American Camp Association
JDCN and ACA are excited to announce that they are working together to encourage all Jewish day camps to become accredited as a demonstration of having met nationally recognized standards of excellence. The objective is to strengthen their collective work serving children, youth and adults through positive, transformative camp experiences for all and to ultimately strengthen their local communities. After camps go through the rigorous, peer-reviewed accreditation procedures and are given this status, ACA accreditation is a clear and universal statement of quality that ensures that Jewish day camp campers and staff are benefitting from life-changing camp experiences.
myCAMPapp
Is your camp ready for its own app? Wow parents and empower your staff with myCAMPapp®! Keep parents updated with mobile notifications for friendly reminders and last minute alerts, give them access to photos and videos of their children at camp, and let them save and sync scheduled activities and field trips to their calendar. All from your custom branded summer camp app. myCAMPapp is easiest way to share photos and videos privately with camp families. More than photos and videos – myCAMPapp also includes features such as mobile push notifications and texting that makes communication with parents simpler and more effective. myCAMPapp is a secure, easy-to-use, and affordable solution to get your camp a customized mobile app.
Sign up with JDCN and get a $100 discount code.
Maplewoodshop
As the leader in children’s woodworking, Maplewoodshop brings portable woodworking to schools, camps, and homes. We aim to make woodworking engaging and fun for all children by empowering teachers, counselors, and parents to successfully teach woodworking no matter where they are. We are making woodworking more accessible and making sure that children develop skills that last a lifetime.
Yoga Yeladim
Are you looking to add new, fun,engaging high quality and affordable activities to camp this summer? Yoga Yeladim (Children’s Yoga in Hebrew) is the ultimate fusion of Jewish learning, body awareness, and spiritual understanding, all rolled up in a yoga mat. It provides camps the basic tools to incorporate yoga and meditation with a Jewish curriculum and is easily adaptable to all campers’ ages. If your camp has never had yoga, this is a great way to get started. And if your camp already offers yoga, you now have an additional curriculum and music to make it even better. All camps are welcome to purchase the program, with Jewish camps receiving special pricing and JDCN camps getting an even deeper discount. Even overnight camps can get in on the action!
The annual fee provides unlimited access to the Yoga Yeladim Camp curriculum for every member of your camp staff. This includes detailed instructions on how to teach children meditation, mindfulness, and yoga poses, plus yoga games and activities. They teach you ways to incorporate the tools and lessons learned into all types of activities or arts & crafts. In addition, Yoga Yeladim includes guidance for using all the original music that is included with the program. Additional consulting is available to help ensure a successful yoga program at your summer camp. Prices will be determined based on the services requested.
Sport Resource Group
Sport Resource Group provides sports walls & equipment to customers worldwide with a focus on GaGa, Hockey, Lacrosse and Soccer. Our family-owned company prides itself on high-quality products that last, exceptional customer service you’ll remember, and decades of experience to inform the best equipment decisions for your team or organization. Mention Jewish Day Camp Network to get a 5% discount. If code is requested, use JDCN2020
I purchased a hockey rink from Chris is 2001 and the only maintenance it has ever required was occasional power washing. Best investment ever. Tell Chris I sent you! – Aaron Greenberg
Commercial Recreation Specialists
JDCN is excited to join forces with Commercial Recreation Specialists (CRS) to support the needs of Jewish day camps. CRS consistently provide new ideas, quality products, outstanding customer experience and affordable pricing. They are eager to work with our network and to offer discounted pricing and unique items to help your camp provide a “Wow” each and every summer. Need a Splashpad®? Playground? Waterslide? Mini golf course? Water inflatables? Kayaks or SUPs? Boating docks? More? CRS is there for you! Please contact Aaron to set up a day and time for him to introduce you to the CRS team. Stay tuned for the soon to be activated JDCN / CRS landing page, but in the meantime, you can check out the CRS website listed here.
I have worked with CRS for 25 years and have purchased more from them than one can count, including almost every one of the items listed above. They know camp and their needs and are awesome to work with.
Aaron Greenberg, JDCN
Campify Scheduling
Does scheduling take an inordinate amount of time? Do last minute changes throw your well planned schedule into a tizzy, adding hours to your day? Do you wonder why no one has designed an amazing, comprehensive, easy to use day camp scheduling program? CAMPIFY has the answer! Veteran JCC day camp professionals Joseph Levy and Eyal Abadi have created a new system to help solve your scheduling needs. Already a number of JDCN Camps have heard of Campify and are signing on, and all are receiving a 10% JDCN discount. Are you next?
Expert Online Training
Expert Online Training (EOT) is the global leader in pre-camp staff training. EOT features over 120 video-based modules featuring many of the most respected leaders in youth development education. Each video is accompanied by a randomized quiz. In addition, camps can upload their own videos, quizzes, handouts, and more. Their dedicated Customer Success Team will happily assist you, and your staff, with any questions or needs. Contact them for a free demo and an opportunity to review the EOT library of professional content.
Label Daddy
Label Daddy has a solution to help mitigate a problem we all have at our camps; the lost and found pile! Label Daddy Owner Scott Mehlman along with Director of Strategic Partnerships, Rachelle Schuster, are ready to work with all of our camps to set up a customized promotional code or fundraising link. Label Daddy has been working with camps, schools, daycare centers and all types of organizations for over 15 years and would love to partner with us. Label Daddy labels are customized, very durable, peel and stick, microwavable and washable. Camps simply show a Label Daddy flier (provided to you by Label Daddy) to their camp families, parents go online and easily customize their labels and Label Daddy ships directly to your campers before they arrive at camp. The program is free of charge, all transactions take place on the Labeldaddy.com website!!! The program is as simple as can be!!! Please reach out to Rachelle at Rachelle@labeldaddy.com with any and all questions to get your camp signed up today.
Also, if you would like, reach out to Scott directly at scott@labeldaddy.com, he will be happy to provide all camp professionals a free pack for themselves!
CampDoc
Currently used by over 1.5 million users, CampDoc offers a customized, cloud-based solution to help your organization manage participant and staff information, online registration, collect daily pre-screening questionnaires, pull custom reports, track illnesses/injuries, and more. JDCN members receive a discounted rate on data management and on all medical supplies and PPE.
The Summit
The Summit is the premier Adventure Education Program. They have 25 years of experience in program development, design, and installation of state of the art challenge courses, climbing walls, ziplines, etc. The Summit provides Life Changing Experiences Every Day and and believe that adventure programming is a catalyst for change. When we challenge ourselves to excel in one area of life, we find that we are capable in all areas. The Summit designs the best innovative, cutting edge, sustainable and environmentally friendly programs.
Lost Tribe
Lost Tribe – Lost Tribe is a global, year-round engagement initiative connecting Jewish teens and pre-teens through programming around Israel, holidays, culture and identity. They partner with over 300 Jewish community organizations, including many day and resident camps, to bring people together for online gaming tournaments, community fun nights, counselor-led Minecraft programs, and livestreams.
Alliance for Camp Health
For 26 years ACH has been providing educational resources for all aspects of camp healthcare. ACH developed the scope and standards of camp nursing practice and leads the way in camp health research. Based on our experience in planning for and managing communicable disease at camp ACN is providing resources for camps as we navigate this new virus outbreak