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VOLUNTEERING > SCHEDULE: The 2009 season is set to run from May 17th to June 20th.

 

Flight Information

  • Dates: May 17 -June 20, 2009
  • Group departs from Minneapolis/St. Paul on May 17 via Newark arriving in Tel Aviv on May 18.
  • Group returns from Tel Aviv on June 19 via Newark arriving in Minneapolis/St. Paul on June 20.

 

Daily Schedule

 4:30 Wake up call
5:00 Van trip to the field
5:15
Start digging
8:00 Breakfast in the field
8:30 Back to work
11:30 Pack up
12:00 Van trip back to the kibbutz
1:00 Lunch
1:30 Pottery Washing
4:00 Pottery Reading
7:00 Dinner
8:00 Lecture

 

Saturdays are half days, so the excavators return from the field at 8 and eat second breakfast at the kibbutz. They have Sundays off. During the weekends, the excavators can go on various trips around the region. A weekend in Jerusalem is tentatively planned for one weekend during the stay.


The breakfast tractor


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