Tonight We Are Young, Wild, and Free

Hi Galil parents!

I’m Katherine, a member of the Madatz (counselor-in-training) crew here at Camp Galil.  Today we ran something called Revo. Revo is a day when we, the CITs, “kick out” the counselors (madrichim) and have an exciting themed day. Our theme for this session is Revo Old, Wild and Free; this means we acted as if we were old people breaking out of a retirement home and living out our bucket list.

When the kids woke up this morning their madrichim were gone (don’t worry!  The madrichim are all at camp keeping an eye on everyone, but the campers are so excited for a special day they don't notice the counselors are really all around camp).  We ate crepes with lots of toppings along with chocolate milk. After breakfast, all of the “elderly” people went on a cruise, had relaxation exercises, went on a water slide. The campers chose where they wanted to get off the cruise with stops in Jamaica (swimming), Paris (clothing swap), Las Vegas (card games), Italy (painting), and London (Olympic sports games).

Lunch had a french fry bar with toppings such as chili, cheese, and onions. After a little naptime, the campers attended a carnival with their grandchildren. This carnival featured a very popular dunk tank - Madatz and Bogrim (post 9th grade campers) got dunked! – in addition to a cotton candy machine, carnival games, clown school, and an obstacle course. After some cotton candy and ball tossing, the kids headed over to the dining hall (chadar ochel) for a snack (kibud) of apple pie and ice cream.  We called it the early bird special. After kibud the kids spilt up by age gropu (shkavot) for activites. Amelim (post 3rd and 4th grade campers) and Chotrim (post 5th grade campers) had relay races; Sayarim (post 6th grade campers) played a trivia game about oldies music, sports in the 40s and more. The Tzofim (post 7th grade campers)“ lost their grandparents in the mall” and played manhunt to find them; finally, the Bonim (post 8th grade campers) were instructed to “not break their hip” while playing a tagging game.

After that, campers choose between the movie Up and the original Willy Wonka with Gene Wilder. There was some free time before a dinner of chicken fingers and mashed potatoes. After that a small party in honor of Edith’s 100th birthday was thrown with lots of Oreo cupcakes to celebrate. Finally, we did something called Crime and Punishment (not as malicious as it sounds!), where the Madatzim (CITs) threw the counselors into the pool for certain funny “crimes” they supposedly committed.

Everyone then  returned to their retirement homes following a wild day out and free.  

{On an unrelated note, an e-mail was sent out today reminding our wonderful parents that the end of camp is fast approaching!  We ask everyone pick-up their campers on Sunday, August 12th between 1pm and 3pm.  If you need to come at a different time, please contact Bart Davis at bart@campgalil.org or (610) 847-8330 as soon as possible.  Thank you!}