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JCC Camp Chi provides a range of opportunities to encourage families to choose Jewish overnight camp and save money on the cost of camp.

The Campership Program of Illinois    Chi Minnesota Campership 
Greater Dallas Metro Area Campership    Interfaith Incentive Grants 
Camp Chi Sibling Discount     Camp Chi Fee Assistance 

Additional opportunities may exist through your synagogue or in your community.  Please visit www.onehappycamper.org for information about other community camperships through the Foundation for Jewish Camp.

The Campership Program of Illinois

Camp Chi campers who are Illinois residents, regardless of economic need, and who attend a Jewish overnight camp for the first time for a period of 3 weeks or more.

Two levels of incentives are available:

  • $1000 for first-time campers attending a Jewish camp for a session of at least 3 weeks.
  • $750 for second-time campers attending a Jewish camp for a session of at least 3 weeks.

Visit www.onehappycamper.org for more details.

Chi Minnesota Campership new!

Exclusively for Minnesota campers attending JCC Camp Chi. 

For the first time, Camp Chi and the Foundation for Jewish Camp are offering special $1000 incentive grants to new campers from Minnesota who register for a session of 3 weeks or more.  This grant is available to Chi campers who are Minnesota residents, regardless of economic need, and who have not previously attended a Jewish overnight camp for a session of at least 3 weeks.  Visit www.onehappycamper.org for more details.

Campers who attend a Jewish Day School are not eligible.


Greater Dallas Metro Area Campership*

 $1000 savings for first-time campers from Dallas attending a Jewish camp for a session of at least 3 weeks. Visit www.onehappycamper.org for more details.

Campers who attend a Jewish Day School are not eligible.

*Available in certain zip codes in the Dallas area. 

Interfaith Incentive Grants

JCC Camp Chi is participating in a pilot incentive program funded by the Foundation for Jewish Camp to expand our camp’s program to new families.  $1000 incentives are available for interfaith families where one partner is Jewish and one partner is not; an additional $750 will be provided if families send their child for a second year to the same camp.  For qualifying information and further details, please contact the JCC Camp Chi Office at 847.763.3551.

Camp Chi Sibling Discount

Register more than one child from your family for camp and save $125 for a second child and $175 for every subsequent sibling. Discount will be reflected on first invoice.

Camp Chi Fee Assistance

Through generous support of Chi Alumni Send-a-Kid to Camp Program and the Women's Auxiliary Board of the JCC, Camp Chi is able to offer fee assistance to families.  Grants are based on financial need and are allocated on a first-come, first served basis.  All applications are confidential. Please contact Melissa Krisztal for more information.

Fee Assistance Policies

A $150 deposit (in lieu of the $500 deposit) is required upon registration. $25 of this is not refundable.

An additional $100 deposit is required upon acceptance.

After accepting assistance, a cancellation fee will be assessed according to the following schedule: 

October 5–January 15: $25
January 16–April 15: $125

Assistance available for one session only. Pacific Northwest trip is not eligible.