About CGI
Gan Israel is part of the largest and fastest growing network of Jewish day camps in the world. Gan Israel enjoys a well-earned reputation as a trendsetter with innovative ideas, creative programs and new activities.
Many a child has been known to wait all year to come back to Gan Israel! From our youngest campers to our Pioneer division, campers enjoy a wide range of exciting activities and field trips in a warm and spirited atmosphere.
Our picturesque camp site, contains beautiful facilities, well suited to a full program of sports, games, crafts, dramatics and other enriching camp activities. Our experienced staffers work to develop skills, confidence and a sense of fair play within each child.
All this in a positive, Jewish atmosphere!
Scholarship Fund
Summertime is almost here. A time kids relish. A time for fun, for friendship and for carefree days. A time for… summer camp. That is, if you can afford it.
But if, like for many of our community’s children, camp is out of their financial reach, summertime quickly becomes an endless cycle of unsupervised boredom, heat, and monotony.
This summer (due to the financial strains many families have been feeling), a record number of families have applied for scholarships. We have expecting over $35,000 in scholarship requests. Many of those requests have been granted. Others though, are on hold, awaiting our response, and now we turn to you, our generous friends, awaiting yours.
We will do whatever we can for these children, but we cannot do it without you. Please partner with us through this auction, to help change these kids’ summers - and lives - forever. In these uncertain times, I am sure you will agree that investing in the lives of these children is the surest and longest lasting investment you can make. May the Almighty repay you a hundredfold for your generosity.
Please do not wait, because as I write this letter there are families who are eagerly awaiting our response to their requests. And we, in turn, are waiting for yours.
Please help us respond to their crucial need. All funds from this auction will benefit the scholarship fund. Join the auction today. A child is awaiting your answer.
About the Auction
A Chinese Auction is really many raffles going on at once, each with its own winner. With so many raffle prizes your odds of winning are great!
It works like this - You bid on multiple prizes by purchasing tickets for the prizes of your choice, and each ticket gets you one entry into the drawing of the prize you bid on. The prizes are displayed online as well as at the event, along with their respective ticket prices.
Prizes are divided into ticket-price categories in denominations of $10, $15, $25, $35, $50, and $100. You decide which prizes to bid on, and how many tickets to purchase for each raffle - the more tickets you decide to bid on an item, the greater the chances at winning the prize!
At the conclusion of bidding, one ticket is drawn from each prize box. The lucky winner of that prize is the owner of that ticket. Most of the prizes can be taken home on the evening of the event, and of course, winners need not be present.
We look forward to greeting you at the event, and thank you for supporting the Camp Gan Israel of SCV’s scholarship fund!