If you are a prospective camper, we of course urge you to read our brochures, talk to former campers and ask us any questions you may have. Proficiency in the formal education process is one prerequisite toward reaching that goal in our skills oriented society. But one can graduate with all the required knowledge and still not be prepared for coping with the world one finds at the end of the academic trail. Specifically, if you lack the adaptability and flexibility to respond to setbacks and unforeseen challenges, if you lack the moral courage to do something about the economic plight of those less fortunate, we predict you will not be the productive, caring and happy person we trust you wish to be. No, but it is a giant step in the right direction.
Work camping provides a proven and personally satisfying mechanism for helping others.
At the same time you can sharpen your social skills, increase your adaptability to new situations, and apply your religious and ethical idealism under Jewish auspices. It is truly a unique learning experience which can indeed help to prepare any participant for the rest of life's numerous challenges. AJSS attracts campers who have frequently run the gamut of conventional camping or other summer pursuits and are now desirous of something more challenging. AJSS also involves campers with some of the disadvantaged citizenry of our country. AJSS enthusiastically looks forward to three exciting projects in 2002.