Champs 2016 Over Passover

[Ari423]

Originally Posted by The other Gabe

This happened during PNW DCMP this year, unless my memory is faulty. I was fortunate in that my father was volunteering there, and able to get Kosher food for us. Therefore my suggestion is to find a mentor who is willing to go buy you some matzos, or something else you'd be willing to eat (there's at least one store near the Edwards Dome that might carry it). Worst case scenario is you have to break the rules a little bit. I feel like G-D would prefer that if you had to chose between breaking a Kosher rule and starving to death, you chose to break the rule (my 2 cents anyways, I don't follow the rules super strictly due to vegetarianism (IE I eat corn, nuts, etc)). sorry if that was ramble-ey instead of helpful

Of course I wouldn't starve myself, but I wouldn't put myself in a situation where I knew the options were starve myself or break the rules. I guess it depends how strict you are, but finding substantial food in the store that doesn't require preparation is not easy. You can't survive off matzah for three days. It would be very helpful if someone could organize a meal so that kids don't have to choose between starving themselves, going against their religion, or not going to Champs (arguable a fate worse than death). I can definitely help organize it beforehand, but someone else will have to be in charge of supervising there.