We are thrilled to announce that the 2021 Ramah camping season has officially begun. Children are returning to our camps and the singing, dancing, playing, praying, and learning have all begun.
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As we set into the winter month, families are facing months of unknowns. Will their children stay in virtual school, or return to in person learning? When will they next see grandparents and cousins? What will the summer look like? No one has all the answers.
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Camp Ramah Darom offers socially distanced activities, meticulously sanitized, including archery, yoga, art and hiking.
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Quinn Lohmann’’s mother Kathy Finn credits his five summers at Ramah California’s Ezra voc ed program with preparing him for attending the Pathway program at UCLA, a two-year certificate program for students with intellectual and other developmental disabilities, offering a blend of educational, social, and vocational experiences.
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Sarah’s mother Sheri said there is no doubt that Sarah’s ability to successfully move to Ohio to live with her sister Allison and work at the preschool are due in large part to the independent living skills and sense of purpose she gained from her years with the Tikvah Support Program at Ramah Darom. Sarah, 23, still returns to Darom every summer to work with the children in the camp’s gan.
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Asking for clarification or repetition of instructions is a skill Jacob learned in Atzmayim, the Tikvah vocational program at Ramah Wisconsin. He participated in the program in summer 2011, and during the subsequent three summers he was part of the camp’s staff, working in the camp office. “I learned a lot at Ramah — things like working in a team environment, having one another’s back, and stepping up to help when things get hectic and work overtime,” Jacob said.
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“This summer has provided us with countless shehecheyanu moments. Joel, thank you for helping us get to this point, for allowing 58 new campers to join the Ramah community, and for making camp happen this summer and always. I’m looking forward to a time when we can be together again, in person, at machaneinu Ramah.”
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Through this program at Camp Ramah in Northern California, we noticed the barriers between teens and mentors, whether rabbi, cantor, rosh edah, or others, were lessened. Teens realized their mentors cared about them, made themselves available to them, and that they treasured having one-on-one conversations with them – our teens mattered.
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Summer 2020 marks the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) into law which coincides with the 50th anniversary of the start of the National Ramah Tikvah inclusion program.
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