9 Ways to Show Love to Your Camp Galentine

Here at Greystone, we love love, but our FAVORITE kind is the kind between camp friends! That connection between cabinmates is so special and rare, and there’s no better time of the year to celebrate it than Valentines Day.

We’ve rounded up some of our favorite creative ways to show love to your camp friends this month, whether you want to pop something in the mail, send out a text, or just hop on the phone. Challenge yourself to do one (or multiple) thing on this list this month! You know your camp friends deserve some love!

1. Remind her of your favorite memories by sending her some camp photos! We love Social Print Studio for out-of-the-box photo printing - you can order Minibooks, Photostrips, and even Buttons.
2. Start a traveling journal with your cabin. Write a letter to the group, your favorite memories or inside jokes, or paste pictures in it, and then send it along to the next person - so fun!
3. Send a “taste of camp” box! Pack it with all of her favorite camp treats: Beanitos, apples (dried if they’re going a long way), and a s’mores kit.
4. Have a virtual coffee date. Set up a time, get ready with your favorite coffee or tea, and call each other up on Facetime - it’s the second best thing to being there in person. Extra points if you send her a Starbucks Gift Card to pay for that Frap before time!
5. Send her a smile through the mail. We LOVE Greetabl for a precious, easy way to brighten your Galentine’s day. Want to go even further off the beaten path? Did you know you can send someone a potato? You heard it here first!
6. Has your group chat died down since the summer? Be the one to bring it back - today! Challenge each other to caption a funny photo from the summer, or to make your own memes. Be the one to ask how people are, and start up the conversation.
7. Send your counselor a Box of Sunshine! Doesn’t looking at it just make you smile? Who cares about pink and red, let’s make this V-Day all about the sunshine yellow!
8. Find a time to have a Google Hangout with your cabin, and don’t just talk about it - do it! Find a way to make it meaninful as well. Could your counselor give a devotion? Could everyone talk about how their year is going? Could you all go around and say one thing you miss about the person (virtually!) next to you?
9. You can never fail with the snail mail route. Make it special with a fun card specially picked for your pal. Create your own greeting card with a photo on your phone with Ink Cards or find the perfect thing to say with cards from Writefully His or Read Between the Lines. Your words will always mean more to her than anything!