Camp Chi is a Jewish summer camp in Lake Delton, Wisconsin. Chi caters mainly for Jewish children, grades 4 to 11. The camp is located on Lake Delton next to Perlstein Retreat Center.
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History
Chi was founded in 1921 as the Chicago Hebrew Institute by the Jewish Community Centers of Chicago. In the 1940s and beyond, the camp was supported by fundraising efforts by the Jewish Auxiliary and the Institute Woman's Club via luncheons.
In the 1950s, the camp had a summer population of 1500 children between the ages of 5 and 16, and it provided for free summer events and trips to Jewish elderly. It moved to its present site in Lake Delton, Wisconsin in 1957 and became a co-ed camp. The 600 acre facility features summer cabins, two pools, tennis courts, a horseback riding stable, athletic fields, a large winterized gymnasium facility, a year-round conference center and miles of magnificent trails. The director of Camp Chi is Brad Finkel.
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Camp Chi is divided by grade into the following groups:
- Yeladim (2 week 4th and 5th grade)
- Shoreshim (4th and 5th grade)
- Tsofim (6th grade)
- Kadima (two-week 6th and 7th grade)
- Chalutzim (7th grade)
- Habonim (8th grade)
- Noar (9th and 10th grade)
- Staff In Training (SIT) (11th grade)
Activities
Arts
- Arts and crafts
- Ceramics
- Digital photography
- Glass fusion
- Jewelry
- Mosaics
- Painting and drawing
- Textiles
- Woodwork
- Shibori Ori
Athletics
- Archery
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Beach volleyball
- Cheerleading
- Flag football
- Frisbee golf
- Lacrosse
- Soccer
- Softball
- Tennis
- Volleyball
- Strength training and fitness
- Ultimate Frisbee
- Aqua aerobics
- Canoeing
- Fishing
- Funyaking
- Kneeboarding
- Paddle boating
- Rowboating
- Sailing
- Swimming
- Wakeboarding
- Water-basketball
- Water skiing
- Water tubing
Cooking
- In the Kitchen
- Over the Fire
Media
- Radio
- Video production
Outdoor adventure
- High ropes
- Horseback riding - Western
- Low ropes
- Rock climbing
- Hiking
- Mountain Biking
Performing arts
- Camp Play - acting and production
- Hip hop dance
- Talent show
Keshet, a program for children with developmental or physical disabilities, began in 2009. Avodah, a work program for special needs adults, began in 2012.
The CHIne On program was developed in the summer of 2008 to encourage campers to participate in "random acts of loving kindness", referred to as ??? and ???? in Hebrew.
Chi participates in the Hillel Initiative to educate campers on modern Israeli history. Learning about Judaism and Israeli culture are also activities.
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