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JULY 29, 2021 | The Jewish Home OCTOBER 29, 2015 | The Jewish Home
THIS WEEK, WE’RE TALKING TO…
Camp Areivos
BY SUSAN SCHWAMM
1, 2, 3…8 weeks of amazing summer fun! For the last few weeks, our children have been basking in the sun, swimming, singing, and soaking up the fun every day. How are they spending their time away from their desks? In this series, we speak with camp directors and head counselors to learn more about our community’s amazing, spectacular, incredible, marvelous, unbelievable (you get the point!) camps.
THIS WEEK, WE WERE PRIVILEGED TO SPEAK WITH YOCHEVED GREENBERG, DIRECTOR OF CAMP AREIVOS. CAMP AREIVOS STORMED ONTO THE CAMP SCENE LAST YEAR, AND HUNDREDS OF CAMPERS HAVE SIGNED UP FOR MORE AMAZING FUN THIS YEAR. YOCHEVED TOOK A FEW MINUTES OUT OF HER BUSY SCHEDULE TO CHAT WITH TJH ABOUT THE UNBELIEVABLE TRIPS, ACTIVITIES, EXCITEMENT, AND SWAG AT CAMP AREIVOS.
Yocheved, this is Areivos’ second year! Tell us how it all began. Yes, baruch Hashem, Camp Areivos is in its second awesome year! Camp Areivim, our “brother” camp, was already a super-popular day camp for boys in the Five Towns, and we wanted to give the girls in our neighborhood the opportunity to experience an Areivim-style summer. The idea, which was in the making for a number of years, was finally hatched two years ago, and our inaugural summer was a smashing success! Sounds amazing! How many girls enjoy their summer at Areivos? Baruch Hashem, Areivos has doubled in size since last year! After everyone heard how much fun it was the first year, people were banging down the doors to come to Areivos. This year, we have over 500 Areivos campers. The girls are from all
over the Five Towns and Far Rockaway. We span from Bayswater all the way out to North Woodmere. It’s really nice to see girls from different schools and neighborhoods come together to enjoy one awesome summer together. Tell us about the different divisions at Areivos. We’re really proud of our age-appropriate divisions. Each age group has their own exclusive activities and late nights and even special “swag” for the older divisions (although everyone gets a lot of swag!). The Freshies, our preschool division, has awesome shows and special activities based around their theme of the Seven Days of Creation. The Junior Division, for girls coming out of 1st-3rd grades, has
many trips, late stays, and night activities throughout the summer. The oldest two divisions, Seniors and TC Hype, has awesome major trips and two overnights! We actually just recently returned from our super-successful first overnight to South Jersey which included a trip to Six Flags Great Adventure! How was that? It was epic! It felt like we were in sleepaway camp for a night! We all went out to eat for dinner, we
