Needing some new and fun things to do outside today? Check out these camp-inspired outdoor activities that require very few supplies and materials:
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10 Creative Outdoor Activities to do Today
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What The Parent Trap Got Right about Camp - and What It Got Wrong!
As some folks might know, I’m not a life-long Greystone girl! Although as I like to say, I got here as soon as I could. I’m coming up on nine summers ...
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Crowdsourced Tips for Online Learning
Over the last couple of months our whole country has transitioned to this new world of online learning, and gosh has it been an adjustment! Anyone els...
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Cooking with Solveig: Quarantine Cake
As a child, I really didn’t ever need to eat cake. The icing really threw me off. Is there something everyone else loves that you can live without? ...
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Table Topics for when You're Stuck at Home
For better or for worse, I’m a huge fan of conversation-starter questions. Many a Head Staffer has decided they immediately need to take a trip to the...
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An Open Letter to Our Main and August Campers
Dear Main and August campers, How is everyone doing?? Our announcement last week affected every person in our camp community. Obviously Junior and Jun...
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A New Devotion from Sandi: Dealing with Disappointment
“Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.” Proverbs 13:12 Crushed. When I asked my daughters how they would f...
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So Your Session Got Canceled? Here's How to Stay Connected to Camp This Year (and a survey!)
It hasn’t even been a week since we announced that we had to cancel Junior and June Camps, and we bet you’re still reeling a little bit. What does thi...
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Taking a Break - New Camper Blog Series
Hello New Camper Families! It’s another Tuesday, which means another week in our New Camper Blog Series. It has been a difficult week at camp after ou...
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To Our Junior and June Campers: What Your Directors Want You to Know
Dear Greystone Girls, First of all, how are you doing? You have been heavy on our hearts and minds this last week. We wish we could give you a big hug...
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Greystone Cancels Junior and June Camps
It is with heavy hearts that we announce the cancellation of our Junior and June Camps for this summer. We have emailed all of our camp families with ...
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New Camper Sparks - New Camper Blog Series
Hello New Camper families! We hope you had a wonderful Easter with your families, even if your celebration may have looked a little bit different this...
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Quarantine Advice from Your Favorite Counselors
Life has turned topsy-turvy for most of us in the last month, and if you’re anything like us, you’ve experienced every emotion in the book… sometimes ...
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Cooking with Solveig: Norwegian Waffles
One of the highlights of this crazy quarantine time? We’re all cooking a little more at home, and spending the time we wouldn’t have before to make me...
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Greystone Zoom Backgrounds to Download
You may have never downloaded Zoom before this, but we bet you’ve used it at least once now that social distancing is in effect. Here at camp we’ve mo...
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Awards, Honors, and Patches - New Camper Blog Series
It’s Tuesday once again, which means another week of our New Camper blog series. We are sharing detailed blogs on topics specifically geared towards o...
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Catch Up With the 2019 Dog Camp Puppies
You know them, you love them! See where our furry friendly pals are now!
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Connecting with Your Camp Community: Greystone's Month of Prayer
Much has changed since our last installment of our Connecting with Your Camp Community series - we are writing this to a fundamentally different world...
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Christian Teaching at Greystone - New Camper Blog Series
Nothing makes me long for camp summer days like warmer weather! We’ve had some beautiful days at camp over the past week, so we know summer is around ...
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Printable Camp Activity Pages
We’re all spending a little (or a lot!) more time at home these days, and while we know you probably still have school work to do, you might be twiddl...
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Parent Blog: Choosing Greystone
Choosing Greystone has been one of the best decisions we have ever made for our girls. I first heard of Greystone as a child when some friends attende...
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Setting Up Your Bunk - New Camper Blog Series
Despite everything going on right now, we are still pushing ahead with our New Camper Blog series, sharing our best tips with you as you prepare for c...
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The Georgia Willis Challenge: Join Us!
Right now it feels like there is very little in our control. Plans are cancelled, families are isolated, and the needs of the world feel so very great...
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Everything That's Making Our Days Brighter Right Now
Here at camp we’re abiding by the CDC’s recommendation to practice social distancing, but we’re determined to use that time to catch up on all the mov...
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27 Camp-Inspired Boredom Busters for When You're Stuck at Home
Being stuck at home for days on end can seem like a drag, but never fear – we’ve got a great list of camp-inspired activities for you to do! Most of t...
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Cabin Requests - New Camper Blog Series
New camper families – welcome back! It’s another Tuesday, which means another week of our New Camper Blog series! With so many schools being cancelled...
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How to Make Even Today a Great Day
If you’re anything like us, this last week has held every emotion imaginable as we process the impact of Covid-19 on our lives. Fear, confusion, grati...
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Bible Verses for Sincerity, Courage, Honesty, Kindness, and Truth
Strolling down the Lower Road at camp you can’t miss the stone benches that line it. Each one is engraved with a tenant of the Honor Council pledge, a...
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Health and Safety at Greystone
Every summer, we work hard to keep our community healthy so that we can have a fun and enjoyable summer. With concerns about the coronavirus being on ...
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Mom Blog: Things to Know as a New Camp Parent - New Camper Blog Series
Hi everyone! My name is Katie, and I am a current mom of a Junior Camper. Last summer we experienced something I had planned from the day our daughter...
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