Yom Yisrael
JCC Ranch Camp is located on 380 acres of land in the Black Forest of Colorado. With the exception of the trips programs, most members of the camp community spend the entire two weeks of the session on this beautiful property, surrounded by nature, tucked away from the worries of the outside world. This may […]
A Ranch Camp Shabbat
Sunday morning began as a fresh start, the Havdalah ceremony the night before separating Shabbat from the rest of the week. As campers spread across camp to enjoy their activities, their spirits were still lifted and their hearts still content from the Shabbat celebrations that began on Friday. Though JCC Ranch Camp is, as the […]
Shabbat Shalom, Ranch Camp!
Session 1, Day 4 June 14th, 2019 The Torah is obsessed with rules. Particularly (and fittingly) the book of Numbers, from which we are currently reading. Many of the rules and the stories that contain them depict or delineate standards for the community of Israelites and standards for communities in general. When we begin our staff […]
Welcome Home
Session 1, Day 3 June 13th, 2019 As the sun rose over the 400 beautiful acres of JCC Ranch Camp, the community that had just gathered the day before slowly began to wake. Birds chirped and rays of sunshine floated through the windows as each cabin emerged from slumber, refreshed and ready for the full […]
A New Beginning
The sun rose this morning onto a changed Ranch Camp – even before the first camper set foot onto the property, the air hummed with a new energy. This day has been anticipated for many months, by hundreds of people. For some of these campers, this is their first time back to camp in a […]
Notes from Noah: The Future Looks Bright
Dear Ranch Camp Community, I hope you will share my pride as I present an excerpt from an exciting press release that went out on March 26. A transformational gift of $2 million has been designated by Don Sturm and the Sturm Family to JCC Ranch Camp, an overnight camp in Elbert, Colo. This extremely […]
Notes from Noah: Shabbat Shalom
Among the most interesting statistics gleaned from our 2018 survey was that 33% of our campers come from a home with one parent that does not identify as Jewish. This is the third highest percentage of interfaith families among the 73 residential Jewish camps participating in the survey. From my perspective, this is an extremely […]
March’s Frequently Asked Questions
As you are getting your kids ready for camp we know that questions will start arise. Here are some of the most Frequently Asked Questions we have received in the past month about camp! If you have more questions, be sure to let us know. Does Ranch Camp provide Bar/Bat Mitzvah Support? We can […]
Summer Fun Away From Home
Siena Yeh, a second grader at Cole Elementary, wrote a beautiful article (below) regarding her first summer at Ranch Camp. This article was then published in her school’s newspaper! Hmm…do we have a budding journalist in our midst? Thank you so much for your sweet words, Siena. We’re so happy that you have enjoyed (and […]
Notes from Noah: A Home For Everyone
In January, we received an email from a parent asking us to consider adding an additional choice for gender on our application. I responded by saying that there should be an additional choice, and that, for three years now, I have been requesting this from the company that makes the program we use (CampMinder). I […]