You may not know this, but every year we pick a theme verse to guide our summer - it is one of our favorite traditions! We choose this verse carefully...
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Introducing Our Summer 2021 Theme Verse
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Arriving at Your Cabin on Opening Day - New Camper Blog Series
Camp is only a month away, and we are so excited here at camp. The weather is warming up, the projects are wrapping up, and the energy is just contagi...
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Summer Song Requests: Let Us Know What You Want to Hear!
Music is a BIG deal at camp, and sets the tone for so many of our favorite events and memories. Whether it’s playing as you’re having a cabin dance pa...
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Head Staff Goal Setting: Wrapping it Up
As we are counting down the days to camp, we are here with our final update on our Head Staff goal setting series for the year. In the fall, we each c...
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Photos: Campminder or Waldo - New Camper Blog Series
Another Tuesday means another post in our New Camper Blog series. Today, we’re going to be talking about camp pictures, specifically the different way...
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Behind the Scenes: Planning the Camp Menu
We have loved taking you Behind the Scenes this year, and today’s topic might just be the most mysterious: planning the camp menu! Have you ever notic...
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60 Amazing Things That Are Still Happening This Summer
We’ve told you all spring long that we’re adjusting some aspects of camp to keep our community healthy and safe in this unique year. If you get any of...
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Communicate with Your Camper and with Us - New Camper Blog Series
Hello new camper families! We are just a few weeks away from the start of the summer, and we are excited today to talk about communication. Let’s jump...
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Introducing Our New Building: The Fort!
We have been working on something (a BIG something) behind the scenes for months now, and we can finally reveal it to you: we have a brand new buildin...
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Get to Know Her: Solveig
Our “Get to Know Them” series continues today (check out Sara, David, and Peggy if you missed them!) with a true Greystone celeb - Solveig! More campe...
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Parent Blog: Communication from Camp - New Camper Blog Series
Hi, we are the Cains from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and we have two Greystone girls. Charlotte, our oldest, attended for five years and will hopefully r...
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Making Medication at Camp Simple
Our top priority each summer (and especially this one!) is keeping our campers healthy and safe. Every summer we analyze our procedures and protocols ...
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Welcome James Franklin to the Year-Round Team!
It is not everyday that we add someone new to our year round team, and we are excited to welcome James Franklin Miller back to Greystone as our Operat...
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Camp Recipe: Tomato Pie
Tomato pie is a special treat at camp, usually only served at the Birthday Ball - our fanciest meal! This is southern comfort food at its finest, but ...
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Tour Greystone from Your Home - New Camper Blog Series
Welcome new camper families to another post in our New Camper blog series! We hope you have been following us each week as we post some new info, and ...
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Preparing Yourself to Send Your Daughter to Camp
As we are gearing up for summer 2021, we know many of our campers (and parents!) are excited for the summer. Whether this is your first year at Greyst...
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Get to Know Her: Sara Oliver
This spring we’re getting the chance to sit down with some of your favorite camp people, and learn a little more about how they got here and why they ...
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Preparing for Camp Right Now - New Camper Blog Series
Hello new camper families! Welcome back as we delve into another topic specifically geared to our new families. If you’re just joining us, make sure t...
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Introducing Tubing at Main Camp!
Hey Main Campers, have you heard about our brand new experience just for you this summer? You asked for it on your surveys in 2019, and we listened. T...
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Meet the New Camp Babies!
Our camp community is truly a family, and one of our favorite things in the world is sharing big life moments with all of you. And boy, do we get to d...
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Packing: This or That - New Camper Blog Series
Hello Greystone parents! Another Tuesday means another week in our new camper blog series (check out some of our recent posts from this year, if you h...
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Behind the Scenes: Penpals
Our Behind the Scenes series continues today with one of our favorite spring-time traditions: Penpals! There’s nothing quite like snail mail at camp, ...
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Your Pre-Camp Checklist - New Camper Blog Series
Hello new camper families! Welcome to our second week in our New Camper Blog series as we count down the days until summer 2021! If you didn’t catch o...
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The BEST Summer to be a New Camper - New Camper Blog Series
Hello new camper families! It’s my favorite time of year again…time for our New Camper Blog series! Every spring, we count down the weeks until camp b...
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All About Our New Honor Code
Have you heard the news? Greystone is adopting a brand new Honor Code this summer, and we are excited to tell you all about it! If you’re a long-time ...
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Staff Profiles Are Live!
Doesn’t that title just need to come with a drumroll?! You heard it right - our staff profiles are live, so it’s time to hop on over and meet the smar...
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Join a City Facebook Group - New Groups Added!
One of the questions we get the most in the off-season is “how do I find other camp families in my area?” We LOVE hearing this, and we get it! There’s...
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Where Did Your Favorite Camp Song Come From?
Do you ever wonder where we got all of our camp songs? From our campers and counselors, of course! Back in the years when Main Camp was 8 and then 7 w...
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Behind the Scenes: Designing Camp T-shirts (plus a survey!)
It’s time for another Behind the Scenes look at how the magic of camp gets made, and today’s topic is one we bet you’re invested in - camp t-shirts! O...
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Camp Recipe: Oreo Cream Pie
Oreo Cream Pie has become a camper favorite and a modern classic of the Greystone Kitchen. It even has its own chant! You can hear tables cheering for...
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