Summer camps in canada
CHW is honoured to have grown alongside such a wonderful organization
Canadian Young Judaea (CYJ)
Each year, CHW provides funding to Canadian Young Judaea summer camps in Canada, which aim to strengthen young members’ Jewish identity and principles. CHW is honoured to have grown alongside such a wonderful organization, and enjoys serving children and youth in Canada and Israel together.
Founded in 1917, Canadian Young Judaea (CYJ) is Canada’s largest Jewish youth movement with active centres from Vancouver to Halifax. Its ideology is pluralistic and apolitical. CYJ’s aim is to strengthen its young members Jewish identity with an emphasis on the centrality of Israel. Canadian Young Judaea offers a wide range of year round and summer programs across the country and is affiliated with six camps, which are:
Camp Shalom, Gravenhurst, ON
Camp Solelim, Sudbury, ON
Camp Kinneret, Mont Tremblant, PQ
Camp Biluim Canada, Mont Tremblant, PQ
Camp Hatikvah, Kelowna, BC
Camp Kadimah, Nova Scotia
JOLT
CHW supports the JOLT PROGRAM AT CYJ. JOLT, or Jewish Outreach Leadership Training, is CYJ’s flagship program for youth tikkun olam, or community outreach. Participants in the program receive a minimum of 20 hours of community service and have the opportunity to engage in active, social causes and receive hands-on experience volunteering in the community. The main educational objectives of the JOLT programs are: leadership, tikkun olam, development of Jewish identity, and developing ties to their kvutza/community. CHW is proud to be connected with CYJ and helping to make a difference in the lives of so many young adults.
Machane Lev and Lev in the City
CHW proudly sponsors a one-week, Jewish overnight camp
for children and youth who are LGBTQ2+ or come from LGBTQ2+ families/communities.
“The children are so adorable! This has been such a fun and great experience!”
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Each summer, CYJ Biluim participants from across Canada visit CHW Daycares in Israel.
In 2019, participants visited the CHW Clara Balinsky (Montreal) Daycare Centre.
In what is becoming an annual tradition, Junior CITs took time out of their busy schedule to spend an afternoon volunteering at the Daycare. The Junior CITs had a memorable experience, singing and playing with the children and saw, firsthand, the positive impact of CHW’s fundraising endeavours on the lives of Israeli children. At the end of their visit, the campers were presented with a hamsa painted by the children.
Junior CITs Jamie and Nathaniel enthusiastically summed up the experience on behalf of the group:
“The children are so adorable! This has been such a fun and great experience!”
