Happy New Year 2015! - Camp Barney Medintz

SO MUCH IS HAPPENING THESE DAYS AT CAMP BARNEY!

Winter, 2015 Volume 23, No. 65

LOTS OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AT CBM FOR 2015! WHY DO WE DO ‘EM?

A. So much of our camp facility sits out in the weather during the non-summer months and ages from lots of rain, wind, snow and wildlife, that it requires an update.

B. Nearly 1700 campers and staff are with us each summer, plus thousands of guests each Fall and Spring during CBM Family Camps, Weddings, Bar & Bat Mitzvahs, Reunions, and other gatherings, so restoration is always necessary!

C. We’re always thinking about what’s next for every age group: to enrich, excite, and provide the coolest new adventures, and the best working, most beautiful and comfortable everything!

D. New for Summer 2015: a state-of-the-art septic system, new roofs on our Zaban Chapel and many cabins, new docks on our CBM beachfront, renovated tennis “shack,” 6 totally re-surfaced tennis courts, improvements to bathrooms and staff living spaces, and new features in the dance center, film studio, water ski docks, new ropes courses, and more!

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OVER 1200 CAMPERS ALREADY REGISTERED FOR 2015! We are humbled, proud and excited to have registered over 1200 boys and girls (as of January 6th) for this summer, a record pace in our 53 year history. Of course, this is rather remarkable considering today’s economy so we’re trying to help: raising fees less than 3% from last year and pursuing grants and sources of assistance wherever possible. We’re so grateful that families consider CBM not a luxury but rather an annual and valuable life experience. Registration is ongoing, and while second session is currently full, a few spaces remain for first session (June 7-July 2), and we are offering a special $250 credit to families who register now for spaces in this session.

HUNDREDS OF PROSPECTIVE STAFF ARE PURSUING CBM JOBSThis is so fantastic because it means we’ll get to again choose the “Best of the Best” from last summer, previous summers and awesome new staff from throughout the U.S., Israel, England, Australia, etc. If you have friends or relatives interested in a position on our 2015 Camp Barney staff, they should call or email the CBM office very soon!

Happy New Year 2015!

TODAH RABAH!Thank you so much for choosing to participate in an amazing summer at Camp Barney Medintz in 2015. We’re so grateful, honored, and proud to have registered over 1200 campers as of January 2015, earlier than ever! We still have space! We have spaces in First Session available for our CBM Live theater and music specialty camp, as well as other 2-week and 4-week camps in First Session. Please contact the CBM office very soon to inquire about availability. We are committed to providing the safest, most meaningful, exhilarating, and awesome Jewish overnight camp experience!

Call us: 678.812.3844Email us: [email protected]

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ARE YOU A CHEF?BAKER? RESTAURANT OWNER?

REALLY GOOD COOK?!

Two years ago, we built a free-standing commercial kitchen adjacent to a half-acre organic garden for cabin groups to go to cooking school at Camp Barney! In past summers, Guest Chefs like Alon Balshan of Alon’s Bakery, Jenny Levison of Souper Jenny’s, Matt Friedman of Wing Zone, Robert Adler of Ernie’s BBQ in Charlotte, Masha Hleap of Fuego Mundo Restaurant, Glen Gurevitch of Sweet Melissa’s Restaurant, Tracey Holzer, an owner of Mellow Mushroom Pizza, Brad Rubenstein of the Flying Biscuit, Julie & David Abes of Here to Serve Restaurants, Giuliano & Lael Hazan, Cookbook and Television Chefs, Barbara Vahaba, Egyptian Chef, and many others have been Guest Chefs at Camp Barney!

If you would like to come up as a guest chef, perhaps once a week, once a session or once a summer, please email me soon. And yes, we’re still compiling guest chef recipes (and even those submitted by CBM parents) for an eventual Camp Barney Cookbook!

FOOD, GLORIOUS FOOD!It’s true, we want kids to love the food at Camp Barney each summer! Not the taste of mass-produced institutional food, not the expectation of average school food, and not even the memory of last summer’s food at CBM!

For 2015, we’re working to create a significantly healthier menu and yummier options, with less sugar, preservatives, fried food, and excessive desserts. Sure, kids are burning way more calories at camp then they are during a typical day the other 11 months of the year, but we can reduce the abundance and infuse more nutritious opportunities and provide the unexpectedly delicious foods everyone will love to eat!

New menus are being developed for meals in our dining hall, and awesome new creations will be sautéed and baked by guest chefs in our cooking school. Outdoor cooking activities will include healthier ingredients, and canteen snacks will still offer BarneyBars (one day a week) with new tasty items replacing other candy bars, and yes, “milk line” will remain (in moderation!). If you or your kids have suggestions for awesome (kosher) meals, email us the recipes!

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TRAVEL TO CAMP BARNEY:PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES!

On the first day of each session, Atlanta families (and those who choose to drive into Atlanta from other communities) meet at Perimeter College North near the MJCCA on Tilly Mill Road at 1:00 pm. Air conditioned buses transport campers directly up to Camp Barney Medintz at precisely 2:00 pm.

Some Out-of-State families may choose to drive directly up to CBM. Arrive at 1:00 pm, Depart by 3:00 pm.

Birmingham, Raleigh and Charlotte families may have chartered buses to transport campers directly up to CBM.

IF YOU ARE FLYING TO ATLANTA…

(1) Families from Memphis, West Palm/Ft. Lauderdale, Tampa/Sarasota/Bradenton, Orlando and New Orleans:Book flights that we’ve identified for you.

(2) All familes: Flights must arrive into Atlanta between 11:00 am – 1:00 pm on the first day of camp, and depart from Atlanta between 11:00 am – 1:00 pm on the last day of camp.

PLEASE LOOK FOR MORE INFORMATION IN FEBRUARY ON FLIGHT RESERVATION TIMES

AND LUGGAGE OPTIONS.

ANYONE TAKING MEDSAT CAMP IN 2015?

Dear Parents, We have our awesome Marcus Health Center at Camp Barney AND we have a system for your child to take medications while they’re at camp, too. Our goal is the same as yours: to administer medications in the safest, most efficient manner and to get your child back “in the game” as quickly as possible. Therefore, we are requiring that all medications in pill form (either prescription or over the counter) that are to be given on a daily basis be packaged in “bingo cards”: unit dose packaging. Essentially, daily bubble-wrapped meds. We have intensely researched and developed several options for you. These options are cost-effective and convenient so you don’t have to worry while your child is at CBM. To avoid being charged a packaging fee, please provide your child’s medications per our protocol. We’ll email you precise information next month. Nearly 80% of families did the bubble-wrapped meds in 2014. We’re going for 100% in 2015! On behalf of the 22 professionals on the 2015 Medical Team at Camp Barney, we look forward to caring for your child(ren) this coming summer!

Melissa Yashinsky, RNCBM Head Nurse, Session 2

Jodie Rodriguez, RNCBM Head Nurse, Session 1


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WHAT ABOUT SCHOOLSAND SYNAGOGUES?!

About 64% of our campers come from metro Atlanta, so the schools and synagogues where most of our campers attend are also in metro Atlanta! Here’s our Top 36:

SYNAGOGUES

SCHOOLS

GEORGIA 67%Mostly from Atlanta, East Cobb, Sandy Springs, Dunwoody, Alpharetta, Roswell. Also from Savannah and Macon.

FLORIDA 12%Mostly from Boca Raton/Ft. Lauderdale/Miami, Tampa Bay area, Orlando, and Sarasota/Bradenton.

NORTH CAROLINA 7%Mostly from Charlotte, Raleigh and Asheville.

TENNESSEE 5%Mostly from Memphis and Nashville.

ALABAMA 4%Mostly from Birmingham and Huntsville.

OTHER 5%Arizona, California, Colorado, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Washington D.C., France, Spain, Mexico, and Israel!

WHERE IN THE WORLDDO KIDS LIVE

WHEN THEY’RE NOT AT CAMP BARNEY?Some kids see each other all year long, even sitting in the same classes at school before sleeping in the same cabin at Camp Barney! Other kids come from all over and get to spend time together only when they’re at camp.

Here’s where Summer 2015campers are coming from...so far!

Temple Sinai, Atlanta (reform)B’nai Torah, Atlanta (conservative)Temple Emanu-el, Atlanta (reform)Dor Tamid, Atlanta (reform)The Temple, Atlanta (reform)Congregation Beth Tikvah, Atlanta (reform)Congregation Or Hadash, Atlanta (conservative)Congregation Gesher L’Torah, Atlanta (conservative)Congregation Etz Chaim, Atlanta (conservative)Temple Kol Emeth, Atlanta (reform)Temple Israel, Memphis (reform)Congregation Ohev Shalom, Orlando (conservative)Chabads of Georgia, Atlanta (orthodox)Temple Beth Meyer, Raleigh (conservative)Temple Beth El, Charlotte (reform)Congregation Beth Shalom, Atlanta (conservative)Congregation Bet Haverim, Atlanta (reconstructionist)Congregation Beth Teffilah, Atlanta (orthodox)

Temple Emanu-el, Birmingham (reform)Congregation Micah, Nashville (reform)Congregation Ahavath Achim, Atlanta (conservative)Congregation Rodeph Shalom, Tampa (conservative)Temple Beth El, Charlotte, (conservative)Temple Beth-El, Birmingham (conservative)Congregation Shearith Israel, Atlanta (conservative)Temple Beth Or, Raleigh (reform)Congregation Kol Tikvah, Parkland (reform)Congregation Shaarai Zedek, Tampa (reform)Baron Hirsch Synagogue, Memphis (orthodox)Temple Emanu-El, Sarasota (reform)Temple B’nai Shalom, Huntsville (reform)The Neshamah Institute, Boca Raton (independent)Temple Beth El, Boca Raton (reform)Congregation Or Ve Shalom, Atlanta, (sephardic)Temple Beth Sholom, Sarasota (conservative)Touro Synagogue, New Orleans (reform)

Davis Academy (tie), AtlantaEpstein School (tie), AtlantaPeachtree Charter Middle School, AtlantaVanderlyn Elementary School, Atlanta Autrey Mill Middle School, AtlantaWalton High School, AtlantaThe Galloway School, AtlantaNorth Springs Charter High School, AtlantaAtlanta Jewish Academy, AtlantaDickerson Middle School, AtlantaDodgen Middle School, AtlantaAustin Elementary School, AtlantaJewish Academy of Orlando, OrlandoSaint Francis School, AtlantaWoodward Academy, AtlantaHeards Ferry Elementary School, AtlantaWebb Bridge Middle School, AtlantaDunwoody Elementary School, Atlanta Lausanne Collegiate School, Memphis

Mountain Brook Jr. High School, BirminghamWeber School, AtlantaJohns Creek High School, AtlantaRidgeview Charter Middle School, AtlantaUniversity School of Nashville, NashvilleDolvin Elementary School, AtlantaRiver Trail Middle School, AtlantaTaylor Road Middle School, AtlantaProvidence High School, CharlotteMorningside Elementary School, AtlantaPaideia School, AtlantaKittredge Magnet School, AtlantaHillel Academy of Tampa, TampaHigh Meadows School, AtlantaPope High School, AtlantaBarnwell Elementary School, AtlantaPine View School, SarasotaDonna Klein Jewish Academy, Boca Raton

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• OUR THEATRE PROGRAM Our awesome Theatre Directors, Tommy Walker & Jack Spreckley, and their team, help campers perform magic in “The Big Show,” camper bands, talent shows and more at the Chippie Amphiteatre every day!

• MUSIC, MUSIC, MUSIC Returning Songleader Deddy Paz, from Israel, and others create super fun and high energy musical moments in the Dining Hall, during Shabbat Services, and everywhere else!

• WATER, WATER, WATER, WATER! Campers can enjoy awesome aquatic activities such as paddle boating, kayaking, the Hurricane Water Slide, scuba diving, the Big Banana, the Rave Water Trampoline, water skiing, the Iceberg, waterfalls, and more! We’re now on 2 lakes and 2 swimming pools, plus whitewater rafting and tubing!

• SPORTS TOURNAMENTS EVERY DAY Campers enjoy some friendly competition on our 6 lighted and newly resurfaced tennis courts; Michael’s Field for baseball and soccer; basketball, archery, floor hockey and karate in and around the Halpern Center Gymnasium and Sports Complex; plus golf, ping pong, yoga, “meatball”, triathlons, ultimate Frisbee and a few new surprises in 2015!

• DISCOVERING THE GREAT OUTDOORS From the 1000 ft. Omega Zip Line and lots of Ropes Courses to outdoor cookin’, climbing the Appalachian Trail to exploring our organic garden, discovering dozens of team building group initiatives to campouts beneath the stars at CBM…wilderness adventures will be awesome in 2015!

• SABABA, DANCE, THE MOVIE STUDIO, ARTS AND CRAFTS, THE RADIO STATION, AND GRILLIN’ AND CHILLIN’ IN THE CAMPER KITCHEN….. The most creative, fun staff will help campers discover their talents everywhere this summer!

• CHUGIM Elective activities enable campers to choose their favorite things each day when they’re not participating as a cabin group, and we have even more awesome choices in 2015!

AWESOME ADVENTURESARE EVERYWHERE IN 2015!


Stop obsessing! Seriously, we’ve been around a long time and we do a lot of training with our already sensitive staff to prepare for everything and everyone. Your child IS different and we’re excited about the opportunity to diminish their (and your) concerns, honor their uniqueness, experience new adventures, make great friendships and have the best summer of their life at Camp Barney this summer! You’ll get our Confidential Camper Questionnaire in late February. This is your opportunity to share your child(ren)’s story and you can call me afterwards to set up telephone or in-person time if you want to further chat. We will take care of every child and help them feel safe, connected, accomplished and happy!

DO YOU THINK YOUR CHILD IS DIFFERENT?

Does he not eat much at home?Is she taking daily medications?Does he have ADHD or have trouble with lots ofinstructions?Does she need help organizing her things?Is he really creative and wants activities which help express his talents?Is she going to struggle being away from her computer?Is he the class clown?Is she a teen and rather challenging these days at home and school?Is he especially sensitive to loud or obnoxious kids?Does she think about looking like everyone else?Is he worried about thunder or heights or horses?Is she really, really shy?Does he want to do lots of competitive or team sports and activities?Does she do really well academically but not so well socially?Is he dealing with family issues when he’s at camp?Is she always making sure everyone else is happy?Is he concerned with feeling or being safe?Is she sensitive to how her body looks?Is he nervous ‘cause he doesn’t know anyone else going?Is she modest and/or concerned about showering or changing clothes?Is he a leader, full of adventure, a rule-follower, an achiever, a good friend and a little concerned about which kids he’ll be with?

2015 CABIN GROUPINGSHOW DOES THAT WORK?

You probably know by now that there’s nothing we do that’s random, especially the way camper’s cabin groups are formed!

Only one person puts the cabin groups together, and that’s ME! No committee, no draft, no alphabetical order, no “eenie-meenie” methods! Why are we so compulsive about this? Because we have the same goal of creating the best opportunity to have the best experience. And most of the time, it works out quite well. We’re ready to respond if for any reason it doesn’t.

I read every Bunkmate Request on the Confidential Camper Questionnaire which you will complete next month. I look at cabin groupings from last summer and review if they were successful. I read lots of e-mail and visit with lots of families (before May 1st while we’re still in our Atlanta office) and I try to know as many kids as possible. I honor requests if both campers request each other, and I try to balance new and returning campers and those from Atlanta and other cities. I consider similar interests, personalities, and needs. (It does get tricky, of course, when someone requests one friend but not another person while the friend requests the other person…..did that make sense?!)

This same energy goes into determining which counselors will work best with which age groups, specific cabin groups and various teams of staff. We believe this attention to detail will again make a very big difference in 2015.

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We are delighted to recognize those individuals and families who choose to make very thoughtful and generous contributions to Camp Barney Medintz

TODAH RABAH - THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

CAMP BARNEY MEDINTZ GENERAL FUND

Michelle and Mark AntebiDavid AschmannJanice and Lane BarrocasAdrienne and Dennis BashukLauren and Eric BaylinJanet BeardAudrey BelvinKeith BenbenistyRebecca and Brent BernathHeather and Michael BraunGlenn and Jessica BraunsteinRobert and Marsha BrochsteinErica and Marc BrownfieldBrian BruckTali and Joseph CaspiErin and Lance ChernowDelilah and Steven CohenMichael and Lisa CohenMichele CohenShelly and Barry DanzJessica and Matthew DicksonBrad DowlingKim and Christopher DyePat ErvinMindy and Larry FeinsteinJack and Nicole FeldmanSuzanne and Joel FineJennifer and David FlaxMargo and Mark FogelmanSara and Seth ForceLisa GerberTerri and Richard GoldmanKaren and Steven GoldsteinShelley and Marcus GordonAlison and Jonathan GottsegenMichelle GrechCarey and Jason GuggenheimRose and Michael HaberMarc HalushkaLibby and Gary HertzJami and Andrew HuberDonna and Neal HuneycuttJudi and Michael JacobsPaola and Jeff JacobsLisa and Jonathon KadisRobert KadooriJoan and Brian KaplanMichelle and Jay KaplanJim KapperLisa and Brian KatzMarla and Robert KatzJennifer and Marc KaufmanMeryl and Paul KaufmanLea and Alan KirschnerLaurie and Michael KogonDavid Kuniansky

Susan and Michael La KierLisa and David LefkovitsAmy and Marc LeftoffScott and Jennifer LeibowitzSimone and Kevin LevingstonGlen LewJoanne and Randall LipshutzBrian MandAmy and Larry MarkelCarrie MarxJill and David MattosMindi and Scott MillerElana and Todd MillerJim MittenthalMelissa and Jeffrey MoskowitzJessica and David NewmarkCynthia and Bradley NirenblattBrad OppenheimerGwen and Paul OrlandBrian and Ilene PabianLeslie and Alan PaulCaroline and Scott PerlmanSheyla and Gary PetersonHoward and Janice PollockJulie and Gregg PorterDonald and Margie PozinTraci PrigoffNorman and Laurie RegalMegan and Ronald RippnerSeth and Julie RosemanMichael RosenJodi and Jeff RosenbergAmy and Ross RosenthalBarbra and Phillip RosingLeslie and Robert RothbergRhonda RothmanShawn and Barbara RubenBrad and Mandi RubensteinMitzi and Jeremy RubinLori SandersGinger and Jay SausmerWendy SchmitzCraig and Shari SchwammIlicia and Bob ShapiroEllen and Ira SiegmanElissa and Adam SilvermanMary Ann and Brian SmoklerRaymond SonsheinStephanie and Stephen SteinmetzBrian and Julie StifelMelanie and Tony SussmanIlana and Jerry TolkLisa and Evan ToporekCindy and Ken TromerJody and Roy WagnerJeff WalczakLaura and Jonathan WaldbaumJulie and David Weinstein

Nikki and Randy WeisburdGary and Bonnie WilsonStephanie and Joshua WilsonRenee and Jason WinokerRandi and David WinterIlene WolchockAshley and Roger WoodmanEllen and Joseph Zarge

CAMP BARNEY MEDINTZGENERAL FUND - TRIBUTESAnonymousTo the Levenstiem Family in memory of Jody Levenstiem

Lea & Rich Artzi, Terri & Ricky GoldmanCBM Adirondack ChairsIn honor of Mya and Joey’s B’nai Mitzvah

Mindy and Greg BauerIn honor of Laury Bagen’s 70th birthday

Vicki and Gerry BenjaminCarol and Larry CooperWater basketball hoops for the Lynne M. and Howard I. Halpern Aquatic Center In honor of Lynne’s special birthday

Jessica and Matt DicksonIn honor of Jason LevenstiemLaurie, Murray, Ryan & Jack GoldsteinTo the Mittleman Family in memory of Dr. Robert Mittleman

Kadoori FamilyIn celebration of Adam Turry

Wendy & David Klarman & FamilyTo Jodi & Joe Scially & Davon & Jordan Kenter in memory of Norman CitronTo the Samuel Family in memory of Sol SamuelTo Marcy & Lenny Franco & Family in memory of their son, Charlie

Ilene & David LevinTo the Brodsky Family in honor of Alexis’ Baby Naming

Lynn & William LightTo Joanie & Lewis Shubin in memory of Dottie “Mimi” Minsk

Margo, Ben, Harris & Mason MarksIn celebration of Cydney Wolchock

Bernard MedintzIn honor of Henry Bauer

Robin and Phillip MedintzTo Beth & Dr Edward Sugarman in memory of Rose Caroline SugarmanTo Steve Sears in memory of his mother, Vivienne SearsTo Susan Gregge in memory of Shirley PatentTo Mya Artzi in honor of her Bat MitzvahTo Linda Sherman & Family in memory of Felice Gerber

Marcia MikaIn honor of Laury Bagen’s 70th birthday

Rochelle MuchaIn celebration of Rayna Abigail FladellBy GMA and GPA

Barbara & Sanford OrkinTo the Stern Family in memory of George Stern

Donna and Jerry Peljovich & boysTo Mark Madans & Family in memory of Ira Madans

Seitz FamilyTo Abby Meyerowitz in honor of her Bat Mitzvah

Kim & Nick SucanTo Laraine & Lowell Fine in memory of Sandy Fine

Gail & Craig ToveySpecial Yad In honor of William’s Bar Mitzvah

Elaine, Susan, Bernard and Lisa Van der LindenIn honor of Sara ReavesIn loving memory of Debra Van Der Linden Sidelnik

Susie & Todd Williams“Arts Grant” in honor of CBM

CAMP BARNEY MEDINTZBRICKSPaige AlexanderFor Rachel, Carly and Josh GrandCelebrating a family traditionTen years and counting 2003-2013Love Mom & Dad

Ellyn and Richard DinnersteinAlex Roth 1-17-15 Mazel Tov & Congrats!!! We love you so much!

Mr. and Mrs. Larry FineIn loving memory of Sandy FineBy Aunt Barbara, Uncle Larry, Marcy, Laura and Marc

Gwen and Paul OrlandMazel Tov Abby Meyerowitz on your Bat Mitzvah! Love Emily

Caroline and Scott PerlmanLeah Jordan Perlman“CBM: Why I exist.” We love you! Mom, Dad & Ruthie

Jeff and Alisa RothGabby Dinnerstein Mazel Tov! 10/18/14

Elana and Matthew YoelsThanks for all of the unforgettable memories! The Yoel girls, Molly, Bailee, Camille

Donations from September 1, 2014 – January 20,

2015. We sincerely apologize for any omissions or errors.


We are proud of the reputation “Our Summer Place” has established as a leader among Jewish overnight camps in North America. Quality program offerings and an extraordinary staff have continued to attract campers to our North Georgia mountain retreat for more than 50 summers; but, demands on our 50-year old camp’s infrastructure have exceeded its original capacity.

Thanks to so many past and current Camp Barney Medintz families, MJCCA leaders, supporters and members of so many communities throughout the United States, our “Framework for our Future” campaign ended very successfully this past fall having raised [confirming $$], which will continue to be invested back in Camp Barney. Major infrastructure projects are now underway (including a completely new camp septic system and new roofs), vastly renovated cabins and bathrooms are scheduled for 2016, and awesome program spaces will be continuously renovated or added to our beautiful 540 acre property in the North Georgia mountains.

As always, our goal is to provide the most meaningful, comfortable, and exciting experience at Camp Barney Medintz for every camper and family!

We are proud of the reputation “Our Summer Place” has established as a leader among Jewish overnight camps in North America. Quality program offerings and an extraordinary staff have continued to attract campers to our North Georgia mountain retreat for more than 50 summers; but, demands on our 50-year old camp’s infrastructure have exceeded its original capacity.

Thanks to so many past and current Camp Barney Medintz families, MJCCA leaders, supporters and members of so many communities throughout the United States, our “Framework for our Future” campaign ended very successfully this past fall having raised $7 million which will be invested back into Camp Barney and the MJCCA’s Zaban Park campus. Major infrastructure projects are now underway (including a completely new camp septic system and new roofs), vastly renovated cabins and bathrooms are scheduled for 2016, and awesome program spaces will be continuously renovated or added to our beautiful 540 acre property in the North Georgia mountains.

As always, our goal is to provide the most meaningful, comfortable, and exciting experience at Camp Barney Medintz for every camper and family!

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ANNUAL CAMPER REUNIONAT STARS & STRIKES WAS AWESOME!

More than 500 people of all ages and sessions came to our annual Winter Camper Reunion on Sunday, December 21st in Atlanta. It was so great to see families from throughout Georgia, as well as from Florida, Tennessee, North Carolina, Louisiana, and Alabama.

We donated hundreds of canned foods to the Atlanta Food Bank - Todah Rabah! We bowled, played in the arcade, ate pizza and desserts, had raffle prize winners, saw our musical reunion slideshow, gave each camper a Reunion T-Shirt and BarneyBar, and schmoozed with each other and lots of staff who came into town to help out and be with campers. It is definitely fun to see campers between each summer at the annual Camp Barney Winter Reunion!

HERE’S WHO WON PRIZES THIS YEAR:

Jordan WeckslerEthan PovlotJustin ZahlerTalia AssinJosh GunterAlexis GotliebHaley RubinDov WallackSpencer DicksonSean BeefermanBenny GolombEvan AzarSara AltmanCelia RappoportEmma Bernath

Barnes and Noble Gift CardBarnes and Noble Gift CardBest Buy Gift CardBest Buy Gift CardDick’s Gift CardDick’s Gift CardiTunes Gift CardiTunes Gift CardNike Gift CardNike Gift CardREI Gift CardREI Gift CardTarget Gift CardTarget Gift CardCBM Zipper Hoodie


OPEN HOUSESSCHEDULED AT CAMP BARNEY THIS SPRING!

There are two opportunities to visitCamp Barney prior to the summer:

SUNDAY, MAY 10, 20151:00 P.M. TO 4:00 P.M.

ANDSUNDAY, MAY 17, 20151:00 P.M. TO 4:00 P.M.

LABOR DAY WEEKENDSEPTEMBER 4-SEPTEMBER 7, 2015

Applications Coming Soon!Brochures and applications for our 35th Annual Family Camp at Camp Barney Medintz will be mailed out soon. Typically, our Labor Day Weekend Family Camp fills rapidly with new and returning families (and even a few grandparents) from Atlanta, throughout the Southeast and beyond who come for the amazing activities, southern buffets and great family fun!

CBM FAMILY CAMP

Bring your lunch, swimsuits or tennis racquets and we’ll provide the desserts and deluxe tour of Camp to give you a glimpse of Our Summer Place. Many families, both new and returning often drive up to see how we look and what all the excitement ‘s about! For information or directions, please call the Camp Barney office at 678.812.3844.

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AT CAMP BARNEY MEDINTZ,campers are taught to embrace the simplicity of life, the wonders of nature, the importance of self-reliance and the value of teamwork.

We’re about believing that anything can be achieved through determination and enthusiasm. We’re about participating in every imaginable adventure and feeling accomplished because of the effort and the experience.

We’re about character, making and strengthening friendships, having fun, being comfortable with who you are and enjoying the journey to discover who you can become.

We’re about feeling the Ruach (spirit) during a Shabbat Service, celebrating the relevance of Jewish traditions, performing a mitzvah or making a connection to those in our global Jewish Community.

AT CAMP BARNEY MEDINTZ, we’re passionate about the moments that comprise each summer, excitedly counting the days until the following summer and, ultimately, forever enriched because of Our Summer Place.

Thank you for all of your feedback. It matters to each of us how your experience was during a previous summer and what you want it to be at Camp Barney throughout the fol-lowing summer. We are committed to creating the most ex-citing and meaningful Jewish camping experience in North America under the supervision of an exceptional staff in 2015.

We look forward to sharing our 53rd season with your family!

Jim Mittenthal, M.S.W., DirectorCamp Barney Medintz

Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta | 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Dunwoody, GA 30338 | 678.812.4000 | /MJCCA | atlantajcc.org

is the summer resident camp of theMarcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta campbarney.org

Winter address 9/1 - 6/15342 Tilly Mill Road • Dunwoody, GA 30338

Phone: 678.812.3844Fax: 770.481.0101

E-mail: [email protected]

Happy New Year 2015! - Camp Barney Medintz

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