Getting to Work with Voc Ed and Voc Ed Ma’avar

One of the proudest gems of our camp community is our Tikvah program, now a model of inclusive camping throughout the camping industry. Within the Tikvah program, our Vocational Education (Voc Ed) and Voc Ed Ma’avar programs offer participants opportunities for independent living skills and professional skills training and support.

Participants in Voc Ed and Voc Ed Ma’avar get the best of both worlds here at Ramah, spending half of the day enjoying the full camp experience and the other half of the day working in various jobs that are pivotal to the camp operation and infrastructure. This summer, participants in Voc Ed and Voc Ed Ma’avar are working hard around camp setting up our chadar ochel (dining hall) for lunch, sorting and delivering mail and lost and found, working with our kitchen staff to prepare meals for all the chanichim (campers), and assembling daily snack for all the the tzrifim (bunks).

We also re-opened the Voc Ed Bakery, serving up yummy muffins and cakes for birthday celebrations around camp.

Our Voc Ed and Voc Ed Ma’avar participants are practicing job skills, learning independence, and supporting fundamental components of our camp operation that rely on our Tikvah participants for their service and hard work.

In the afternoons, our Voc Ed and Voc Ed Ma’avar participants enjoy the variety of camp programming: swimming, art, Jewish learning and music, and even working with the animals on our farm.

We are excited for another month of learning, working, and growing in Tikvah!