Summer camp fun at Hillel Day Camp in Lawrence

Hillel Day Camp in Lawrence is packing its summer with not only fun but learning with the seasonal theme of holidays showing up in art, creative cooking, the lunch menu and what camp officials called “out-of-the-box specialties.

Sukkot, the Jewish holiday that commemorates the 40 years the ancient Hebrews spent in the desert after leaving Egypt and before entering Canaan, the Promised Land, was an earlier week’s theme.

In art, the campers made decorations for the sukkah, the outside shelter used in the holiday’s celebration, and in cooking they made their own model sukkah, which was tasty.

There was also Disney Day and Jersey Day. The leagues and trips were happening and the campers’ projects from Ofra Jewels and Make It Too! Were amazing.

Campers took part in golf clinics, gymnastics, explored God’s creations and raised money for the Camp Scholarship Fund through Hillel’s annual color run that included a DJ, live music and a dance party.