Wakeup takes place at 8:00 am on Sunday-Tuesday, and Thursday-Friday.  On Wednesdays, campers and staff enjoy a one-hour sleep-in, to ensure they stay well rested throughout the week.  On Saturdays, campers may wake up anytime before noon. A variety of activities are offered on Saturday mornings and campers are free to move from activity to activity (including fishing, general swim, basketball, and arts and crafts) under the careful supervision of staff members.

Mikfad (flagpole) is both a location in camp, as well as an important part of every day.  Every morning before breakfast, the entire Kinneret family comes together to make announcements and raise the Canadian and Israeli flags while singing Oh Canada, and reciting the Judean Pledge. 

Delicious hot breakfasts are served every day in our Chadar Ochel.  Breakfast choices range from freshly baked croissants to scrambled eggs and hash browns.  A selection of cereal, yogurt, fruit, and oatmeal are served every day. 

Cabin Nikayon takes place each day after breakfast, in order to ensure that all cabins stay tidy throughout the summer.  Every camper is responsible for cleaning their own area, as well as one cabin-wide chore per day (ie. sweeping, cleaning up the clothesline, etc.). Not only does nikayon help the cabin stay clean, it also encourages team work within the cabin group!

Each camper has the opportunity to choose four chugim (activities) for the summer.  Please see below for a detailed list of chugim that we offer at camp.

This hour allows our campers to further develop their skills! Depending on the unit, our campers will either participate in more chugim or have instructional swim.

Our dairy lunches feature traditional camp favourites like grilled cheese and lasagna, with a healthy twist! Additions to the menu such as sweet potato fries, bean salad, and whole grain bread ensure that campers get the nutrition they need.  Freshly made soups, tuna, hard-boiled eggs, salad, fresh fruit, soy nut butter, and bread are available every day.  Lactose free alternatives are also available daily.

After lunch, everyone enjoys an hour-long rest period.  Campers use this time to write letters home, read, hang out with friends, or make use of some of the many activities that are open to them during this time.  Campers can use this time to go down to the courts for a casual game of basketball, make friendship bracelets in the arts and crafts room, or challenge a cabin mate to a game of ping-pong. 

Each camper has the opportunity to choose four chugim (activities) each session. 

Whether you’re windsurfing, sharing a pedal boat ride with a friend, practising your strokes, or just splashing around with your cabinmates, general swim is an opportunity for campers to enjoy what they love most about the waterfront.  Our buddy system ensures that all campers are accounted for during this time, and general swim is run under the watchful eye of our Waterfront Director and our team of Royal Lifesaving Society certified lifeguards. 

Instructional swim takes place daily and offers campers the chance to pass their swimming level through fun and dynamic swimming lessons run by Royal Lifesaving Society certified instructors.  Campers who have passed all of their swimming levels will work with our staff as “assistants” during lesson time, as well as have time to work on improving their own skills. 

Every evening before dinner, the entire Kinneret family comes together to make announcements and lower the Canadian and Israeli flags while singing Hatikvah.

Our delicious dinners are not your average camp meals!  Our chef works hard to cook up fresh and nutritious dinners for our campers and staff, including chicken fajitas with fresh guacamole, spaghetti and meat sauce, chicken and avocado club sandwiches and, of course, Wednesday night cook outs!  Tuna, hard-boiled eggs, salad, fresh fruit, soy nut butter, and bread are available every day.  Vegetarian alternatives are also available daily. 

Every night, our entire camp comes together to participate in evening programs that have been developed by our experienced staff.  These programs range in themes, covering everything from social media to Israeli culture!  All of our evening programs encourage teamwork between campers, and offer the campers a chance to meet new people and develop strong relationships with one-another.

Many nights after the younger campers have gone to bed, the oldest campers will participate in programs specially designed for them, by their staff.  These programs encourage relationships building, leadership skill development, and teamwork, and help our LIT campers to become active and confident leaders. 

Giborim campers go to sleep at 9:15 pm, Goshrim campers at 9:30 pm, Kochot campers at 10:15 pm and LIT campers at 11:00 pm.  Each cabin at Camp Kinneret has their own nightly ritual, which is developed by their cabin staff each summer.  This ritual helps campers to come together before bed each night and share the events of the day with one another.  It encourages campers to treat each other like a family, and helps establish routine within the cabin.

Shabbat at camp is a very special time.  On Friday night, pluralist services are held on the beach, facing the lake, with the entire Camp Kinneret-Biluim family welcoming in Shabbat together. Following a festive Shabbat meal, staff and campers meet in the middle of the Chadar for a spirited shira (song) session, a combination of Hebrew songs, old camp classics, and some newer fan favourites!  Once shira has ended, loud Israeli music can be heard coming from the beach and campers and staff quickly move out of the Chadar and form circles and lines on the beach for rikud (Israeli dancing).  Rikud is one of Kinneret’s great camp traditions; the youngest campers dance alongside the oldest staff, teaching each other the dance moves that have been passed down for years.

Maccabiah is Camp Kinneret’s Colour War, which takes place over two days during each summer. Each year, Maccabiah has a different theme that combines aspects of Jewish values, Israeli culture, and current culture and events. With LIT campers as their captains, all campers and staff are divided into four teams and compete against one another in sporting events, ruach (spirit), singing, bama (drama), and other activities. The most exciting Maccabiah events include the triathlon, the egg boil, and each team’s song presentation.

While everything we do at Camp Kinneret is infused with Israeli culture, from our programming right down to our food (falafel for lunch on Wednesdays!), Yom Israel is a chance for campers and staff to spend the entire day celebrating this amazing culture. Organized by our ShinShinim (Israeli staff), Yom Israel is a chance for campers to be immersed in various aspects of Israel, the history, current events, music, and food.

Once a session, all Kinneret campers and staff spend the day enjoying St. Sauveur Waterpark, which is located about 45 minutes from camp.

Each year, our LIT campers can choose to participate in “The Amazing Race,” a full-day program where campers compete against one another to complete physical challenges and brainteasers around camp, in teams of two. One by one, teams are eliminated as the campers test their physical and mental strength in a race to be awarded the grand prize: bragging rights for the summer.

At Camp Kinneret, we are proud to show our pride! CKB takes pride in creating a space that is welcoming, tolerant, and safe for all of our campers. Every Summer we host a Pride Day where we show our support for our LGBTQ+ community members at camp, and in our lives outside. We do intentional programming, and celebrate everyone for who they are as a person.

Every summer our LIT campers spend a few days out of camp on a special trip designed to allow our campers to bond, and see some of our country. Some past summers have included Quebec City and Ottawa.