The tension was high and the pressure on in Camp Gan Yisroel with a special group of a select few older campers were lined up at the starting line.
Cheering them on was a large group comprised of the younger campers. The challenge, to complete an athletic triathlon race raced aptly named the Gan Izzy Great Race.
The countdown began and they were off, First they had to run around the Shule, then on to the path down to Siberia, after that it was off to the baseball field.
Coming down the hill there was a line of bikes parked in a row, but only for the first twelve campers ahead of the game. After a short ride in the Rebbe’s forest the bikers arrived at the lake, where another sight awaited, only eight life jackets were up for grabs.
The eight contestants split up in three boats with each boat together with its passengers now situated inside them racing forward to pick up the flag on the opposing side.The race finally concluded with the athlete’s running back to the finish line where a resounding crowd cheered them to on victory. All in all a lot of fun and a great activity.
This great activity would not have been possible without the help of a very special family in Toronto.
go motti klein and avremi baron
Yosef Chaim sufrin
you are an amaizing camper u made my summer real!
hope to c u next summer! and ur smile! 🙂
moshiach now!
JJ is going to take his talents, boundless Chayus and incredible personality to South Africa and provide the children with inspiration for the rest of their lives.
Some people do a job, and others take the job do what they need to do plus more. JJ had taken his jobs both regular activity director and night activity director and done an amazing job at BOTH of them! Throughout the summer his hard work, his dedication to camp and to the Rebbe have shown through in all that he has done for CGI. Parksville is sad to see him go.
That ad video was amazing, professional & a true winner!! I hope it gets put on to the camp video.
If you look at the CGI website from the last 8 weeks, you can see time and again all the unbelievable, creative, exciting activities that JJ organized and carried out. As a parent of a camper there now, there would be no words that could properly thank JJ for his dedication and devotion to the kids of CGI!!!! WOW WOW WOW!!!!
you made this summer in CGI Parksville be the best one ever… cuz your made from the best stuff on earth!!!! we hope hope you will rejoin us this year again we NEED YOU, i miss you in the office…. your the best Lubavitch has and keep it up!!!!
Yakov Yehuda (jj) duchman truelly gave cgi-parsville-
a long overdue UP- LIFT
My son keeps informing us – its his best year ever-
Thank you Rabbi Futerfas for seeing this NEED!!
-an alumni and parent of cgi