The Coca-Cola Company® Funds JCC Association/Coca-Cola
Day of Caring/Day of Sharing Program for Summer Camps
 JCC
Association, through the generous sponsorship of The Coca-Cola
Company®, is once more offering camps the opportunity
to participate in the JCC Association/Coca Cola Day of Caring/Day
of Sharing program. Following the success of last year’s
program at 16 camps, The Coca-Cola Company® increased
its grant to the Day of Caring/Day of Sharing program, and
it has more than doubled in size this year. Thirty-six resident
and day camps have been awarded grants to fund activities
and projects focusing on improving the world we live in. To
help ground the Day of Caring/Day of 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. The project will be enriched with additional
curricular units for each of the next four years.
Patterned
on the Day of Caring/Day of 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. “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.
Camp directors
have organized a variety of activities and programs in order
to include as many campers as possible. For example, campers
at Camp Interlaken (Milwaukee, WI) will take part in a two-day
camping experience intended to illuminate the connections
that exist between cultures. On the first day, campers from
Interlaken will come together with those from Camp Helen Brachman,
which accommodates inner-city Milwaukee youth. Life experiences
will be shared, facilitating an atmosphere of mutual respect
and understanding. Since both of the camps are situated in
an area of Wisconsin filled with Native American reservations,
the second day will consist of a fitting community service
project. The project will serve to illustrate the benefits
of cross-cultural kindness.
For one
week, the campers of the JCC in Louisville, KY will take part
in what will be called Community Service Camp. The volunteer
services will include cleaning rivers and community gardens,
planting trees, working in nursing homes, soup kitchens, homeless
shelters, and preparing meals for the homeless and for families
of critically ill children. Through both hands-on activities
and use of the curriculum, campers and staff will learn the
Jewish values and principles of acts of kindness (gemilut
chasidim), charity (tzedakah), and repairing the world (tikun
olam).
The following
camps are participating in the Coca-Cola grant program:
Day Camps
1. Allentown
JCC
Allentown, PA
2. Dave
and Mary Alper JCC
Miami, FL
3. Arnstein
JCC
Knoxville, TN
4. Asheville
JCC
Asheville, NC
5. Camp
Isadora Alterman (Atlanta)
Dunwoody, GA
6. Camp
Chai (Atlanta)
Dunwoody, GA
7. JCC
of Greater Baltimore
Owings Mills, MD
8. Edith
& Carl Marks JCH of Bensonhurst
Brooklyn, NY
9. Binghamton
JCC
Vestal, NY
10. JCC
of Greater Buffalo
Getzville, NY
11. Jewish
Federation of Greater Clifton
Clifton, NJ
12. Indianapolis
JCC
Indianapolis, IN
13. JCC
of Greater Kansas City
Overland Park, KS
14. Betty
& Milton Katz JCC
Cherry Hill, NJ
15. Louisville
JCC
Louisville, KY
16. JCC
of Manhattan
New York, NY
17. JCC
MetroWest
West Orange, NJ
18. Ruth
Hyman JCC of the JCC of Greater Monmouth
Deal Park, NJ
19. JCC
of Greater New Haven
Woodbridge, CT
20. Barshop
JCC of San Antonio
San Antonio, TX
21. Bronfman
Family JCC
Santa Barbara, CA
22. Springfield
JCC
Springfield, MA
23. Stamford
JCC
Stamford, CT
24. JCC
of Staten Island
Staten Island, NY
25. JCC
of Greater Washington
Rockville, MD
26. District
of Columbia JCC
Washington, DC
27. Worcester
JCC
Worcester, MA
28. Youngstown
JCC
Youngstown, OH
29. Ruth
Hyman JCC of Greater Monmouth
Deal,
NJ
Resident
Camps
1. Berkshire
Hills-Emanuel
Copake, NY
2. B’nai
B’rith Camp
Portland, OR
3. Camp Chi
Northbrook, IL
4. Camp Interlaken
Milwaukee, WI
5. Emma
Kaufmann Camp
Pittsburgh, PA
6. JCA Shalom
Malibu, CA
7. NJY Round Lake
Fairfield, NJ
8. Y Country
Camp
Montreal, QC
JCC Association is the leadership network of,
and central agency for the Jewish Community Center Movement,
which is comprised of more than 275 JCCs, YM-YWHAs and camps
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 only 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.
Rachel
Friedman
Marketing Associate
JCC Association
15 E. 26 St., NY, NY 10010
212-786-5096
fax: 212-481-4174
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