Camp Yad B' Yad (grades 9–12)

Hand In Hand, Together We’ll Make a Difference

 
Ages: entering grades 9–12
June 18–29

$750 per session, $640 Discounted Member Rate

How much could you accomplish if you did just one thing each day to make the world nicer, better, healthier?  Whether you’re using paint brushes and power tools or pots and pans, you can help your community through Camp Yad.

• Be a part of tikkun olam (repairing the world) by working with other teens to do something every day to help those who are truly in need
• Renovate homes, paint community centers and homeless shelters
• Prepare food for the hungry and communicate directly with shelter residents
• Plant gardens and clean up rivers or parks
• Work with at-risk children or children in hospitals
• Document your experience with photos and personal journals
• Earn 60 hours of community service credit

Camp Service (grades 6-8)
 

Ages: entering grades 6-8
July 9–July 13

$375 per session, $320 Discounted Member Rate

Have you ever wondered what you can do to make the world nicer, better, healthier?  Whether you’re using paint brushes or pots and pans, you can help your community at Camp Service.

• Be a part of tikkun olam (repairing the world) by working with other tweens to do something every day to help those who are truly in need
• Paint the insides of homes, community centers or homeless shelters
• Prepare food for the hungry
• Plant gardens and clean up rivers or parks
• Earn 30 hours of community service credit 


 The Washington DCJCC Morris Cafritz Center for Community Service provides a wide range of volunteer opportunities that address critical needs in our community.  Every week, every month, every year, our volunteers assist others to become independent, collect and distribute necessities to those in need, provide companionship and physically repair the community.

Please email phillipL@washingtondcjcc.org to request a copy of our brochure to be mailed to your home.

   Register and pay your deposit online