To get straight to the point….. I miss all of my counselor friends SO stinking much… like so much. Greystone’s 100th summer happened to be my very fir...
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Staff Blog: What I Want to Tell My Camp Friends
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100th Reunion Recap!
To sum up the 100th Celebration Alumnae Reunion feels almost impossible. It’s hard even a week later to come up with the words to describe the overall...
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Thinking about Being a Counselor? Here's What Our Staff Have to Say
We always say that being on staff is the best, hardest job you’ll ever have, but you don’t have to take our word for it! We asked our 2019 staff: what...
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The 2020 Staff Application Is LIVE!
Are you ready for the best job in the world? Being a counselor at Greystone is like no other job you’ll ever have. You’ll work hard, have fun, make be...
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Our Alumnae Reunion Is Almost Here!
We have been counting down the days, and the weekend is almost here! Leading up to our 100th anniversary, we knew we wanted to offer a chance for our ...
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Camp Inspired Random Acts of Kindness
An old counselor once said that Greystone is a place where “kindness is a currency.” We couldn’t agree more. Greystone campers are just nice – sweet t...
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Connecting with Your Camp Community: Loving Your Counselor during the Year
Last month we talked keeping up with your camp friends and now we’re moving on to one of the most important parts of your camp community - your counse...
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Cooking with Solveig: Herbed Peach, Feta, and Cucumber Salad
This salad was inspired by my Daughter Maggie’s request to take advantage of the last of the peach offerings at the farmer’s market. We found inspirat...
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Greystone Gazette
A summer favorite!
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What We're Reading: Fall 2019
When the summer winds down, and our year-round crew is getting back into the swing of our off-season schedule, one of the things we all love is findin...
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5 Ways to Use Your Trunk after Camp
There’s nothing more quintessentially “camp” than your trunk - just the sight of it gets those Opening Day butterflies going! And don’t even get us st...
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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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Connecting with Your Camp Community: Staying in Touch with Camp Friends
Camp means something a little bit different to everyone. It’s a place to learn and grow, to meet your best friends, to learn about Jesus, and have a b...
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How We Celebrated Our 100th Summer
For many years, we had been looking forward to our 100th summer at camp…organizing, thinking, and devising the best ways to celebrate Greystone’s cent...
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Breakfast Club for Back to School
Even though your days are no longer defined by bugles and blobs, there’s still something so exciting about a new school year! Fresh pencils, new teach...
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Cooking with Solveig: Pasta Carbonara
The following is a very simple guideline to carbonara. Using bucatini pasta is an excellent upgrade - I would suggest to make 1.5 times or double the ...
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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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100 Favorite Memories from Our 100th Summer
2019 truly was our best year EVER! As our theme verse said, the Lord truly did do far more immeasurably than we could ask or imagine. There are so man...
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So What Happens Now?
The last bugle has blown, the cabins are dark, and our staff have pulled out of the gates - camp is quiet these days! But what actually happens to the...
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Wanting to Grow Spiritually after Camp?
One of the most common questions we get after camp is “how do I grow spiritually once I’m out of the bubble?” There are so many thing we could tell yo...
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Thank You
It’s only been a few days since the curtain closed on our 100th summer, and we are still basking in the glow of God’s goodness to us in it. It truly w...
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100
The emotions of closing day are complex for camp people. Our world has been shaped by bugles and bells for weeks (sometimes months) on end. Every need...
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The Finish Line
What a summer it has been. We have anticipated this 100th year for a very long time. Expectations were high and we felt the weight… so we got to work ...
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Important Things
Tonight we will assemble in the oldest area of camp (the Council Fire Ring) to talk about “important things” and award patches to girls who passed lev...
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Tuesday Update
Last night was AMAZING!!! The Centennial Celebration/Birthday Ball was fun, the Talent Show a big hit, and the fireworks show a jaw dropping moment. A...
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Birthday Ball
A light rain started our day but the clouds gradually burned off and we ended up with another beautiful day: warm sunshine, cool breezes, and a chance...
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Our Last Sunday
Today is the last Sunday of our 100th year. At Greystone this fact is a big deal… for Greystone has always celebrated Sundays, it is part of our DNA. ...
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Carnival!
Every camper awoke this morning with one thing on her mind… IT’S CARNIVAL DAY! The sky is blue, the sun shines brightly, and all is well with the worl...
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Skills
We offer our August campers 64 activity choices and they have to decide which 7 they will take. It is a “no lose” situation for every class is really ...
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Thursday Update
Virginia, our youngest daughter, convinced us to add a new program area several years ago: Farm and Garden. It is a class that celebrates organic gard...
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