Don’t worry if you have already registered for camp. You can enter the raffle by referring a friend to camp. You will get one entry for each potential new family’s contact information you send us. Plus you will get the regular referral bonus for each camper you refer who registers for camp. Click here to fill out our online referral sheet. You can call Brittany at 224-619-5969 or email her at registrar@camptavor.org.
Again, all referrals need to be made between February 13 at 9:00 a.m. and February 17 at 5:00 p.m. CST to count for a raffle entry.

We will select one winner for every ten entries. Winner(s) will be announced on our website at 5:00 CST on Wednesday February 22. They will be contacted via email as well. Winner(s) will be randomly generated electronically.

Good Luck!

During the school year Habonim Dror and Camp Tavor run local youth groups (kenim) through which Jewish kids from elementary to high school can be a part of this special community. Our ken in Ann Arbor, called Ken Pardes, is run by madrichim (counselors) from Tavor and is a community of Jewish youths and families from around the Ann Arbor area. Ken Pardes meets regularly to celebrate Shabbat and chaggim and to run other educational, community activities. The following is a list of Ken Pardes events scheduled for this semester:

Ken Pardes will have open hours for chanichim (kids) to do their homework and eat a snack together and with University of Michigan students who are also madrichim in Ken Pardes and at Camp Tavor (no RSVP necessary). This homework time will be once a week after school. The day of the week will be announced shortly. We will meet on that day throughout the semester.

For more information on Ken Pardes or Camp Tavor, or to be added to the Ken Pardes contact list please contact Matan Naamani (734-904-6578; ken.annarbor@gmail.com).

If you know of a family that would love camp as much as you do please fill out The Camp Tavor Referral Form so we can contact them.

You can receive a referral Bonus for each new camper you refer to camp who registers.

1 new camper = $150 off of tuition

2 new campers = $350 off of tuition

3 new campers = $550 off of tuition

4 new campers = $700 off of tuition

5 new campers = $1000 off of tuition

6 new campers = a free session

In the next few months we will be hosting information sessions around the mid-west. Interested in hosting? Email Brittany or call her at 224-619-5969.

Whether you spent many summers at Tavor or you’ve simply seen the magic Tavor offers for others, we hope that you’ll join us in imagining you were part of the following experience from this past summer.

August 2011 – the kikar

You’re sitting in the kikar (center of camp) in a large circle with the entire Tavor community. The air smells like summer, moist and warm. A gentle breeze rustling through the trees mixes the earthy scent of the chava (organic farm) with the sweet smell of challah baking in the mitbach (kitchen). The lake is serene.

The asepha (meeting) topic: “Which tzedakah should receive our extra kupah (communal fund) money?”

Various charities are suggested-Magen David Adom, Doctors Without Borders, and the Cancer Foundation. A 12 year-old stands up, enters the center of the circle and says, “I think we should give our extra funds to the Tavor scholarship fund. I want my friends to be able to return to camp and I want other kids to have the chance to be part of my community, my home away from home.” He turns around and sits back in the circle. The discussion continues. Others speak. A vote is called for. Hands are raised and the Tavor scholarship fund is chosen.

Tavor remains a place where chanichim (campers) are asked to think about their responsibility to others. It remains a place where 12 year-olds’ voices are encouraged, their ideas valued. And, as a result, Tavor creates a community where caring and leadership are taught and nurtured.

Won’t you join in this decision to support Camp Tavor and to assure that camp remains accessible to all?

Your gifts helped Tavor provide 40 families with $50,000 in scholarships this past summer.

In 2011 we had 222 campers-up from 192 in 2009. Enrollment second session was the highest at Tavor since the 1970′s.

Please join us and your friends in supporting Tavor so the kind of experiences described above can be shared by the next generation. Thank you for your support.

Shelley Goldwater

Executive Director

Michael Appel

Camp Committee Chair

P.S. A donation of $136 allows one child one day at Tavor-”Your home away from home.”

Grow Tavor, Stay Tavor