Every year when I go to camp, I try to walk the seemingly impossible line of packing all of the things I need for the summer without overpacking. I’m ...
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Inexpensive Products that will Up Your Summer Game
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Staff Profiles are LIVE!
We have been hard at work combing through applications and recruiting like crazy to find the best counselors on earth for summer 2020, and it is final...
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Packing Cheat Sheet - New Camper Blog Series
Welcome back new camper families! It’s been a busy week up here at Greystone, as we have just opened all of our Summer Forms – it makes all of us feel...
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Connecting with Your Camp Community: As a Camp Parent
If there’s anything we’ve seen this year through our Camp Community series, it’s that no matter where you fall in the Greystone family, there are coun...
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Cooking with Solveig: Butternut Squash, Kale & White Bean Soup with Parmesan Herb Topping
Makes 4 hearty servings Ingredients: 3 T evoo, divided 2 c diced butternut squash ½ c onion, diced 3 large garlic cloves, minced ½ large bunch kale, ...
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Greystone Lingo and the Why Behind It
I realized pretty recently that I’m coming up on my 9th summer at camp this summer - it’s a pretty wild feeling! I still remember the feeling of comin...
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How Campers Actually Schedule - New Camper Blog Series
Welcome back to another week of our New Camper Blog series! Last week we kicked off our 2020 season with some details about food, and this week we are...
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Dining Hall and Allergies - New Camper Blog Series
Hello new camper families!!! It is my favorite time of year – the start of our New Camper Blog Series! Each Tuesday (from now until camp starts), we w...
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Bringing the Great Day Attitude into Your Winter
Every morning at camp, we wake up, clap our hands, and say “It’s Gonna’ to be a Great Day and I Feel Terrific!” This Great Day attitude stems from our...
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Camp Love Stories: Two Truths and a Lie
We love a good love story around here. After all, we’re a girls’ camp, it comes with the territory! ‘Tis the season for all things mushy and gushy, so...
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A Day in the Office
If you’ve been in the Hostess Cabin during the summer, you know that it’s a flurry of activity. The phone is ringing constantly, the hostesses are in ...
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Statistics of the Summer
Summer 2019 was, in so many ways, our biggest and best summer yet! We’d been planning on a blowout summer for years and it did not disappoint. We’ve s...
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Campers Make a Case for Their Favorite Classes
A camper’s life is full of many choices: Fruit Bar or Salad Bar? Edges or down in the Pit? Skittles or M&Ms? But no choice may be harder than whic...
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Connecting with Your Camp Community: As a New Camp Family
This year we’ve been walking through all the ways to engage with YOUR camp community, whether you’re a camper, previous staff member, or alumna. The G...
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New Resource: City Facebook Groups
One of the best parts about our Greystone community? It’s so expansive! We are spread out all over the country (and even the world!)- it’s hard to thi...
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Ask a Head Staffer: All Things Food with Alli and Gervais
The Kitchen might just be the center of all things camp, and today we’re taking you behind the scenes with the two people who make it all happen: Gerv...
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Predictions for the Next 100 Years
One of my favorite parts of the 100th celebration year has been learning so much about what used to happen at camp many years ago. Did you know that g...
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Cooking with Solveig: Sausage and Peppers
Makes 6 main course servings and 12 appetizer servings. Ingredients: 1 lb Italian Sausage (sweet, mild or spicy - I prefer spicy. Turkey Italian saus...
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One Person's Opinion to the Top Four Greystone Groove and Zumba Songs
By special request, I’m listing my top four Greystone Groove and Zumba songs here! I’ll admit, despite my total lack of rhythm or coordination, I love...
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100th Alumnae Reunion: The Details
We’re a few months out, but our 100th Anniversary Alumnae Reunion still feels as magical as the day we all hugged goodbye. Nothing compares to having ...
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Take It from Our Campers
We spend a lot of time here talking about the events, activities, and staff that make camp great, but the heart of it all? Our campers! They are the c...
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Staff Blog: 10 Things Your Counselor Wants You to Remember this Month
Winter is cold, long, and camp seems like AGES away. The excitement of Christmas time has passed, school is starting again, and it’s too cold to break...
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6 Reasons Working at Camp Is Better than Any Internship
If you’ve heard us say it once, you’ve heard it a million times - working at camp is the best job ever! It’s fun and fulfilling, challenging and purpo...
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Connecting with Your Camp Community: When Camp Feels Far Away
It’s a new year, which means it’s finally camp year (cue all the celebrations!), but it’s also January which tends to feel like the longest, coldest m...
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4-Fold Goals for the New Year
‘Tis the season for setting goals and (hopefully) (maybe this year??) following through with them! A New Year is a fresh start, a chance to make small...
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Highlights from our 100th Year
As we are ending 2019, we look back with a bittersweet feeling. We can’t help but anticipate summer 2020 (we truly can’t wait!), but the past year cel...
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A Greystone Night Before Christmas
’Twas the night before Christmas, and all through Greystone, not a cabin was stirring, for the girls were at home. The tennis courts were covered with...
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Horsin' Around at Christmas
I guess if I’d admit it, I mark my year to year by Christmas rather than the New Year. After the Christmas season with all the family and friends, New...
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Camp-Inspired Christmas Traditions
As someone with several summers at camp under my belt, I’ve spent lots of time thinking about how to take camp home with me. How do I keep growing in ...
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Head Staff Christmas Wish List
We are a mere week away from Christmas, and the excitement is just bubbling here at camp. We love celebrating the holiday (and are hoping for some sno...
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