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JCC CAMPS Collaboration with Grinspoon Foundation helps day and resident camps succeed
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fter the recent JCC Association Day Camp Study illustrated the potential for Jewish impact at JCC day camps—the largest network in North America—day camping has risen to the forefront of the conversation on Jewish continuity and investment. An exciting
collaboration between JCC Association and The Harold Grinspoon Foundation marks the first national initiative directed at day camping. The Grinspoon Institute/JCC Association Day Camp Project matches each participating camp with a mentor who will facilitate the development of a strategic plan, and in partnership with JCC Association, will support the camp to implement the plan. The project piloted last year in six communities, and was expanded during 2011 to an additional 11 JCC day camps.
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Many of our JCC resident camps have benefited from participation in The Grinspoon Institute, a project in which camps are assigned mentors in the areas of strategic planning, governance, fundraising and alumni outreach. The Grinspoon Institute will make a qualitative difference in the field of Jewish camping. JCC camps have been giving children life-altering experiences for more than one hundred years, and we continue to look for ways to help JCC camps reach more children and youth.