O-FILES

A Camp Ora Newsletter

Volume 12, Issue 2 Candle Lighting July 6, 2012 8:11

A Message from Division Head, Kelly Yedid:

Is it only week two of camp? Looking around one would think that everyone knew each other for years; the friendships, the bonding & that uncanny Ora spirit- if this is just week 2 I cant imagine whats to come! We kicked off the week with Surfing for our boys which was in one wordAmazing! The instructors were so patient with the children, that they had them surfing within one hour- I cant wait to see how our girls do next week! Great Adventure on Tuesday with our older divisions was the perfect day! On Thursday we cooled off from the heat in our Gamin Ride bus. We tie dyed, enjoyed a challenging musical chairs competition, danced with the adorable Raquel Saadia & brought the sports up to a whole new level thanks to Ikey & Aaron! Groups busily prepared banners, songs & presentations for todays Bunk War. Summer 2012 is off to an incredible start- cant wait to see what happens next! xoxo, Kelly

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We started camp off with a great start!!! On the first day we had a blast getting to know each other. This past week has just been filled with so much fun from dance, art, swim and hug-a-bear. On Monday we went to Funtime America. All the campers managed to win many cool prizes. We are looking forward to an exciting fun- filled summer!!! Shabbat Shalom,

Susan Mossery, Michelle Wahba, Ginette Laboz

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The first week of camp was off to a great start! It was so nice meeting all of the campers and getting to know them. We did so many fun activities this week such as: swimming, tie dying shirts, playing belts, basketball with Aaron and last but not least going to Fun Time America! We all had so much fun going on The Himalaya and bumper cars there. We also won so many tickets from the games that we were able to get awesome prizes! This week we have bunk wars and we are The GL Leftovers since we love every food we couldn't just decide on one. We can't wait to show the rest of the camp what were made of and win bunk wars! Shabbat shalom and looking forward to an amazing summer with you guys :) Marjorie Sasson - Head Counselor Sara Sitt- CIT & Joy Laniado- CIT

athletic directors. All in all, its been a great week, and we are looking forward to the rest of the summer! Shabbat Shalom, Bobby Husni, Aaron Maleh & Abe Shalom
Attention Parents of 1st- 4th graders: ~This Monday July 9th girls will be ~This Tuesday July 10th we will be going to Gymnastics

Attention Parents of 5th- 8th graders: ~This Monday July 9th girls will be ~ This Wednesday July 11th we will going surfing

going to Keansburg Waterpark

will be coming back on Thursday July 12th in the evening.

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Its been another fun packed week for the first graders at Camp Ora! This week, the campers enjoyed an array of activities: from sport lessons and games with Aaron Shasha to exciting arts & crafts to gamin ride, the counselors could barely keep up! Of all the fun activities, though, the campers most enjoyed the outdoor waterslide, which cooled them off during this weeks heat wave. Another popular activity is swimming, where the campers get swimming tips and lessons from our skilled lifeguards while also cooling off and having fun. Although, at the start, many of the campers were anxious about playing sports because they worried that they didnt know how to play, most of the campers learned the rules of the game under the able supervision and direction of Aaron Shasha and Ikey Yedid, our

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Joyce Zeitouni Allison Serouya Grace Kassab Barbara Sasson Joanie Dweck Sophie Greenberg Marcelle Sasson Shirley Sardar

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David Chabot Jakey Botton Morris Zeitouni Elliot Shamah David Gammal Jaclyn Klein Flora Tawil Ginette Laboz

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This week in TNT was, as always, amazing! We started off our week in camp playing volleyball, learning new dance moves with Joyce and the unforgettable dodge ball game- girls vs. boys! On Tuesday we joined the rest of the Senior Division in Great Adventure. We could not believe how many campers braved the Kingda Ka, I think the other kids in camp could hear them screeching!! Thursday was an in camp day and on Friday we went to Point Pleasant where we toured the boardwalk and played arcades. Next weeks trips include the overnight to Lake George and bowling on Friday! Rest up this weekend because youll need all of your energy! Id also like to thank all our amazing CITs that work so hard and make camp so amazing for all our other campers! We could not do it without you all!! Love, Danny & Evan

A Message from Division Heads, Danny Ash & Evan Bailey:

Jacqueline Rabih won soda for a week for for winning musical she chairs. Instead of keeping the winnings herself decided to share it with her friends by giving a soda to the girls in her bunk for a day. We are so proud of her!

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Ralph Ashkenazi Abraham Tobias Danielle Gindi David Ades Adam Sutton Albert Katz

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will be coming back on Thursday July 12th in the evening.

be going on an OVERNIGHT. We

Attention Parents of 9th- 10th graders (Including CITs): ~ This Wednesday July 11th we will

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~ This Friday July 13th we will be going bowling.

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A Message from Division Heads, Dina Kraiem & Liba Rosenbaum: Wow! Our first full week of camp has been just plain unbelievable! I cannot get over the phenomenal staff that we havereally extraordinary girls. Weve had loads of musical fun this week! Our music teacher Edna Ovadia has been doing music and movement with the kids twice a week- we love her! The musical note hunt and special activity of musical chairs were also a great hit- thank you Liba! In the art room we made tie die t- shirts! In baking we made Rice Krispie treats! We learned dance routines with Raquel! And we played some serious dodgeball with the one and only Ikey Yedid at sports! On Thursday, the kids enjoyed their very first trip to Jungleriffic! The action does not stop here at camp! Yes we are aware of the heat- and we are keeping the kids well hydrated! At Camp Ora we dont stop! We want the kids to experience as much as possible this summer- so make sure they are well rested and ready for lots more fun coming next week! Stay tuned for animal week! xoxo, Dina & Liba

NOTICE:
1. THE
FIRST SWIM BUS LEAVES AT AM.

9:15 2. IF

YOU ARE BRINGING YOUR

CHILDREN TO CAMP PLEASE BRING YOUR CHILDREN TO CAMP ON TIME.

3.

PLEASE
TOWELS

LABEL EVERYTHING

WATER SHOES, SHIRTS

BATHING SUITS

4.

PLEASE

SEND YOUR CHILD TO

CAMP WITH SUNBLOCK APPLIED AND IN A BATHING SUIT AND BIG SMILE!

5.

PLEASE

SEND A FULL CHANGE OF

CLOTHING IN A

ZIPLOC

BAG

6.

PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOUR CHILD HAS IN HIS

/HER

CAMP BAG:

AN EXTRA BATHING SUIT, TOWEL, AND WATER SHOES.

Wow! Its hard to believe that this is only the first week of camp and your little cuties morning with the are getting off the bus each happiest faces. I wish you parents could

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UPCOMING TINY TOT EVENTS: Animal Week Monday- Petting Zoo Tuesday- Animal Hunt & Races Wednesday- Fun Bus Thursday R Bounce (Dont forget to send socks!!)

be flies on the wall to watch your kids in action. Serena is always busy playing with all the dolls. Sarah is the best artist

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in the class. Daisy loves to go speeding fast down the water slide. Iris is always busy in the kitchen Sion we making always us find the dinner. on is the class. the

learned about Camp Ora. We also dancing had with a fantastic Raquel. time We

learned a fun dance to Call Me Maybe. Wed love to show it to you! Hurray the for for campers cant of wait week: our

rollercoaster. best singer

Ruby

in

Rina

Susana always plays house so nicely with Lear R. and Leah N. Jacqueline loves to play with were the best at dance class. the doll house. Joe and David Nathan loves circle time and sings so nicely. As you can see we are having a blast!! Cant wait for next week. Our Ima Congratulations Love you to is Ruby and our Aba is David. the camper of the week. Shabbat Shalom, Angel & Frances

Serure and Jacob Sasson! We amazing week! another

Shabbat Shalom, Chayala, Dori, Mariel, & Lauren

Welcome kids & parents too, The Dancing Dolphins are #1 much fun Last Friday we swimming at the big pool really cool week We swim like dolphins- were This week in camp was music

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Welcome to the dolphin crew! In Camp Ora were having so

What a super start we had with the Teddy Bears! Were having so much fun at camp! We love playing so much and jumping in the pool! This week we sang away at music! We ran scarves and sang a song we around with colorful

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We had music fun- come take On Monday we played musical chairs for a while And those who got out sat down with a smile! a peek

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On Tuesday the tiny tots got together to have a good time, And Liba announced a So out we went and found music notes- such fun! And came back in to count them- we had a hundred- a ton! Then we got whistles at the The Dolphins are awesomeHurray Hurray! Thank and Raymond you Rebecca Benzaken to Sutton for end of the day musical hunt outside!

and gifts! Our favorite part of the week though was the trip to Jungleriffic! It like we were in a real jungle. We cant forget our campers of the week: Sally Cohen and Maurice next week! Chehebar. Cant felt

wait to see what in store for Love,

Marcy, Raquel, Rena, & Katie

Hey Cuddly Kittens its been so much fun this past week going to the playground, Jungleriffic waterslides, the and

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the Shabbat treats! Congratulations Irene Cohen and Solly Movazeb for being camper of the week. Shabbat Shalom, Morahs Gitty, Linda, & Allie

seeing all you big guys in the

huge pool. We especially loved the music hunt! We had to run around the camp looking for colorful musical we notes! so

The Playful Pandas had the most amazing first week of camp! We all had fun in the big pool and little pool and blew bubbles and kicked our feet. We had a special birthday party for Abraham and Ralph with yummy treats

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Then we gathered them and counted many! We got lip whistles as a art roomfill those themhad

prize! Were also enjoying the bottles camp! Love you guys! Cant wait for Yaffa, Bluma & Sarah the next week! and bring them water to

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Pudgy

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Parrots had so

had our

an daily

awesome sports,

game swim,

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much

dodgeball! Were also enjoying free play! We had so much fun by music this week! We learnt a song about Camp Ora and we caught on to the motions so quickly. In baking we made Rice Krispie treats! We loved decorating art! Love, bottles in Were so water

fun this week! Every day we go to an olympic sized pool and really learn how to swim! A lot but play now is were swimming of us only swam with floaties ourselves in the big pool! Free great We because of the red car and scooters. playground too! We ended and amazing week with a trip to Junglerrrrific! It was a blast climbing gym, slides through the sliding and down racing the down jungle twisty the love the by

especially

excited for next week! Raizy & Gabriella

ramp in the car! On Friday, we made Rice Krispie treatsdelicious! Every amazing day is ended off with refreshing ices We can't wait for and then its on to the buses. next week!!!

Shabbat Shalom,

Molly, Jessica, & Raquel

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The highlight of our week was sports with Aaron Shasha! We

Monkeys

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With one full week of camp in the books, we are finally starting to rock and roll in the sports department. Our drilling sessions are already showing great results, and our intense leagues are officially underway. Trivia Question: Which famous coach said the following line during a post- game interview following a loss? "Hello, you play to win the game!" Dear Parents, Camp Ora is a Nut Free Camp. Please check your childs snacks to make sure theyre nut free. Thank you for helping keep all our campers safe this summer. If you have any concerns you can contact me. Please have your children wear sneakers or closed toe shoes in camp to avoid toe/ foot injuries. Flip flops should only be worn to swimming. Thank you, Mrs. Schacht, RN Camp Nurse 732-531-6807 2. In order to accommodate changes in your childs pickup please call the office before 2:00 and on Friday by 1:00. Any calls after 2:00 will not be able to be delivered. 3. ALL PARENT PICK UPS ARE IN THE PRAYER ROOM. PLEASE MAKE SURE TO SIGN YOUR CHILD OUT BEFORE LEAVING CAMP. 4. Please Note: Friday Dismissal for 3 year olds is 2:00PM all other campers 3:00PM. 5. At the request of parents and staff members, please do not publicize via email, text, or postages online pictures of campers or staff members in Camp Ora as it is an invasion of privacy. Thank you. 6. Please be advised that our camp phone number is: 732531-6807

A Message from Athletic Dierctors, Ikey Yedid & Aaron Shasha:

A Friendly Reminder
1. Please make sure your child is wearing socks and sneakers so he/she can participate in ALL activities and trips. Most of our trips require socks and shoes.

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