Dear Camper or Parent,
Wow, five weeks of summer camp under our belts. Summer time is flying at CGI and we are loving every minute. It was awesome spending time with all of you at the family BBQ and i look forward to welcoming families to our Family Shabbat Party next Friday at 2:20.
Camp comtinues to b e full of fun and each day brings new smiles & surprises.
thank you for allowing me to spend such an awesome summer with your wonderful kids.
Scroll down to read all about their incredible week adn reminders & info for week 6 at camp.
Shabbat Shalom
Grunie

MINI GAN
This week was Recycle with Oscar the Grouch:) In addition to colored pasta for necklaces in Art; decorating sun visors in Nature; Doing static electricity, milk and soap experiments in Science; stacking cups with rubber bands in Team Building; Doing sink and float with put diff thing in bottles in Mini Gan Science with Heather; We also had loads of fun doing activities relating to taking care of the environment. On Monday we went on a nature walk. We had to find all kind of interesting items and make a bracelet out of the beautiful things we saw on the walk. We also made a delicious edible flower sundae using pudding and crushed cookies:) On Tuesday it was rainy, but that didn't take away from all our CGI fun. We managed to fit in some extra, spectacular, super duper activities that made Tuesday a blast! Mini Gan friends played keep up with balloons, played with all our awesome trucks, did parachute games, had some amazing music fun, marched around camp with bean bags on our heads, had fun with face paint, did pretty art projects and painted garden decorations from My Favorite Guy Day. On Wednesday Transitional Gan had the best time ever picking blueberries at Ward Berry Farm. They were the most delicious juicy blueberries. YUM! Transitional Gan had fun making trees using their hand prints and finger prints. Thursday was so special, as Baby barn visited camp, and we held the sweetest, little animals wrapped in blankets! We played with bubbles and had fun with sidewalk chalk. We got extra time doing fun body games with Judy! Decorating our recycled boxes was a highlight this week. We first decided what our box would be. We then go to work, cutting, gluing painting and using lots of material to make our box just the way we wanted it. Some friends thought their boxes were bubble machines, jewelry boxes, a shield, Saturn, a rocket ship, a choo choo train and green head mask. It was amazing to see the original and brilliant ideas the kids came up with. We also made grassheads by first making eyes, nose and a mouth on a knee high stocking. We then stuffed it with grass seeds and soil. Afterwards we put them near our bunk room windows and watered them. We can’t wait for the grass to grow and give our grassheads haircuts:) We ended of the fun day with a great camp game of animal tag! On Friday we really enjoyed the bug show! In addition to Evans music class with the Mini Gan, he did an exciting music class with Transitional Gan! We made challah and decorated a shabbat bag to keep all our shabbat projects in. We got to work coloring squares that will be added to a gigantic camp mosaic wall!

Wow this week was fun!
Shabbat Shalom, and looking forward to seeing you all on Monday!
Mushky Lowenthal

EXPLORES, TRAIL BAZER & PIONEER GIRLS
Week 5 was so Alive! In addition to Art with Nina – Eric Carle animal collages; Craft with Ariel - water coloring and Paper Mache; High Touch High Tech Science- goo; Cooking with Bassy- Cinnamon & chocolate buns; Martial Arts with Kainan & Alec; Drama- Games with Heather; Nature Detectives- Detective Disguises & ID badges; and Daily Sports with Coaches & awesome swimming, we also did tone more theme related activities.
Playing the Game of Candy Land, we learned all about Brachot, Kosher, and being happy. Starting Monday, we played a grand game of CUT THE CHOCOLATE CAKE! Dressing up as fast as we could, it was loads of fun! Tuesday came along and boy, it was great! We had a blast playing Kosher BINGO and learned all about Kosher animals and symbols! Wednesday was TRIP DAY! Camp Gan Izzy was so lucky to be the FIRST group to visit STAR LAND after all of their renovations! We rode go karts, played mini golf, and played a competitive round of lazer tag! After having a smashing time at Star Land, we visited a local super market and had a KOSHER HUNT where we identified different Kosher symbols on food packages. Keeping Kosher came to life! The fun didn't end, and that evening we all met again at the FAMILY BBQ right here in camp! It was so nice to chat with campers and parents while having a good laugh at the hilarious CLOWN SHOW. Thursday rolled around and that was really great! While the Explorers went off to swimming, the Trailblazers and Pioneers went on their surprise trip to MINI GOLF IIN THE DARK! We also made our very own Bracha flower pots made of foods with different Blessings, YUM! On Friday we had a "Bugging out" show with Marvelous Marvin where we learned all about cool bugs in riddles and rhymes! The week ended off with our very own stupendous CARNIVAL where we had fun racing our friends at different booths. Shabbat Shalom! See you on Monday.

I Love CGI!
Chaya and Nechama

TRAIL BLAZER AND PIONEER BOYS
Seriously Boston? Can't we just collect all these crazy temperatures together and spread them evenly over the course of the year and rename the city San Diego? But that wouldn't be as exciting as the unpredictability that makes Gan Izzy so much fun.
Let's see... We started off the week with a Candy Hunt - which sounds great until you find out that you only have one working pair of eyes and hands and legs between you and your friend. But of course, it was worth it, because it was candy. We started making these awesome colorful wooden charity boxes, coming to a Gan Izzy near you this summer. The Bean Hunt was intense (and not just because it was raining), my team almost found a Golden Egg! At least we got some silver beans. Off we go to the newly renovated Starland! It was their first day open, and we got to do all these amazing stuff, like talking electric Go-Karts that recharge between races, batting cages with speed settings up to 90mph, glow in the dark Laser Tag, and a great game of Mini Golf. That was good because it got us ready for the next day of sub(7)zero temperatures, which kept us away from the pool, but did not keep the smile off our faces, because we got to go to... Monster Golf! It was so freaky, that I started having nightmares in middle of the day. We got back to camp for some serious relay races, before we were ready for an amazing... Chinese Auction. My team had 13,985 points, which we invested into some awesome prizes like washing Rabbi Dovid's car, a jar of pickles, or my favorite, a pair of dirty socks for 5,000 points! On Friday, we got to see the most interesting show about bugs you'll ever see. It was so interesting that if they were kosher, I would totally go for some freeze dried ant chips... yuck! Did you know that some grasshoppers are Kosher, we just don't know which? We ended off the week with a grand carnival in which I got a bull’s-eye on the dartboard - almost, won the Pepsi taste test - almost, and successfully navigated the obstacle while blindfolded - almost.
Of course the highlight was the family BBQ, where I won the hot dog eating contest against Chuckles the Clown.

Can't wait to see what next week will bring!

Shabbat Shalom
Rabbi Dovid Bush

Field Trips- Wednesday July 31st
Transitional Gan: Easton Childrens Museum
Primary Program: Canobie Laske Park- PICK UP IS AT 5:30PM

Chai-a-thon
Tuesday & Thursday are deidcated as swim days- chikdren will get sponsorship for their swim time and raise miney for thsi awesome oragnization- see the flyer your child brings home today.

Family Shabbat Party:
Friday August 2nd 3:20PM- ALL ARE INVITED

Friday Mornings:
Mommy & Me - 8:45-9:30, awesome kindermusik sing-a-long

Please remember to pack extra snacks for your child, they tend to get hungry, and even though we do supply some snacks, the campers need more.

Please join us for the FAMILY SHABBAT PARTY- Friday 8/2