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New This Year! Parent Meet-Up on Opening Day
Would you like to meet other Greystone parents on Opening Day? Or, are you an Alum who would be interested in reconnecting with your Greystone friends...
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Meet Our 2023 Group Leaders
We’ve been introducing you to our full-summer staff, Junior Camp staff, and nurses all spring long, and today we finally get to brag on our 2023 Group...
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Activities Offered: Summer 2023
Today is an exciting day - we are announcing our 2023 class offerings for the summer! Girls come to Greystone for many reasons, but our class activiti...
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2023 Staff Profiles Are Live!
You heard that right - it’s one of our favorite days of the year (besides Opening Day!). We can finally start to introduce you to our incredible 2023 ...
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How to Save Money While Packing for Camp
Our Parent Handbook is heading your way in a matter of days, and we know that it will get your head thinking about the summer. Packing for camp is a b...
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Check Out the 2022 Greystone Photobook
Summer 2022 is in the rearview now, but we have one last resource to share to help you reminisce on our (latest) best summer ever: the 2022 Greystone ...
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The Moments You May Not Know about from 2022
Summer 2022 was EPIC in so many ways. Through Jimboy’s summer blogs, it is easy to stay in the know on what is happening in camp. But, some of the bes...
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New Fall Contest: Pick a New Activity for the Fort
We love a good contest around here, and our Fall 2022 Contest is an especially fun one: we’re giving you the chance to pick a brand new activity for t...
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Catch Up on Our Summer 2022 Videos
The summer may be over, but we’ll never be done reliving all of the incredible memories we made together in 2022! And what better way to remember all ...
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Thanks
On this day we are thankful for so many things. That Camp Worked Covid is an everpresent unknown, particularly for a camp. Here we are living closely...
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Our Last Day
Tonight we will celebrate the end of camp with a Banquet, an event keenly anticipated by the campers, often ranking as their favorite event of the ent...
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Plane Letters
This is the time of “plane letters”, a wonderful camp tradition that began years ago when literally hundreds of campers would fly home. These flights ...
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The Greatest Showman
One of my favorite movies is “The Greatest Showman” with Hugh Jackman. That opening scene gets me every time for it resonates with my experience of sh...
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Age Limits At Camp
Occasionally a blog is helpful to answer a common question. One of the big ones is why we do not allow older girls at shorter sessions. Obviously, thi...
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A Wonderful Day
On Father’s Day, it is appropriate to give a shoutout to all of our camp Dads. While we do not celebrate Father’s Day at camp (we reserve that occasio...
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Saturday
Saturdays… Gotta Love ’em. They make our hearts soar like the eagle for they mark the high water point of the weekend. When Saturday arrives, you do w...
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Sleep Late
We slept late this morning… 8:30 instead of 7:30. We set out a lavish breakfast buffet that was open for a very long time (girls came through several ...
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Surprise!
We spend a lot of time preparing for every summer but despite our efforts, even after a hundred years, there are always surprises. This year we had to...
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World's Best Carnival
Spirits are high as we enter another GREAT DAY at Greystone. On such a day my father would tell the campers to celebrate! Everything to look forward t...
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Kindness
We love our Honor Code at camp. It gives a simple answer to the question How do I succeed at camp”. It goes like this: I commit to showing kindness, s...
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The "Why" of June Camp
Why choose June Camp over a shorter session… what’s the difference? We get this question a lot. If a shorter session is good, why do a longer one? Why...
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Sundays
All you old Greystone Girls know that Greystone makes Sundays special… we do what Dr. Sevier taught and keep the Lord’s Day! This not only honors the ...
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Tending the Fire
We awoke to another perfect mountain morning with blue skies, cool temperatures, and the promise of a Great Day. High temperature of 80 degrees, no ch...
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Wild & Crazy
Our first few days of camp are marked by predictable fun… the bell rings and we go to another fun class, we enjoy predictable fun times in the dining ...
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Set Sail
Starting a journey is exciting… pulling out of the driveway for a road trip, boarding a plane for an exotic destination, or setting sail for an advent...
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Resilience
Yesterday I briefly mentioned resilience as a character trait that grows at camp… let’s start the blog just reinforcing that point, for I think it is ...
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First Day of Classes
Lots to report on this morning! About last night… Our first meal back in the Dining Hall since 2019 was wonderful (bringing tears to my eyes)… but far...
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Welcome!
We are so excited to welcome you to June Camp! Thank you for making today possible. YOUR support and encouragement is deeply appreciated. THANK YOU fo...
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June Camp Is About To BLAST OFF
Hi June Camp! If you are reading this you are probably either: Excited about coming to camp on Monday! You might be a camper, you might be a parent, ...
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Introducing Our Summer 2022 Theme Verse
You may or may not know that we pick a theme Bible verse for each summer at Greystone, but it is one of our favorite things we do as a Head Staff team...
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