Camp Moshava Ba'ir Toronto - FAQs

Updated: 4/1/2010

Where will the camp be located?
Moshava Ba'ir Toronto will be located at the fully renovated and air-conditioned Associated Hebrew Day School Hurwich-Danilack Education Centre - located at 252 Finch Avenue West (Bathurst & Finch)

What age children is the camp for?
Moshava Ba'ir is for children entering JK through entering grade 5.

NEW THIS SUMMER - Grade 6 program

Children going into grade 6 have a unique opportunity to come to MBT this summer either for a 6 week program or session 3 & 4 (July30-Aug 17). Campers in this program will do all regular activities PLUS have bigger weekly trips, will help run Tochniot (activities) for the younger campers & will have a special 3 day overnight at Moshava Ennimsore!

What about swimming?

This summer, our excellent swim program will take place at Northview Heights Secondary High School, located a couple of minutes away from camp at 550 Finch Ave West!

The swim program will be facilitated by experienced Toronto Parks and Rec instructors and lifeguards. The program includes a well-rounded combination of 3 instructional sessions and 1 free swim session a week, and swimming report cards will be given out at the end of each two week session.

How are the campers organized?
Each grade is a separate Edah (division) at Moshava Ba'ir, with its own Rosh Edah (Division Head). A Rosh Moshava (Head Counselor) oversees the Roshei Edah. Each Grades has 2 separate gender bunks, with the exception of kindergarten, which is co-ed. We maintain a 1:6 ration of campers to counselors across the board.

How old are the counselors? Are they trained?
The youngest staff that we hire are students going into grade 12. Most of our counselors are high school graduates. We hand-pick staff for maturity and responsibility.

We run a week of intensive counselor training in advance of the summer, as well as regular follow up workshops over the course of the summer. We take great pride in our staff!

Will you be taking trips?
Each week our older divisions will be taking one major trip, and we will also have one exciting event on campus. Examples of trips include amusement parks, berry-picking, boating and rock climbing. On campus events include carnivals with blow ups, petting zoos, and concerts.

Moshava Ba'ir features action-packed schedules, including baseball, basketball, soccer, tennis, hockey, and more. Our flexible scheduling allows us to offer sports-heavy schedules to bunks that prefer sports and alternatives such as dance, theater, music, and arts and crafts for those with interests in other directions.

In addition, for our older campers we offer a daily chug, or elective period, in which each camper can pick his or her preferred activity.

What are the facilities like?
The facility is a newly renovated building with plenty of outdoor space, fields and playground. Indoors there are 2 large gyms, cafeteria,classrooms and access to the back end of the building - which gives our campers an opportunity to play even more out-door games.

Will the camp be nut free?
Moshava Ba'ir is a nut-free camp. The food that we serve contains no trace of peanuts or tree-nuts, and our policy is that any food sent along with your children to camp contain no nuts or trace of nuts. If food that contains nuts is brought by a child into camp, we will replace it with a nut-free equivalent.

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What is tuition?
See the dates and tuition tabin the left hand menu bar

Are you hiring?
Yes! Moshava Ba'ir is looking to hire excellent staff for multiple position, including senior positions, counselors, specialty staff, and more. Be in touch for more info: mbt@bneiakiva.org .

How does your camper application process work? Applicants are accepted on a first come, first served basis. You can download an application from our website and send it in to our office with a deposit check to apply.

Email: mbt@bneiakiva.org