Camp Chi

Chi was founded in 1921 as the Chicago Hebrew Institute by the Jewish Community Centers of Chicago.[2] In the 1940s and beyond, the camp was supported by fundraising efforts by the Jewish Auxiliary[3] and the Institute Woman's Club via luncheons.[4]

In the 1950s, the camp had a summer population of 1500 children between the ages of 5 and 16,[5] and it provided for free summer events and trips to Jewish elderly.[6][7] It moved to its present site in Lake Delton, Wisconsin in 1957 and became a co-ed camp. The 600 acre facility features summer cabins, two pools, tennis courts, a horseback riding stable, athletic fields, a large winterized gymnasium facility, a year-round conference center and miles of magnificent trails. The director of Camp Chi is Brad Finkel.

Camp Chi is divided by grade into the following groups:

• Garinim (two-week 3rd grade)
• Yeladim (two-week 4th and 5th grade)
• Shoreshim (4th and 5th grade)
• Tsofim (6th grade)
• Kadima (two-week 6th and 7th grade)
• Chalutzim (7th grade)
• Habonim (8th grade)
• PNW (Pacific Northwest Trip) (9th and 10th Grade)
• Noar (9th and 10th grade)
• SIT (Staff In Training) (8 weeks) (11th grade)
• Avodah (Ages 18-22 for people with developmental or physical disabilities)
• Take Two (Two weekers that can extend to 3 or 4 weeks if they want to during the session) (For Shoreshim, Tsofim, Chalutzim, Habonim, Noar, Avodah)

Keshet, a program for children with developmental or physical disabilities, began in 2009. Avodah, a work program for special needs adults, began in 2012

• Official website