The Summer in Review
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Updated
numerous times a week throughout the summer, the blog is a great way to
get the feel of camp from afar. Check out all the fun from this summer
by clicking on the "Sha-blog" tile on our
homepage or click here. Check it out!
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Can't get enough of Camp Tawonga! Good, because we can't get enough or you either! We'll be announcing our programs and dates for our 2010 programs in October and will begin registration in December. Mark your calendars! Tell your friends! It's almost time to plan for summer 2010!
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Thank you for opening and reading this issue of the Pipeline, Camp Tawonga's
online newsletter. While this  Pipeline
is not surrounded by forest and does not end at the Middle Fork of the Tuolumne River, it will keep you up to date today
and throughout the year on Camp's behind the scenes happenings. We will also bring you news about the larger community.
With the summer now past and just a few fall programs still
on our schedule, we are already preparing for next summer. Based on feedback from summer campers and
their parents, as well as from family camp participants, we are planning new
programs including expanded teen programming during the summer and year-round
beginning in October. We are also
planning several capital improvements that will make Camp an even more
physically comfortable place to be. We
will be sharing more news about these efforts soon and look forward to your
interest and input.
The summer was fun, inspiring and transformational for
campers and staff alike. And we hope for
parents as well. These words from
participants and staff capture what a Tawonga experience means to so many of
us.
 "Camp Tawonga is one of the most amazing places that I have ever
been to. It's like a perfect community that you get to live in for 3 weeks. To
me it is one of the best places on Earth!" - From a 2009 Camper
"My kids LOVE this place. I am watching their identities in
the world grow and Tawonga is a definite part of that. It is like it lives
inside of them! The impact and value have to do with: building a positive
Jewish identity, learning tikkun olam, becoming confident in nature, enjoying
nature, building friendships at camp that are intense and enjoyable. I truly
believe my kids would be different people without Camp Tawonga in terms of how
they see themselves and who they are." - From a 2009 Parent
"Working at Tawonga is the best of both worlds. Each summer I've experienced a supportive, encouraging professional environment as well as a welcoming, caring community." - From a 2009 staff member
All the best for a great fall and a sweet new year.
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| Help Camp Tawonga by Giving Your Feedback
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The Foundation for Jewish Camp, an agency that suppor ts Jewish summer camps throughout the US and Canada, is conducting a survey of Jewish resident camps and their participants. By gathering information about programs, staff, and the social and emotional environment at camp, the FJC hopes to provide camps with specific feedback and show how each camp compares to other Jewish camps nationally.
The survey is for families who participated in Camp Tawonga summer programs in 2009. Please note that this survey is different than the Parent and Camper surveys you may have completed at the end of your child's session.
By participating in the Foundation's survey, you will be doing Tawonga a great service. Thank you in advance for your participation. Please complete the survey by September 8th, 2009.
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Tawonga in Your Neck of the Woods
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Create A Tawonga Havurah Group in your community
"Havurah" means circle of friends in Hebrew and we'd like to give you the opportunity to build a circle of friends with a Tawonga backbone. Gather friends, family, and
community members as a group that meets regularly to converse, learn, celebrate,
travel, or whatever else you're moved to do! You form the group, and we'll
provide you with Tawonga materials (Shabbat blessings, song sheets, games, etc.)
and connections to the larger Tawonga community (workshop leaders, staff, etc.)
to get you started.
Contact Ryley (ryley@tawonga.org, 415.543.2267 ext. 114) to discuss
details.
Host an Information Session in your living room
Feel like you'd be a walking brochure for Camp Tawonga if
only you had more information at your finger tips? Do you know families in your
neighborhood, school, extended family, or community who would want to learn
more about camp?
Each year, campers tell us that Camp Tawonga is their home
away from home. This year, we'd like to bring Camp Tawonga to your home!
How it works: Bring
five families or more to your home for a Tawonga presentation/meet and greet and and we'll send a director or other year-round staff member to your house to help introduce your friends to the magic of Camp
Tawonga.
Contact Ryley (ryley@tawonga.org, 415.543.2267 ext. 114) to discuss
details and dates.
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Alumni Updates
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Everything You Want to Know About Your Fellow Tawongans
Cecilia Ione Kaan was born to Nina Kaufman and Dan Kaplan on July 22, 2009. - Shai Marley Colvin was born to Jessica and Matt Colvin on June 24, 2009.
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Community Events
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Gallery Opening
Reception: Jews of Color - In Color!
Photography and
presentation by Bryan Schwartz
Thurs Oct. 1 @
7pm
$10 members/$12
public
Register by
calling 415-444-8000
View extraordinary photos and hear
stories about isolated Jewish communities around the world from photojournalist
Bryan Schwartz, founder of "Scattered Among the Nations". This nonprofit
organization help communities like Ghana's House of Israel and the Inca
Jews of Peru continue to embrace the Jewish religion and culture before they
disappear through immigration or assimilation. Wine and snacks will be served.
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Sukkot
Festivities Around the World with Rabbi Capers
Funnye, Michelle Obama's Cousin
Sun, Oct. 4 @
4-6pm
Free - donations
to CJL are welcome
Register by
calling 415-444-8080
Celebrate the global Jewish
community in our Sukkah.
Rabbi Funnye will deliver a talk for
adults, while Sukkot
activities are provided for
children. Rabbi Funnye is the
spiritual leader of Beth Shalom
B'nai Zaken Ethiopian
Hebrew congregation in Chicago and is the
Associate
Director of Be'chol Lashon. He was
profiled in The
New
York Times
Magazine
article Obama's
Rabbi.
Co-sponsored
by Congregation Rodef Sholom in association
with
Be'chol Lashon (In Every Tongue)
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Experience JCHS
for yourself! Join us at our open house for a chance to talk to students and
teachers, preview classes, and tour the campus.
JCHS Open
House
Sunday, November 8 and Sunday, December 6
2:00 - 4:00
p.m
The Jewish
Community High School of the Bay encourages our students to challenge
themselves, to think creatively and to discover their values while striving for
academic excellence. Whether expressing themselves through arts and athletics,
academic achievement or community outreach projects, our students participate in
a rigorous college preparatory program enriched by thought-provoking Jewish
studies.
RSVP at 415.345.9777
x124 or grachelson@jchsofthebay.org
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Camp Tawonga continues to thrive and serve our community because of support from generous donors like you. Please donate today by clicking here. For an updated list of our generous donors, please click here.
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