Letter From Your Director Rabbi Jon Green Week #4
Dear Parents, This was an amazing week here in camp and I cannot wait to tell you a little of what happened in hot Baltimore . This past Shabbos we danced and sang Friday displaying the joy we felt in Shabbos arriving. We were joined by Ari Kahn esq. a former camper and a member of our board. He shared Torah thoughts and many old camp stories with the NCSYers at our Friday night oneg. Shabbos day we had some great spirit as well as some much needed rest. After Shabbos we went bowling to help…
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Bringing Light to the Haggerstown Suns!
Every go to a MLB game and want to reach out, speak to the players, interact with them, cheer and be heard? Well, when Camp Sports heads to a baseball game, they go in style. Armed with banners, rally towels and of course lots of cheering and noise, Camp Sports made the 400 people in attendance at the Haggerstown Suns game feel like it was Game 7 of the World Series! Although the Suns lost the game,…
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Camp Sports Loves Gatorade! Thanks to the OU and NCSY
Thanks to the amazing connection between the OU and NCSY, NCSYers at Camp Sports were privaledged to recieve a donation of over 400 bottles of Gatorade.
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The Shmuz @ Camp Sports
This past Wednesday, July 20th our kiruv camp NCSY Sports in Baltimore was treated to most inspiring words of chizuk by Rabbi Ben Tzion Shafier , director of Tiferes Bnai Torah/ The Shmuz. The Rav spoke about how each individual is endowed by Hashem with great spiritual potential. A lot of times we underestimate our great worth and don't even try. Sometimes this is because we really don't know how great we could become if we just kept trying and most times its because we are…
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Delaware State Fair and Monster Truck Ralley
Ever think to youself what they do with those broken down cars that you pass on the side of the road? They bring them to the Delaware State Fair and Monster Truck Ralley!! To close off an incredible week of activities and trips, Thursday afternoon, Camp Sports head out to Delaware for the Annual Delaware State Fair. The kids went on rides, won prizes at game comeptitions and walked away with lots of free things from vendors from across the area. The highligh though, was the conclusion…
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Rav Herschel Shachter Speaks to Camp Sports
On Friday, July 22nd, the NCSYers at Camp Sports had the unique privaledge and opportunity to hear from world renowned posek and Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshiva University, Rav Hershel Schachter. Rav Schachter spoke to the boys about how, despite the passing of over 3,000 years, our Torah, is eternal and never changes. He challenged the boys to make our Torah, our heritage part of their lives too, as we as the Jewish people have done since recieving it at Har Sinai. After the Shiur, Rav Schachter answered individual…
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Is it Kosher and Fowl Play
This week in Camp Sports we had the time to see up close and personal the laws of Kashrus and understanding what birds are Kosher and what aren't. To begin the program, each team had to construct something made only out of a few straws, and a few pieces of masking tape, which would hold a raw egg and protect it from breaking after being dropped from the top of a van. Next, each team had to take a rubber glove and blow it up to look like a chicken, and we had a contest who can…
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Remembering the Destruction and Dealing with Tragedy Today
How is it possible for teenagers to relate to the destruction of the Beis Hamikdash that happend so long ago? On Tuesday, we celebrated the 17th Day of Tamuz, which is the beginning of the mourning period of the Three weeks, which culminate with Tisha B'Av. In Camp Sports, the fast day of the 17th of Tamuz began with Shachris, and emphasizing to the NCSYers that the greatest way for us to commemorate the time period of destruction, is by continuing to grow in our learning and Mitzvos, and so we began the day with a packed Beis…
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Baltimore Orioles Game, Inner Harbor and BBQ!
On Sunday, after a morning filled with learning Camp Sports head out to watch the Baltimore Orioles take on the Cleveland Indians. The game was filled with excitement as Camp Sports had a game within the game, with a chance to win great prizes! Each camper recieved a sheet of paper with the name of one of the players on it, and the camper earned runs for every action that the player did. So campers earned points if their player got a hit, caught a ball, homerun, etc. Kids won free Slurpees, dunkin donuts and Free Steaks at…
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Letter From Your Director Rabbi Jon Green Week #2!
Dear Parents, I hope you had a wonderful week we have been very busy during our first full week in camp. Here in camp the spirit and the weather were heating up, we tried to keep the spirit hot, and to keep cool and well hydrated. Shabbos was uplifting and full of energy, we danced during the meals and prayers, had some great food and learned a lot. Rabbi Yehoshua Marchuck, the Director of the Sage program of NY NCSY joined us for Shabbos and left saying how the NCSYers in camp made his Shabbos…
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Shabbos of Greatness: Get Up and Dance!
For the second Shabbos in Camp Sports, we had the privaledge of having with us and hearing from many guest speakers throughout the weekend. Aside from the Normal incredible and excited singing and dancing during our Friday Night Davening, which rocked the walls of Ner Israel's campus, before Maariv NCSYers had the chance to hear from Rabbi Kurland, from Sh'or Yoshuv Yeshivah in Far Rockaway, NY. Rabbi Kurland is an incredible educator and author who has spent many years teaching. He began Shabbos with inspiring words to the teens and also led a beautiful Oneg/Tisch on Friday night.…
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Hershey Park!!
Every fall straight down over 100 Feet going almost 60 MPH? Then you have never experienced Fahrenheit, the Ride at Hershey Park in Hershey, PA. Along with ten other rocking roller coasters, sports competitions, and of course the world famous tour of the Hershey Factory, Camp Sports NCSY'ers hit them all with a whole day and night in the park! Upon arrival, NCSY'ers entered excited and full of energy, when they left, later that night, their hands were filled with all the prizes won, and feelings of overwhelming awesomeness as they experinced some of the coolest rides around…
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Seeing The Sights- Washington, DC
On Monday, July 11th, Camp Sports made its way to Washington, DC in the afternoon. Campers had the opportunity to walk around the nation's capital. Campers were dropped off in front of the National Air and Space Museum located on Independence Ave. NCSY'ers had the chance to see actual aircrafts from NASA, enjoy the exhibits and the Air Conditioning! NCSY'ers were also given the opportunity to spend time at the Holocaust Museum, which was the first time for many of hte NCSY'ers who went. For those who chose not to go to the Museum of National Air…
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Saturday Night Bowling and Pizza
It's 11PM on a Saturday night, when most of the world is heading to sleep, Camp Sports is heading BOWLING!! With all the bowling you can handle, Campers and Advisors head out to the local AMF Lanes for some awesome bowling until 1AM.
Sleep? What's that? After getting back to Camp, everyone headed back to the Dining room for a Pizza Melave Malka!
There never is a dull moment at Camp Sports!
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The Ruach & Energy of Camp Sports Fill the Hills of Garrison, MD
Where exactly is Garrison, MD? If you weren't quite sure, over the weekend, it would have been much easier to find as the RUACH and Energy of the singing over the weekend was incredibly remarkable and inspirational! From the very first moments of the weekend, campers and advisors broke out in song and dance throughout the Friday night Davening! It was truly an incredible sight to see campers from totally different backgrounds, from campers who have been in Yeshiva their entire lives, to campers who are davening for the first time locked hand in hand, bringing in the first…
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140 Players, 12 Teams, 50 Coolers of Water, and Lots of Ice Packs
No, it isn’t a special effect out of the movies, but it does seem to be that all participants in Camp Sports seem to walking around in slow motion as we wrap up the first week in Camp Sports, soar from sports but filled with excitement! Every day begins with Davening, breakfast and two learning sessions led by our incredibly talented, and dedicated advisor staff. At Camp Sports, we have decided to focus on Prayer, Tefillah. Advisors, together with their group of 3-4 campers, will go through different sources, materials and explanations…
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Letter From Your Director Rabbi Jon Green Week #1!
Dear Parents, Thank you very much for sending your son to Camp NCSY Sports this summer. We will do our best to make this summer an exciting ,fun and growth oriented experience. Although we are only at the third day of camp, I wanted to send you a note to let you know how our first days went. I will be sending out these emails weekly which will keep you informed of what we are doing in camp, and so that you can share the summer experience with us. Everyone arrived safely on Wednesday and…
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Welcome to NCSY Camp Sports 2011!
Transportation Information: If your son is getting to camp via: THE BUS - The stops are listed below. There is one bus making 2 stops, so please be on time. There will be a truck meeting the bus in New Jersey to take any luggage that did not fit under the bus in Cedarhurst and the luggage of those NCSYers taking the bus from New Jersey. Campers often bring cases of water and even a small refrigerator. It is easier to give your son ten dollars and he can buy water or any drinks…
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