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Tuesday Aug 11 – Color War Day 1

DATE: August 12, 2026

Color War 2026 is a fierce battle between Prophets and Priests, a.k.a. Team NAVI and Team KOHEN. Blue and Green VS. Orange and Yellow! Let the games (and hoarse voices) begin 😊

Kima was at 7:30 this morning and somehow, for some reason 😉 everyone was on time for tefilah. Ha! The excitement for these next two days was palpable and very audible during breakfast. The parts of tefilah that our tzevet usually contributes – a halacha yomit and an explanation about a tefilah – are provided by the teams during Color War. And Toranut in the Chadar Ochel is done by team, not by bunk. The toranut is not only about setting up, serving and cleaning up, but also about decorating the Chadar Ochel in some way that reflects the team names and themes AND a dvar torah at each meal! After breakfast, we had shiur-as-usual. Today everyone learned about famous prophecy moments from Shmuel HaNavi and Natan haNavi, the prophets who gave Hashem’s messages to King Shaul and King David.

The chanichim enjoyed races and sports competitions in the morning, followed by team marches before lunch. After a team meeting and some menucha, the whole camp met in Indoor World for a massive game of Machanayim, followed by some more competitions, including a Master Chef “cook off”, climbing wall races and swim races. After another round of Team meetings, marches-before-dinner, dinner and Maariv, the night tochnit was an “Olympiada” which was held in Indoor World. The teams sent representatives to complete tasks in a minute-to-win-it style. Fun, healthy competition and very very entertaining. Tomorrow will be more competitions and games AND the prep for the final presentations. More about that tomorrow! We are enjoying watching each teams’ four 14-year-old captains lead them to victory!

Machal spent the day at the Holocaust Memorial Museum in DC (followed by a sicha) and then had a few hours to walk around the National Mall (lovingly nicknamed “America’s front yard”), visiting the Smithsonian museums.  They had pizza dinner at their Rosh Hava Shafner’s house in DC (Huge “Thank you” to the Shafners for hosting Machal for this pizza party!! ) and then went off to SkyZone for a fun night activity.

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About the Chanukah Raffle

Dear Camp Stone Community,

It is an incredible feeling to reconnect with everyone once again at the beginning of our 2021 camp season.

We are writing to you today, first and foremost, to express tremendous gratitude.

Hakarat HaTov, literally “recognizing the good”, is an important and fundamental principle in our community. We, at Camp Stone, want to express our Hakarat HaTov to everyone receiving this email for your unwavering support, especially this past summer. Whether you provided financial assistance through your donated tuition dollars, participated in Indoor World, or connected with the Camp Stone community in other ways, together we had an incredibly successful, albeit different, summer experience.

There is no substitute for being in Sugar Grove, Pennsylvania, and this summer, B’ezrat Hashem, we will be back at Camp Stone, in person, in full force.

To achieve that goal, we must continue to ensure the financial success of our home away from home that we all know and love so deeply. The logo on top, featuring the slogan “Stone. Forever.” also features a Ner Tamid, an “eternal flame.” The year 1969, etched into the logo, is the year camp was founded. Symbolically, the overall image represents the idea that Camp Stone began many years ago and must endure forever, always burning brightly, and always an integral part of our collective conscience.

On that note, we are excited to announce that our annual Chanukah Campaign will be a raffle taking place over all 8 nights of Chanukah with prizes for both campers and parents/alumni!!

Please go back to the web page  to purchase raffle tickets and help us achieve 100% participation from our entire camp community!

Looking forward to being in touch with all of you in the near future.

Sincerely,

Yakov & Estee, Co-Directors