Here’s how UJA and the 25 day and overnight camps we support are breaking out new ways for kids to let good times roll this summer — safely.
Did you know UJA owns 505 acres of campgrounds that house the largest Jewish day camp program in North America? Back in the 1950s, visionary UJA leaders purchased this land, known as Henry Kaufmann Campgrounds (HKC), on Long Island, Pearl River, and Staten Island. And while the world’s changed in a big way since then, the grounds stayed frozen in time. That’s why we embarked on a capital campaign to radically rebuild, renovate, and modernize our campgrounds.
Jewish day camp boosts
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Campers gain
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Camps help create
28,500 campers around the world attend Jewish summer day camps.
2,300 children and teens in the former Soviet Union attend Jewish summer camps.
Nearly 1,200 children and teens with disabilities participate in day or residential camps.
$7 million in scholarships awarded to children and teens from the former Soviet Union to attend camps, day schools, and Israel trips.
Sunrise Day Camp at HKC Long Island and at HKC Pearl River offer children who have cancer and their siblings a safe place to have summer fun. UJA proudly enables all campers at Sunrise to attend camp for free.