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Ramah Comes to Colorado!
Tevet 5770 | December 2009
In This Issue
:: Free Week of Camp!
:: Staff Profile: Sarah Shulman
:: Pioneers Campaign
:: Director's Blog
horse Happy Hanukah and Chodesh Tov!

Happy Hanukah and Chodesh Tov (a good month!). We are thrilled to bring you this edition of 'Ramah Comes to Colorado!'

Ramah Outdoor Adventure at Ramah in the Rockies is the first Ramah specialty camp, combining outdoor adventure and environmental awareness with Jewish living and learning. We open to campers June, 2010!

Those who want more frequent contact please follow us on Facebook or read our blog posts, which are updated on a regular basis.

Tammy Dollin        Rabbi Eliav Bockreg button
Project Director                          Director, Ramah Outdoors
tdollin@ramahrockies.org            eliavb@ramahoutdoors.org
303.261.8214 ext. 102               303.261.8214 ext. 104

Win a Free Week of Camp!

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Congratulations to Noah from Boulder, CO and Savannah from Northern California for winning Free Weeks of Camp Raffle in December.  The raffle is held the first Monday of each month.  

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2010 Staff Profile
Sarah Shulman:  Triathalete,  Rabbinical Student and Summer Assistant Director

Sarah Shulman is a first year rabbinical student at the American Jewish University in Los Angeles.  She is a native of Seattle, Washington.  Sarah attended Stanford University as an undergraduate, where she received a Bachelors of Arts in Human Biology with a focus in Environmental Health.  During her time at Stanford, Sarah was bitten by the "triathlon bug" and began competing in races. Read more.

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Pioneers Campaign Update
 

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Our $500,000 Pioneers Campaign is 65% complete, thanks to 70 new donors! 
 
Your gift helps improve the site, offer camperships and build our organization.

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OR, give us a Hanukah gift!

This sleeping bag and other supplies are on our wishlist at amazon.com.

 
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The votes are in and the new edot (unit) עדות names have been chosen!
 
Over the past three months over 570 people cast their vote.  They selected from numerous choices, including twenty-five new names that focused on our activities in the Rockies such as Sayarim (Rangers) סיירים and Bokarim (Cowboys) בוקרים.  We hoped that by expanding the selection of names beyond the traditional Ramah names, we would have new edot that reflected the culture we are creating at this outdoor adventure camp.
 
Despite our hopes that these edot would be known by new names, tradition has reigned supreme!
 
And the names are...

Read more.
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