Exciting Day at HASC Center’s Yeshivah Day Hab
By: By Yochonon Donn
This past Thursday, Harav
Mattisyahu Salomon, shlita,
Mashgiach in Bais Medrash
Govoha in Lakewood, found the
opportunity to fulfill a wish he
had expressed last summer: to
see HASC Center’s Yeshivah
Day Hab in Boro Park and visit
with the special men and boys
who spend each day learning
and growing there. The
Mashgiach also affixed a
mezuzah on the front door of
the Day Hab building, located
at 16th Avenue and 63rd Street.
As the Mashgiach was accompanied
into the building, I met
Abe Eisner, president of the
Board of Directors of HASC
Center and the person responsible
for introducing Rav
Mattisyahu to HASC Center...
Therapeutic room is memorial to teen
New Jersey Jewish Standard
By: Abigail Klein Leichman
Steven Newman was just 17 1/2 when he died unexpectedly in his sleep last summer at Camp HASC, the Catskill Mountains summer program of the Hebrew Academy for Special Children. The disabled Teaneck resident had been a HASC camper for nine years
His parents, Susan and Danny, and brother D.J., 16, went to the camp July 5 to dedicate the Steven Newman Musical & Sensory Program
Susan Newman said they had visited Steven the morning before his death. "He went to an Uncle Moishy concert at camp that night and had a great time, and then he went to sleep and didn’t wake up," she added...
A Special Summer
Advance for Nurses- February 09
By: Avital Rosenbaum RN, Nisa Davidovics RN and Ricky Lieberman RN
As their first job out of school, nurses get a sweet taste of the profession at Camp HASC, Parksville, NY
Most
students assume their first
RN job after graduation will
be in a hospital, probably
on a med/surg floor, working
three 12-hour marathons a week,
and of course, on the night
shift. Towards the end of our
last semester in nursing school,
we were offered our first job
as nurses for 300 campers with
special needs in a summer program
called Camp HASC in Parksville
NY...
A World Called HASC
Pillars of the Jewish World- Mishpacha Elul 5768 Supplement
By: Malky Lowinger
Yechiel was born normal and healthy,
and matured beautifully. When he
was eighteen months old, something
began nagging at Yechiel’s mother. His
speech was slightly delayed, and he
was a bit restless. It was not a major
concern, but it bothered her enough to get
her son evaluated.
Yechiel’s evaluation indicated that he
would benefit from Early Intervention.
If therapists would work with him a few
times a week, chances were good that
he would progress well and eventually
catch up with his peers. Therapists began
working with him in his home several
times a week. When Yechiel turned three
and was no longer eligible for Early
Intervention services...
Letter from the Rosh HaYeshiva, HaRav Aharon Bina, Shlit"a
Menachem Av 5768
Recently, I received a call from one of the alumni. He said, "Rav Bina, I
want to thank you for spending a week with us at Camp HASC." Surprised by
the phone call, I asked why my presence was so important to him. He
explained that "while we work very hard here, literally 24/7, the campers,
for the most part, are unable to thank us. Your words of appreciation gave
us tremendous chizuk, not to mention the great amount of time you spent
speaking with so many of us...
Camp HASC: A World of Chesed
Shining Rays of Light- Mispacha Elul 5767 Supplement
By: Rochel Weinstein
When Mountaindale, in upstate New
York, was my home for more than a
decade, the summer tourist explosion
usually meant waiting a bit longer in
lines and searching harder for parking
spaces. I remember the general feeling of
appreciation towards the entrepreneurs
who establish restaurants and other conveniences
that don’t normally exist in the
area during the rest of the year.
But beyond the annual hustle and
bustle, however, there is an entirely different
dimension of purpose in the area in
the form of summer camps. These oases
of fun and friendship offer children (and
adults) the opportunity to spend July and
August...
Connecting Home & School to Maximize Success
Spirit Magazine- Fall 2008
By: Marcy Glicksman
Every once in a while, you might be shopping with your child, when another child whom you have never met comes over and says, “Hi.”
It is at these moments that you are reminded that your child has a whole life outside of your home that you are simply not a part of. Playgroup, summer camp, Shabbos groups, and school are all places that children experience a certain degree of independence, an opportunity to socialize with peers, and a chance to explore the world on their own terms, outside of the family structure...
A
Special Camp for Special Kids
With Dovid and Nati
By: Seffie- Binah Magazine
“Mitzvah gedolah lihiyos besimchah, lihiyos besimchah …
Hi, Nati! I hope this won’t take too long. I don’t like depressing places.”
“Hi, Dovid! Camp HASC is one of the happiest places I know, and the staff psychologist, Dr. Pollak, is always cheerful. I know, ‘cause she’s Aunt Shaina’s friend. Why did you think it would be depressing?”
“Um, well, you know … All those kids in wheelchairs and with other disabilities. How could anyone be happy? Everyone there probably cries all day.”
“I’m really glad you’re coming, Dovid. You’re in for a surprise – and a happy surprise, at that!”
Hi, Dr. Pollak. Wow, everyone looks so cheerful! How many campers and counselors do you have here?
Hi, boys. We have three hundred campers and almost four hundred people on the staff...
Giving
Special Needs Children a Summer
of their own
Spirit Magazine
By: Yakov Kornreich
Anyone who has done it knows that caring for a special needs child is more than a full time job. Whether you are that child’s parent or care-giver, a volunteer, family member or professional, tending to that child’s wants and needs is a responsibility like no other, both demanding and rewarding in ways that are often difficult to fully describe to someone who has never attempted it.
