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It was so nice to see

all the excited

campers' faces

rushing through

the doors of Mishkan Shalom. A

place nice enough to let our kids

just bask in the glory of summer.

We had an amazing first week of

camp! Only after a few days did

we already feel like we we're in a

groove. We jumped right into

swimming on the first day of

camp. We have the privilege this

year of going swimming three

times a

week

(every

Monday,

Wednesday,

and Thurs-

day). Some-

thing we're

all excited

about. And

we have

our amaz-

ing bus

driver, Brandon, taking us to and

fro. As you get off the bus, you

can almost feel

your ear-

drums falling

out of place

from the

yelling of

2,4,6,8, who

do we appre-

ciate?! Bran-

don, Bran-

don, yay

Brandon!

Every morning we've been

giving out tickets to all the camp-

ers that

have been

davening

and learn-

ing nicely,

and at

lunch we

raffle off

two prizes.

So far kids

have won

Gatorade, a

Phillies

blow up

bat, and other great prizes. We

can't forget to mention our won-

derful Rabbeim, Rabbi Duskis

and Rabbi Nulman who have

been such an amazing asset to

camp. Thank you for your won-

derful words of wisdom and may

you have continued success with

our campers!

Trip Day

On Tuesday, the younger have

of camp went to Chuck E.

Cheese. All the kids came back

with really great prizes. The

older half went to Sky Zone. The

head staffs' backs are still recov-

ering from the excessive bounc-

ing, but everyone else seems to

have come out unscathed. We

had a lot of fun there with all the

different games. They had tram-

poline basketball and dodgeball,

a big area where you can jump

around and do cool flips (or at

least attempt to do cool flips),

and other great activites. We

WE ARE BACK! AND CAMP ACHDUS IS MORE AWESOME THAN EVER!

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Shauli

Karsh

by Yehuda Tenenbaum Foreign Correspondent

MMMM uch excitment is

in the air with the

arrival of a new

face in Camp Achdus. Born in

the far north regions of Ant-

arctica, Shaul, colloquially

known as Shauli, has a long

history in summer camps. Ever

since he was a small child, he

has been working in a summer

camp for sled dogs in the vari-

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2. BIO OF SHAULI KARSH

BIO OF THE WEEK

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opened the canteen on Tues-

day to serve all of the campers'

snacking needs. They're espe-

cially excited for canteen on

swim days because somehow

you get super hungry by the

time you're done swimming.

That explains the vending ma-

chine parked right next to the

pool at the Y.M.C.A. They defi-

nitely know what they're do-

ing. The canteens offerings

includes danishes, chips, cook-

ies, water (which is so un-

healthy), Gatorade, ice pops,

lebens, and more! The kids

need their nutritious foods if

they want to survive the sum-

mer!

Camp Achdus Shows

its Colors

On Thursday and Friday,

the whole camp got to Tie Dye

their white shirts they had

brought from home. Rabbi

Michelsohn led the way, going

through each step with the

kids, showing them exact in-

structions and making sure

the shirts would come out

nicely. These shirts will be

processed over the next few

days, and turned into dazzling

camp tee shirts!

The Competition is

ON!

Starting on Wednesday,

there was a competition to see

which bunk

could bench

the loudest.

The prize for

the winners

would be the

privilege to

use the awe-

some, most

amazing,

blow-up wa-

ter slide on Friday. The bunk

that benched the loudest was

none other than the CITs!

Good job guys and good job to

all the other bunks who really

tried hard.

Special Activities

We have had a lot of fun

activities during lunch and at

other points throughout the

day involving the whole camp.

There was a dance off, we

played The Blind Fold Game

(where two campers are blind-

folded and one has to feed the

other applesauce), Brother/

Brother (where we had three

sets of brother face off against

each other to see which set of

brothers knew his brother

best. The Golas won that com-

petion with the Badushes and

the Bells not losing by much.

These guys really know their

brothers), and other really fun

games. We truly had an ex-

cited first week of camp with

Rabbi Michelsohn as an amaz-

ing head! We can't wait for

next week already to continue

having a great time, and we're

looking forward to continuing

to build a bond with all the

campers to truly create an

ACHDUS like no other.

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Week in Review

ous arctic regions. His posi-

tions there included building

igloos for shelter and and

Ice-Fishing coach. When he

was twelve years old he

thought it was time for a

change of scenery. With

nothing but a dollar fifty in

pennies he found on the

ground, he started his jour-

ney toward a new destina-

tion: The Great Amazon Jun-

gle. By the time he was 14

he had became a counselor

in a sum-

mer camp

for mon-

keys. He

excelled in

jumping

from vine

to vine

after his

campers.

Not find-

ing this

fufilling enough, Shaully de-

cided to find a job more

geared toward human inter-

action. That's what brought

him to

China. But

that story

is for an-

other

time.

Eventually

our good

friend

found his

way to the

Holy Land

of Eretz Yisroel where he

quickly found his way back

to his roots. Learning the

language almost immedi-

ately, he joined a Yeshiva

and quickly became the top

student of his day. After

marrying a girl from Phila-

delphia, Shauli settled in the

small town of Remot Eshkol

(I think) After hearing about

his experience in camps,

Camp Achdus offered him a

job where he now resides as

Head Counselor. Feel free to

go up to him at anytime to

ask him about his past camp

experiences. I'm sure he

would love to talk about it.

:)

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Bio of Shauli Karsh