WHAT’S IN THIS EDITION OF THE KINNERET HIGHLIGHTS? THE CAMP KINNERET STAFF This special fall edition of the Kinneret Highlights was written by our summer Did you know that…? staff for all of our campers and their families to read and enjoy! There are  In 2019, we received over 130 notes from all of your specialists and group counselors. You can read their applications to fill 27 positions messages and remember everything you learned and experienced during the not held by returning staff.  summer of 2019! We re-interview all returning former staff each year to ensure Campers, find the sections that your counselors that they will continue to have a wrote especially for your group! positive impact in camp.

 Senior staff members participate CAMP KINNERET ENROLLMENT FOR 2020 in a mandatory pre-employment Although it may feel like a long way off, next summer will be here before we drug testing program and are th know it. Returning family enrollment begins Monday, January 6 ! As a subject to random testing returning Camp Kinneret family, you will have priority during the entire month throughout the summer. of January. You should receive your enrollment information by Thursday,  We conduct yearly professional nd January 2 . Families who are new to Kinneret can begin to submit their background checks on all of our th applications on January 20 . Ask your friends to call us today to be added to new and returning staff. our mailing list and to receive information about our camp program and our  Our staff members attend application process. 36 hours of staff orientation and training before camp begins. CAMP KINNERET CAMPERSHIP FUND  Our senior staff members are Each year our campership fund enables children to attend Camp Kinneret required to attend weekly who otherwise would not have the opportunity to experience a summer at evening staff meetings. camp. Named for our previous directors, Sam and Rochelle Hoffman and  Our CILTS (high school interns) Harold Gordon, this fund allows us to share their vision of a child-centered, attend pre-camp training and nurturing camp with children of all backgrounds. Please consider making a orientation as well as 1-on-1 tax deductible donation to support this important program! See our website goals meetings and weekly for more information and ways to contribute: campkinneret.com/giving group meetings.

Our campership fund is one of many administered through the Group Photos American Camp Association (ACA). This October, 16 of our staff members helped to raise campership funds by pledging to run, walk, swim, or bike as In December, we will mail your part of the ACA’s annual Camp Moves Me fundraiser. In 2018 we raised group photos along with another $5340! We don’t have the final numbers for 2019 yet but we thank everyone personalized letter from your who participated, donated, or spread the word! counselor to your group members! Look for them in the mail!

Make sure to check out the last page of this newsletter for information about our annual Thanksgiving weekend “Sharing Smiles” donation drive!

kinder heroes than you, and always Kidaroos From Group Counselors: loved helping Og and the rest of camp Hi Kidaroos! with you on my team! How is everyone? I miss you all and Marvelous Market Miwoks & Now that summer is over, I’m at school our time at camp so incredibly much. Rainbow Secret Agents just like you! And while homework is WOW! What a crazy fun session we Constantly I think about our time always fun, I miss spending time with had! Remember when we played all together in the Kinneret sun. Our my coolest friends at camp, especially those fun games like Grizzly Bear and summer together was one I will never at some of our favorites like campers- Gaga? And remember how excited we forget and I hope it was the same for versus-counselors gaga and big-kid were to compete during Olympics? I all of you. From Miwok Village (with bocce ball and the pool. And I can’t believe our “Green Cuisine” team Mr. Bear), to sandbox, to making especially miss watching you grow into won! Or how about when I went to racetracks at blocks, every day we amazing friends! While we may be far Camp Red Rock and Sroo (Silly were together was memorable and apart, I hope you know that you’ll Kangaroo) got to be your counselor for fun. Not only were the activities at always be a part of the Barnyard the day? I heard she told you about camp fun, but so were transitional Buddies and the Heroes of Og in your how she swims in Jell-O and sits in times. From singing in the changing hearts! squares at her camp! How goofy was room to playing the spy game we I hope to see you all next summer! that! never had a dull moment. Love, Sana :) I am so proud of all of your Marvelous Market Miwoks accomplishments from this past I think about all your smiling faces so summer, and how much you each The Post Office Popcorn Pals often! Remember the Independence blossomed while at camp! Thank you Relay when I poured water on myself Hi my Post Office Popcorn Pals! for keeping our days exciting and for and got all wet! That was one of my How are you all? I hope you’re each sharing so many laughs with me. I favorite days of camp this summer! having a FABULOUS year in hope kindergarten has been treating you well and that you’re counting the Rainbow Secret Agents kindergarten! I miss every one of your smiling faces so much. Each of you days (like me) until camp starts again! Wow what a great time we had! brought so much joy to our days at Love, Your Counselor and Biggest Fan, Remember when we went around camp, and I am so lucky that I got to Gaby saying nice things to all the other be there as you formed everlasting groups at camp? That’s one of my friendships, tried new activities, and favorite memories of the whole soaked up the summer sun! Rock n’ Rollie Pollies summer! Remember how we always got so Dear Rock n’ Rollie Pollies, I miss you guys and I hope you’re all excited when the Mailman visited Curl Up! Just kidding! Stay right where having a great year at school. camp? It was like he was our special you are! My little Rollie Pollies, how are XOXO, Jenna group mascot! Or, remember when I you?! I miss you all so so much! I miss would say “lick a stamp!” and you learning weird roly-poly facts all would all stick your tongues out at me? session long, like how they are not Barnyard Buddies & Heroes of Og That was so silly. How about when I’d actually bugs! Does anyone remember Hello Barnyard Buddies and Heroes reach out my arms super wide and that they’re actually land crustaceans of Og! you’d be (respectful) popcorn and that breathe through gills? Absolutely How’s everybody in pre-K, TK, and jump in the popcorn bowl? That was crazy! How about our favorite game of kindergarten? Still just as silly and the craziest idea yet! I loved using our the summer, Rollie Pollie gaga. We curious? Summer feels like a long time “Amazon Prime” feet to race up Good simply could not get enough of it! Morning Mountain each morning, and ago, but I still think of all my friends I miss all of your silly smiling faces and our “snail mail” walking feet to explore from camp! adventurous spirits. We were such a camp throughout the rest of the camp unique little group, constantly getting Barnyard Buddies, do you remember day. our mooing and honking? We were distracted by endless bug scavenger such great farmers around camp, and I miss you all dearly, and so hope our hunts, and naming the biggest hairiest we always had a hay-load of fun from paths cross again in the future. Happy spiders Cuddly Hugs! We also can’t activity to activity! trails to you until we meet again! forget that we were the coolest rock Heroes of Og, up up! And up close! I Love, Your Counselor and Biggest Fan, stars in town, jammin’ out all around have never met a set of braver and Gaby camp with our air guitars. Anyway,

2 thank you so much for a rocking first gaga games you thought of, like spying to all of our activities always session! I cannot wait till I see you all TunWall or Wormhole gaga. Your made you all happy :). back at camp next summer! enthusiasm for Night at the Museum Both of us are in college working hard. Love, Lauren and Bubblegum was unmatched and Our memories of camp are so special made us so happy to play the games to us and get us through the year! We with you. We miss you all and hope to hope you all keep your special camp Scientific Sea Turtles! see you next summer as Chumash memories dear to your heart as well. Hi Scientific Sea Turtles! campers. We hope to see you all at camp next Ocean breeze, liquids freeze! Okay, Abby & Taylor. summer, with even more amazing you can unfreeze now! How are my knock-knock jokes and juice bar flavor scientific geniuses doing? Still Puzzle Peace Friends and Cosmic opinions for your counselor! Have an observing the world around you? Still Communicators amazing year and always remember to taking notes about the trees, dirt, and be kind to others and try your best! rocks so you can develop your next Hello Puzzle Peace Friends and Cosmic Love always, Troy and Amanda C hypothesis? I sure am, so I hope you Communicators! are! Do you guys remember the crazy I hope you are all having an amazing cool Miwok science experiments we time in 1st grade. I am in school Smiling Space Heroes did, where we honed our scientific studying too and it is definitely a lot I can’t believe our time together went skills by making Oobleck and floating colder out here in Ohio than it is in by so fast, but I’m glad I got to meet boats with tin foil? Science had to be California. I truly miss you all and the every single one of you. I loved my favorite activity of the session fun times we had making each other learning about each of you and also because it was like it was made for our laugh throughout the day. From telling you about my life and what I group! Oh, and remember how many playing Blah-Ga to hiking to the like. I think you all know one of my giant bubbles we popped on my sea Lemonade Tower and talking with the favorite things… SPAGHETTI!!! I know it turtle clipboard? Too many to count! I Mermaids, I am forever grateful for all was hard to hear that my Eminence really miss swimming around camp of the unique memories that we made fact wasn’t that I’ve eaten spaghetti learning about different types of sea together. Do you guys remember what every day for the past year, but I made turtles and the states of matter. Who thing we would do every day when we sure to have it every day of camp. can still remember all three? Say it got home from camp? That’s right. I hope you’re doing well in 1st grade, I with me! Solids, liquids, and quick… Take a nap!! Or how about when we know it’s hard to make the transition catch a gas bubble! Don’t forget to let raced up to the top of Friendship Hill. I from kindergarten. Just like you guys, it out! Anyway, thank you all for a always thought I would be the first one I’m also working hard in school! wonderful Session Two! Looking up but then you all sneak right by me Sometimes when I’m taking a test or forward to next summer, every second because you’re all so super speedy! I studying for one I wish I was playing of every day! guess I’ll just need to continue gaga or swimming with you boys practicing running so I can be quicker Love, Lauren instead. I’m sure you guys feel the in the future. I miss seeing all of your same but that’s what next summer is smiling faces at camp every day and for right? I hope I get to see each and Alien Farmers & Miwoka-Rockas know that you all are working super every one of you again, either at Camp Hey friends! We hope you are all hard in school and trying your best! I Kinneret or in the near future. Have a having the most amazing time in always like to remind myself that the great school year and summer kindergarten (or 1st grade). We are harder something feels, the more I am wherever you end up, Troy. both in school right now, like you are, learning! I hope you all continue to and we are having a blast. Even have an amazing school year! though we are enjoying ourselves, we Love, Brian Space Dragons keep reminiscing on all the fun times Dear Space Dragons, we had over the summer. The We miss you guys so much! How is the Independence Relay and Olympics Nerf Puppy Racers new school year going? Although we were two that stand out the most. It Nerf! Puppy! Racers! are having fun with school and work, was so exciting to watch you give each We can't believe you are already in we just want one more game of gaga activity your all! school! We miss you all so much, but with all of you. Who remembers going Even the regular days of camp were know you are learning a ton in school. around camp and naming everything a anything but ordinary with you. We will Do you remember all of the fun we name that had to do with Space always remember the creative new had together at camp? Sneaking and Dragons? We will always remember

3 when we flew around camp from very much from the competitive gaga next summer. Good Morning Mountain all the way to games to the laughter and singing at Love, Joel and Elyjah the pool. What is your favorite juice bars. We know you guys are memory? being the great boys that you will Chocolate Chipmunks We hope to see you next summer, always be to us! You all had such positive impacts on our lives and we OZZY OZZY OZZY…..OY OY OY! Nathaniel and Emma have to say that you all taught us Chocolate Chipmunks, hopefully you much more than we taught you. You are having a great school year and are all such funny, caring and amazing Hydrating Magicians having fun along the way. We want to kids and we are forever grateful to Hello Hydrated Magicians, thank you one last time for making have ad you with us this summer. How is your school year going? I hope first session such a blast, from our We really hope that we get to share you are having lots of fun. I really many rounds of psychic gaga to the and spend more summers together! miss hanging out with you guys at wacky pool games we came up with, We hope you all have an amazing camp. One of my favorite memories there was never a dull moment. Our school year and study hard! was going around and passing personal favorite memories were other groups while pretending that With love, watching everyone’s unique dives off they couldn't see us. Who remembers Daniel and Madena the diving board, racing up Friendship Hill in the mornings with our jetpack what happens at the "Magic" water fountain? Also my trip to Red Rock backpacks, and getting launched by A.N.D. & Knight Squad was great! Did you like David Brett high up in the air into the pool. Copperblaine? I hope the rest of your Hello Athletic Nature Defenders Remember our fun rivalry with the school year is magical! (A.N.D.) and Knight Squad! Isn’t second Gotcha Girls?! I don't know about you grade amazing! We miss you so much, guys, but we were convinced that I hope to see you next summer, but we also know you are learning and Tupperware actually had brownies Nathaniel succeeding so much in school. It only instead of a brown “E”! feels like yesterday it was summer and We’ve learned so much from you we were at camp having such a special Shielded Archers & N.S.F. Space during this summer and will miss all of time. We had a great time swimming Robots your smiling, sticky juice bar faces. at the pool and being at gaga watching Once again, thanks for the great and Hello Shielded Archers and N.S.F. you all running from the ultra-fast silly memories that you all helped Space Robots!! counselor ball hits. Nothing was better create to make this summer so fun! We hope you guys are having an than a row in the boating pond. See you next summer, Aleks & Brett amazing time at school so far! We’re Interestingly enough, one of us would studying hard and working very hard always have to leave during boating, but can’t help always thinking about then the pond dweller would show up Natural Ninjas our amazing time together at camp. just to shake and rock your boats. Quick!.... do your best Ninja Pose!! For those of you who were not in There was nothing more relaxing then Natural Ninjas, hopefully you are Session Two that were here in Session hanging out at lunch and trying to having a great school year and having One, Daniel was the eminence in figure out the best superpowers and fun along the way. We want to thank Session Two! It truly is crazy to think what our three genie wishes would be. you one last time for making second about how fast the summer went with And no, you still can’t wish for session such a blast, from our many all of you. We have so many crazy unlimited wishes. The best was seeing rounds of “what are the odds?” to the memories like gaga, several cups of how long us counselors could go not wacky pool games we came up with, tea, some crazy boating stories, and getting tagged in our favorite game, there was never a dull moment. We amazing basketball and hockey games! Chase-the-Counselor. We’ll never loved watching everyone’s unique For the boys in Session One, we hope forget all of the singing we did getting dives off the diving board and playing you are all practicing your British ready for swim! accents and drinking lots of tea with Marco Polo in the pool (with no College has been hard for both of us, the queen! For the Session Two boys, peeking!). Hopefully you can pass and just getting to think about all the we hope your practicing your best some of this on to your friends by fun we had over the summer puts a jokes and learning how to spell and teaching them about psychic rock smile on our faces. Please continue to say that duck noise we always wanted paper scissors or how we play ninja work hard at school and also have fun to learn! We tried, and brrrrtfpp gaga. at the same time. We think about you doesn’t seem right! We miss you all Remember our special animal constantly and we can’t wait to see you

4 protecting missions? We saw several our pool-time games of tunnel tag and Unidentified Flying Omelettes white-tailed bunnies, a praying mantis, deep end tosses to when you all were What’s up my Unidentified Flying baby lizards, and of course our ninja visited by Pia Chop and Jack E. Chan on Omelettes?! bees! We hope you keep protecting Red Rock day. It was so much fun I hope you are all doing well and animals outside of camp (save the having each and every one of you earn having a great time in 4th grade. I’m all bees!) like the true natural ninjas you a black belt this summer in activities as the way across the galaxy in Philly right are. classic as archery or gaga and as silly now and enjoying school, but SO as sun screening or hill rolling. We We’ve learned so much from you wishing I could be back at camp with miss our competitive games of just during this summer and will miss all you all! Remember our egg-cellent about everything from basketball to your smiling, sticky juice bar faces. games of gaga and handball? And our handball. You all were amazing at just Once again, thanks for the great and backwards day where we all wore our about everything! silly memories that you all helped shirts backwards and changed our create to make this summer so fun! This session was so much fun and we names? And all of our omelette PS: Remember when we got TWO already miss your smiling faces at dances? Some of my favorite bullseyes in ONE day!! I am convinced Good Morning Mountain and memories were in the pool with you we are all pros at archery. occasionally sticky faces at Friendship all, watching you jump off the diving Hill. Keep going through life with your See you next summer, board and asking you questions strange sound effects and entertaining Aleks & Caleb midair. For now, keep working on your personalities (It’s more fun that way). Uncle Sam skills, keep dancing, make

We know you’re all off doing amazing lots of omelettes, and next summer Snapping Sanguine Penguins things in life! will come before you know it. Hey hey, Hello Sanguine Penguins! Oink Oink, ho ho, let’s go UFOOOOOOOOs! James and Mia We hope your school year is going With lots of eggs and cheese, Maya :) amazing and that you love your new classes. Wow, summer really flew by! T.A.R.P. & Ba-na-na-naz Pizza Planet Protectors We had so many fascinating and To the boys of T.A.R.P. and the hilarious moments this summer... What’s going on my Pizza Planet Ba-na-na-naz, from our special fact of the day to our Protectors?! th trash dances, it was truly a summer I hope that 4 grade is treating each I hope you are all having a great time that we will remember forever. We are and every one of you well. I am on your own pizza planets (a.k.a back in school but you can probably missing the hot days of summer now schools). I’m back in Philly right now still hear us talking about the “capacity that the semester is getting colder and and having a great time, but missing of our transitional epitheliums” every wishing for more time in the pool. camp lots. Remember our song about once in a while. Were any of you able From crazy sleepouts to intense gaga the breeze that we sang on hot days? I to trick anyone new with our “say silk 5 matches to the conquering of high think that has been stuck in my head times” gimmick? Whether we were ropes, y’all never ran out of energy! since the summer and I don’t think it’s talking about Tic Tac the gecko, Nevertheless, this had to be one of my leaving any time soon. Remember learning some complex words, passing favorite summers to date. Being out when Penny came all the way from notes at Sleepout, or chatting about of state in Chicago makes me miss Mars to be your counselor for a day? our healthy obsession with pickles, we, camp a little extra. While going And when you had to teach her how to really enjoyed getting to know each through your day-to-day lives don’t swim in a water pool because she only and every one of you this summer. forget Camp Kinneret. Re-mem- knew how to swim in Jell-O? We had so member Good Morning Mountain and Sincerely, many good times together from Friendship Hill. Think of the roots I James, Caleb, and Bob the Snowman countless games of gaga and King spent so many lunch periods teaching. Pizza, to singing “Welcome Back To

PAUSE! Do you remember them? Earth” about a million times a day Porkchop! ... that’s right! Community, Friendship, during high ropes. I miss our group in Independence, Teamwork, and Karate Pigs, we hope your school year general, but most of all I miss each and Creativity. These principals will take is going great and you love your new every one of you, who brought so you far not just at camp, but in life too! teachers. It was such a pleasure much unique laughter, fun, spirit, and spending the session with all of you. I will miss you this year and I wish you craziness into our camp days. Keep We shared so many goofy memories the best of luck. exploring, keep asking questions, and together this summer ranging from: Much Love, keep up the love of pizza! our infamous riddle cheer debates to Andy All the best, Your friend Maya :)

5 Kool Aid Taco Men & Pinktastic silly we were shouting “shade ahoy!” Session Two memory was seeing your Rainbow Unicorns in the Targét and running as fast as we could to faces when all the hard work payed off Hi Kool Aid Taco Men and Pinktastic nearby shade? It really felt like we and the green team won gold in the Rainbow Unicorns in the Targét, were sailing a boat around camp! We Kinneret Olympics. had such silly times together this How the time flies. Can’t believe you Don’t forget to always keep zooming summer and you all were such guys are already a couple of months around! Pinkies up! important parts of making that into school. We hope that you guys are Love, Sophie happen! You all challenged yourselves having the best time and that you are to try new things this summer and I all trying your best. You are all so hope you are using some of your camp Ice Cream Sand-Witches incredible and capable of so much. skills in first grade! I hope school is The conversations, constant jokes, and Witches show us your wands! Hello Ice going well for you and that you are laughter is something we both cherish Cream Sand-Witches. How is it being reading some exciting books! I cannot and hope you guys do as well. Your first graders? We miss you all so much wait to hear about all the books you energy, positivity, and creativity always and will always remember all the have read next summer! Maybe it will made our days. For those of you from memories we made together over the help you get even more riddle answers Session One we hope you all get a summer. Do you remember going right! I am so proud of all of your chance to have some Kool-Aid and a around camp turning everything into amazing creativity and how much we taco to reminisce on the old times. ice cream, even the Leadership Team accomplished! I miss you all very much Most importantly, may Ricky the Bricky members? We had so much fun! and I miss seeing all your wonderful live on forever. P.S. Ricky is still safe in faces every morning at Good Morning Do you know what we miss more than the wilderness. For those of you from Mountain. I hope I get to see them all just about anything? All our lunch time Session Two we will always remember again next summer too! Until then, conversations! From guessing the you constantly wanting to get thrown have so much fun learning and riddle, telling silly jokes, sharing our in the pool. Also, way to get the gold in exploring in first grade. favorite ice cream flavors, to talking whale watching. We miss you guys and about what our favorite thing to do at Best wishes from the soupy seas, Sam hope that we get to see you again next camp is, you guys always made us summer! Keep working hard in school P.S. Book Bug Soup: Do you remember laugh. We hope you enjoyed lunch and summer will be here before you our games of Tomato Soup? It was so time as much as we did. know it! special that we were the only group in We hope you all are having an amazing camp to ever get to play it! You guys are the best! time in the first grade! We hope to see -Alejandro and Kristin P.S. Pirate Unipuppy Protectors: Do your smiling faces back at camp next y’all remember when we milked the summer!! Remember to use your

fake cow at Animals, and you all made powers to cast helpful spells! Book Bug Soup & Pirate Unipuppy me laugh so hard I cried? You were all Love, Sarah and Regina Protectors so wonderful and silly!

Book Bugs! Get in the Pot! GRL PWR YO HO YO HO!…A puppy’s life for me! Racing Rainbow Puppies & Royal Hello GRL PWR! We can’t believe that Hello Book Bug Soup and Pirate Tutu Dancin’ Dinos you all are in school and learning new Unipuppy Protectors, Hey Racing Rainbow Puppies & The things every day. We miss you all so Royal Tutu Dancin’ Dinos I hope you all are learning so much much and will always remember all and having so much fun in first grade! I I hope everything is going amazing in the amazing memories we made am working really hard on my 1st grade. Right now, I am currently in together. Do you remember going psychology research right now for my NYC studying how to make furniture around camp and you guys pretending last year in college, but I can’t help but and anything that is put in a house. to be the counselors? You did a great to daydream about all the fun we had But the thing I miss the most is our job at leading the group to the activity at camp. I really miss singing Boom ninja lessons with Master Joey. I also and going through the rules to ensure Chicka Boom and coming up with new very much miss getting to see we had fun and stayed safe. You all are songs around camp with all of you. For everyone’s smiling faces each morning. going to make amazing counselors one Book Bug Soup, do you remember all One of my favorite memories from day! the funny voices we used to cheer on Session One would have to be when Do you guys remember what GRL PWR our friends during a game of Soup you all worked together during stood for? If not, it was G-gratitude, gaga? You all were so silly! And, Pirate Independence Relay and built such R-respect, L-listening, P-patience, Unipuppies, do you remember how amazing teamwork. My favorite

6 W-water, and R-responsibility. You Brunch Buddies sharing “Brown E’s” with the rest of guys were amazing at applying these Hey Brunch Buddies! camp, we certainly had some fun. To values throughout the camp day. You say we were legends, might be an I hope you guys are having a super fun showed gratefulness by saying thank understatement. Our amazing school year! I hope you are all you to everyone who helped you out, collaborative pranks inspired many brunchin’ and munchin’ every day. listened to and respected each other groups to join our fun and even and your counselors, you showed I’m really missing our times at archery sparked some of our friendly rivalries, patience by waiting your turn, took and in the pool. You all made my like with the Chocolate Chipmunks. We good care of you bodies by staying summer so fun and it would not have shared many laughs and made great hydrated, and you showed how been the same without you! We had so memories in our weeks together. many great experiences together and I responsible you are by cleaning up To the Magical Day Dreaming Snackers, will always look back on them fondly. after yourself. We are both so proud of have you had any weird dreams lately? Keep on brunchin’! all of you! Sometimes when I have odd dreams, I We hope you all are having an amazing Best, Jordan find myself without anyone to share time in the first grade! We hope to see them with. I miss how we used to your smiling faces back at camp next share our dreams at lunch and H2 Zoo Girls & Cotton Candy Crew summer!! Remember to always show interpret them. Speaking of lunch, our the world how strong you are! Be a coral! FAVORITE time of day, I could really Love, Sarah and Regina Make cotton candy! use a snack right now. Any recommendations? I had such a blast I hope you are having an amazing time in our group, using my magic fingers, in 2nd grade. I’m studying hard, but Dazzling Ducklings & Teleporting and listening to you all chant “Battle of really missing camp especially with all Alien Potatoes the Pants!” while we changed after the cold. Do you remember being swim. We made so many incredible Hello Everyone! underwater animals and swirling all memories together. I can't believe how long it’s been since around camp? You were all so creative camp ended. It was amazing getting to and silly! Do you know what I miss Thank you all for an amazing summer! know you all and I can still hear "Ola- more than anything else? If you forgot, Each session was different, but we will Ola-Ay" and "Milkshake". The Dazzling it starts with an S, and we do it every all always have EXTREME BOATING! Ducklings and Teleporting Alien day…SWIM! There isn’t really anywhere Working with all of you has made me Potatoes were such fun groups. I can't to swim at school because it’s so cold, more confident in my abilities to be a get over how awesome our group but when I do go, it still isn’t as fun. My teacher, and all of your energy has names were! Thank you all so much friends don’t want to be thrown or play helped to fuel my passion. I for making my summer an dunk the baby. I had the best summer hope I will have the opportunity to see unforgettable one. I’ll be thinking of with all of you and I wish we were back you all again next summer! you guys all year long and wishing I at camp playing. Lots of hugs, Jessica was still back at camp, singing songs Best wishes, Paige with you all. Have an amazing school year! Triple B & Tropical Coconut Crew Gotcha Girls & Magical Day Brooklyn Hello, my lovely bakers and hula girls! I Dreaming Snackers can’t believe that school has already Hi Ladies! I hope your school year is started. I bet you are all having an Friend Fries going well! I can’t believe so much time amazing time in the 3rd grade. I miss Hi Friend Fries! I hope you are all has passed since camp. Since I last saw you all and our fun warm summer having a fantastic year at school and you a lot has happened! I’ve been days. I hope that you are all spreading remember all of the fun times we had teaching kindergarten in Germany, a little triple b and tropical spirit to and the friends you made! I am really traveling around Europe, and learning your classmates, I know I am! For missing being at camp swimming and lots of new skills for my future those of you from Session 1 do you playing gaga with you guys.! You all classroom. Despite my adventures, I remember all of our adventures at the made the summer a memorable one. often find myself daydreaming and boating pond? We really are great I’ll cherish all the experiences we had imagining myself back at camp sailors! I also miss our steal the bacon this summer. I’ll be thinking about all with all of you. games that weirdly turned into our of you throughout the year! I hope own form of football. I hope all of your To the Gotcha Girls, what a wild ride we you’re all eating so many French fries! amazing camp creativity has found its had. From our week of “gotcha back” way into your classrooms. For all of Best, Jordan post it notes to spreading our spirit by

7 you Session 2 campers I miss our head randomly? Make everything friends, never smile at a crocodile! massage trains and our exciting games more fun, just add a pun! Have lots of Best wishes this year as y'all keep of Jenga and cornhole. I hope your Spea Sponge Spoaks this year! I mean, growing, learning, and exploring the school spirit is just as enthusiastic as Sea Sponge Soak! Maybe make a few world! Aussie-ya later! our green team spirit during Olympics! of your own tongue twisters, too. - Ariahna I have our gold medal hanging in my Friends, embrace your creativity, 😊 PS: I am taller than Courtney and all of room at school . I hope you all have kindness, and silliness as you make you! Though that will likely change as an amazing school year! the world a brighter place! Wishing you you get older. Love, Maya all the best!

- Ariahna T.T.E.A. Snackimals Hi T.T.E.A!! The snack that smiles back... goldfish!! Amazing Aussie Animals Wendy and Sophia here! We hope you Hey Snackimals! G'day, mates! (I remembered this time) are all having a great school year. We I hope you are all having the best year I certainly hope y'all are having g'days wish we were at high ropes singing in fourth grade, getting to learn more in fourth grade! Although I'm focusing “Don’t Look Down” and hitting the about snacks, animals, and everything on my school too, I miss you all dearly. woah as much as possible. We miss in between. Remember all the re- I still can't believe you thought I was cheering on the belly flop boy in the mem-memories we created? from Texas... but it did lead us to pool and throwing all of you (even Snackimal gaga will always be a true become Aussies! Aussie, Aussie, Aussie though Wendy can’t throw far). We favorite of mine, with Honest-Tea and - Oi! Oi! Oi! I definitely tried my best to hope you guys remember all of our sound effects forever making make Oi-ers out of all of you. cheers (“Boom Boom you Know We everything better. And all the nights Remember when the Leadership Team Got the Tea,” “T.T.E.A. Let’s go”, “F is for that were had at the museum, the didn't know how to pronounce our friends who spill tea together, U is for pterodactyl screeches, and funny name and would say Ay?? Then we Unicorn Charlie!!, N is for anytime faces. Then... lunch time! When we would do our own AAAYYYY!!!! Wendy’s at the beach. Oh! Our group were hungry, hungry hippos, searching Continue to sit in circ-les and enjoy has the tea”). for the paper of the day. Those silly pronouncing your own words in silly Do you guys remember our dance Snackimals really pushing our ways sometimes. Ladies, do you battles?!? We are still undefeated!! creativity with tea-gers, pup-cakes, and remember the koalas in the pool? My Remember to stay hydrated ;) Lots of doe-ritos, or answering interesting back sure does. The tea, dance, and love to Eloise and Emily, for being the questions. No matter how hungry you animal parties underwater, too! Come best CILTS we could’ve asked for. get, friends, don't eat a horse! to think of it, I'm pretty sure I brought We are so beyond happy that we all I know Susannah, Ben, and Aiden miss scones every single time. got so close this summer and all made the many exciting times (and hair Can't forget Olympics week – “We are new friends!! We both miss you very styles too). From playing charades on the black team, couldn't be prouder!" much and wish we were back at camp! the beach to tunnel tag in the pool to What a wonderful week to showcase The future looks bright for each and the Independence Relay to hot dog, our teamwork skills and enthusiasm! I every one of you and we’re so proud! hot dog, hot diggity dog! Who could recall Mars being quite different; We miss you guys sooooo much… forget your favorites of being tangled Harper the kangaroo said she and Bun Lots of Love, Wendy & Sophia in a human knot or balancing on the had the best time on Earth, though the whale watch, either? I know you were water was interesting, according to all eagerly awaiting my eminence fact, her. Courtney and Delilah also look B.B.S.T. and the true one was... I might have fondly back at these many purr-fect Hi B.B.S.T!! accidentally stood on a manatee. I memories, filled with Aussie accents, thought it was a rock! ... Oops. oh-a-milkshake, and even more songs Wendy and Sophia here! We’ve been And don't worry, I won't forget to and games! cleaning up trash at the beach, SAVE THE TURTLES (or sloths). We hope you mention it: Do y'all remember when I Oi! Do y'all remember playing gaga, guys are having an amazing school LEANED BACK on my clipboard and it back writing teams, and line tag? What year! We miss taking the bus down to broke?! Thankfully, my clipboards have about the koalas and sloths at the Zuma (aka Wendy’s happy place). We remained unbroken in college. eucalyptus forest in high ropes? Our wish we were climbing high ropes right Snackimals, is it just me or does carnival really brought the koala-ty, now, playing chameleon, and contact. anyone else get On Top of Spaghetti, too. And if you remember anything, or should I say Spag-yeti, stuck in their We hope you guys didn’t forget our

8 cheers (B.B.S.T. B.B.S.T. let’s go!). summer. Some of you might High Ropes Do you remember how much fun remember the high fives ALL around This summer has been truly amazing! boating was the last week of camp! camp (shout-out Session 1), the sock Each and every one of you has You guys made the best boats!!! We fiasco in our end-of-the-day reflection impressed me with your courage to try will miss challenging Ariahna’s group room, the day we all got bullseyes, the new things, your bravery when doing to “We Got the Spirit” and seeing how 3”ITs” and 3“ice teas” from both something scary, and your ability to long they were in the rainforest! Lots sessions, Beanie from Camp Red Rock challenge yourself further after an of love to Julia and Benny for being (shout-out Session 2), juice bars on accomplishment. It warmed my heart such great CILTS! They made the Friendship Hill, fun and funny beach to watch that growth. It was my first summer so much fun! memories, and so many more!! summer at Kinneret, and I can We loved getting to know you this I loved watching all of you grow confidently say it was the right idea for summer and watching you getting to throughout the summer and try new me to come to this camp. know each other! All of you guys are things with a courage I was very I’ve learned a great deal about how to going to do great things in the future impressed by. All the campers in the have fun while still teaching something and we are so beyond proud of you groups you went into had so much fun important. We learned about “The guys. We miss you guys sooooo and I hope you can all look back on the Worrier/Warrior” voices in our heads. much… summer and feel very proud! I’ve seen you all listen to “The Warrior” Lots of Love, Wendy & Sophia I think it’s awesome and hilarious our inside to overcome those scary themes both sessions ended up being moments or those extra challenges

food-related and I hope whenever you you’ve given yourself. It’s the right idea CK CIT-Its & Woah W.O.A.H. think of hamburgers and beans, you to take that lesson with you. This will HELLO!! I miss seeing all of you think of camp and all the fun we had come in handy when meeting new beautiful smiling faces every day, but I as CITs this past summer! Thank you people, trying new sports or activities, know that you guys are ROCKING for such an amazing summer, I or being a leader. Please continue middle school! I wish I could hug all of absolutely loved being your CIT loving the scary things, like roller you right now, but summer is right counselor! coasters and scary movies, because around the corner and I can’t wait to Hääämbörgör.... yuuuum!!! that’s where so much of the fun in life be reunited with my champs and is. And when you hear “The Warrior” in Bean Pose!!! helpers!! I had the most fantastic your head saying, “You can do it!” I summer with all of you and I hope you Miss you, Lanna hope you hear my voice too, saying, guys did as well. Remember when we “That’s the right idea!”

spied on B89 and caught them in their -Joe act of taking trash? Or when we got a From Specialists: tour of the camp fridge?! Or, my favorite…eating lunch and talking Wilderness about the funniest, most random Animals & Ponies Hello Wilderness Friends! things! I miss you all so much!! Hello Camp Kinneret Campers! How is it already fall? I wonder what Also, special shout out to our Wilderness looks like this time of year? We hope you’ve had a blast this school AMAZING CILTS Nico, Emma, Sarah, What new plants might be blooming year! It was so much fun getting to and Nicole. or changing colors? What animals have know you all and we know the animals taken up residence in our forts? Those Thank you all for such a wonderful loved all of the pets & treats that you forts were surprisingly sturdy! Not summer gave them. From feeding and brushing only were your creations very Love, Sarah/Mom to riding and obstacle courses, it was inventive but also showed off your so much fun watching you all learn P.S. STAY SAUCEY engineering skills! Though camp may and grow at the farm. You’ve all seem far away right now all those skills become amazing little farmers. Thank we practiced in Wilderness are still Hämbörgör & Beans of Can you all so much for making this part of you. Any time you are missing summer an unforgettable one! Hello Hämbörgörs and Beans of Can!!! camp just take a look around at your Love, I hope you are all having a great surroundings and use them to build a Jasmine, Lauren, & Mhaya school year and 8th/9th grade is little bit of Wilderness. everything you hoped it would be! I P.S. Lots of love from Woody, Buzz, Can’t wait to see you again! miss you all and can’t stop thinking Sequoia, Montana, Brownie, Pickles, -Wilderness Wizard, Kelly about all of the fun times we had this Jax, Pepper & Millie!

9 Rock Wall YEEHA! GB is doing well and enjoying your projects, like the Kaleidoscopes Hello! Thank you for making this his winter vacation! He talks about all and Tropical Shell Kits, the Alien Name summer a great one. This was my first of your puppets and their wonderful Creatures and Sand Art; Origami and year at camp, so I really did not know personalities all the time, and he can't Paper Plate and Paper Roll Crafts. We what to expect when I got off the bus wait to see them as soon as he gets were very happy that we introduced that first day. I got to meet so many back to camp. Don't worry, he is eating Artist’s Week this summer. Each tribe new faces and make so many new lots and lots of ice-cream, with the got to experience a difference classical friends that you really made camp feel whipped cream, and the sprinkles, and artist. The Miwoks got to do like a second home to me. Thank you the CHOCOLATE SAUCE!!!! Pointillism, the Chumash were for being brave with me and climbing I'll always remember how much fun introduced to Wassily Kandinsky, and the rock wall, even though it seemed we had pretending, laughing, playing the Navajos tried their hand at Piet scary. We got to climb it blindfolded, and just being ourselves. We danced, Mondrian. If you are able to, check play red-light green-light, and even let we pretended, we mimed, and we online for 36 ELEMENTARY ART our Camp Red Rock friend Jurgen help learned how to juggle!! This summer I LESSONS FOR KIDS. You’ll find these out for the day. You climbed higher really got to see all of you blossom and artists and many more. You may even and higher as the weeks progressed, open up and become creative, goofy, do some of them in school. Remember and I couldn’t be more proud. We went amazing individuals. Thank you for Tie Dye week? A lot of colorful designs over what ROCKWALL stands for every making this an amazing summer! to choose from, from Bullseye and Fireworks to Pyramid and Yin Yang. We day and we all played fun games in the -Kristen and GB shade while our other friends were might have a Rainbow design for next climbing. summer. How do your shirts look Swim now? I miss you all and I hope you are having a great time at school. Thank Hi Campers! We hope you are having For those of you who were in Session you for climbing with me. an amazing time at school! We wish we One, do you remember collaging the were back at camp with you playing 65? Each group had a small part of the Love, with the basketballs, jumping off the 65 to decorate with colored sand, Charlie diving board, and watching all your beads, sequins, shells, etc. Everyone cool underwater tricks! A game of did a magnificent job. This was made to help celebrate Camp Kinneret’s 65th Nature & Garden water ball would be so amazing right Anniversary. The collage was on Hi Campers! about now! Hopefully all the fun memories we’ve made here at the pool display at the 65th celebration at camp Summer at camp was unbelievable, are helping you make it through the on July 27th. It’s also been set up getting to talk to all of you was so fun! year! We were so proud watching each outside Arts and Crafts as well during We were blown away everyday by how of you gain new skills and confidence 2nd session. Thank you to all who much you all knew. Whether it was in the water each time you visited us at contributed their artistic talents to that about nature, space, animals, or the pool. We can’t wait for summer to project. science you were all so smart and begin again so we can have so many It was also rewarding to see you all creative. We know sometimes camp more adventures together! See you work together as a team when you feels like months away but before you super soon! were creating your own group know it your next summer will be banners, and your team Olympic around the corner. You can do -The CK Lifeguards Banners. They all turned out so anything you put your heart and mind beautiful. Teamwork is a very valuable towards. We miss everybody from Arts & Crafts skill to learn, one you can use in school camp very much. Happy Fall to all you artsy and crafty and throughout your life. For those Sincerely, campers out there. Dave and Sasha who were there for week 9, you got Harrison, Chloe, & Kelly here. You’re all back in school now and the challenge of lanyards. Lanyards we know you are doing your best in requires a lot of patience and determination. It was great seeing a lot Performing Arts your classrooms and having fun on the playground. It’s been months since of you trying to master the skill, and Hello everyone! I can't believe summer camp ended (sad face), and we’re succeeding. Don’t ever give up on is over! With the seasons changing and thinking back to all that we did in Arts anything you do. Have a lot of fun in the year coming to an end I can't help and Crafts. We think most of the school this year and we’ll see you all but miss camp and all of your sweet projects allowed you to use your next summer. dance moves! I still dance to the imagination and creativity in making -Dave and Sasha Cowboy Boogie whenever I hear it!

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In November, camp staff will gather donations for delivery to MEND in Pacoima.

Participating is easy! 1. Start gathering your donations now. 2. Look for the sign-up form in your email. 3. Submit your form and we’ll set up a time for you to drop off your donation at camp. 4. If you can’t bring your donation to us, we may be able to come to you! Look for more information in the Sharing Smiles email.

Suggested Donations: Toys: Have your child pick some items that they have outgrown and want to share with a less fortunate child. Books: Board books, children’s books, pre-teen and teen novels. Electronics: Hand-held games, children’s DVDs. Outdoor Play: Plastic slides and play houses, bikes, tricycles, wagons. Clothing & Shoes: Infant through adult sizes. Other Items: Strollers, high chairs, game tables, etc.

*To learn more about MEND, please visit their website: mendpoverty.org * MEND cannot accept car seats or furniture. *All items should be used but in good condition and contain all of their pieces & parts. *All donations are tax deductible.

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