Phil Faibish Email & Phone Number

Markham, Ontario, Canada

Markham, Ontario, Canada

Pickering, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Canada Area

The Jack and Pat Kay Centre Camp is the largest Jewish Day Camp in Toronto and Vaughan, a key department of the JCCs of Greater Toronto and a fully accredited member of the Ontario Camping Association. We have been providing campers and staff with memorable summer experiences for over 20 years. As Director of 3 camp sites in the GTA, I am responsible for the planning, budgeting, marketing, recruiting, organization and decision-making of all camp-related matters, including managing and supervising over 270 seasonal staff, 5 full-time staff and over 1000 campers. My goal is to provide a safe, secure and fun camping environment while building and fostering a sense of community through informal education.Additional functions include:● Manage all aspects of 2M dollar budget.● Securing new sources of grants and funding.● Brand development, social media traffic growth, web site development. ● Implement and oversee customer service systems.● Liaise with public relations and digital media consultants on digital outreach strategies.● Update Board of Directors on camp successes and upcoming strategic plan.

Directly supervised seasonal leadership and programing team, consisting of 35 employees.Led and managed all aspects of staff recruitment, hiring, training and management prior to and during the camp seasons.Managed and nourished relationships with camp families, alumni and staff.Responsible for implementing new and existing staff and camper recruitment and retention strategies

The Merrin Fellowship’s mission is to provide those working with Jewish teens the skills to better serve this critical sector of the Jewish community, to enhance the profile of those working with teens in their respective organizations and throughout the movement, to enrich and deepen the Jewish identities of the participants, and to build a stronger professional network of teen service providers. Since 1999, more than 80 professionals have completed this 18-month program.*you must be nominated in order to participate in this program

I volunteered with Canada Israel Experience, leading trips on behalf of Taglit Birthright Israel for 40 young adults.

B.A., Mathematics

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