Revo
If you don’t already know, Revo is a day
where the madatz (Counselors in Training) take over camp and kick out the
madrichim. The madatz then run camp and have a special themed day for all the
chanichim.
For this year’s Revo, we as the madatz ran a board game-themed day.
The chanichim were divided into groups led by main characters such as hippos
from the game hungry hungry hippos, soldiers from the game of risk, candy-themed
characters from candy land, and characters called Ace and Jack that led a
playing card group. Each group created their own cheer and got very involved in
representing their group game.
In the beginning of the day, it was announced that
Mr. Money Bags (from the game of Monopoly) had bought everyone out and would
only let one game stay in Gameland (the fictional setting for the day.) Chanichim then had to compete against each other in a round robin style, going from
station to station in their groups. Every station was themed around a specific
board game which everyone then played together. These included human chess,
life-size battleship with water balloons, and a maze that represented mouse trap.
The groups worked together to defeat each other until they realized that the
real enemy they should be defeating was Mr. Money Bags.
Everyone then joined
together to literally beat Mr. money Bags at his own game by playing a giant game of
Monopoly where every space was a challenge/task they had to perform. After
lunch and a celebration, there emerged a new bad guy in the form of Techno. He believed that board games were a thing of the past
and should be replaced by apps. The groups went on a scavenger hunt around the
lake to gather the necessary supplies to defeat Techno. They then participated
in another round robin, where each station was a different app game they had to
eliminate. The games included angry birds (where chanichim knocked down painted boxes,) candy
crush (mashing up chocolate into choco balls,) and flappy bird (going through an
obstacle course.)
After dinner, to finally get rid of Techno man, all of the
groups built forts out of cardboard boxes and then threw water balloons at him.
The night ended with a dance party and dessert.
For us, this day was a time to
step up and take responsibility. We planned one full day for the chanichim and
tried to make it as exciting and engaging as possible. Overall, it was a
success and a time where both madatz and chanichim bonded and had fun.
Revo Announced
Amelim Building the Jordan River System (out of candy, of course)
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