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Achiezer Launches Annual Camp Fund Campaign: "It's Not CAMPLICATED"
May 27, 2025
As the school year draws to a close, families across our community prepare for the next chapter: summer camp. For most, it's a given. But for hundreds of others, it's a source of anxiety and uncertainty. That's where the Achiezer Camp Fund steps in- and this year's message is clear: It's Not CAMPLICATED.
"Every child deserves a summer," says Aliza Wartelsky, Achiezer's Family Crisis Coordinator and the manager of the Camp Fund. "The Achiezer Camp Fund helps us help hard-working families who simply don't have the extra funds to send their children to camp. Sometimes it's families dealing with unexpected tutoring or therapy bills. Other times it's someone going through a crisis with nothing to work with at all."
The demand is real- and growing. 389 families have already reached out to Achiezer this season.
"These are humble families," shares Boruch Ber Bender, President of Achiezer. "It takes strength and fortitude to pick up the phone and say, 'Achiezer, I can't send my kids to camp unless you help me.' What should we do- leave kids on the street to climb the walls all summer? I don't think there's another fund like this. We don't hire staff, we don't take overhead- it all goes straight to camp."
Indeed, 100% of every dollar raised goes directly toward tuition for children whose families can't shoulder the cost alone. No overhead. No red tape. Just impact.
"Our job," says Aliza, "is to make sure camp becomes a reality- even for families who wouldn't have prioritized it, but whose rebbeim or school principals strongly advocate for it for the sake of the child's emotional well-being." Roughly 80% of the families supported by the Camp Fund are those Achiezer works with throughout the year via its trailblazing Westwood Financial Management Division. The rest undergo a careful, respectful vetting process to ensure that help is extended where it's truly needed.
Achiezer is calling on the community to join in this effort; a campaign that truly belongs to us all.
"It's simple but powerful," says R' Boruch Ber. "What better zechus to make sure your own kids have a happy, healthy summer- than making sure that every other child does too?"
The Achiezer Camp Fund. It's not CAMPLICATED.
Join the fund. Open your heart. Let's give every child a summer.
To donate, visit achiezer.org/camp
"Every child deserves a summer," says Aliza Wartelsky, Achiezer's Family Crisis Coordinator and the manager of the Camp Fund. "The Achiezer Camp Fund helps us help hard-working families who simply don't have the extra funds to send their children to camp. Sometimes it's families dealing with unexpected tutoring or therapy bills. Other times it's someone going through a crisis with nothing to work with at all."
The demand is real- and growing. 389 families have already reached out to Achiezer this season.
"These are humble families," shares Boruch Ber Bender, President of Achiezer. "It takes strength and fortitude to pick up the phone and say, 'Achiezer, I can't send my kids to camp unless you help me.' What should we do- leave kids on the street to climb the walls all summer? I don't think there's another fund like this. We don't hire staff, we don't take overhead- it all goes straight to camp."
Indeed, 100% of every dollar raised goes directly toward tuition for children whose families can't shoulder the cost alone. No overhead. No red tape. Just impact.
"Our job," says Aliza, "is to make sure camp becomes a reality- even for families who wouldn't have prioritized it, but whose rebbeim or school principals strongly advocate for it for the sake of the child's emotional well-being." Roughly 80% of the families supported by the Camp Fund are those Achiezer works with throughout the year via its trailblazing Westwood Financial Management Division. The rest undergo a careful, respectful vetting process to ensure that help is extended where it's truly needed.
Achiezer is calling on the community to join in this effort; a campaign that truly belongs to us all.
"It's simple but powerful," says R' Boruch Ber. "What better zechus to make sure your own kids have a happy, healthy summer- than making sure that every other child does too?"
The Achiezer Camp Fund. It's not CAMPLICATED.
Join the fund. Open your heart. Let's give every child a summer.
To donate, visit achiezer.org/camp
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