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Camp Trends to Bring into the Real World
Camp has a way of sticking with us in unexpected ways. The feeling of having a camp song stuck in your head but no one to sing it to might be a famili...
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Catching up with our Camp Pigs
While life has been throwing most of us some pretty crazy changes, some of Greystone’s residents are still up to their normal routines. Who am I talki...
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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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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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Inexpensive Products that will Up Your Summer Game
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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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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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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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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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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2019 Photobooks for Sale!
Christmastime is here, and so are our 2019 Photobooks! You might have seen our collection of yearly photobooks in the Hostess Cabin. In our photobooks...
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Christmas Playlists Two Ways
Waking up the morning after Thanksgiving, I felt ready to jump into Christmas! I’m ready for Christmas parties and fun food! I’ve also preemptively ha...
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Why We're Thankful for Our Campers
There are many, many people who make camp great - and our campers are foremost among them! Campers, we love y’all so much - here are just a few of the...
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The Ultimate Cabin Reunion Planning Guide
For so many Greystone girls, Christmastime is cabin reunion season! Whether you’re going down the street or across the country, time with camp friends...
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12 Scary Camp Things
It’s always a great day at Greystone, but even at camp, things can get a little scary! In honor of the spooky season that is upon us, we’ve compiled a...
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Top 10 Reasons to Work on Staff this Summer
1. See what the Lord is doing at camp - and be a big part of it! For over 100 years, the Lord has been at the center of this place - he has protected ...
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A Tribute to Our 2019 Staff
August Camp ended a little over a month ago, and the sounds of laughter and DMCs ringing throughout camp have been replaced by the sounds of Murray ba...
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Songs of Summer 2019
Camp is quiet as we shut down for the summer and are preparing for the off-season! There’s no better way to get rid of that post-camp silence AND reli...
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This vs. That: Camp Packing Version
It’s offically April, which means some of you lucky folks will be here at camp with us NEXT MONTH! Can you believe it? We’re so excited, and camp buzz...
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What We're Into: Spring Edition
It’s time for the spring edition of “What We’re Into,” where some of our year-round team shares what they’re loving these days. As our pre-camp work s...
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Growing in the Four-Fold Way in the Cold
When I saw that there were only 100 Days until the summer, I was blown away - this year has gone by so fast! For me, February is the “sweet spot” of t...
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If I Were Not on Greystone's Head Staff
Whether you’ve only seen one Counselor Talent show or, like me, dozens over many years, you’ve probably seen the If I Were Not a Greystone Counselor s...
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New Backgrounds for a New Year!
The new year here at Greystone means the start of lots of new projects and anticipation for the summer! I know many of y’all feel the same way - Janua...
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Bidding Farewell to the Shepherd's Gazebo
If you’re like me, you’ve looked at the view from the Dining Hall Porch hundreds of times and never thought much about the history of Shepherd’s Gazeb...
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Merry Christmas - New Phone and Computer Backgrounds!
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas here at camp! If you follow us on social media, you know that we got snow this week, and lots of it. We us...
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A Joyful Christmas Playlist
Just today, I was trying to make plans to have dinner with a friend and realized that my calendar is filled with Christmas parties, our now-annual Chr...
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2018 Photobooks Now Available!
It’s that time again! The 2018 Photobook is now available for purchase. If you’ve been in the Hostess Cabin, you’ve probably seen the Photobooks - we ...
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Thanksgiving Roadtrip Playlist
Thanksgiving is coming TOMORROW and I couldn’t be more excited! Thanksgiving has been my favorite holiday for a while now. It’s simple - family, food,...
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Toast to Our Counselors
Oh, 2018 staff - where do we begin? I speak for the entire Head Staff when I say that this summer’s crew was a truly exceptional bunch. From beginning...
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2018 Song Suggestions
If you’ve been to camp before, you know that music provides an important backdrop to camp life. Last week, a song came on the radio and it made me lau...