Envision a world where you sleep in as cabin, there are many people,you are away from home but imagine going to the same camp every summer..and finally getting a trip to out of the USA. For the past nine years, Avery Carneol ’19 attends Foundations for Jewish Camping camp. Foundation for Jewish Camping, is a camp where campers learn about Jewish culture and traditions, and it also helps campers connect to their own identity and the larger Jewish community.

Carneol attends Camp Interlaken camp in Northern Wisconsin, Eagle River each summer. There are many camps that are named differently depending where they are located, The camp has many programs like Bildner Graduate Fellowship, ELI: Executive Leadership Institute.
“One of my favorite things to do at camp is water skiing because as [counselors in training] we got to go in the ski boats when the kids were skiing,” Carneol said. “That was such a fun experience”, “because we got to help the kids learn how to ski and watch them grow over the course of either two or four weeks.”

“A funny story is that for an evening program we had a petting zoo but we couldn’t bring actual animals into camp so all of the Ozos had to dress up as animals for the petting zoo.” Avery ‘19, the camp seems that it’s so much fun, getting to get anyone make new friendships, if you go to the camps website you can learn more information about some event and the history behind the camp.

“There is something for everyone, like rock climbing, ceramics, sailing, video/ film, and a lot more. It is a place where people can come together and make lifetime memories with people all around the world” Avery ‘19
Avery also went to Israel last summer with her camp they went there for three and a half weeks and they got to experience the culture and the different lifestyles “It was a completely new environment and experience” Avery ‘19

“Something that would be amazing to write is that Camp Interlaken isn’t just for Jewish kids or adults. Yes, the camp is a Jewish camp but there is so much more than just being a Jewish camp” Avery ‘19, as we can see the camp is something to check out, Avery seems to enjoy camp, Avery has said that this has helped her to understand the culture, and how many teens go to the camp to learn about their culture.