Camp Tzofim
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Voted the "Best Day Camp in the East Bay" by the J. Magazine, Camp Tzofim encourages children to forge friendships nurtured by the camp experience. We provide an exciting, fun program where children entering kindergarten through grade ten make new discoveries and learn about the world around them in a safe environment. We endeavor to create a community that is cooperative, supportive and positive.
Campers have the opportunity to take swimming lessons and participate in trips and overnights. Exploring nature, making friendships, engaging in the arts, sports, and social growth are activities and skills that we emphasize during our summer program. We also provide campers with the opportunity to explore concepts and themes in Jewish culture and history; on Fridays, all of Camp Tzofim comes together in an interactive program to celebrate Shabbat.
Location
Camp Tzofim's main site is at 4500 Redwood Road in Oakland, below Merritt Junior College. Camp Tzofim has its own park sites at Joaquin Miller and Roberts Parks. We are pleased to be a part of the East Bay Regional Park District's Day Camp Outreach Program, which has provided us with great opportunities to enjoy the natural beauty of our local parks. The camp also runs field trips and excursions to many other Bay Area locations.
For our north East Bay campers, we provide a shuttle bus that will transport kids from the JCC in Berkeley to our Redwood Heights location and back.
Camp Sessions - 2010
Each camp session is two weeks in length. However, you have the option of going one week or the full two weeks. Extended care is also available from 8am-6pm at both the Berkeley and Oakland sites.
- Session I June 21-July 2
- Session II July 6-July 16
- Session III July 19-July 30
- Session IV August 2-August 13
- Acharay August 16- August 20 (Acharay is our week-long fieldtrip extravaganza that takes place AFTER CAMP-daily drop in available.
Camp Director
For those of you who have attended Camp Tzofim in the past, you probably know Daryl Grace. Daryl Grace will be returning as our 2010 Camp Director and is a long time member of our Olam Yeladim (Oakland after school program) and Camp Tzofim family. Daryl worked at the Oakland after school program for many years and has spent the last 14 years working at Camp Tzofim in a variety of positions. Since 2005, Daryl has worked as the Physical Education teacher and basketball coach at Oakland Hebrew Day School. He also has coached both the boys and girls basketball teams at Piedmont High School. Daryl first became acquainted with the JCC in Oakland as a camper and student, and his depth of experience and knowledge in the running of Camp Tzofim is a welcome and helpful addition.
If you have any questions about Camp Tzofim or to receive a camp brochure, please call Michele Levine at 510.848.0237 x130 or email your mailing address to michelel@jcceastbay.org.
Limited scholarships are available through the JCC East Bay Scholarship Fund and the Bernard Hurwitz and Ethel Adler Hurwitz Summer Camperships Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation of the East Bay.
To apply for financial aid, please fill out the Day Camp application form (found on the Jewish Community Foundation of the Greater East Bay website: http://www.jfed.org/scholarships, and return it to our Controller, Barbara Sutherland, who can be contacted at 510.848.0237 x112 or barbaras@jcceastbay.org. Questions may also be directed to Barbara. Scholarship applicants should not register online.
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