By COLlive staff
Every year, during the summer months, the little town of Vaughan which sits on top of Thornhill, Ontario starts bursting with activity.
At the Chabad headquarters, known simply as Chabad Gate, bright yellow school busses pull up, discharging 700 happy campers ready to start another exciting day at Lubavitch Day Camp.
During the day, campers are infused with doses of yiddishkeit, administered to them throughout the day in every way possible.
The campers, from age 3 to Bar and Bat mitzvah, enjoy an action-packed fun-filled day every day. From lineup in the morning, reciting the pesukim, davening and singing. Learning classes, where the theme of that week (shabbos, ahavas yisroel, kosher, moshiach etc.) is broken down for their particular age and brought out in very practical ways. Arts and crafts, karate, swimming, sports, and hot lunches served every day.
Servicing Toronto’s Jewish community for over 30 years, the camp has had the merit to see the fruits of its labor. For many of the campers, their only connection to Judaism is the summer months spent in camp. These campers grow up, keeping shabbos and kosher, remembering their roots which were instilled in them so many years ago.
This camp and the powerful rippling effects it has, is powered by a group of devoted, hardworking staff who make it their business to give the kids the best Jewish experience of their lives.
Most groups of staff end up staying a second year, sometimes a third. On top of all this, in charge of both the boys and girls divisions, is Mrs. Esti Steinmetz who keeps all aspects of the camp running smoothly at all times.
Directing the Tiny Tots division this year was Tova Hochman. The preschool division was headed by Dina Rosenzweig and Shelley Frisch-Israel. Nechama Parshan, Gila Harrouch and Chana Rochel Shaeffer were the Head Counselors of the girls division.
Running the boys division were Head Counselors Mendel Deitsch and Mendy Posner.
Lubavitch Day Camp described itself a home away from home for campers and staff alike.
let us NOT forget Mushky Nagar and Sarochel Flammer!!!!!!
Chana Rochel Schaeffer is the BEST HC!!!!!
woooohooo camp was amaziiinnggg!! the staff- u guys rock!!! goo bunk gimmel 🙂 :)!!!! missing it, seeing all the pictures…aka like one picture.. of the girls…:)
Best cuzzin 🙂
Baaaaaarrrrrry! we will miss you lots! always on our minds!
Love that tower of pizza boxes! Best lunch ever!
go chana rache!!!! aka…;;;;;;)))
GO DINA GO!!!!
ldc is an amazing camp! im going back!!!!!!
the top ten groups of staff ever.cc
Chana rochel woosta is proud too call you ours we miss you!
This summer was awesome but we were missing our favorite staff member shloimy nelkin
we must also give credit to the Rabbi Zalman Aaron Grossbaum who served as the Executive Director of Chabad Lubavitch of Ontario since it’s inception in 1974, and fundraise a lot of money for lubavitch day camp Friendship Circle camp gan israel and meny more
Goes to the Camp Director Estie Steinmetz! This is the best (and biggest) camp in Lubavitch and she does a great job running it while making it all seem easy. Keep up your great work Estie and we cant wait for next year.
Yitzi zakon and shlomy nelkin, shkoyech for the pictures
looking forward to next year at LDC!!!
Nechama Parshan is at it again making the toronto community proud! Flamingo, friendship circle, LDC… Those are just the few. Keeping being a source of true chassidishe nachas to all.
Gooooooo nechama Parshan!!! U make us so proud! Keep doing the amazing things u do!
Great job as director of the boy division and Esty Steinmetz great camp director
comment 25…….LOL
Is the most caring and capable camp director!
theres no place like ldc toronto!!!!!
give it up for ALL the staff this yr!!
my son was in preschool this year. this was his favourite year!
thank you shelley frich israel and Deena Rosenzweig.
There’s a reason been returning every year. Thank you Estee Steinmetz, and all LDC staff!
We forgot the tune…next LDC Shabbaton we’ll try and remember the tune…
Nice glasses
I do! I do!
Nuf sed.
GO NECHAMA PARSHAN AND DEENA ROSENZWEIG!!!!!!!!!
Thank you for all the coffees.
we must also give credit to the fanny pack carrier…water pourer…bandaid applier….cookie baker…..shlepper….van driver….secretary…CIT head counselors…Chana…Bella …….and all the others.
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Dear Staff of LDC 2012. I would like to sincerely apologize to you for getting lost and falling asleep…always. I also apologize for not uhhhh saying ehem goodbye to you, I embaressingly was crying out of emotion. Be well and feel free to keep in touch, my e-mail is [email protected]
Aaron Kalmanson makes the best cookies ever. Just saying. Geshmak. Rock on man!
Who is the bochur, 2 from the left of the Rebbe picture, top row? It looks like he has blonde hair, but it’s technically probably a different shade of red and is squinting his eyes at the camera?
please let us not forget MUSHKY NAGAR AND SAROCHEL FLAMER.
this yr was by far the best year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
mendy posner and mendel deitsch…best bochurim in lubavitch…ldc is very lucky
ldc the place to be!!!! 2nd year there!!! best camp ever!!! don’t forget to wear u socks in shower!!!! who knows captain crunch!! !
great head counselors….go mendel deitsch!!!
we love u!
Camp was amazing this year. Dina was the best head counselor ever!!
we LOVE SHUA GOLDSTIEN!!!!!!
Shua Goldstein is awesome!!!! And he didn’t even put his name in the article….he’s the division head for the boys
its all true!!!
Thank you to Rabbi Grossbaum and Mrs. Steinmetz for this amazing camp, it is for good reason that the staff and campers come back year after year!
The absolute best camp in Lubavitch!
U DA BEST!!!!!!
Shua rocks!!!!
wow i see ldc is still kicking strong. thoses summers were the best yet!
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As a proud mother of the Bais Chaya Mushka division all I can say is my daughters would come home with smiles on their faces each day and full of camps chayus! I am speaking for all mothers right now we are very impressed by this camp. Thank you all staff members who put all their effort;s into our kinderlach, and a huge thanks to their head counselor Chana Rochel. We hope you will come back again next year!
estie is so talented and amazing all around!
Much Hatzlacha
And what an incredible summer it was! Yasher koach to the girls head counselors. Gila Harrouch, Nechama parshan, and Chana Rochel, you girls went beyond your limits and made this summer the biggest success possible. We are extremely impressed with your talent, responsobilty, and ability. Wow!
Been to many camps and this camp is absolutely one of a kind. Returning staff AND campers for years…definitely testimony to what a wonderful camp it truly is.
go rabbi z. grosbaum
frome the new camp gan israel and to 30 years of lubavitch day camp שמג MORE
הצלחה אין די הייליקער ארבעט
your our home forever!!!!