Hello Greystone readers! We hope you are still loving Ellie Holcomb’s book Fighting Words (we sure are!). So many of you have reached out to let us kn...
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Fall Book Club: Check-In #2
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Behind-the-Scenes of Last Summer's Unexpected Hit Class
We offer over 70 (!) different activities for campers to choose from - everything from Waterpark to Archery to Metal Jewelry to High Adventure. In add...
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15 Things to Do Before You Go Back to School
It’s the much anticipated in-between week…that week after Christmas but before you go back to school. We hope that many of you are enjoying your Chris...
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All the Ways Summer 2021 Brought Us Back to the Basics
We’ve talked a lot about the unexpected joys summer 2021 brought. There’s no denying that out of our 103 years, this one was especially sweet, and the...
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New Backgrounds for your Phone and Computer
The days may be cold, and we may have a few more months to wait until the summer, but you can enjoy your “home away from home” right now! Download a b...
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Camp Recipe: Chocolate Snap Cookies and Head Staff Cookie Favorites
‘Tis the season for Christmas treats of all kinds, and you can’t go wrong with a classic cookie. This fall we’ve been sharing some of your favorite ca...
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What Do You Do All Year? Sarah Edition
We’ve been answering your number one question all fall long, and so far we’ve covered Jimboy, Laura, and Ellen-Anne. Today we’re finally popping the q...
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Camp Recipes to Make for the Holidays
Every Greystone Girl knows that camp food is the best food, but why save it just for the summer? Our Cooking page is chock full of Kitchen favorites ...
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Fall Book Club: Check-In #1
Hello Greystone friends! We have loved having so many of you join us in our Fall Book Club as we’ve been reading Ellie Holcomb’s book Fighting Words t...
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A Four-Fold Gift Guide for the Greystone Girl
We love the Christmas season here at camp, for all the reasons you might expect: celebrating the good news of Emmanuel, spending time with friends and...
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The Greystone Ornament Exchange Is Back: Sign Up Today!
Do you hear the sound of jingle bells? The happiest time of the year (other than camp!) is back, and our annual Ornament Exchange is too! We launched ...
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Parent Hacks: Celebrating a Birthday
We hope you and your family had a wonderful holiday celebration last week, and today, we are going to look at a family celebration that we know you lo...
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What Do You Do All Year? Ellen-Anne Edition.
Our fall series continues today as we’re asking Ellen-Anne the million dollar Camp Director question: “so what do you actually do all year?” We’ve all...
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A Council Fire Story for Thanksgiving
Once upon a time, a make believe Greystone girl, let’s call her Jenny, was happily walking to lunch with her friends at school. The girls formed a tig...
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What We are Eating: Fall Favorites
It officially feels like FALL here at camp. We LOVE the cooler weather, the changing of the mountain leaves, and especially, trying new fall-inspired ...
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Last Call: Summer 2022 Contest
Last call Greystone girls! Our 2022 contest is EPIC and we don’t want you to miss your chance to submit an idea the Plan You Dream EP contest. You can...
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All About Our New Honor Council Leadership Program
There were so many wonderful things about summer 2021, but one of the sweetest? Launching our new Honor Council leadership program! Traditions run dee...
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Camp Recipe: Pumpkin Cookies
It’s the year of camp cookies over here, and we couldn’t be more delighted about it! (Who has already made our s’mores cookies we shared last month?) ...
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Our 2021 Alumnae Sparks is Live!
Greystone Alumnae, this one is for you! Staying in touch with YOU, our alumnae group, is very important to us. We always enjoy putting together a fres...
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Kick-off Day for our Fall Book Club!
Today is the day! We are kicking off our Fall Book Club, reading Ellie Holcomb’s Fighting Words together. Are you joining us? We hope so! If you haven...
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Meet Our New Riding Director and Junior Camp Program Director!
Camp is all about the people, and we always want to keep you updated on changes to our year-round team. Well come on and pop the confetti with us, bec...
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What Do You Do All Year? Laura Edition.
Ah yes, the classic “what do you do all year as a camp Director?” question. We hear it all the time, and we get it - this job is a little weird! So th...
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Parent Hacks: Taking Ownership at Home
We are back for another one of our Parent Hacks blog posts, as we try to give some tips and tools on how to bring some of the camp magic home with you...
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Where Does the Sunday Offering Go?
Why do we collect an offering at camp? It is a great question, but one that would not have been even considered by previous generations who made weekl...
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Staff Blog: A Tuck-In From Your Counselor
By this time in the year, doesn’t it feel like we all just need our counselor back, just for a few minutes? 2021 counselor Bailey is here to answer th...
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Fall Book Club: Fighting Words
This fall, we are excited to bring back our Greystone Book Club. Last year, we hosted our first ever Parent Book Club, and it was so much fun! This ye...
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Camp Recipe: S'mores Cookies
We love sharing our special camp recipes for you to make at home whenever you’re missing Greystone, and this year, we’re taking it in a sweet directio...
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The Honor Code at Home: Friendships
This summer at camp we introduced a new Honor Code, that actually wasn’t very new at all! You see, while having a structured, outlined Honor Code was ...
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Spiritual Growth Recommendations for All Ages
Growing spiritually at camp is as easy as clapping your hands and claiming the day - it comes naturally while you’re here! But what happens once you l...
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Kitchen Spotlight: Bringing Food to the Fort
As you know by this point, we had to make some adjustments to run a healthy and safe camp for summer 2021, one of the biggest ones being eating all of...
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