First Time Campers
Goldring First Time Incentive
First-time campers are eligible to receive $1,500 from the Goldring Family Foundation of New Orleans.
Eligibility Requirements: (a) First-time attending a session of 10 days in duration or longer. (b) Currently in grade 1 through 9. (c) Resident of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas or Florida Panhandle. Grants are not based on financial need. Both parents need not be Jewish. Temple or synagogue affiliation is not required.
Jacobs Camp Small Community First Time Incentive
Jacobs Camp (through a grant from the Legacy Heritage Fund) has established an incentive program offering $1,500 for new campers in 3rd - 9th grade from small (less than 10,000 Jews) Jewish communities to attend first session. And the best part – this incentive can be combined with the Goldring First Time Incentive!
How does it work? Talk to the staff at Jacobs Camp! Anna Herman, the director, and her colleagues are eager to talk to you about the Jacobs Camp experience and if it is a fit for your child. They can be reached at aherman@urj.org or 601-885-6042.
Jewish Children's Regional Service
The Jewish Children's Regional Service, based in New Orleans, provides partial need-based scholarships to qualifying families.
Eligibility Requirements: (a) Children must reside in the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee or Texas. (b) They should be within the ages of 9 and 16, as of the end of the summer.
Find the application and more information here
To receive priority consideration, completed applications must be received no later than February 15, 2021. A completed application will not be entered until all requested information is received.
If you applied and were granted a camp scholarship for the 2020 summer, you do not need to reapply. You must complete the Form For Families Who Applied in 2020.
Birmingham
Temple Emanu-El Financial Assistance Youth Scholarship
The purpose of the Financial Assistance Scholarships provided by the Grafman Endowment Fund, Sisterhood, and Brotherhood are to enable all children of Temple Emanu-El congregants to be able to participate in Jewish experiences away from Temple Emanu- El.
Deadline for Scholarship Review: February 1, 2021
Lester Siegal Scholarship Application
The Lester Siegal Scholarship recognizes an outstanding 6th and/or 7th grader each year and provides full tuition to attend URJ Jacobs Camp for one session during the upcoming summer.
Deadline: December 15, 2020
Collat Jewish Family Services also offers Jewish camp scholarships. To learn how to apply, contact Lynn Rathmell at lynn@cjfsbham.org or (205) 879-3438
Dothan
Temple Emanu-El member-families should contact the Temple Office: 334-792-5001
Huntsville
The Temple B'nai Sholom Sisterhood, through its Solomonson Fund, provides camp scholarships. Contact the Temple Office for more information: 256-536-4771, temple@TempleBnaiSholom.org
Mobile
Thanks to an anonymous donor, Springhill Avenue Temple offers a special camp incentive for its member-families: $1,000 for first-time campers, and $500 for continuing campers. (This is in addition to first-time incentives available through the Goldring Family Foundation.) Additional need-based money is available on a limited basis as well. For more information, contact the Springhill Avenue Temple rabbi: 251-478-0415, rabbi@springhillavenuetemple.com
Montgomery
To learn more about need-based scholarship opportunities for Temple Beth Or member-families, contact the Temple Office: 334-262-3314, bethor@templebethor.net
Tuscaloosa
Direct scholarship inquiries to Temple Emanu-El of Birmingham.