NCSY GIVE WEST: Day 15 (Color War) Recap

[Written by Daniella Mintz, Monsey, NY]
Last night we stayed up late preparing for an exciting day of Color War! We were divided into 3 teams — Red (Torah), White (Avodah), and Blue (Chesed). I was on the White Team. Today we had late wake-up, followed by davening, then we went to breakfast & Divrei Torah presentations from each team. The first competition was Chidon Hatanach. Questions were asked on Tanach to one person from every team, while there was a cup of water on their head, and when they wanted to answer a question, they stood and the cup would fall as they would answer the question! I then went to cheer my team on at the basketball game…we won the first game! Team time was followed by lunch and cheer presentations, then we had a really fun game of Cupcake Wars. Each team was given supplies to decorate cupcakes in their color and theme. We competed in an Apache Race, where every girl on the team participated in a section of the competition, which ended in a pyramid on the basketball course…which we also won! During the next team time, we learned our song and practiced the dance before the presentations. All the teams presented their songs and dances…and then we found out we won! GO WHITE! After Color War, we headed out to Universal Citywalk, for a fun night out in town. We came back to AJU, enjoyed a camper vs. advisor basketball game, and packed up our things for Shabbos. Looking forward to another great day on GIVE WEST.