The Coca Cola Company®
Again Funds Community Service Program for JCC Summer Camps
JCC Association, through the generous sponsorship
of The Coca Cola Company®, is once more offering both
day and resident summer camps the opportunity to help their
communities through the JCC Association/Coca Cola Days of
Caring and Sharing community-service program. Thirty-six resident
and day camps have been awarded grants to fund activities
and projects focused on improving the world we live in. To
help ground the Days of Caring and Sharing activities in Jewish
values, JCC Association’s Mandel Center for Jewish Education
has developed companion curricular units about the responsibility
of each child to make a positive contribution to our world.
This summer’s theme is Gemilut Chassadim, Acts of Loving
Kindness.
Patterned on the Days of Caring and Sharing
projects at the JCC Maccabi Games® each August, participating
camps spend a day working on service activities that contribute
to the welfare of the community. Camp Wise of the JCC of Cleveland
will be working with teens at a summer camp for the vision-impaired,
as well as residents of a nearby nursing home. In New Orleans,
the JCC day camp will be reaching out to their neighbors around
the city to help repair houses that were damaged by Hurricane
Katrina and bring lunch and thank-you cards to Habitat for
Humanity volunteers. Campers at Camp JCC at the JCC of Greater
Washington in Rockville, Maryland will donate gently used
camp gear to be donated to World Camps, an organization that
provides camping experiences for children in developing nations
who have HIV/AIDS.
This spring, JCC Association held two training sessions for
the Days of Caring and Sharing program, one on the East Coast
in JCC Association’s New York City office, where 24
camps participated, and one hosted by the JCCs of Chicago,
where 12 more camps took part. Michelle Jackson, children's
director at the Striar JCC in Stoughton, Massachusetts, said,
“The Days of Caring and Sharing training was excellent
and having the opportunity to chat and share ideas with other
camp directors was great as well.”
“From The Coca-Cola Company's perspective,
this program is not only a way to enhance the values of our
youth, but also a way for them to give back to local communities,”
said Quinton Martin, vice-president of community marketing,
Coca Cola North America. “They learn the meaning of
caring for one another, of sharing, of being responsible,
and of becoming leaders of today’s younger generation.”
JCC Association and The Coca Cola Company
have had a long-standing and very positive relationship. The
Coca Cola Company has been a continental sponsor of the JCC
Maccabi Games for over 14 years. JCC Association is very proud
of Coca Cola's support, and is particularly pleased to be
able to add this meaningful dimension to the camping experience.
The following camps are participating in the
Coca-Cola grant program:
Resident Camps
Berkshire Hills-Emanuel Camps, Ardsley, NY
Tamarack Camps, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Camp Wise, JCC of Cleveland
Camp Barney Medintz, Marcus JCC of Atlanta
Day Camps
Camp Haverim, Merage, JCC Orange County, CA
JCC of Greater Harrisburg, PA
JCC Summer Day Camp, New Orleans JCC, LA
Camp Achva, JCC of Northern Virginia, Fairfax, VA
Washtenaw County’s Camp Raanana, Ann Arbor, MI
Camp Daleville, JCC of Scranton, PA
Lillian Schwartz Day Camp Staten Island, NY
Camp JCC, Allentown JCC, Allentown, PA
Camp Shalom, JCC Greater Palm Beaches, Palm Beach, FL
J-Camp, Albert L. Schultz JCC, Palo Alto, CA
JCC of Houston Day Camp, Houston, TX
Kids Camp, Striar JCC/Fireman Campus, Stoughton, MA
Golda Meir/Kent Jewish Center, Clearwater, FL
JCC Camp Ted Weisberg, Adolph & Rose Levis JCC,
Boca Raton, FL
The Neil Klatskin Day Camp/JCC on the Palisades, Tenafly,
NJ
Camp Shalom, Greater Hartford JCC CT
Bernard Horwich JCC , JCCs of Chicago
Central Queens YM & YWHA, Forest Hills, NY
Rainbow Day Camp JCC of Milwaukee, WI
Summer Place Camp, Stamford JCC, Stamford, CT
Camp Butwin, JCC of the Greater St. Paul Area
JCC of Greater Washington, Rockville, MD
Summer Streeters, Sid Jacobson JCC, East Hills, NY
Camp Kochav, JCC of San Francisco, CA
Camp Yachad, JCC of Central New Jersey, Scotch Plains, NJ
Camp Chaverim, Jewish Federation of Greater Oklahoma City
Rose & Max Rady JCC, Winnipeg, MN, Canada
Milken Summer Day Camp, Milken JCC, West Hills, CA
Center Campus, York JCC, York, PA
Camp JCC, JCC of San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Shaw JCC of Akron Summer Camp, OH
Camp Centerland, JCC of Greater Buffalo, NY
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JCC Association
is the leadership network of, and central agency for the Jewish
Community Center Movement, which is comprised of 350 JCC,
YM-YWHA and camp sites in the U. S. and Canada. JCC Association
offers a wide range of services and resources to strengthen
the capacity of its affiliates to provide educational, cultural,
social, Jewish identity-building, and recreational programs
to enhance the lives of North American Jews of all ages and
backgrounds. Additionally, the movement fosters and strengthens
connections between North American Jews and Israel as well
as with world Jewry. JCC Association is also the U.S. government
accredited agency for serving the religious and social needs
of Jewish military personnel, their families, and patients
in VA hospitals through JWB Jewish Chaplains Council.
Miriam
Rinn
Communications Manager
JCC Association
15 E. 26 St., NY, NY 10010
212-786-5092
grounds. Additionally, the movement fosters and strengthens
connections between North American Jews and Israel as well
as with world Jewry. JCC Association is also a U.S. government
accredited agency for serving the religious and social needs
of Jewish military personnel, their families, and patients
in VA hospitals through JWB Jewish Chaplains Council.
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