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Packing list

What Do I Need to Take on FED?

• 11 sets of socks and undies
• Plenty of T-shirts
• A couple of pairs of shorts
• A few pairs of pants
• A couple of warm jumpers
• Toiletries
• Towel
• Hats
• Flip Flops/Thongs (for showering)
• Sunscreen
• Water Bottle (make sure your bottle is a litre or more for the hike)
• Pyjamas
• Sleeping Bag and Pillow
• Sleeping Mat
• Comfortable shoes (closed toe) - for walking
• Torch
• Multiple Clothes to get dirty in
• A backpack for hiking
• Bathers/Swimmers
• Chultzah (Habo shirt)
• Regular medications

Snacks

All snacks must be NUT FREE and VEGETARIAN. We will be conducting bag searches for snacks to ensure they are all nut free and vegetarian. If snacks are found to have nuts, meat or gelatin in them, these snacks will be put in the amnesty box until the end of camp and will be given back after getting off the bus. Chanichimot should bring their own snacks, which will be added to their shichva snack kupa to share amoungst everyone.

Medical needs

The health of your child is of the utmost importance to us. Thus, it is the obligation of parents to inform Habo, in writing, with a full and accurate information regarding any medical situation of their child; temporary or chronic. We want every child to participate regardless of their medical situation, however, in order to ensure their health, our medic needs to know the child’s medical situation. This also includes physical, behavioural and mental health. During all the days of camp there will be trained medics who will be best prepared to handle all conditions if they are made aware of conditions before camp starts. They will be taking care of the medical issues whilst on camp. If serious, you will be notified, and if need be, we will send the child home. If severe, and if appropriate, we will take them to a hospital or a doctor. We have located the nearest one, and all other nearest emergency services to the campsite. If your child has a medical issue that you would like to discuss with the medic or the heads of camp, please send an email to us to discuss an action plan. If you already elected on the sign up that you would like the medic to contact you, you don’t have to send an email as you will be contacted before camp. Please do not send your child to camp if they are unwell, however please let us know this is the case Any medication brought to camp should be correctly labelled with your child’s name, year group and instructions, and will be collected by our medic on the morning of drop-off. Please don’t forget to take your medication back from the medic when collecting your child. If your child develops a medical issue before camp and has medication that wasn’t put on the sign-up sheet, please ensure you let madrichim know when you drop your kids off at Habo House and follow it up by sending us an email.

Food

We know how food is an important factor in the success of a good camp, as well as the happiness and wellbeing of every child. ​ We expect that the partcipants will eat all three meals that are provided for them. If your child has an allergy or is particularly fussy about food (and you haven’t already put this on your sign up form) please send us an email as soon as possible. Please note that eating snacks does not count as a meal and participants are still expected to eat all three meals provided. If your child isn’t eating properly we will take the matter seriously and might have to contact you, or in the worst case, send them home. Fed is a vegetarian and nut free camp.

Phones

We try to create a fun and safe environment at Habo. The use of phones very often lead to anti-social behaviour on camps, and the content of the activity on phones is very difficult for us to manage. On a similar note, camp is an unparalleled experience. We want our chanichim to be enjoying as much of camp as possible, and to be engaging with the activities that are running throughout the day. The absence of devices and media allow for children to form authentic experiences and connections with each other. Thus phones will not be allowed on camp. If leaders see participants with a phone they will be confiscated and given back at the end of camp. If a participant would like to speak to their parents they will be able to use one of heads of camps phones. If a parent would like to speak to their child please call us. We will also be updating parents via email throughout camp.

Photos

There will be a camera floating around the camp site taking pictures of the happenings of camp. These will be uploaded to Habonim Dror Australia's facebook page in Fed albums

Travel

FED21 is at a campsite outside of Melbourne and depending on the state you come from you will have different travel arrangements. Below is the information on arrivals and departure for all the different states. ​ Please Note: You are welcome to arrive in Melbourne earlier than the beginning of camp and stay in Melbourne after the end of camp in which case you are required to make your own way to Melbourne Habo house on January 11th, departing with the Melbourne group (see below). ​ Melbourne: Depart: Be at Melbourne Habo House (1 Sinclair St, Elsternwick) on January 11 at 8.30am.
Return: An organised bus will be returning to Melbourne Habo House (1 Sinclair St, Elsternwick) on January 20 2021 at 4pm. ​ Sydney: Depart: Be at Sydney Habo House at 9:00pm on January 10 2021, to take an organised, overnight bus leaving from Sydney Habo House (7 St Marys Ave, Bondi Junction).
Return: An organised overnight bus will be returning from camp to Sydney Habo House (7 St Marys Ave Bondi Junction) on January 21st 2021 arriving at 7.00am. ​ Perth, Adelaide, Byron Bay or other cities around Australia: Depart: Please book flights (potentially overnight) that arrive at Melbourne Tullamarine airport before 8:30am on the January 11 2021. A bus will be leaving from Melbourne Tullamarine Airport at 9:30am and taking chanichim straight to the campsite. Habonim Dror Madrichim will be waiting outside the terminal in order to meet them (Look out for the blue shirts and the enthusiasm!)
Return: Please book flights that depart Melbourne Tullamarine after 5:30pm on January 20.
After camp ends buses will drop chanichim at Melbourne Tullamarine airport by 4pm on January 20.