chanichim had to stay
inside for their next activity (peula). In the
end, everyone was okay and enjoyed watching the storm from the cabin (tzrif).
After the rainstorm passed we returned to our regularly scheduled programming. The Amelim (post 3rd and 4th grade campers) and Chotrim (post 5th grade campers) had a cool workshop (sad’na)
today. Instead of hanging out in the arts and crafts center (beit omanut), they went to the dining hall (chadar ochel) to make food art! Different types of foods were placed in
the middle of the table and the chanichim
made funny faces on plates with the ingredients. After they made their food
art they happily ate their art!
We’re excited for the last Shabbat!
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