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The Elephant In The Room
OK, let’s address the elephant in the room. Main Camp is super full this year. We have 603 campers, a record by a long shot. It is way more campers th...
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Jimboy Miller
Director
Jimboy (a Director since 1988) has been the Executive Director of Greystone since 1996. He grew up at camp and has worked in virtually every area of the business, from horse groom, to maintenance boy, to canoeing counselor, to camp cook, then Director. Jimboy makes camp fun! He brings simple enthusiasm and devoted care to every detail of the summer. Fireworks during the carnival, amazing facility renovations, and generous giveaways all bear Jimboy’s “over the top” signature. He graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill and RTS seminary before returning to Greystone to serve as Director.
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Advice from a Camper
Hadden Peel, a Senior Senior camper this summer, has some advice! I would have formatted the blog and put in a lot of pretty pictures, but we are work...
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Thank You
June Camp is over, marking a major accomplishment for all. Campers and counselors alike sense that they have done something special. We formed an almo...
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Banquet
Today is banquet day. A day of great joy. The best day of the session in many ways. Campers and Counselors alike experience it with the same sense of ...
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A Dilemma We Can't Fix
Many of our Greystone families will face a difficult dilemma in August… they have daughters who are aging out of a short session and now must choose a...
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Countdown
We have only three days left in camp. They will serve up a series of big events and small moments, each of which is special in a different way and eac...
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Chick-Fil-A
The gold standard of fast food is Chick-Fil-A. That is a statement of fact. They are outstanding in every way… and our campers and counselors agree. S...
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Stumblers
My father used to say: “You have to pay the Price for the Promise of the Prize”. The Price was running/walking 3 miles every Sunday of camp. The Promi...
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Celebrate!
We had such a great time at the 100th celebration blow out last night… a non-stop party that started in the Dining Hall and only ended as we drifted o...
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Adventure Awaits
Every day at camp feels like an adventure. We awake to a world of possibilities and potential. Some opportunities are well known (I can’t wait for rif...
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Moments
Last year our Head Staff studied a great book that inspired us to become more innovative with our camp routines. It is an awesome “common sense” wake-...
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A Really Big Day
This is going to be a totally awesome, really amazing, super fantastic, really big day! It begins with Challenge Day… fun competition between the Odds...
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Feeling Groovy
Sometimes a day feels like a song… and this is one of those “happy song” days! The sun is out, the ground is dry, the campers are happy, we have every...
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Courage
Last night’s Council Fire talk was on the theme of courage, the second character trait in the Honor Council Pledge. Three of the five traits find thei...
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Rest
We are not running Stumblers this morning… rained out… SO EXCITING!!! I can not remember the last time we cancelled a Sunday Stumblers run, usually we...
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Lovely
Last night we “made” the girls get dressed up (we wear whites on special occasions) and gather by cabin groups on uncomfortable benches without making...
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Crazy Fun
Our first few days of camp are marked by predictible fun… we go to fun classes, we enjoy fun times in the dining hall, in our cabins, in the Pavilion…...
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Gifts
One of the verses that hangs in the pavilion is 2 Timothy 1:6 Stir up the gift of God which is in you”. We read it after EP on the first day of camp, ...
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Highs and Lows
We play a little game around the dinner table: everyone answers the question “what was your high and low of the day?”. No day is going to be perfect, ...
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Why Read This?
Last year I was surprised by a survey response from a June Camp parent. They were disappinted that we didn’t let them know what was going on at camp… ...
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Welcome To Camp!
I love Opening Day… so many great moments to fill the heart and remember with delight. Moments that have been experienced by my family for 100 years, ...
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Shepherds Gazebo Update
We almost didn’t do it! The Shepherd Gazebo collapsed in November; a complete shock to all. Margaret asked me what we were going to do and I suggested...
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Great Day Fund Centennial Sponsors
Anyone who has ever been a camper or a counselor at Greystone knows that camp is a very special place. A single summer can be the kind of experience t...
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What A Mess!
Camp is a mess! Let me go ahead and just say it, camp is a muddy mess. We have huge holes and deep ditches where there used to be lovely paths. The pa...
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New Video: Piggy Picnic with Jimboy
When Edith and Milly were added to the Greystone family this summer we had several questions: Would anyone care… We never had pigs, would campers lik...
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Ninety Nine!
The emotions of closing day are complex for camp people. Our world has been shaped by bugles and bells for weeks (sometimes months) on end. Every need...
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Our Last Day
Council Fire and Closing Vespers were wonderful last night. A rain storm forced us into the Pavilion, and the setting proved to be magical. The girls ...
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Council Fire & Closing Vespers
Tonight we will assemble in the oldest area of camp (the Council Fire Ring) to talk about “important things” and award patches to girls who passed lev...
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Tuesday Update
Breakfast Club today switched to our last theme… Spiritual Growth. You might have first thought it surprising to learn that we spend time “teaching” a...
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Birthday Ball
A beautiful blue sky, warm sunshine, cool breeze coming off the lake… some days are really heavenly; this is one! The girls have settled into camp lif...