But during our conference, Leadership, Leverage & Legacy, the 250 people in attendance definitely had Jewish overnight camp on their minds. They were intently focusing their lay and professional teams on the "off-season" work that is necessary to make the summer months a success - fundraising, board governance and strategic planning.  The attendees were reminded by Rabbi Eric Yoffie of why the work that they undertake matters so much for ensuring the future of the Jewish people.  They were challenged to return to their communities and apply what they have learned to improving the organizational capacity of their camps.

In this issue you will find links to many of the conference resources, including presentations made during the conference, materials we distributed as well as links to other resources.  Even if you were not able to join us in Chicopee, we hope that you will find these items useful to your work.

In just a few short months, we will experience the last snow and ice of the season.  In just seven months, the buses will roll up to the entrance of camps and campers will pile out.  They will live in new and improved cabins, experience enhanced programming and be led by outstanding counselors and staff.  Those 70,000 young people will not know it - but their camp was changed, even if just a little - by the work you did this winter.  And their memories of camp will warm their hearts well into the next season, and its first snowfall.

Best wishes for a wonderful Chanukah - may we all see the miracles around us each day.

Eric

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Don't forget that we have a wealth of resources regarding Fundraising, Governance, Strategic Planning, Legacy, and Technology on our website as well.

 

In addition to providing all of our conference resources online, we have recorded a number of our sessions so that as many people as possible can take advantage of the conference learning.

 

The keynote sessions were videotaped and can be found at the top of our conference resources page or on our YouTube Channel. And the presentation/audio was recorded (like our Webinars) for a few of the workshops and can be found on the GIJP Conference website.

 

And finally, you can find many photos taken at this year's conference on the Conference website as well.

 

Have any comments about these recorded sessions? Let us know!

 

Want to review all of the online comments? You can find an archive of the live blog on the GIJP Conference website. 

 

Please send us your comments about the live blog.

 

Thanks!