Anonymous
Post 08/11/2014 19:24     Subject: Camp Ramah for this area
Anonymous wrote:I'm a Ramah Palmer parent with a very non-sports oriented boy. He thrives there. They are allowed to choose 3 of their 6 activities of the day and there are a ton of non-sports options like art, woodworking, outdoor cooking, etc. that all seem to draw both genders. He has also come to like some more active things, like krav maga, that I would never have expected him to try. Up until 8th grade they all have swim instruction every day and they walk miles back and forth to programming, so they are still very active, regardless of what they choose to do programming-wise. For those random sport-related events that pop up, like Yom Sport (their color war), my kid participates, and he says he doesn't mind because it's not like he has to do that stuff every day and he likes the teamwork aspect.


Awesome- thank you! And thank you to the pp who mentioned Sprout Lake. I'll check it our.
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2014 10:35     Subject: Camp Ramah for this area
I'm a Ramah Palmer parent with a very non-sports oriented boy. He thrives there. They are allowed to choose 3 of their 6 activities of the day and there are a ton of non-sports options like art, woodworking, outdoor cooking, etc. that all seem to draw both genders. He has also come to like some more active things, like krav maga, that I would never have expected him to try. Up until 8th grade they all have swim instruction every day and they walk miles back and forth to programming, so they are still very active, regardless of what they choose to do programming-wise. For those random sport-related events that pop up, like Yom Sport (their color war), my kid participates, and he says he doesn't mind because it's not like he has to do that stuff every day and he likes the teamwork aspect.
Anonymous
Post 08/11/2014 10:04     Subject: Camp Ramah for this area
Anonymous wrote:How is Ramah for a boy who likes sports but is more into math, science and computers? My Jewish overnight camp in PA was very sports focused and I can't see my son fitting in there.

No experience with Ramah, but my bookish, math-y DC was very happy at Young Judaea's Camp Sprout Lake (even though going in I had reservations similar to yours). Mind you, all YJ camps have a strict no-electronics policy, so had to make do with books.
Anonymous
Post 08/08/2014 15:20     Subject: Camp Ramah for this area
How is Ramah for a boy who likes sports but is more into math, science and computers? My Jewish overnight camp in PA was very sports focused and I can't see my son fitting in there.
Anonymous
Post 08/08/2014 14:42     Subject: Camp Ramah for this area
Anonymous wrote:Just a reminder to the OP - there are other Jewish overnight camps too. Airy and Capital Camps are two closer ones that come to mind.


Airy and Louise tend to be majority MD kids. if you want to have more diversity of kids from diffferent areas, Ramah is probably better.You can also look at Camp Modin in ME.
Anonymous
Post 08/08/2014 14:14     Subject: Camp Ramah for this area
Just a reminder to the OP - there are other Jewish overnight camps too. Airy and Capital Camps are two closer ones that come to mind.
Anonymous
Post 08/07/2014 10:03     Subject: Camp Ramah for this area
I'm in VA and my kids go to Ramah in NE. It's the highlight of their year and I spend 11 months hearing about nothing but camp. I can't recommend it enough. This year we drove up and back and I got an earful about how annoyed they were not to take the DC flight. Apparently it's part of the experience when you are from our area. Which is fine with me. I'm happy to spend the extra couple hundred bucks to avoid 20+ hours in the car over the course of 4 weeks.
Anonymous
Post 08/05/2014 16:07     Subject: Camp Ramah for this area
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Op- I'm interested for DS in a few years too. Apparently there are Olam Tikvah (Fairfax) staff at the New England Ramah. I prefer The Poconos or GA but I'm not sure you gave a choice.


Correct. You are assigned the location based on your home address. However, if you have a compelling reason to change locations, you can. The camps work it out. Things like all of your family is in GA and you want your kid to go to camp with their cousins. Yes, I'm an OT member and there are OT members at Palmer on staff.


Thanks PP. Is there a big DC/MD/VA contingent there? Do all of the kids fly up to camp together? Seems like a nice way to meet other Jewish kids in the area (which we desperately need!).


There is a big OT contingency there but there are also a lot of other kids from the area. After you enroll camp will tell you what time to plan to have your kid land. By default of the flight schedules most of kids are on the same flight so that they are at the airport at the right time for pickup.
Anonymous
Post 08/05/2014 15:49     Subject: Camp Ramah for this area
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Op- I'm interested for DS in a few years too. Apparently there are Olam Tikvah (Fairfax) staff at the New England Ramah. I prefer The Poconos or GA but I'm not sure you gave a choice.


Correct. You are assigned the location based on your home address. However, if you have a compelling reason to change locations, you can. The camps work it out. Things like all of your family is in GA and you want your kid to go to camp with their cousins. Yes, I'm an OT member and there are OT members at Palmer on staff.


Thanks PP. Is there a big DC/MD/VA contingent there? Do all of the kids fly up to camp together? Seems like a nice way to meet other Jewish kids in the area (which we desperately need!).
Anonymous
Post 08/05/2014 15:37     Subject: Camp Ramah for this area
Anonymous wrote:Op- I'm interested for DS in a few years too. Apparently there are Olam Tikvah (Fairfax) staff at the New England Ramah. I prefer The Poconos or GA but I'm not sure you gave a choice.


Correct. You are assigned the location based on your home address. However, if you have a compelling reason to change locations, you can. The camps work it out. Things like all of your family is in GA and you want your kid to go to camp with their cousins. Yes, I'm an OT member and there are OT members at Palmer on staff.
Anonymous
Post 08/05/2014 15:14     Subject: Camp Ramah for this area
Op- I'm interested for DS in a few years too. Apparently there are Olam Tikvah (Fairfax) staff at the New England Ramah. I prefer The Poconos or GA but I'm not sure you gave a choice.
Anonymous
Post 08/05/2014 14:56     Subject: Camp Ramah for this area
Ramah is going to run a day camp at Ohr Kodesh this summer. It's either next week or the following week.
Anonymous
Post 08/02/2014 22:35     Subject: Re:Camp Ramah for this area
Thanks!
Anonymous
Post 08/02/2014 19:59     Subject: Re:Camp Ramah for this area
Palmer, MA.
Anonymous
Post 08/02/2014 17:29     Subject: Camp Ramah for this area
Where do families usually send their kids in this area to a Ramah camp? I never went to camp as a kid, but we're likely to send our rising 2nd grader next year (when he'll be 8 and a rising 3rd). Thanks!