Camp Sports

If you’re looking for a camp where you can play sports competitively, go on exciting trips and learn with acclaimed NCSY staff from around North America, then NCSY’s Camp Sports is for you!

While at camp, you will play daily sports (baseball, football, soccer, Frisbee, and basketball) both in competitive leagues and recreationally. When you’re not playing sports you will enjoy paintballing, a trip to Hershey Park, attending major and minor league baseball games, watching a demolition derby and going on over 20 awesome trips!

If intense competitive sports and exciting trips are what you’re looking for this summer, look no further. NCSY’s Camp Sports is a summer experience you will never forget.

Trip Summary

Eligibility:

Current 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, Program for boys

Price:

$2,699 USD

Location:

Baltimore, Maryland,

Duration:

4 weeks

Dates:

July 04 2012 - August 01 2012

Contact Information:

p: 212-613-8145
f: 212-613-0790

Downloadable Forms:

Medical Form Recommendation Form

Day 1
Activity
Orientation
Night Class

Day 2
2 league games (2)
Interactive Discussion 2
Mishmar BBQ

Day 3
1 league game(3)
Hockey
Trip to mall
David Cutler oneg

Day 4
Motzei Shabbos
Bowling
Shabbos Guest
David Cutler

Day 5
17th of Tammuz
Special surprise night program

Day 6
Washington trip

Day 7
2 league games (7)
Swim
Movie discussion

Day 8 Hershey Park
Day 9
2 league games (9)
Swim
Inteactive talk
Chulent mishmar

Day 10
1 league game(10)
Hockey
Trip to mall
Kolel oneg

Day 11
Motzei Shabbos
Bowling
Shabbos Guest
Lavitt

Day 12
Orioles game and Inner Harbor
BBQ & scavenger hunt

Day 13
2 league games (12)
Swim
Kashrus presentation

Day 14
32 Mile bike hike or tubing

Day 15
2 league games (15)
Interactive talk-8
Swim
Mishmar BBQ

Day 16
State Fair & Demolition Derby

Day 17
1 league game(16)
Hockey
Trip to mall
Night kolel oneg

Day 18
Melave Malka
Bowling

Day 19
2 league games(18)
Prezi lesson-9
Swim

Day 20
1 League game (19)
Hagerstown Suns
Game - BBQ

Day 21
2 league games(21)
Interactive talk

Day 22
Paintball or Lancaster trip

Day 23
2 league games (22)
Mishmar
Night shiur

Day 24
1 league game or Water hike, sportsman hall

Day 25
Shabbos Chill

Day 26
Tisha bav
Break-fast Dunkin Donuts bonanaza and BBQ

Day 27
Playoffs
Four seasons Indoor sports center and pool

Day 28
Championship Game
Toilet bowl
Banquet

Day 29
Last Day of camp
BUMMER

Q: How do I apply for an NCSY Summer Program?

A: The application will be open late October, please continue to check back on our website for updates.


Q: What forms do I need to fill out before I can be accepted?

A: Acceptance decisions will not be made without a completed application, recommendation letters, and medical waivers. ** Please note, all programs require a telephone interview before an acceptance decision is made.**


Q: I have applied, now what?

A: Upon completion of your online application, you will receive a confirmation email. All NCSY Summer Programs also require a brief telephone interview as part of the application process. In the unlikely event that you do not receive a phone call to schedule your interview within three weeks of submitting your online application, kindly send an email to Summer@ncsy.org or call us at 1-888-TOUR-4-YOU.


Q: Until when can I apply for the programs?

A: All programs work under a rolling admission system which means that there is no final date to apply to the program. Once the program reaches capacity, we will stop accepting applications for that program. Most programs fill to capacity sooner rather then later so applying early is always recommended.


Q: Are scholarships available for NCSY Summer Programs?

A: Yes! The financial aid application is part of the online registration process. Scholarship decisions are based on need and are made after an applicant has been accepted on a first-come first-served basis. Please note, many outside organizations offer scholarships for summer programs. You might consider calling your local Federation, ZOA, JCC, Synagogue or local NCSY office for scholarship assistance.


Q: What forms do I need to send to NCSY before I can go on a program?

A: After being accepted, you must submit a packet of legal forms and medical forms. All forms will be sent to you in a confirmation email upon completion of the online registration process.


Q: When will I know if I have been accepted?

A: All programs will be accepting applicants on a rolling basis. You can expect to have an answer about three weeks after interviews have been conducted. If more than three weeks have passed since your interview and you have not been contacted regarding your participation, kindly send an email to Summer@ncsy.org or call us at 1-888-TOUR-4-YOU.


Q: When can I expect to receive an information packet for my program?

A: Packets will be mailed out before Passover. These packets will include packing lists, itineraries, flight information, specific program codes of conduct and other VERY IMPORTANT information. It is crucial that you read through the entire packet and mail in all appropriate forms. If you need this information prior to Passover, kindly send an email to Summer@ncsy.org or call us at 1-888-TOUR-4-YOU. Please note, most of this information will also be available on our website (http://www.NCSYsummer.com) around Passover time.


Q: Can I extend my stay in Israel?

A: Yes. To extend a ticket, you will need to contact the Summer Programs Associate assisgned to your program. He or she will give you the direct email address for our travel agent who will make the accommodations. Program Associates cannot arrange flights. Note: Any additional fees associated with the change are the responsibility of the program participant.


Q: Once the program has departed, how can I be in touch with my child?

A: For domestic programs, numbers will be provided. For the overseas programs there will be cell phone rental service required through a third party. There will also be an emergency number available. Some programs will also have access to fax machines and emails.


Q: Once the program has started, whom do I contact with problems or questions?

A: If you have a question regarding billing, flights or any other matter concerning your program, please contact the NCSY Summer Programs Associate assigned to your program at 1-888-TOUR-4-YOU. If your specific questions were not answered in the FAQs above, please feel free to call 1-888-TOUR-4-YOU, or email your inquiry to Summer@ncsy.org


If your specific questions were not answered in the FAQs above, please feel free to call 1-888-TOUR-4-YOU, or email your inquiry to.

Letter From Your Director Rabbi Jon Green Week #4
July 29th, 2011 | Camp Sports | Comments
  Dear Parents, This was an amazing week here in camp and I cannot wait to tell you a little of what happened in hot Baltimore . This past Shabbos we danced and sang Friday displaying the joy we felt in Shabbos arriving. We were joined by Ari Kahn esq. a former camper and a member of our board. He shared Torah thoughts and many old camp stories with the NCSYers at our Friday night oneg. Shabbos day we had some great spirit as well as some much needed rest. After Shabbos we went bowling to help…
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Bringing Light to the Haggerstown Suns!
July 27th, 2011 | Camp Sports | Comments
Every go to a MLB game and want to reach out, speak to the players, interact with them, cheer and be heard? Well, when Camp Sports heads to a baseball game, they go in style. Armed with banners, rally towels and of course lots of cheering and noise, Camp Sports made the 400 people in attendance at the Haggerstown Suns game feel like it was Game 7 of the World Series!  Although the Suns lost the game,…
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Camp Sports Loves Gatorade! Thanks to the OU and NCSY
July 27th, 2011 | Camp Sports | Comments
Thanks to the amazing connection between the OU and NCSY, NCSYers at Camp Sports were privaledged to recieve a donation of over 400 bottles of Gatorade. asdfasf  
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The Shmuz @ Camp Sports
July 27th, 2011 | Camp Sports | Comments
  This past Wednesday, July 20th our kiruv camp NCSY Sports in Baltimore was treated to most inspiring words of chizuk by Rabbi Ben Tzion Shafier , director of Tiferes Bnai Torah/ The Shmuz.   The Rav spoke about how each individual is endowed by Hashem with great spiritual potential.  A lot of times we underestimate our great worth and don't even try.  Sometimes this is because we really don't know how great we could become if we just kept trying and   most times its because we are…
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Delaware State Fair and Monster Truck Ralley
July 27th, 2011 | Camp Sports | Comments
Ever think to youself what they do with those broken down cars that you pass on the side of the road? They bring them to the Delaware State Fair and Monster Truck Ralley!! To close off an incredible week of activities and trips, Thursday afternoon, Camp Sports head out to Delaware for the Annual Delaware State Fair. The kids went on rides, won prizes at game comeptitions and walked away with lots of free things from vendors from across the area. The highligh though, was the conclusion…
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Rav Herschel Shachter Speaks to Camp Sports
July 27th, 2011 | Camp Sports | Comments
On Friday, July 22nd, the NCSYers at Camp Sports had the unique privaledge and opportunity to hear from world renowned posek and Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshiva University, Rav Hershel Schachter. Rav Schachter spoke to the boys about how, despite the passing of over 3,000 years, our Torah, is eternal and never changes. He challenged the boys to make our Torah, our heritage part of their lives too, as we as the Jewish people have done since recieving it at Har Sinai. After the Shiur, Rav Schachter answered individual…
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Is it Kosher and Fowl Play
July 22nd, 2011 | Camp Sports | Comments
This week in Camp Sports we had the time to see up close and personal the laws of Kashrus and understanding what birds are Kosher and what aren't. To begin the program, each team had to construct something made only out of a few straws, and a few pieces of  masking tape, which would hold a raw egg and protect it from breaking after being dropped from the top of a van.  Next, each team had to take a rubber glove and blow it up to look like a chicken, and we had a contest who can…
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Remembering the Destruction and Dealing with Tragedy Today
July 22nd, 2011 | Camp Sports | Comments
How is it possible for teenagers to relate to the destruction of the Beis Hamikdash that happend so long ago? On Tuesday, we celebrated the 17th Day of Tamuz, which is the beginning of the mourning period of the Three weeks, which culminate with Tisha B'Av. In Camp Sports, the fast day of the 17th of Tamuz began with Shachris, and emphasizing to the NCSYers that the greatest way for us to commemorate the time period of destruction, is by continuing to grow in our learning and Mitzvos, and so we began the day with a packed Beis…
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Baltimore Orioles Game, Inner Harbor and BBQ!
July 22nd, 2011 | Camp Sports | Comments
On Sunday, after a morning filled with learning Camp Sports head out to watch the Baltimore Orioles take on the Cleveland Indians. The game was filled with excitement as Camp Sports had a game within the game, with a chance to win great prizes!  Each camper recieved a sheet of paper with the name of one of the players on it, and the camper earned runs for  every action that the player did. So campers earned points if their player got a hit, caught a ball, homerun, etc. Kids won free Slurpees, dunkin donuts and Free Steaks at…
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Letter From Your Director Rabbi Jon Green Week #2!
July 19th, 2011 | Camp Sports | Comments
  Dear Parents, I hope you had a wonderful week we have been very busy during our first full week in camp. Here in camp the spirit and the weather were heating up, we tried to keep the spirit hot, and to keep cool and well hydrated. Shabbos was uplifting and full of energy, we danced during the meals and prayers, had some great food and learned a lot. Rabbi Yehoshua Marchuck, the Director of the Sage program of NY NCSY joined us for Shabbos and left saying how the NCSYers in camp made his Shabbos…
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Shabbos of Greatness: Get Up and Dance!
July 18th, 2011 | Camp Sports | Comments
For the second Shabbos in Camp Sports, we had the privaledge of having with us and hearing from many guest speakers throughout the weekend. Aside from the Normal incredible and excited singing and dancing during our Friday Night Davening, which rocked the walls of Ner Israel's campus, before Maariv NCSYers had the chance to hear from Rabbi Kurland, from Sh'or Yoshuv Yeshivah in Far Rockaway, NY. Rabbi Kurland is an incredible educator and author who has spent many years teaching. He began Shabbos with inspiring words to the teens and also led a beautiful Oneg/Tisch on Friday night.…
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Hershey Park!!
July 18th, 2011 | Camp Sports | Comments
Every fall straight down over 100 Feet going almost 60 MPH? Then you have never experienced Fahrenheit, the Ride at Hershey Park in Hershey, PA. Along with ten other rocking roller coasters, sports competitions, and of course the world famous tour of the Hershey Factory, Camp Sports NCSY'ers hit them all with a whole day and night in the park!  Upon arrival, NCSY'ers entered excited and full of energy, when they left, later that night, their hands were filled with all the prizes won, and feelings of overwhelming awesomeness as they experinced some of the coolest rides around…
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Seeing The Sights- Washington, DC
July 18th, 2011 | Camp Sports | Comments
On Monday, July 11th, Camp Sports made its way to Washington, DC in the afternoon. Campers had the opportunity to walk around the nation's capital. Campers were dropped off in front of the National Air and Space Museum located on Independence Ave. NCSY'ers had the chance to see actual aircrafts from NASA, enjoy the exhibits and the Air Conditioning! NCSY'ers were also given the opportunity to spend time at the Holocaust Museum, which was the first time for many of hte NCSY'ers who went. For those who chose not to go to the Museum of National Air…
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Saturday Night Bowling and Pizza
July 13th, 2011 | Camp Sports | Comments
It's 11PM on a Saturday night, when most of the world is heading to sleep, Camp Sports is heading BOWLING!! With all the bowling you can handle, Campers and Advisors head out to the local AMF Lanes for some awesome bowling until 1AM. Sleep? What's that? After getting back to Camp, everyone headed back to the Dining room for a Pizza Melave Malka! There never is a dull moment at Camp Sports!   
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The Ruach & Energy of Camp Sports Fill the Hills of Garrison, MD
July 13th, 2011 | Camp Sports | Comments
Where exactly is Garrison, MD? If you weren't quite sure, over the weekend, it would have been much easier to find as the RUACH and Energy of the singing over the weekend was incredibly remarkable and inspirational! From the very first moments of the weekend, campers and advisors broke out in song and dance throughout the Friday night Davening! It was truly an incredible sight to see campers from totally different backgrounds, from campers who have been in Yeshiva their entire lives, to campers who are davening for the first time locked hand in hand, bringing in the first…
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140 Players, 12 Teams, 50 Coolers of Water, and Lots of Ice Packs
July 8th, 2011 | Camp Sports | Comments
  No, it isn’t a special effect out of the movies, but it does seem to be that all participants in Camp Sports seem to walking around in slow motion as we wrap up the first week in Camp Sports, soar from sports but filled with excitement! Every day begins with Davening, breakfast and two learning sessions led by our incredibly talented, and dedicated advisor staff. At Camp Sports, we have decided to focus on Prayer, Tefillah. Advisors, together with their group of 3-4 campers, will go through different sources, materials and explanations…
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Letter From Your Director Rabbi Jon Green Week #1!
July 8th, 2011 | Camp Sports | Comments
  Dear Parents, Thank you very much for sending your son to Camp NCSY Sports this summer. We will do our best to make this summer an exciting ,fun and growth oriented experience. Although we are only at the third day of camp, I wanted to send you a note to let you know how our first days went. I will be sending out these emails weekly which will keep you informed of what we are doing in camp, and so that you can share the summer experience with us. Everyone arrived safely on Wednesday and…
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Welcome to NCSY Camp Sports 2011!
June 30th, 2011 | Camp Sports | Comments
Transportation Information: If your son is getting to camp via: THE BUS - The stops are listed below. There is one bus making 2 stops, so please be on time. There will be a truck meeting the bus in New Jersey to take any luggage that did not fit under the bus in Cedarhurst and the luggage of those NCSYers taking the bus from New Jersey.  Campers often bring cases of water and even a small refrigerator. It is easier to give your son ten dollars and he can buy water or any drinks…
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