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Apply Now and Work Smarter for Your Camp in 2022


Today JCamp 180 has opened applications for the 2022 classes of our most popular learning programs for camp professionals and lay leaders – LEAP, GIFT Leadership Institute, and Life & Legacy® for JCamp 180.

In addition, we are excited to announce a new option for strategic planning for camps called Camp GPS.
 
  • Applications for LEAP, Life & Legacy® for JCamp 180, and Camp GPS are due November 1.
  • The GIFT Leadership Institute application has two parts: 
    • Preliminary application showing interest and providing potential team members, due October 25.
    • Individual team member applications, due November 1. (link will be provided after the preliminary application is submitted)
Details and links to apply can be found below.

APPLICATIONS OPEN NOW FOR:






LEAP (Leadership Engagement and Advancement Program) is a skill and capacity-building training program designed for board or camp committee chairs and vice chairs of JCamp 180 affiliated overnight and day camps. You can learn more about LEAP and apply for the 2022 cohort here.   






GIFT Leadership Institute
(GLI) guides camp leadership teams from JCamp 180 affiliated day and overnight camps (and parent agencies) through an organization-wide breakthrough to instill a transformative Culture of Philanthropy in their organization. Through GLI, camps will develop a  new, energized approach to how the organization thinks about, talks about, organizes for, and engages in fundraising. You can learn more about GLI and apply for the 2022 cohort here.  








LIFE & LEGACY® for JCamp 180
provides training, support, and monetary incentives to motivate Jewish overnight and day camps affiliated with JCamp 180 to secure after-lifetime commitments with the aim of building permanent endowments that will sustain vibrant Jewish camps for years to come. You can learn more about Life & Legacy for JCamp 180 and apply for the cohort launching in 2022 here.

NEW OFFERING FOR 2022






JCamp 180 is excited to be launching a new option for strategic planning in 2022 - Camp GPS. This program offers JCamp 180 affiliated overnight and day camp teams the opportunity to map out their strategic direction and goals for the coming years through a high energy, short-timeframe group planning process. Camp GPS will combine real-time online work with offline team meetings to Generate Purposeful Strategies and produce a useful one-page strategic plan to serve as your roadmap to the future. You can learn more about Camp GPS and register for the 2022 inaugural program here.


ENROLLMENT PROGRAM UPDATE





We are revamping our popular Enrollment Program! We expect to offer an intensive in enrollment in 2022 with additional offerings later in 2022. Interested in measurably increasing recruitment and retention in both the short- and long term? Please fill out the short interest form here and stay tuned for more details.

>> Learn more about the JCamp 180 Enrollment Program

For more information on all of JCamp 180’s professional and volunteer learning opportunities, visit https://jcamp180.org/professional-development

And if you have any questions about our program offerings, please email jcamp180@hgf.org or your camp’s JCamp 180 Mentor.

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Who we are: JCamp 180 is a program of the Harold Grinspoon Foundation (HGF). Our goal is to significantly enhance the long-term effectiveness of nonprofit Jewish camps in North America. To meet this goal, we provide affiliated Jewish camps with consulting services, annual conferences, shared resources, professional development, and matching grant opportunities. Find more at www.jcamp180.org