Garden Update and Introduction to Taste of Galil

Shalom! The first half of the summer, especially the rain, has made our organic garden (gan) bloom! The campers (chanichim) enjoyed harvesting over ten pounds of onions, fifteen pounds of lettuce, and five pounds of beans. All of the food harvested is brought to the kitchen (mitbach) to be used in our meals! During work period (avodah)  campers get the opportunity to harvest and weigh the fresh vegetables. At the end of the summer, we will compile a list of our harvests and calculate the carbon emissions we saved as a result of the produce from the gan!

In addition, all chanichim have participated in discussions about food justice issues such as local eating, food deserts, and urban agriculture. The Bogrim (post 9th grade campers) played a trivia game and won veggies from the gan to begin their discussion about equal access to food in rural and urban areas. 

The Amelim (post 3rd and 4th grade campers) and Chotrim (post 5th grade campers) learned two methods for building fires: the teepee and the log cabin. We built both, then made banana boats (bananas with chocolate chips wrapped in tin foil and heated in the fire) as a special snack. The Tzofim (post 7th grade campers) have been enjoying several TED talks about large organizations and their power to enact change followed by a debate about the potential environmental benefits of these corporations. The Sayarim (post 6th grade campers) will be visiting the gan next week to learn about fires and other survival skills.

Also, today our Taste of Galil (post 2nd grade) campers arrived for four days of non-stop fun at camp!  They started the day with tons of ice-breakers and games.  After lunch they went swimming, played sports, went on a scavenger hunt, and learned lots of new Hebrew words!