For Israel’s neediest children, those who live in urban squalor, summer camp is the only safe refuge from dangerous streets and even more dangerous boredom. Every summer, Colel Chabad provides scholarships that send hundreds of these children to summer camps where they can enjoy a few weeks of healthy play and fresh air.
Colel Chabad also pioneered the concept of ‘virtual’ day camps in dozens of hospitals for chronically sick and institutionalized children who cannot go to camp. Instead Colel Chabad brings the camping experience to them with counselors, activities, carnivals, music and arts and crafts. These virtual day camps are a life-altering experience for Israel’s most forgotten boys and girls.
