We are so thankful for the words of appreciation we receive each year-Here are just a few of the testimonials we have received.-
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I just want to thank you. I have never seen my kids happier. They are having their best summer ever. My son loves Mach Hach. His counselors are awesome. I was so impressed when his Rosh Eidah and the Rosh Mosh came over to introduce themselves to us on Visiting Day. My daughter is also very happy to have all her friends in her bunk. She also likes her counselors especially her Rosh Eidah. My kids are both very excited about their learning. My daughter keeps mentioning how terrific a teacher her Chinuch instructor is. So thanks again, enjoy the rest of the summer.
Heather Tanen,
Thornhill, Ont
They really are having a wonderful time. Everything looked great on Visiting Day and the kids were very happy. The bathrooms were spotless!! My daughter said that she did not want to go home!
Thanks a million,
Yaffa Blanshay
Montreal, Qc
I just wanted to tell you what a great time my daughter had. I’m laughing now remembering our conversation months ago when we discussed sending her. What a little camper she turned out to be!!
She just told me she wants to go back to camp now not just next summer but right now. She’s already bored at home.
Thanks for taking such good care of her and making sure she had a wonderful first camp experience.
Shabbat shalom,
Bayla Fortinsky
Toronto, Ont
Just wanted to thank you again for a wonderful Shabbat-- we had a great time.
We also wanted to say that the camp seems to be in a great place, the Rabbi is amazing and the atmosphere is great! All the changes made a big difference-- Yishar Koach!
Good luck!
All the best,
Ido and Shira
Montreal, Qc
We wanted to thank you for a wonderful Shabbat experience at Camp Moshava. Everything was really amazing and we were very impressed. Continue the good work.
Yamin & Rivka Benarroch
Montreal, Qc
On Visiting Day we spent just two hours in the camp briefly talking to staff members. I was surprised with warmth, care and closeness that counselors and senior staff members have with children. They managed to make us feel at home for this short time. I was touched by Rabbi Cutler's message about the time my daughter spends learning and davening. Please send my words of gratitude to everybody.
My daughter talks about camp as the most beautiful experience she has ever had.
Thank you!
Katarina Glozic
Toronto, Ont
Thank you for EVERYTHING.
My Alon has had a wonderful time! I think his best time ever! I truly appreciate everything you have done! I hope he can come again next year!
Thanks again,
Edith Uralevich (Alon's Mom)
Los Angeles, California
Dear Vicky,
Thank you for a wonderful summer! My younger girls had a great time and came home with a new sense of independence and confidence that was born to them at camp.
My other daughter comes home tomorrow and hopefully she will be able to embrace what she's learned and taken from camp and let it carry her throughout her school year in public high school. She's made terrific friends, from what I can see (your lovely daughter included!) And I'm so grateful for all these girls bringing her into their social circle, she needed that so much.
Anyway, camp Moshava was worth every penny and we look forward to shipping the whole lot of girls back to you again next year!
Thanks again!! Hope we'll all be in touch throughout the year!
Mazel tov! It's been a great summer!
Aviva and Yossi Cohen
Winnipeg, MB
A big thank you to you and your staff for an unbelievable job done with such love and dedication. A special thank you to Rav Cutler for all his words of Torah. What you do affects a child for the rest of their lives. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for all you've done for my son. His time at Camp Moshava has had a big impact on him.
Sincerely,
Jeff Mintz
Toronto, Ont
My Son really had a wonderful and memorable experience with Camp!!!
We do not regret the investment!
We are all back to work and school.
I will definetly recommand Camp Moshava to all his friends .
Have a Happy New Year
Mom from Paris
Hi Vicky,
It was great seeing you briefly yesterday. I just wanted to let you know that whatever "formula" you are using for this summer, it is great. Jonah and Aaron are having a fantastic time. I spoke with a few boys in the bunk who were at camp last summer and they said that they are having so much fun this year. We already signed the kids up for next summer! Thanks for your hard work and dedication to camp. We are so lucky to have you.
Enjoy the rest of the summer
Lisa Mills
Hi Vicky,
I just wanted to thank you again for the hospitality shown to me (and yaakov) while at camp this past shabbat!
It was great to be back; it not only made me remember how much I love it there and miss it, but made me realize to a new degree how great of a place it truly is. I reflected on how much of an impact camp has had on my life (and hopefully I have had such an impact on the camp). I only hope that you and your whole team can keep that in mind every day; I hope that with: every peulah, every fight to keep the campers in the chadar, every struggle that you have in trying to make change, and with every issue that really does take so much effort to resolve, you all have in mind the difference that you are making in so many peoples' lives with that energy.
Camp looked amazing! It was pretty clean, the kids seemed to be having fun, and the ruach was high (and of course Meir was still outdoing himself...how does he do it???). It was a pleasure to be there and to be included. I hope that the staff keeps up the amazing work that the camp keeps developing the way it has been the past couple years
Hope to be back soon!
Jordan Lass
Thanks so much!! Sorry for the very overdue "Kol Hakavod" on organizing an amazing summer 2011. From the reports and pictures I can see that our daughter is having a fabulous time!! You really spoiled us with that super bunk and counselors! Can't thank you enough!!
Hi Vicky,
The boys arrived home with half a smile. They left half of it in camp! They are happy to be home but had such an incredible summer. In fact they are so sure that they are coming back next year that one of them came home with an entirely empty duffle bag!
Please make sure you thank the appropriate staff for making their first camp experience such a success. I was watching the camp pics with a very critical eye. Your programming looked great. The activities seemed engaging and the kids were all happy.
Enjoy the last two weeks of camp. I know the boys wish they were still there 
I just wanted to let you know that our Shabbat that we spent in camp this summer has made a lasting impression in our hearts.
I always knew that Camp Moshava was a special place after entrusting my kids in its care for the past six years. However, my judgment was based on secondhand experiences. I sent the kids there- they said it was fun and they said they were happy. And I always noticed that they returned to me after each summer better individuals than I dropped off at the bus in July. They were somehow kinder, wiser, more spiritual and more eager to daven mincha. That's how I judged the success of Moshava.
Until our Shabbat visit...
To know in your mind that Moshava has got great ruach is not the same as to FEEL that ruach in your soul. I know it sounds a bit corny and melodramatic but the ruach that our family experienced that Shabbos was a real spiritual high. I wish I could bottle that feeling and take sips during the year when I need a spiritual boost.
We were welcomed to camp and embraced as family and treated royally as VIPs. We even got our own "luxury villa" in the Gan with air conditioning and private bathroom. To be honest, we knew it was camp and we were doubly warned not to expect much so we made sure to apply and reapply bug spray and always wear something on our feet.
From the sea of blue & white campers scrubbed clean in honour of Shabbat at Mifkad we were treated to our first fun display of camp spirit. We loved everything ( but the bugs)! From Kabbalat Shabbat to the delicious chicken soup; from the zmirot and dancing at dinner to the swinging from the rafters ( - we didn't try that ourselves although we were tempted). From the staff tisch with the crowning of the Cholent King and Kugel Queen we quickly got a severe case of FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) and stayed up way past our bedtime on Friday night trying to take it all in...
On Shabbat we were treated to a relaxing day with beautiful shiurim and Torah discussion groups sprouting out all over camp under every tree and gazebo. We were impressed by the warmth and caring of the counselors and staff as they sat on the grass with the kids and tried connecting with them through Torah learning.
I have to say it just got better and better as the day went on...The ruach after seudah shlishit at Slow Shira was beautiful and soulful but the ruach at Havdalah was that of unrestrained joy. When my kids had told me before that their favorite part of camp was Havdalah , I knew that it must be special but experiencing it firsthand instead of hearing about it secondhand was really amazing.
They say that " seeing is believing"...I am now a "believer"!!
I thank you for the opportunity to sponsor Shabbat and share this experience.
Best Regards
Edie Friedman
My family and I truly had an incredible time and it was really a trip down memory lane for me and my wife.
We were both heartened to see all the great work that you and your staff have been doing and were truly impressed with the ruach, energy and positive Torah atmosphere that we experienced in camp.
Some specific highlights of the Shabbat that we wanted to share with you were:
1) the ruach, dancing and beautiful singing all Shabbat. It was gratifying to see so many campers and staff members involved in the singing and the ruach at all the meals.
2) The divrei Torah at every meal was inspiring. I have been to a number of other camps where this is not done and I felt a real sense of religious growth and focus on chinuch at each and every meal.
3) The number of shiurium available to your staff and mishpachot is impressive. I felt privileged to give a shiur to the madrichim and enjoyed my time learning with them Shabbat afternoon.
4) The davening throughout the Shabbat was spirited and respectful. I was amazed as to how many chanichim were actually davening.
5) The hospitality and thoughtfulness that you personally displayed to my family and I throughout the weekend; from greeting us at the gate, to the welcome basket, from constantly coming to our table to see if we needed anything, to extending our invitation through Sunday to take advantage of the camp facilities – my wife and I were truly impressed with you and we appreciated your generosity and warmth.
You are truly doing a great job and it is reflected in the happy smiles of your campers and staff members.
Camp Moshava has always meant a lot to me, my childhood memories are full of Camp Moshava moments and experiences that I will never forget and I am thrilled that the camp is in such good hands these days. I feel privileged and honored to be partners with you in educating the future generation of Jewish leaders about the values and ideals of Bnei Akiva – Torat Yisrael, Am Yisrael B’Eretz Yisrael.
If there is anything I can do for you at all throughout the year, please don’t hesitate to call or email.
Thank you again and enjoy the rest of the summer.
Rabbi Josh Spodek