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[Liliane Hubright]

Theday was cloudy and gray. The wind was up. And it was cold. But this was my first real Antarctic experience, the first time away from McMurdo Station. I was energized to learn survival skills to endure the frigid Antarctic night and help my group set up a camp on the Ross Ice Shelf.

We walked quite a long way to where we would start our training, each of us alone to our thoughts bundled against the wind. I was actually happy to leave the relative comfort of McMurdo Station. This was one of the things I was looking forward to most when I came down here, the opportunity to experience Antarctica.

I turned and looked behind me toward what was familiar and saw Mt. Discovery shrouded in clouds behind Scott Base, the New Zealand scientific research facility. I made the decision to actively be engaged in my training to absorb everything I could. There is a deep respect I have for the extreme weather which can and does occur in the Antarctic. In order to feel confident about my own ability to withstand the potential difficult moments, times that would require a clear mind and deliberate action if they teetered on the edge of life and death, I had to fully learn how to cope with my surroundings.

One of the first lessons our instructors taught us was how to use and fix a WhisperLite stove. We would later use them to make water from melted snow and to heat the water for meals, hot drinks, and to fill a bottle to keep in our sleeping bags as we slept to keep warm throughout the night. These stoves are very well suited to be used in such a cold environment because they can be lit with almost any type of fuel.

The next thing our instructors taught us after our sleep structures were set up was how to excavate snow blocks. We would use these to construct walls around our camp to prevent the full force of the wind from getting to us. We put them around the Mountain tents and the area where we would be setting up the stoves to melt snow for drinking water.

With a full belly and a warm water bottle to help heat my sleeping bag, I turned and looked toward one of the last sunsets on the continent for the season. I was amazed. I had made it. I was now in Antarctica!

Howie,

I left a note on one of your other sites. What an adventure! Brian called today (Nov. 5) to say things are

finally up and running. His birthday is Nov. 8 so you might tip everyone off. He sure is enjoying his trip/

work as I sure you all are. It is the chance of a lifetime with memories that will last forever. Plan to keep checking on your reports. Keep up the good work.

Happy Camper School was about 32 hours long, start to finish. We first had some in-class lectures, but before long, we were out in the field, learning how to survive in this extreme environment. There were other training courses we needed to take before we were ready to deploy to our field camp. Sea ice training was one of those. But we also had to learn how to ride snowmobiles, and how to be able to fix and maintain them.

1) The internet that we use here at our field camp is sent by microwaves through repeaters back to McMurdo Station. The repeaters are basically communication towers that are on the high mountains around us. From McMurdo, we get connected to the rest of the world via satellite.

2) We are a mostly American team working on this project. The 2 drillers who drill through the sea ice so the air gun can be lowered into the water are both from New Zealand. There is a scientist doing a gravity study in conjunction with our project who is also from New Zealand. His graduate student, who is also here with us, is originally from Ireland. She lives in New Zealand as well. So the long and short of it, we all speak English.

The application will recognize your zip code and information and analyze your answers to determine geographic eligibility. Geographic areas and population size are determined in partnership with Jewish Federations of North America. To learn which Federation catchment area you are in, its size, and whether or not they have their own One Happy Camper program, please visit FedFinder.

Step 1: Register your child at camp. To be eligible for a grant, your child must be registered at a camp listed here. While some community and regional-based programs limit the list of eligible camps only to camps in their region, most programs allow campers to attend any camp listed on our website. For more information, please contact your local program provider.

One Happy Camper was envisioned as an outreach initiative for children who are not currently receiving an immersive, daily Jewish experience. As such, children who attend Jewish day school or Yeshiva are not eligible for these programs.

Eligibility criteria varies from community to community. Typically, campers must reside within the local program provider area, already be enrolled in their first overnight nonprofit Jewish summer camp (a 12+ consecutive day session) and identify as Jewish.

Since each child can only receive a single One Happy Camper incentive grant, the PJ Library One Happy Camper grant is available to any PJ Library family member (member, alum, or sibling)not served by a community-based program (e.g. a federation-sponsored program). Children fortunate to live in communities whose federation sponsors a One Happy Camper program will receive a grant from their community sponsor.

If you have more questions, please contact the person administering your community or camp program. If you live in a community that is not listed or your camp is not co-sponsoring a One Happy Camper program, please contact us at the Foundation for Jewish Camp: onehapp...@jewishcamp.org.

The VCU student event will be held Aug. 7-13 at the camp, which is in the Shenandoah Valley southeast of Harrisonburg. Camp Kesem offers a chance for the campers to enjoy typical camping activities, including sports, arts and crafts, talent shows, scavenger hunts, sports and drama.

The VCU students held a variety of fundraisers, including a battle of the bands at The Camel, several restaurant fundraisers, and an event at Hardywood Park Craft Brewery titled Make the Magic. In addition, counselors each raise $500, and coordinators each raise $750.

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Other Porter County students in seventh and eighth grade participated in the program Leadership Interns in Training (LIT) and helped instructors guide the campers through the modules. High school students in grades nine through 12 participated in the program Leadership Interns (LI) and were assigned an age group to guide and help throughout the day.

On the final day of Camp Invention, June 14, all campers received prizes and were allowed to take their various inventions home. Inventions ranged from cardboard tools to Skee-Ball type games that required engineering and design skills.

The Porter County Fair will be held from July 18-27 at the Porter County Fairgrounds. It will open at 8 a.m. and run to 11 p.m. on weekdays and to midnight on weekends. Food vendors will start preparing food around 11 a.m. and rides will open at 1 p.m. daily.

The Porter County Fair will have a variety of music artists performing including Sawyer Brown, Riley Green, Jeremy Camp, Old Dominion, and Nelly. Each music artist plays on a different day, beginning on July 18 with Sawyer Brown and ending on July 22 with Nelly.

There are more than just rides and food at the Porter County Fair. A large part of the Porter County Fair centers around 4-H and its members. These members work year-round to prepare their projects and animals for the fair. This year, Porter County has 966 4-H members that look forward to the Porter County Fair each and every year.

Dana Kriger is a vital member in the Morgan Township community. She can be found teaching fifth grade during the school year, coaching eighth grade girls volleyball in the fall, and being the director of Camp Invention in June.

Krieger is very busy in the summer, especially during the week of Camp Invention. During Camp Invention, she referred to herself as the principal of camp and is in charge of all the staffing. Krieger also organized games for every day of Camp Invention, which included relay races and water games.

The 2nd-grade students in Jillian Jackman's class at Fort McMurray Christian School are making connections with their science curriculum (Liquids) and real world work. Students studied the world water crisis. As justice seekers these happy campers wanted to make a difference. We connected with the Legacy Water Foundation to help support their team that repairs wells in the South Sudan. This is the third year the second graders at FMCS has helped work to make change in the world water crisis.

Students raised awareness by making posters and pamphlets to inform others about the world water crisis. They changed their behavior in their daily lives by taking shorter showers, turning off the water when brushing teeth, and measuring their water walk compared to others in water scarce countries. Then students raised funds by doing chores, recycling, shoveling driveways, making and selling ornaments and bracelets, and going on a 45-minute water walk sponsored by families in the community.

This past year the community we supported was the Kunyuk community of approximately 1,125 people. They had been using an open water source that was about a mile away, but now have a functioning well again! Here is the online report.

The Brooklyn Superhero Supply Company is a program of 826NYC. 826NYC is a nonprofit organization that is part of a national network of other 826 locations, all of which work to support students ages six through eighteen in developing creative writing skills. The organization also aims to help teachers inspire their students to write. 826NYC works hard to provide one-on-one attention to students and they believe that strong writing skills are critical to future success. We thank the Brooklyn Superhero Supply Company and 826NYC for hosting our campers on this great field trip.

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