FJC’s expert consultants offer support in all areas of camp operation - from camps just starting out to camps operating below their capacity.
Are you looking to open a new camp?
Scouting potential sites, identifying a new market, and planning a unique program are the building blocks of a new camp. But achieving success means looking at the venture from all angles. The New Camp Initiatives program provides a consultant to assist in the strategic growth, planning and implementation of a new camp concept.
Once a new camp has been accepted into the program, the camp will be evaluated to determine its specific needs. The consultant will then tailor an action plan to help the camp develop and grow. New camps mean more environments where Jewish children experience unforgettable summers.
Interested camps are directed to apply to the FJC for assistance. On-going consultation and assistance is provided to the camp organization.
Are you looking to increase your capacity?
Camps operating below their enrollment capacity have the greatest potential for growth. Focused on camps in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions, the Turnaround Project engages participants in a series of hands-on, interactive workshops on topics such as financial management, sales and marketing, customer service, camp operations and program design. Each camp director receives ongoing support from an FJC consultant who provides individual guidance and training, empowering camps to reach new levels of success.
Are you looking to engage campers and staff from unengaged Jewish communities?
Building a camp community that is welcoming and inclusive of Jewish campers and staff from all different backgrounds and experiences is an important and challenging task. While Jewish overnight camps have been able to engage thousands of new campers over the past several years, many populations, such as Russian-speaking, Israeli, Latin and Iranian Jews, remain virtually untapped.
FJC develops and implements various initiatives, working with groups of camps as well as providing individual camp consultations. We aim to strengthen camps’ ability to attract campers and staff from unengaged Jewish ethnic communities by developing training and programming modules that highlight the panoply of Jewish diversity and experiences.
Through one of these initiatives, the Crown Fellowship, FJC plans to engage 12 creative young adults from Russian-speaking backgrounds as specialists in several camps in the Northeast in summer 2011. The fellows will participate in a training intensive, which will teach them to transform their personal Jewish journeys into interactive camp activities that speak to Jewish children from less engaged backgrounds. Collaboratively with FJC, participating camps will also develop outreach plans to encourage significant numbers of campers from Russian-speaking families to try Jewish overnight camp for the first time.
