Please make sure to send in a medical form for each child that you are registering for Camp Givah. If there is a need to withdraw or change the initial registration, Givah must be advised in writing. NO REFUND will be made after our chosen date. If a camper withdraws or is removed while in camp, NO REFUND will be given.
Camper scholarships for Summer 2025 are available. All scholarship applications are due by April 1, 2025
​Funds are provided from Temple Israel Restricted and Endowment Accounts and from scholarship funds from the Jewish Federation of Northeastern New York.

FORMS: (Click to open form in a new tab)
-2025 Create Camp Givah Account
*If you registered your child in the last two years you may already have a Camp Givah account. Please email Rachael Schertzer at [email protected] to check username and password*
-2025 Camp Registration Form
​-2025 Medication Consent Form
-2025 Medical Form
-2025 Scholarship Form
*All Scholarship Forms are due by April 1, 2025*
-Childrens' Camps in New York State Publication

Camp Givah Vaccination Policy

• All staff should have received the COVID vaccine(s) prior to the start of camp.​
• Campers ages 5 and up are strongly encouraged to have received the COVID-19 vaccines.  
• This policy is in addition to our existing vaccination policy, which is as follows:
  • Prior to attending camp, all campers and staff at Temple Israel’s Camp Givah must have received the vaccinations recommended in the standards of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). 
• The only recognized exemption will be if a physician certifies that a given, specific vaccination will be detrimental to a child/person’s health. 
  • Requests for exemptions based upon personal preferences, philosophical concerns, or religious beliefs will not be entertained. 
• Proof of such vaccinations will be required before applicants will be allowed to participate in camp.
• *If you have a child who will be entering Kindergarten in the fall, please make sure your child has received the 2nd MMR, 2nd Varivax, DTAP5 and polio4*

Guidelines for Parents
If your child complains or shows signs of the following symptoms at home, please refer to these guidelines:

1. Rash or eye inflammation – Any child with an unexplained rash or eye inflammation should be kept home until the condition is diagnosed by a physician.
2. Fever – If a fever is present for any reason, a child should be kept home until the temperature has returned to normal for 48 hours and all symptoms have disappeared.
3. Cold – A child with acute early symptoms of a cold should stay home to prevent serious developments and to protect classmates and teachers from exposure to infection.  If this practice is followed, fewer absences due to respiratory illness will occur.
4. Stomach Ache – Any child who has vomited during the night or in the morning of school is required to keep that child home. Occasionally a young child may experience a stomach ache before leaving for school, parents are asked to use their judgement as to whether this is simple anxiety or an actual illness.
5. COVID-19 Related symptoms - Any child who is expecting symptoms of COVID-19 should to kept at home for at least 48 hours. These symptoms can Include Fever or chills, Cough, Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, Fatigue, Muscle or body aches, Headache, New loss of taste or smell, Sore throat, Congestion or runny nose, Nausea or vomiting, and Diarrhea. If a child has these symptoms for longer then 48 hours they should remain to be kept at home. 

​​***Campers need to be fever/vomit free for 72 hours before returning to camp.***