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The Promises We Make
When we join a team, we are making a vow to be our best selves and put the team first. When campers and staff join our camp community, we are making a promise to ourselves and to each other to embody our core values of leadership, teamwork, growth, sportsmanship, pride and intention. On the first […]
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The Importance of Teaching Intention as a Head Coach
Working at 6 Points has been a valuable experience for me because of how important the 6 Core Values are to the overall coaching program. The value that I have stressed the most to the baseball players has been “Intention.” At camp, “Intention” is coupled with the Hebrew meaning behind the word, which is combined with Jewish values surrounding prayer and community.
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From Counselor to Head Coach: Coming Home to 6 Points
I’m motivated in my return to the loving, supportive community and to give back to the place that provided such a strong foundation for me. I couldn’t be more excited to coach basketball during Session 3 and help create a wonderful experience for all once again.
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Spreading Hope, Creating Community
A few of us had attended a Jewish camp as a child; several more had sent our children to Jewish camp; and for some of us this was our first day at a Jewish camp. But for all of us, love of Jewish camps is close to our hearts and supporting Reform Jewish camps is our mission.
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Racing to Repair our World
Hear from our campers in the Sports Journalism Elective about our Tikkun Olam 5K and their thoughts on our partner organization (St. Joseph Center), reasons for participating, and the race itself!
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Stepping stones, not stopping points
Setting an intention, or in other words, deciding how you want to go about achieving a goal, is not a one-and-done exercise. Perhaps the second counting was an opportunity for Moses and the Israelites to reflect on how they have conducted themselves thus far, on the journey to the Promised Land.
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Songleading at Sports Camp
“What I did not expect was how open and receptive all of our 6 Points campers have been to learning and participating in new musical experiences.”
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What Do You Think Wednesday – Session 2 Week 2
Check out this weeks very special What Do Think Wednesday!
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Leading On and Off the Field
Read how Coach Alli uses our Core Value "Leadership" to teach other values on the field.
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Remembering WHY we play the game
Here at #The6 we are preparing our campers to be the leaders of tomorrow; looking for opportunities to grow and learn, feeling gratitude for each moment they get to spend playing the sport they love and never sacrificing their values to win at any cost.
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