Rebbetzin Chave Hecht And Camp Emunah To Be Honored

On Sunday, July 22, Ulster County Chabad, in

association with the Ellenville Jewish community

and Camp Emunah, will hold the 10th Annual Empowerment

Breakfast at Congregation Ezrath Israel

on Rabbi Herman Eisner Square in Ellenville,

N.Y. The program will start at 9 a.m.

Every year, the Jewish community

of Ulster County centered in Kingston,

N.Y., gathers to give respect and honor

to elected public servants and law

enforcement officials.

This year, the committee has chosen

three prominent individuals who have

“shown selfl essness, diligence and professionalism

in their various leadership

roles in the community.” Captain Bob

Nuzzo of New York State Police Troop F

Zone will receive the Public Safety Award; Assemblywoman

Jeanette Provenzano, who is an Ulster County

legislator, will be presented the Public Service Award,

and New York State Assemblywoman Claudine Tenney

will receive the Community Service Award.

In addition to the local public offi cials being honored

at this program, a very special milestone in New

York State history will also be noted. The summer

of 2012 marks the 60th Anniversary/Jubilee of Camp

Emunah, in Greenfield Park, N.Y. A special honor and

recognition will be given to the person who has devoted

her life to the ideals, the goal and principles

of Camp Emunah and to the thousands

of young Jewish children who have attended

Camp Emunah over the last 60 years.

Camp Emunah was established in 1953

by Rabbi and Rebbetzin Hecht following

the directorship of the Lubavitcher Rebbe.

Rebbetzin Chave Hecht assumed the role as

director when there were just a few dozen

campers, four bunk houses, a main building

and a beautiful 40-acre Lake. Over the

years that her late husband, Rabbi Jacob J.

Hecht, served as executive director of Camp Emunah,

the camp expanded to three divisions, three swimming

pools, multiple sports fields and courts, dozens of

bunks, staff houses, dining room and kitchens and activity

buildings. Today, more than half of the 300-acre

property is being utilized for the exciting programs

and healthful activities for the children of Emunah. In

addition, Camp Emunah sponsors a Travelling Teen

Camp that operates on the West Coast from Vancouver

to the Mexican border for a four-week program.

For the 60 years of Rebbetzin Hecht’s leadership,

she has always emphasized her personal involvement

with every child under her care. During her years as

director, she has actively developed the programs, the

guidelines, the framework and the activities, as well

as designed the special trips and outreach programs

which Camp Emunah has been famous for.

Rabbi and Rebbetzin Hecht were pioneers in

summer camping, and many camps that later followed

have often approached Rebbetzin Hecht for

her guidance and mentorship in helping developing

their camps.

The Empowerment Breakfast will provide the opportunity

for all those who wish to show their respect

and thanks to Rebbetzin Hecht to join the Kingston

and Ellenville Jewish communities in bestowing this

honor. The program is free of charge and there will

not be any solicitation of funds at the program. A catered

brunch will be served.

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