Overnight Camp Incentives for Israeli-Americans
FJC is piloting a new incentive program for families in California, Oregon, and Washington state with at least one Israeli-born parent!
First-time overnight campers may receive an incentive grant of $1,500 for attending a 19+ consecutive day session or $1,000 for attending 12-18 consecutive days. This incentive is in lieu of traditional One Happy Camper® grants, and families may still be eligible for additional financial assistance from their camps.
Eligibility:
- Family must live in California, Oregon or Washington state and choose an overnight camp in these states
At least one parent of the camper is Israeli-born (or the camper themselves is Israeli-born) - Camper must not have attended any Jewish overnight camp for more than 10 days prior to summer 2023 (please note: Some families participated in this program in 2022 when it was a two-year grant; those families remain eligible for their second summer grant if they were new in 2022)
- Camper must not have previously received and used a One Happy Camper grant
- Multiple children per family may be eligible; we ask for a complete application per child
- Families will be asked to complete the pre-summer survey (as part of this form) and a post summer survey
Grants are limited and a portion of grants are available to Jewish day school students;
Applications for 2023 are now closed.
See Participating Camps
Camp Ramah in Northern California (Ramah Galim)
Camp Tawonga
Eden Village West
Maccabi Sports Camp
URJ Camp Newman
Camp Be’chol Lashon
Southern California:
Camp Akiba
Camp Alonim (overnight camp only)
Camp Bob Waldorf
Camp Gilboa
Camp JCA Shalom
Camp Mountain Chai
Camp Ramah in California (Ojai)
Moshava Alevy
Wilshire Boulevard Temple Camps Gindling Hilltop and Hess Kramer
Oregon:
Camp BB Oregon (overnight camp only)
NCSY Camp Kesher
Washington:
Camp Solomon Schechter
URJ Camp Kalsman
Sephardic Adventure Camp
Please reach out to Margalit C. Rosenthal at margalit@jewishcamp.org with any questions.