While preferences for a particular project may be expressed, AJSS assigns campers to achieve balanced groups regardless of preferences. The work camp consists of a Director, two counselors, a cook, and a co-ed group of about sixteen campers, usually evenly divided between boys and girls. The campers are predominantly Jewish. Participants must have completed Tenth Grade by the start of camp. Those campers who can afford it, pay part of the actual cost for the six weeks, plus transportation.
Scholarships are available.
The gap between fees collected and actual cost is met by contributions to the Society. The community or institution served by the project furnishes housing for our group, tools and building materials, transport in project area and a work supervisor familiar with the technical demands of the task. The food and supervisory staff are supplied by the Society. By recommendation of Rabbis, Jewish Community Centers, previous campers, schools, and publicity in newspapers and magazines and at our website. The campers, the community or institution served, the surrounding area, the Jewish Community at large, and, in years to come, the entire nation.