MBI TZEVET IS IN ISRAEL AND PUMPED FOR THE CHANICHIM(KIDS) TO ARRIVE!!!!!!

Reminders

If you have not sent me the free weekend information for your child for July 20-22 please do this by June 25^t. We need address, phone number and relationship of the person who will be picking your child up, as well as the where they will be picked up, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, or Haifa.  We must have that information before they fly.

Reminder: If you are putting our child on a domestic flight you will need to pay for the domestic baggage on the way to JFK or Toronto. WE will pay for the bags on the way back, keep your receipts and send them to Elliot @ money@habonimdror.org

Notes from Conference Call 2012

Travel Day information- Families should have received an e mail with your travel day information. There is a bus from DC and Philly, if you did not received an e mail with your domestic travel information please e mail- Brianna Fowler (Programs@habonimdror.org)

The participants will need to get to their domestic flights two hours ahead of time to check in and meet the other Habonim participants who are traveling with them. When they get to JFK or Toronto they will need to go to baggage claim to get their bags and to meet our staff. Talia Spear(347-257-2889) will be in Toronto and Brianna Fowler(917-822-2330) will be in New York. Have your kids look out for our Habonim Dror Blue shirts.

There will be a chaperon with them on the international flight. For the Toronto Flight Lee Kadar will be traveling with the participants to Israel, for the JFK flight Molly Wernick will go to Israel with them.

If at any time you have questions or issue on fly day please don’t hesitate to contact Brianna Fowler at 917-822-2330, That will also be the emergency contact for the entire program.

The kids will be split up in to three busses. They will be mixed by gender, and by camps (all seven) We will take the bus request into consideration but we cannot guarantee that you will get all your requests.  The participants will find out the buses when they get to Israel.  They will have lots of time with the entire group and will be staying at the same hostels and hotels every night.

Personal Money

We recommend that participants bring anywhere from $100- 150. The main time they will have time to spend is going to be when they are at a shook(market) There is not a lot of time to shop while on the program outside of the “free weekend” if people so choose to.

Please note that they will not have guaranteed time for them to take out money on a ATM or Debit card.

We also encourage and request that you get the money turned over the nis (schekles) at your local bank before your child goes it will make it much easier for them and for our staff.

Free Weekend

The free weekend is July 20-22. We will share pick up and drop off points closer to the free weekend date.  There will be a drop off in three different cities, Hifa, Jerusalem, and Tel Aviv.  If you child would like to stay with friends or family , we MUST know before the program who they will be staying with, where and the contact information for that person. If you have not yet sent it to us on the google form, please do so before July 1, 2012.

If you do not have friend or family there will be a regular Shabbat  weekend for kids on kibbutz with down time and machane (camp) style Shabbat with our staff.

Cell Phones

 The cell phone link is http://www.israelphones.com/mbi.htm

We do not expect that all the participants will get a phone. They will not be able to use the cell phone during programming. If your child does get a phone I do encourage that you send your child with a calling card as well to cut cell phone costs.

The cell phones will be dropped off in the air port if they choose to request one, and they will be able to drop it off at the air port again at the end of the program.

 Packing

Kids must have good walking shoes, no need for large hiking boots. Water bottles, hats, Backpack.

These things will be a daily necessity while they are in Israel. Please read the packing list below, it outlines everything 

MBI International flight information

MBI flight Information

Canadians 
July 2, 2012
Air Canada Flight 84 - Leaves Toronto at 5:45 Arrives Ben Gurion July 3rd at 11:40

August 5, 2012
Air Canada flight 84- Leaving Ben Gurion 1:10pm Arrives Toronto August 5th at 6:30pm

Americans 
July 2, 2012
ELAL Flight 2 - Leaving JFK 7:00pm - Arrives Ben Gurion July 3, 2012 12:25pm

August 5, 2012
EL AL Flight 7 Leaving Ben Gurion10:40am - Arrives JFK  August 5th 3:20pm

Ground Transportation for the East Coast

 We will have a bus that will shuttle the East Coast participants to JFK. The buss with start at 9am at Blair High school 51 University Boulevard East  Silver Spring, MD 20901 pick up all of the Maryland area kids (9 of them) and then make its way to Grats College 7605 Old York Road  Melrose Park, PA 19027

In the Air port they will be greeted by a bunch of us from the office in our blue movement shirts. We will make sure the group is all together and they will have a Habonim Alum Molly Wernick traveling with them to Ben Gurion where our Israel staff will be.

If you have any questions about the domestic travel please feel free to call the office, at 212-255-1796

We will have someone on the bus with them the day of, closer to the date I will share information about who and their number.

On fly day if you have any questions or concerns please call the Habonim Dror emergency phone at 917-822-2330.

New York Area Families please be at the Terminal Four departures by 3:00 with your child on July 2 ,2012 We will be in the ari port keeping an eye out for you all. If you have any issues finding us, call the number listed above. 

MBI Itinerary

		Tues, July 3rd	Weds, July 4th	Thurs, July 5th	Fri, July 6th	Sat, July 7th
Breakfast
			ORIENTATION	Machtesh HaKatan Hike	Masada Dead Sea	WEEKEND
Lunch
		Arriving: Canadians- 11:40 Americans- 12:25 ORIENTATION	ORIENTATION	Travel to Bedouin Tent	Colorful Sands	WEEKEND
		ORIENTATION	ORIENTATION	Camel ride & Bedouin hospitality	Kabbalat Shabbat	WEEKEND
Dinner
		Tochnit Erev	ORIENTATION	Early Night	WEEKEND	Nahal Haverim hike
		Sde Boker	Sde Boker	Kfar HaNokdim	Mashabei Sade	Mashabei Sade

Sun, July 8th	Mon, July 9th	Tues, July 10th	Weds, July 11th	Thurs, July 12th	Fri, July 13th	Sat, July 14th
Breakfast
Travel Time Siyur in Jerusalem Southern Excavation+ Model at Davidson Center	Hike	Yaffo	Rotation: Rothschild / Kikar Rabin + Modern Tel Aviv	Hike	Travel Time	WEEKEND
Lunch
Old city	Jerusalem	Tel Aviv Rotation:   Neve Tzedek	Rotation:     Blind Museum	Hike	Processing Peula	WEEKEND
Machaneh Yehuda market	Time Elevator Peula	Tel Aviv Rotation: Heichal HaAtzmaut (Independence Hall)		Beach	WEEKEND	WEEKEND
Dinner
Evening Activity by Kvutza		Tochnit Erev	Peula	Madrichim Choose Peula Topic	WEEKEND	WEEKEND
Nes Harim	Nes Harim	Nes Harim	Nes Harim	Nes Harim	Ya’ar Lavi	Ya’ar Lavi

Sun, July 15th		Mon, July 16th	Tues, July 17th	Weds, July 18th	Thurs, July 19th	Fri, July 20th	Sat, July 21st
Breakfast
Tzfat		Rotation: Chatzar Kinneret Kinneret Cemetery	Hatzbani hike	RAFSODIA (prep peulah)	RAFSODIA	Sleep In	FREE WEEKEND
Lunch
Tel Hai Chatzer tel chai	Rotation: Degania		Golan Heights	RAFSODIA	RAFSODIA	FREE WEEKEND	FREE WEEKEND
	Peula		Peula	RAFSODIA	RAFSODIA	FREE WEEKEND	FREE WEEKEND
Dinner
Evening Activity by Kvutza		Disco Boat	Tochnit Erev	RAFSODIA	Relaxing Evening/ Movie Night	FREE WEEKEND	FREE WEEKEND
Deganyiah Bet		Deganyiah Bet	Deganyiah Bet	Hukuk beach	Shlomi YH	Shlomi YH	Shlomi YH

Sun, July 22nd	Mon, July 23rd	Tues, July 24th	Weds, July 25th	Thurs, July 26th	Fri, July 27th	Sat, July 28th
Breakfast
Travel Time/ Return from Free Weekend	ZMAN KVUTSA (these 3 days are a rotation)	ZMAN KVUTSA Modern Kibbutz Seminar Day	ZMAN KVUTSA	Lochumei HaGetaot 10:00	Tnua Achot (camp with Israeli sister youth movement)	Tnua Achot
Lunch
Yom Habo Day	Kayaking at Kfar Blum  And time by kvutza on respective kibbutzim	Visit old Classic Habonim Kibbutz	Fun Day on respective Kibbutzim by Kvutza	Akko	Tnua Achot	Tnua Achot
Yom Habo Day		Visit Kibbutz Ravid		Akko	Tnua Achot	Tnua Achot
Dinner
Travel Time	ZMAN KVUTSA	ZMAN KVUTSA	ZMAN KVUTSA	Time by Machaneh	Tnua Achot	Tnua Achot
Moran/ Amiad/ Deganya	Moran/ Amiad/ Deganya	Moran/ Amiad/ Deganya	Moran/ Amiad/ Deganya	Ya’ar Lavi	Ya’ar Lavi	Ya’ar Lavi

Sun, July 29th	Mon, July 30th	Tues, July 31st	Weds, August 1st	Thurs, August 2nd	Fri, August 3rd	Sat, August 4th
Breakfast
(TiShabav) Tnua Achot	Tnua Achot	Yad Vashem	Volunteering In the North	Hike	Sikkum	WEEKEND
Lunch
Tnua Achot	Tnua Achot	Post Yad VaShem Peula Har Herzl	Haifa	Machon Ayalon	Sikkum & pool time!	WEEKEND
Tnua Achot	Travel Time	Supreme Court	Haifa	Sikkum	WEEKEND	WEEKEND
Dinner
Tnua Achot	Pre Yad Vashem Peula	Tochnit Erev	Peula	Sikkum	WEEKEND	To Airport next morning
Ya’ar Lavi	Nordiya	Nordiya	Nordiya	Nordiya	Nordiya	Nordiya

5/8- leaving-

Americans- leave Netanya around 06:20

Canadians- leave Netanya around 8:45