It is not everyday that we add someone new to our year round team, and we are excited to welcome James Franklin Miller back to Greystone as our Operat...
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Welcome James Franklin to the Year-Round Team!
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Camp Recipe: Tomato Pie
Tomato pie is a special treat at camp, usually only served at the Birthday Ball - our fanciest meal! This is southern comfort food at its finest, but ...
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Tour Greystone from Your Home - New Camper Blog Series
Welcome new camper families to another post in our New Camper blog series! We hope you have been following us each week as we post some new info, and ...
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Preparing Yourself to Send Your Daughter to Camp
As we are gearing up for summer 2021, we know many of our campers (and parents!) are excited for the summer. Whether this is your first year at Greyst...
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Get to Know Her: Sara Oliver
This spring we’re getting the chance to sit down with some of your favorite camp people, and learn a little more about how they got here and why they ...
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Preparing for Camp Right Now - New Camper Blog Series
Hello new camper families! Welcome back as we delve into another topic specifically geared to our new families. If you’re just joining us, make sure t...
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Introducing Tubing at Main Camp!
Hey Main Campers, have you heard about our brand new experience just for you this summer? You asked for it on your surveys in 2019, and we listened. T...
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Meet the New Camp Babies!
Our camp community is truly a family, and one of our favorite things in the world is sharing big life moments with all of you. And boy, do we get to d...
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Packing: This or That - New Camper Blog Series
Hello Greystone parents! Another Tuesday means another week in our new camper blog series (check out some of our recent posts from this year, if you h...
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Behind the Scenes: Penpals
Our Behind the Scenes series continues today with one of our favorite spring-time traditions: Penpals! There’s nothing quite like snail mail at camp, ...
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Your Pre-Camp Checklist - New Camper Blog Series
Hello new camper families! Welcome to our second week in our New Camper Blog series as we count down the days until summer 2021! If you didn’t catch o...
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The BEST Summer to be a New Camper - New Camper Blog Series
Hello new camper families! It’s my favorite time of year again…time for our New Camper Blog series! Every spring, we count down the weeks until camp b...
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All About Our New Honor Code
Have you heard the news? Greystone is adopting a brand new Honor Code this summer, and we are excited to tell you all about it! If you’re a long-time ...
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Staff Profiles Are Live!
Doesn’t that title just need to come with a drumroll?! You heard it right - our staff profiles are live, so it’s time to hop on over and meet the smar...
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Join a City Facebook Group - New Groups Added!
One of the questions we get the most in the off-season is “how do I find other camp families in my area?” We LOVE hearing this, and we get it! There’s...
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Where Did Your Favorite Camp Song Come From?
Do you ever wonder where we got all of our camp songs? From our campers and counselors, of course! Back in the years when Main Camp was 8 and then 7 w...
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Behind the Scenes: Designing Camp T-shirts (plus a survey!)
It’s time for another Behind the Scenes look at how the magic of camp gets made, and today’s topic is one we bet you’re invested in - camp t-shirts! O...
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Camp Recipe: Oreo Cream Pie
Oreo Cream Pie has become a camper favorite and a modern classic of the Greystone Kitchen. It even has its own chant! You can hear tables cheering for...
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Epic EP Fails
If you’ve ever been to camp before, I bet you have some very memorable stories about a specific Greystone Evening Program. From that time your cabin s...
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Get to Know Him: David Vining
Last month we introduced you to Peggy, and today we get to spend a little time with another camp favorite: David Vining! David’s presence at camp is l...
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What's It Like Coming to Camp with a Sister?
The only thing better than being at camp? Getting to share it with someone you love! And who better to experience Greystone with than a a sister - or ...
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Camp Recipe: Chicken Piccata with Mushroom Risotto
This is one of our most savory, comforting “special-occasion” meals at camp, and it will fancy-up any old weekday night for you as well. Fair-warning:...
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Behind the Scenes: Sparks
We’re back again with another behind the scenes look at how things “happen” at camp. So far this year, you’ve learned about hiring our staff, adding n...
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So You're Wondering About the Greystone Wait List
If you have been thinking about enrolling your daughter at Greystone, or if you are a current camp family talking to another family who is interested ...
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10 Camp Videos to Get You Excited about the Summer
The countdown to camp is officially ON, but sometimes those summer days just still seem too far away. Enter our HUGE video library! We take lots of gr...
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Greystone Girl Spotlight: Addie Boedecker
Our camp community reaches far and wide - there are over 30,000 Greystone alumnae, and that number grows every year! With a group that large, we know ...
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Join us in Praying for Summer 2021!
After missing last summer due to the pandemic, we are more eager and excited than ever to be opening our gates for Summer 2021! It is going to be the ...
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Camp-Themed Books and Movies to Tide You Over Until Summer
While it is FINALLY the year of camp, we still have a few months to go. Doesn’t the countdown seem like an eternity in January? While you may have to ...
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Get to Know Her: Peggy
Ask anyone what makes camp so special and one of the first answers you’ll hear? The people! The magic of Greystone is in the community that gathers to...
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Make this Your Year of 4-Fold Growth
Around here, we love the new year (and not just because it means that camp is on the way!). A new year is a fresh start, a hopeful beginning, a chance...
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