Professional Documents
Culture Documents
P2-5…………………………………………..LUZ
P6……………………………………………..SOME LOGISTICS
P11…………………………………………...BINGO
P12-13……………………………………..Leave No Trace
P14……………………………………...Gamesss
Dear Madrichol!
The tiyul is one of the most significant tools we have as a youth movement. Through the tiyul we
create an educational space, where the capabilities and skills of the chanichimot are reflected
and magnified.
Tiyul reinforces the relationship of the chanichol with the nature, the earth, with their kvutza and
themselves, as they face challenges that only being in nature allows.
Guidelinesss
Remember - accidents don’t just happen, they are being caused.
● chanichimot should wear a hat and sunscreen and drink water even if the sun is blazing.
● Do not walk around barefoot, in the parking area or at any stage of the trip.
● We're going as a group, and don’t stray off the trails.
● There should be a madrichol at the lead and at the end of each kvutza.
● Encourage consolidation of the walking group
● General sanitation when preparing food or eating: strict hand washing before eating and
eating with clean dishes.
● Make sure we leave the places where we walked and slept clean.
● don’t harm wildlife, plants and the inanimate.
● Do not leave equipment lying around.
● Put away all food in vehicles before going to bed, to avoid run ins with unwanted visitors
(aka Racoons)
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Campsite: Fort Custer State Recreation Arełl
5163 Fort Custer Dr, Augusta, MI 49012
Phone: (269) 731-4200
Matarot L’Chanichimot B’Tiyul: Matarot L’Tzevet B’Tiyul:
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Download the Weather Channel app onto your phone and fully charge the
phone before leaving for tiyul. If your phone does not have good service in the
area, share with a tzevet member who has the best service.
Before tiyul, take a look at the forecast to make note of if there is a chance of rain
or thunderstorms in order to logistically and emotionally prepare. Check in with
Katrina to talk through potential rain strategies.
On tiyul, check the radar function of the weather app before dinner and before
going to bed. Communicate with your extra tzevet member
(maz/melava/madatz) and they will get in touch with Amit if needed.
A LOOSEY GOOSEY SCHEDULE, adjust as needed
day before tiyul
Menucha
Packing toranimot (also hype up TIYUL!) _______ _______
10:00ish TE ends, time to pack shtuff!
Pack supplies from pole barn into Vehicle: _________
day 1 of tiyul
8:00 Kima, bring stuff to Kikar
8:30 Hikansut, bring your things down to the kikar
8:50 Aruchat Boker
Driver pack food into vehicle: _________
Meds PP pick up med forms and med backpack: __________
9:30 Amelimot vans leave!
10:30 Amelimot dropped off at Fort Custer! Set up ohelim!
11:00 Lunch setup PP _______
11:30 LUNCHHHHHH
12:00 Toranut: tzevet _ ______ chanichimot _______ _______ _______ _______ _ ______
Everyone else: menucha
1:00 Lemida: Leave No Trace & Rain Safety _______
1:30 Prep for hike: pack daypacks, put on sunscreen, hiking shoes
1:45 Leave for 4.5 mile hike, blue trail. Around Jackson Hole Lake and Whitford
Lavender Lake
Navigator: _______
Chinuch Madrichol: _______
4:00ish Return to campsite for chill time.
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5:00 Build the fire together! Gathering firewood then coming together to learn how to
set up the firewood and tend the flame. See tiyul resource for guidelines!
PP _______
5:30 Begin aruchat erev prep; Lentils and pasta
7:00 Aruchat Erev
7:45 Toranut: tzevet _ ______ chanichimot _______ _______ _______ _______ _______
Everyone else: menucha, prep for medura.
Gathering acts and doing skits _______ _______
8:45 Medura!
Fire PP _______
S’mores PPs _______ _______
9:30 Laila tov! All of tzevet except the fire PPs sivuv and help chanichimot get to bed.
day 2 of tiyul
7:00 Kima _______ _______
7:30 Aruchat Boker prep with chanichimot
PP________ _________
8:00 Aruchat Boker
8:30 Toranut: tzevet _______ chanichimot _______ _______ _ ______ _______ _______
Everyone else: start packing up stuff
9:00 Pack up all gear.
Ohel PP from Wednesday facilitate _______
Put all stuff except what you’ll bring on the hike into the emergency vehicle.
Divide up aruchat tzohorayim ingredients and tziud so that chanichimot each
carry one part of the meal on the hike.
10:00 Leave for 2.5 mile hike to canoeing, with Short hiking peula
Navigator: _______
Social Madrichol (helping everyone feel included): _______
Peula PP:______
11:30 Arrive, Aruchat Tzorayim
Everyone clean up
12:30 Get canoes from ‘Concessions’ at Eagle Lake PP______
LG:_____
Amelimot canoe around the island, get off and explore
2:30 Dry off and head back to vehicles
3:00 Leave!
4:00 Get back to camppp get back to machaneh. Tiyul’s not over till all gear is
reassembled, inventoried with Katrina, and put away.
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GGC PP (unpacking non-food supplies and helping chanichimot with ohelim)
______
Unpack coolers and toranut pots and pans: ______
Return med pack, medications and med forms
4:30 Shower time
Toranimot: _____ _______
Lifeguarding: rules while swimming
- water observers create an invisible box that chanichimot can swim in
- 2 madrichimot waste deep
- 2 madrichimot ankle deep
- If 1 LG: LG should stand on beach in the middle of the two lines of madrichim
- If 2 LGs: 1 LG should stand on beach in between 2 water observers, and 1
should stand in between 2 waste deep water observers
- Go over rules with chanichimot before swimming
- They need to stay in the invisible square
- They need to listen to all LGs and water observers
- All the same swimming rules from machaneh apply to swimming on Tiyul
- The buddy board will not be a white board, but the same system still
applies (buddies, buddy check, and leaving water with buddy)
LOGISTICS
OHELIM
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5 tents total = 4 person TZEVET SLEEPS WITH CHANICHIMOt
3 female
GGC [great gear check]
What to check for……………
heck each ohel for the following, and report any troubles that have arisen, or any seen
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during the check. If ohelim are wet during GGC at campsite, they should be brought back to
camp, and set up by the chanichimot in the mitriya when you get back from tiyul before
beginning showertime.
CHECK EACH OHEL AT THE END OF THE TIYULLL for the following:
- stakes? (were there enough? Any difficulties with them?)
- Visqueen (clear plastic under ohel, was it the right size? Any holes?)
- Zippers of ohel?
- Rainfly?
- The Ohel itself
Report back after tiyul during unpacking time with Katrina about each ohels state of
being
WHO:
5 tzevet + Abby + Ali
Drivers: Ali + Reuben
1 spaceship + 1 15 seater (take 2 seats out each van)
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Fort Custer INFO
Source:
http://www.michigandnr.com/FTP/parks/Stewardship_Volunteers/FCRA%20EBT/Stewardship%20Pla
n%20-%20Lvl%203%20-%20Fort%20Custer%20-%20DRAFT.pdf
WHAT DID THE LAND LOOK LIKE PRIOR TO THIS?? Michigan had over
700,000 acres of oak barrens, . Oak barrens were used by Native
Americans.
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WHAT WERE OAK BARRENS USED FOR?? In addition to extensive
grazing and farming, Fort Custer’s oak barrens were used for the military
for things including bombing and tank training that changed the vegetation
and land surface.
WHY HERE??
They are next to wetlands where they are protected from the more frequent
fires of the oak barrens and prairies.
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woodpecker; golden-winged and yellow warblers; loggerhead shrike;
American kestrel; tree swallow; horned lark; and red-tailed hawk.
FIRE IS IMPORTANTTT
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Spotted: Walked Hear birdies SWAMP See a fish
A Fox Hole Whitford Lake
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The Leave No Trace Seven Principles
The Leave No Trace Seven Principles are the bedrock of the Leave No Trace program. They provide guidance to
enjoy our natural world in a sustainable way that avoids human-created impacts. The principles have been adapted
so they can be applied in your backyard or your backcountry.
Note: click any of the headers below for a much deeper explanation on each principle.
● Know the regulations and special concerns for the area you'll visit.
● Prepare for extreme weather, hazards, and emergencies.
● Schedule your trip to avoid times of high use.
● Visit in small groups when possible. Consider splitting larger groups into smaller groups.
● Repackage food to minimize waste.
● Use a map and compass to eliminate the use of marking paint, rock cairns or flagging.
● Durable surfaces include established trails and campsites, rock, gravel, dry grasses or snow.
● Protect riparian areas by camping at least 200 feet from lakes and streams.
● Good campsites are found, not made. Altering a site is not necessary.
● In popular areas:
● Concentrate use on existing trails and campsites.
● Walk single file in the middle of the trail, even when wet or muddy.
● Keep campsites small. Focus activity in areas where vegetation is absent.
● In pristine areas:
● Disperse use to prevent the creation of campsites and trails.
● Avoid places where impacts are just beginning.
● Pack it in, pack it out. Inspect your campsite and rest areas for trash or spilled foods. Pack out all trash,
leftover food and litter.
● Deposit solid human waste in catholes dug 6 to 8 inches deep, at least 200 feet from water, camp and
trails. Cover and disguise the cathole when finished.
● Pack out toilet paper and hygiene products.
● To wash yourself or your dishes, carry water 200 feet away from streams or lakes and use small
amounts of biodegradable soap. Scatter strained dishwater.
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Leave What You Find
● Preserve the past: examine, but do not touch cultural or historic structures and artifacts.
● Leave rocks, plants and other natural objects as you find them.
● Avoid introducing or transporting non-native species.
● Do not build structures, furniture, or dig trenches.
● Campfires can cause lasting impacts to the environment. Use a lightweight stove for cooking and enjoy a
candle lantern for light.
● Where fires are permitted, use established fire rings, fire pans, or mound fires.
● Keep fires small. Only use sticks from the ground that can be broken by hand.
● Burn all wood and coals to ash, put out campfires completely, then scatter cool ashes.
Respect Wildlife
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Gamesss
Packman- Draw a packman on the garbage bag, and eat the garbage on the way.
Camera- Split the chanichimot to pairs. Every pair goes around, one with closed eyes and the
other chanichol leads them to all sorts of interesting places around, when the seeing chanichol
signals the other (tap on the shoulder for example) they open their eyes for up to 3 seconds and
closes them until the next time.
This is a good way to look at the surface from different angle. Of course, changing roles half
way through.
Jacob the bottle- Each chanichol writes a task on a note, folds it and put it into a small bottle
(you can also use a plastic bag). During the hike the chanichimot passes the bottle from one to
another, trying to be unnoticed. The aim of the game is that the bottle won’t end up in your bag
when the kvutza stops. When the kvutza stops, everyone checks where the bottle is. Who ever
has Jacob takes out a task from the it and does it.
The murderer on the road- Everyone in the kvutza gets a name of someone else from the
kvutza and a particular word. The objective is to remove a “kill” that person by making them say
the same word. If the person says the word you have on the note you tell them that they were
"murdered" and shows them their note. After getting “killed” the “dead” person gives the note
they received to the “murderer”, and they continue with the “killing spree”. At the end of the
runway looking into who has the most ballots and they are the winner.
The cucumber game- The chanichimot stand in a circle and pass a cucumber behind their
backs. One chanichol is standing in the middle and tries to find who holds the cucumber. The
chanichimot are passing the cucumber behind their backs and occasionally it without the
catcher sees them. If someone is being caught, they move to be the person in the middle. Can
play the same thing with a bottle of water that you need to drink from.
Leaves bingo- Create different bingo boards of the outlines of leaves that you might see on the
tiyul. The chanichimot need to collect the leaves that matches the bingo squares. First one to
have a bingo wins.
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