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Hurricane Helene Update

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Thank you for your many emails, calls, texts, and prayers of support. The eye of the hurricane passed directly over camp on Friday morning, shortly be...

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The 2025 Greystone Counselor Application is live!

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It’s one of our favorite days of the year - the 2025 Greystone Staff Application is officially live! This is your chance to apply early and secure the...

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August 9 2024

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If you do one good deed your reward usually is to be set to do another and harder and better one. C.S. Lewis, The Horse And His Boy I assume not many ...

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August 8, 2024

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It’s not yet raining and doesn’t look like it will be until some mid-afternoon showers. It will be a wet afternoon, but not a big rain storm like we e...

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August 7 2024

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What a glorious day! Partly sunny skies, almost no chance of rain, perfect 84 degree high temperature, and we are enjoying another Great Day. Our last...

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RAIN PLAN

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Bad weather (Tropical Storms, Hurricanes, Tornadoes) is not unusual at camp. About 20 years ago, a tropical depression brought a deluge of rain on Ope...

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August 5 2024

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Why do we not allow older girls at shorter sessions? This is a reasonable question and will be on your mind when you contemplate a return to camp next...

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August 4 2024

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We started our day with a morning run, almost everyone showing up for Stumblers (our running club). This is a club my father started many years ago, c...

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August 3 2024

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I didn’t sleep well last night… a side effect of my torn rotator cuff injury last month. Medical update: it feels much better, but still wakes me up s...

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August 2 2024

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We’ve gotten a few calls about how to register for next summer. An understandable question because on our website, all of next year’s sessions indicat...

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August 1 2024

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Lives are touched in a very powerful way at camp, a fact that would come as no surprise to Dr. Sevier (who chose to start a girl’s camp and retire fro...

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July 31 2024

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When was the last time you received a handwritten letter in the mail? Have you ever gotten one from a 16-year-old? Handwritten letters are increasingl...

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July 30 2024

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Imagine this: the bugle has just blown and you are a camper running to your first “whole camp” assembly in the FORT. There is a crack of thunder, then...

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July 29 2024

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Summer camps are not understood by most people. It isn’t a “popular” thing to do and most don’t even know about them. Their only contact is through mo...

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July 27 2024

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Who’s Excited About Monday? ME!!! August Campers love me, and I love them. This is not a braggy comment, just a statement of fact. I am liked by the c...

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July 25 2024

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by Jimboy

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I didn’t carry trunks this morning. For the first time in forty years, I was sidelined and put on the injured reserve (or permanently removed from the...

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July 24 2024

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by Jimboy

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I can’t believe this is our last day. It is a jolting fact that surprised me this morning. I awoke with the usual little details niggling the back of ...

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July 23 2024

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I awakened thinking of last night’s play. Matilda is a fantastic play and an excellent movie, and it is worthy of this moment in camp. It was an ambit...

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July 22

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We changed tables again this morning. After this change, mealtimes typically become more suitable for an elderly gentleman like myself (at least for a...

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July 21 2024

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For Greystone girls, camp Sundays become the standard by which all future Sundays will be measured. Most will pale in comparison, particularly regardi...

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July 20 2024

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Production Night was shockingly good. Each dance and every musical performance outstanding in every detail. The costumes, the timing (during and betwe...

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July 19 2024

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by Jimboy

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Our last Sleep-Late-Friday began with cloudy skies, cool temperatures, and the promise of rain in the air. As we STILL have not had a rainy day, the c...

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June 18 2024

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Last night’s Senior Celebration was spectacular. We quickly gathered on the pageant court for an early 7:15 start, knowing that it would be a long sho...

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June 17 2024

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by Jimboy

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The 2024 Jimbolympiad threaded that elusive needle of the “perfect” EP experience. This is high praise, for we usually regret little things that didn’...

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July 16 2024

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As Christians, we are called to be generous. I was taught to give generously, and most of our Greystone community believes likewise. We have all been ...

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July 15 2024

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Breakfast conversations today were centered on the interesting question of “why am I at this table?”. Every week, we change tables, but this is not a ...

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July 14 2024

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How do you handle unsettling news in a camp setting? This is not an unusual question; we have faced it many times. It always comes as a surprise at th...

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July 13 2024

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The “early-morning report” from Jimboy adds humidity to the otherwise perfect sunrise today. It appears that the “Dog Days” of summer are upon us. Thi...

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July 12 2024

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It’s sleep-late Friday, which gives Margaret and me time to languish before our morning meeting (the Head Staff normally meet around our kitchen table...

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July 11 2024

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by Jimboy

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Another beautiful morning… another sunny summer day… another great memory from another great evening program… another day of activities… another day f...

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