Monday August 19/Tu BeAv
Everyone woke up late this morning after a really fun night out at Splash Lagoon. Today will be the Daled-Machal basketball game, with in-house carnival games. Today is the last day of regular peulot and tomorrow is packing day.
Sunday August 18/ 14 Menachem Av
Shavua Tov! We had a beautiful last shabbat here at camp. This was the last opportunity for the kids to learn with their chevrutot, spend shabbat afternoon with their friends, and they enjoyed their final shabbat of the summer. This morning, Eidah Daled woke up early to go White Water Rafting, while the rest of […]
Friday August 16/ 12 Menachem Av
Team Sochnut won Color War!! (Red & Yellow)! Yesterday started the same way as Wednesday, with competitions all morning. The three highlights of the last day of Color War were the Chidon, The Relay Race, and Final Presentations. Chidon is a competition about tochnit and general Judaic topics, where different campers compete to answer the […]
Thursday August 15/11 Menachem Av
Boker Tov from Camp Stone Color War! Yesterday we had our first full day of Color War, which will last through tonight! The teams are Histadrut HaKlalit shel Ovdim (General Organization of Workers), known as “Histadrut” (Purple & Blue) and Sochnut HaYehudit (Jewish Agency), known as “Sochnut” (Red & Yellow), which are in line with […]
Wednesday August 14/Motzaei Tisha B’Av – 10 Av
Tisha B’Av Yesterday was a very busy day here. We started with late wakeup and a long Tisha Bav Shacharit, where we took breaks and changed the format to try to make it more bareable for campers. All of the chairs and benches were cleared from the Batei Knesset, and we said tfilah without singing […]
Monday August 12/8 Av – Erev Tisha B’Av
Hi Everyone! I just wanted to send a quick update before the fast starts here. Today was a normal day, with regular peulot, but without music or swimming peulot, until after Shekem, when campers went to take showers, followed by dinner, where everyone had tacos with fake meat and cereal. At the end of dinner, […]
Sunday, August 11/ 7 Av
Shavua Tov from the Holy Machane Stone! We just came out of an amazing third Shabbat! We had a crazy week with the Chutz, Ice Skating, saying goodbye to Kaytana, and welcoming our FIDF program. Everyone was really excited to welcome back Machal from their Virginia trip. On Friday, the FIDF Program went Berry Picking Eidah Aleph […]
Thursday, August 8/4 Av
Today was another busy day in Camp Stone. We had our second night where we slept on the Chutz – all enjoyed, it was lots of fun! Our Eidah Daled Roshei Pluga were amazing! After waking up, we davened, ate breakfast, and had shiur, and at about that time, it began to rain – just […]
Wednesday, August 7/3 Av
Boker Tov Sugar Grove! We have another busy, crazy, amazing day here! This morning, the entire camp woke up and walked straight back to the Chutz. Today’s schedule consists of Shacharit, breakfast, Shiur (special Chutz edition), followed by the Never Ending Breakfast. This is a fun tradition that happens every summer, where around lunch time, […]
Tuesday August 6/ 2 Av
Today is the second day of the Chutz! This morning, after davening, it began “heavily misting” (it doesn’t rain in the Holy Machane Stone). So, after davening, we walked back to camp, and had a dry, rainy day schedule. Big Yashar Koach to the Mitbach and Babybach, along with the rest of Tzevet who quickly […]