LETTERS & PACKAGES

LETTERS FROM CAMPERS

Chanichim (campers) are required to write home twice a week. Due to our location, letters sent through the USPS may take additional time to arrive home. As a result, when you read a letter from your child, the news is old. To help with the delivery of mail, we suggest that you provide your child with self-addressed, pre-stamped envelopes and/or postcards and/or ensure that they know how to address mail. Camp will provide a pre-stamped postcard on the first day of camp, knowing this is the quickest way for you to receive the first hello! If you have concerns about a letter that you receive, please call Camp and ask to speak to your child’s Yoetzet.

LETTERS TO CAMPERS

Please write your child often! Receiving mail from home helps campers feel secure and connected while they are away at camp.

For prompt delivery, please address mail in the following way, including Camper’s Name and bunk # (first letter of their edah, I.e., M9 or N27)

Max Rosen, M9
Camp Ramah in the Poconos
2618 Upper Woods Road
Lakewood, PA 18439-3939

CAMPANION eLETTERS

You can read more about our Campanion app here, including how to purchase CampStamps to send electronic letters to your camper.

The Campanion app allows families to send their campers a printed, hand-delivered letter. Letters can be composed and sent from your device or in your Camp in Touch account under Online Community, Email.

Campers are able to communicate from camp by writing traditional letters and postcards sent through the mail. This change in approach helps ensure reliable communication while preserving the pace and independence that are an important part of the overnight camp experience. We know that families look forward to hearing from their camper and we will work on our end to ensure that they are writing home at least twice a week. If you are not receiving mail from your camper, or have any concerns, please reach out to their yoetz/et. While you are excitedly waiting to receive a letter from your camper, a delayed response usually just means they’re busy having an amazing time at camp! Our camper care team will be in touch directly regarding anything that comes to our attention and requires your follow-up.

PACKAGE POLICY

CAMP RAMAH WILL ONLY DELIVER LETTERS, POSTCARDS, AND CAMPANION eLETTERS

Packages, regardless of size, will NOT be delivered to campers.

Letters, cards, and postcards are great ways to send a heartfelt "care package" that highlights "care" over "package." Any envelope that is not flat is considered a package. Additionally, please do not send care packages with family or friends who are visiting camp in a professional capacity or to drop off/pick up their child - they will not be delivered. Unauthorized packages received at camp will be donated. We do not have the personnel to deliver unnecessary packages. Please share this revised policy with any friends or family members who may consider sending a package to your camper.

If you determine that there is a critical necessity that your child requires during their time at camp, please email your child’s yoetz/et for assistance. Information for contacting your child’s Yoetz/et will be available in June. It is the camp's policy that pre-approved packages are opened by camp staff to ensure the health and safety of the camp community. All food items, including candy and gum, will be confiscated.

At Ramah, we strive to teach children that camp itself is a gift and to encourage them to spend their time enjoying and participating in the camp experience with their friends. We aim to cultivate a clean, healthy environment. This policy follows a nationwide trend among summer camps to prevent an inevitable sense of inequity or imbalance among the campers, to minimize our environmental footprint, and to reduce the emphasis on material objects in a community that emphasizes human connection and natural beauty.