Camp Laurelwood
Encyclopedia
Camp Laurelwood has been serving the New Haven
and surrounding Jewish
communities since 1937. The camp is located in northern Madison, Connecticut
, in the United States
.
Serving up to 400 children in two, four week sessions, Laurelwood features activities like boating, archery, wrestling and tennis in a Jewish cultural environment. The kosher kitchen is the center of camping activity serving kosher food to campers at the overnight camp. The facilities include:
Camp Laurelwood Directors:
New Haven, Connecticut
New Haven is the second-largest city in Connecticut and the sixth-largest in New England. According to the 2010 Census, New Haven's population increased by 5.0% between 2000 and 2010, a rate higher than that of the State of Connecticut, and higher than that of the state's five largest cities, and...
and surrounding Jewish
Jews
The Jews , also known as the Jewish people, are a nation and ethnoreligious group originating in the Israelites or Hebrews of the Ancient Near East. The Jewish ethnicity, nationality, and religion are strongly interrelated, as Judaism is the traditional faith of the Jewish nation...
communities since 1937. The camp is located in northern Madison, Connecticut
Madison, Connecticut
Madison is a town in the southeastern corner of New Haven County, Connecticut, occupying a central location on Connecticut's Long Island Sound shoreline. The population was 18,812 at the 2000 census....
, in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
Serving up to 400 children in two, four week sessions, Laurelwood features activities like boating, archery, wrestling and tennis in a Jewish cultural environment. The kosher kitchen is the center of camping activity serving kosher food to campers at the overnight camp. The facilities include:
- Main office
- 6 TennisTennisTennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
courts (two Lighted for night play) - Chupah (covered basketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
/ stage / performance area) - Three large teen cabins (super senior complex)
- Dance studio
- Gymnastics building
- Recreational hall
- InfirmaryHospitalA hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment. Hospitals often, but not always, provide for inpatient care or longer-term patient stays....
- Arts and crafts building
- Nature and pioneering building
- Boating lake
- Archery
- Canteen
- Mess hall (dining room)
- Soccer field
- 2 Pools
- 2 VolleyballVolleyballVolleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
courts - 3 SoftballSoftballSoftball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
fields - 4 Basketball courts
- Computer room
- Comprehensive high and low ropes courses
Camp Laurelwood Directors:
- 1942–1970: Lowell Gordon
- 1971–1984: Norman Feitelson
- 1985–2000: James A. Wolf
- 2001: Erik Patchkofsky
- 2002: Dan Oren
- 2003–present: Ruth Ann Ornstein