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Day Camps at JCC Indianapolis include daily games, nature study, science studies, sports, music, drama, swimming, arts and crafts, and special theme days. Campers take part in all-day events and all-camp activities such as the Leon Mordoh Lip Sync, Yom Sport, Camp Carnival, Israeli Day, Camp Shabbat, and a Boker Tov (“Good Morning”) song session. Swimming is scheduled every day, and morning and afternoon snacks are provided.
• Ages: 5–15 years old
• Schedule: Pre-Camp for grades K–9 runs 8 am–6 pm from the day after Memorial Day through that Friday; main camp weeks for grades K–9 run 9 am–4 pm for 8 weeks from Tuesday, June 3 through Friday, July 25 (closed Monday, June 2 for Shavuot); Post Camp for grades K–9 runs 8 am–6 pm for two weeks immediately after camp (last week of July and first week of August); Extended Care for grades K–5 runs 3:45–6 pm during the 8 weeks of camp except specified dates.
The daily schedule includes 8–9 am drop-off and activities at Home Bases, a 9–9:30 am Boker Tov song session with all campers, activity blocks for games, nature study, arts and crafts, and swimming in the morning and early afternoon, a morning snack from 10:45–11:15 am, lunch from 12:30–1 pm at the Sablosky Camp Pavilion with a hot dog cookout provided by the JCC on Fridays, a music specialist at the flagpole from 2:45–3:30 pm, and a 3:45–4 pm afternoon snack, activities at Home Bases, and carpool pickup. Campers swim daily in the JCC’s Eskenazi Water Park, and the Leon Mordoh Lip Sync performance takes place at Pike Performing Arts Center, named in memory of Leon Mordoh, a benefactor who enjoyed Lip Sync and the joy it brought to campers and their families.
Day Camps at JCC Indianapolis include Wacky Wednesdays with themes such as Wacky Hair Day or Superhero Day, Yom Sport as an Olympic-style event on the Tuesday and Wednesday of the last week of camp with color teams competing in games and challenges, a Camp Carnival on the Thursday of the last week of camp, Israeli Day with activities celebrating Israeli culture, customs, and community, and Camp Shabbat each week with song and dance. A Mensch of the Week is announced every Friday in every camp group, and in sports camps this is a camper who shows sportsmanship. Universal core Jewish values that are also universal values are instilled at Camp JCC, and JCC Indianapolis describes its day camps as the best way to experience new adventures, make new friends, and spend the summer just being a kid.
For 15-year-olds, Day Camps at JCC Indianapolis include a 10th Grade Counselor-in-Training (CIT) program where participants learn how to be impactful counselors and gain hands-on experience with groups of all ages and their counselors, with a learning curriculum designed to set them up to be successful counselors at age 16.
Campers are expected to be outside and active for most of the day and should wear closed-toe shoes. Items to bring include a bottle of sunscreen, a refillable water bottle, swimsuit and towel, pool shoes (flip flops, Crocs, or sandals), closed-toe shoes, a sack lunch, insect repellent, a camp bag or backpack, a hat, and a face mask, and families are asked to label all items. Toys, games, Pokémon cards, electronics, and similar items are not permitted; if brought and not put away, they are held by Camp JCC staff until pick-up. JCC and its staff will not be held liable for any lost, stolen, or damaged personal property that a child brings to camp.
For more than 100 years, JCC Indianapolis has been a neighborhood and community resource in Indianapolis, beginning in 1914 at 23rd and Meridian and later moving to its current Hoover Road location. The JCC states that it has been dedicated to serving the Indianapolis community and responsive to its needs, that as a people who know what it is like to be excluded it is important to truly embrace people of all backgrounds and faiths, and that for more than a century it has maintained a multi-generational, inclusive environment where all people can live, learn, play, and connect.
Last updated May 12, 2026.
• Ages: 5–15 years old
• Schedule: Pre-Camp for grades K–9 runs 8 am–6 pm from the day after Memorial Day through that Friday; main camp weeks for grades K–9 run 9 am–4 pm for 8 weeks from Tuesday, June 3 through Friday, July 25 (closed Monday, June 2 for Shavuot); Post Camp for grades K–9 runs 8 am–6 pm for two weeks immediately after camp (last week of July and first week of August); Extended Care for grades K–5 runs 3:45–6 pm during the 8 weeks of camp except specified dates.
The daily schedule includes 8–9 am drop-off and activities at Home Bases, a 9–9:30 am Boker Tov song session with all campers, activity blocks for games, nature study, arts and crafts, and swimming in the morning and early afternoon, a morning snack from 10:45–11:15 am, lunch from 12:30–1 pm at the Sablosky Camp Pavilion with a hot dog cookout provided by the JCC on Fridays, a music specialist at the flagpole from 2:45–3:30 pm, and a 3:45–4 pm afternoon snack, activities at Home Bases, and carpool pickup. Campers swim daily in the JCC’s Eskenazi Water Park, and the Leon Mordoh Lip Sync performance takes place at Pike Performing Arts Center, named in memory of Leon Mordoh, a benefactor who enjoyed Lip Sync and the joy it brought to campers and their families.
Day Camps at JCC Indianapolis include Wacky Wednesdays with themes such as Wacky Hair Day or Superhero Day, Yom Sport as an Olympic-style event on the Tuesday and Wednesday of the last week of camp with color teams competing in games and challenges, a Camp Carnival on the Thursday of the last week of camp, Israeli Day with activities celebrating Israeli culture, customs, and community, and Camp Shabbat each week with song and dance. A Mensch of the Week is announced every Friday in every camp group, and in sports camps this is a camper who shows sportsmanship. Universal core Jewish values that are also universal values are instilled at Camp JCC, and JCC Indianapolis describes its day camps as the best way to experience new adventures, make new friends, and spend the summer just being a kid.
For 15-year-olds, Day Camps at JCC Indianapolis include a 10th Grade Counselor-in-Training (CIT) program where participants learn how to be impactful counselors and gain hands-on experience with groups of all ages and their counselors, with a learning curriculum designed to set them up to be successful counselors at age 16.
Campers are expected to be outside and active for most of the day and should wear closed-toe shoes. Items to bring include a bottle of sunscreen, a refillable water bottle, swimsuit and towel, pool shoes (flip flops, Crocs, or sandals), closed-toe shoes, a sack lunch, insect repellent, a camp bag or backpack, a hat, and a face mask, and families are asked to label all items. Toys, games, Pokémon cards, electronics, and similar items are not permitted; if brought and not put away, they are held by Camp JCC staff until pick-up. JCC and its staff will not be held liable for any lost, stolen, or damaged personal property that a child brings to camp.
For more than 100 years, JCC Indianapolis has been a neighborhood and community resource in Indianapolis, beginning in 1914 at 23rd and Meridian and later moving to its current Hoover Road location. The JCC states that it has been dedicated to serving the Indianapolis community and responsive to its needs, that as a people who know what it is like to be excluded it is important to truly embrace people of all backgrounds and faiths, and that for more than a century it has maintained a multi-generational, inclusive environment where all people can live, learn, play, and connect.
Last updated May 12, 2026.
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