2 Days of your life to support kids with cancer and other illnesses
180 miles through Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York
5000 FAMILIESserved by
Chai Lifeline each year
Chai Lifeline each year
430 Kids get the summer of a lifetime in Camp SImcha
Funds raised to date: $6,902,527.93
TOP FIVE TEAMS
Team Meridian
Team SYclist
Team Lakewood
Team Madfield
Team Yehuda100K Club
Ralph Herzka $854,300.00 Jack Eisenberger $284,328.00 Brian Haimm $177,474.00 Moey Shabot $140,366.00 Abe Hirsch $114,438.00 Nathan Low $114,249.77 Charles Gros $108,857.00 Mordy Husarsky $105,842.00 Avi Iczkovits $104,887.12 Eli Schron $101,373.00Triple Chai Club
Abie Maleh $80,093.84 Barry Berg $71,172.00 Avi Nachum $67,448.00 Shalom Stein $63,565.00 Rubin Bendelstein $61,044.00 Alan Shamah $59,636.00 Jack Dweck $58,041.00Double Chai Club
Saul Wolhendler $52,380.00 Morris Tabush $51,076.00 Akiva Rudner $50,613.13 Joe Wassertheil $49,016.00 Warren Roll $44,194.00 Efraim Steif $41,200.00 Allan Lieberman $40,810.00 Mendy Freundlich $40,474.33 Steve Lubin $39,837.00 Paul (Pinchus) Gilbert $38,120.00 Mendy Braun $37,172.00 Mitch (Michoel) Barnett $37,096.00 Mark Sultan $36,000.00Chai Club
Eli Marder $33,155.89 Dov Lebovic $32,778.00 Mark Shalam $32,205.01 Brenton Eisenreich $31,573.92 Avery Stok $31,545.00 Marc Herskowitz $29,222.00 Joseph Mansour $28,781.00 Jay Eisenstadt $27,670.00 Issac Widroff $27,616.07 Elie Edalati $26,276.00 Zacharia Waxler $26,102.00 Nathan Ginsbury $25,675.00 Yaakov Forchheimer $25,140.00 Shmuli Mendel $24,379.88 Hillel Jaffa $24,365.00 Jack Augenstein $24,136.00 Steven Weissman $24,131.00 Asher Wittels $24,120.00 David Ebrani $23,836.00 Avrom Horenstein $23,752.56 Michael Harbater $23,684.00 Shuly Vorhand $23,389.27 Neil (Ephraim) Singal $22,803.00 David (Yubie) Richt $22,792.69 Eli Nafisi $22,513.16 Kolev Klein $22,311.60 Efraim Reiss $21,779.00 Zac Gindi $20,993.00 Yossi Rotberg $20,708.14 Ezriel "Eric" Frankel $20,550.00 Moishe Kofman $19,744.94 Jerry Rozenberg $19,413.00 Yirmiyohu Bauminger $19,274.00 Barry Aranoff $19,060.00 Elliot Romano $19,001.00 Shuli Basch $18,990.00 Jeffrey Gdanski $18,718.00 Gary Kaufman $18,630.00 Shimon Ganz $18,430.00 Ben Gross $18,326.00 Simchy Goldstein $18,019.0210K Club
Shaya Prager $17,683.00 Avi Tobias $16,922.00 Yitzi Basch $16,433.08 Morty Stern $16,319.00 Eliezer Greenberger $16,270.00 Simcha Wolin $15,661.00 Chaim Tessler $15,571.00 Joseph Dushey $15,501.00 Mark (Volvie) Greenberger $15,109.00 Michael Bauman $15,046.00 David Gottlieb $14,832.00 Sandy Braun $14,820.00 Robert Schuck $14,560.00 Isaac Zafir $14,477.00 David Zarabi $14,469.00 Shaya Lieber $14,370.00 Reuven Moskowitz $14,097.00 David Glickman $14,050.00 Abraham Gdanski $13,868.00 Matthew Kest $13,633.00 Lawrence Pahuskin $13,358.00 Shai Tambor $13,291.00 Leibi Schwimmer $13,253.00 Tzvi Fleischmann $13,202.00 Jeffrey Taub $13,196.00 Chaskel Bennett $13,178.00 Yaron Engelstein $13,103.00 Simon Singer $13,030.00 Aaron Nayman $12,858.00 Shmuel Ismach $12,857.02 Shlomo Fried $12,671.12 Michael Harary $12,591.00 Abe Colman $12,508.00 David Weiss $12,394.00 Naftali Moskowitz $12,375.00 Moshe Ben-Ari $12,239.00 Solomon Rosenzweig $12,228.00 Michael Mann $12,226.00 Lenny Tanzer $11,996.00 Joseph Mandel $11,950.00 Jossi Jakubovic $11,845.86 Eli Abramson $11,670.00 Sruly Thaler $11,554.00 Scott Farrell $11,513.00 Leiby Lench $11,422.00 Naftali Manela $11,411.00 Ari Ginsberg $11,368.00 Aaron Mayer $11,238.00 Pinny Hexter $11,217.00 Moshe Glick $11,050.00 Yerachmiel Seplowitz $11,006.81 Michael Harary $11,004.36 Jonathan Heller $10,900.00 Joseph Zupnik $10,859.00 Wayne Brecher $10,808.00 Ben "Tuli" Weiss $10,801.00 Avi Lazarus $10,760.00 Moshe Gershbaum $10,744.00 Moshe 'Michael' Feigenbaum $10,687.99 Shragi Chafetz $10,672.00 Hillel Kamionski $10,644.00 Adam Sasouness $10,636.00 Louis Krieger $10,575.00 Yehudah Jaffe $10,549.00 Elie Stern $10,500.00 Fred Kneitel $10,370.00 David Roher $10,349.00 Yanky Leonorowitz $10,292.00 Ari Donowitz $10,259.00 Jean Zauderer $10,230.00 Aaron Jacobovitch $10,201.18 Laivi Freundlich $10,099.00 Aaron Stein $10,098.00 Yehuda Kranczer $10,086.00 Menachem Stern $10,081.00 Reuven Feldman $10,050.00 Howard Fishman $10,001.50 Moishe Sanders $10,001.01 Natan Weingarten $10,000.00honorary riding partners
Age: 11
Baila's parents describe her as happy and always positive. This intrepid fifth-grader is determined that illness and disability will not stop her. Her future plans include getting married, having a large family, and becoming a teacher.
Age: 10
She's a singer, dancer, daughter, sister, baker, songwriter and full-time inspiration to everyone who knows her. She can't decide whether to be a doctor or a dance instructor (or both!) when she grows up.
Age: 15
Peri was born with nemaline rod myopathy, the Eastern European form of muscular dystrophy. She needs both a wheelchair and respirator, but Peri still keeps up with her peers. She's a dancer, an artist, and an enthusiastic Camp Simcha Special camper. She can't decide between psychology, law, or children's advocacy as a career, but she is determined to make the world a better place.
Age: 9
When Mikayla was diagnosed with cancer this summer, one of her first stops after starting treatment was Camp Simcha. She is currently in treatment. When asked about her dreams, Mikyla said, "She wants her cancer to be gone for good - and she wants world peace!"
Age: 14
Anny's brain tumors robbed her of her sight, but not of her determination to develop her talents. For her Bat Mitzvah, she recorded a CD of her own songs to raise money for Chai Lifeline. This year she started in the music program at Frisch High School in New Jersey. She plans to become a professional singer, songwriter and actress.
Age: 12
Daniel traveled from South Africa to attend Camp Simcha after he was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Now in the 7th grade, Daniel loves listening to music, assembling fantastic and complex Lego sets, and creating art. His dream job would integrate all these interests: he wants to design computer games.
Age: 10
Chana was born with epilepsy, and seizures have been part of her life since she was four. She is determined to enjoy life, and had the summer of a lifetime at Camp Simcha Special this year.
Age: 11
Meet Coby, a Camp Simcha sports fan, who had the pleasure of meeting Jacoby Jones with his Chai Lifeline counselor. This 11 year old spends his day catching up on school, tracking his teams, chilling with friends, and beating cancer. Coby is anxiously looking forward to his second year at Camp Simcha.
Age: 10
Samara is a 10 yr old from NJ who lost her leg from Rhabdomyosarcoma. She loves, princesses, dancing, writing stories, and reading. She loves spending time with her counselors throughout the year, and them seeing them again at Camp Simcha.
Age: 8
Yehuda is a loving, smart and creative 8 year old boy. He enjoys learning Torah, acting out Star Wars scenes and spending time with his family and friends. Yehuda wants to be a Rabbi when he grows up.
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