A big surprise was finally revealed in the Dining Hall when Olympics broke today. Throughout a Camp Green Lane summer, there are annual surprises the kids and even the adults all look forward to. But we never know when things like Color War, Midnight Madness, the Polar Plunge or Olympics are going to happen, so […]
The 15-16 year old Campers went to Lake Placid this past week for their annual Greek Trip. A few of them decided to write today’s blog and tell you about their experience. For this year’s trip, the Greeks took on and conquered Lake Placid. Rising early for our seven-hour bus ride, we loaded the bus […]
Do you remember seeing your favorite sport for the first time? We have vivid memories of attending our first baseball games or sporting events, but do you remember the first time you fell in love with a sport or activity, when you saw or played it for the very first time? Kids come to camp with […]
Today was a regular Sayday on the schedule, so the Cadet Boys were at Instructional Swim, and then the Debs had their time in the pool. Boys Camp started the morning with Electives and the Girls were at Clinic. The Inter Girls played Beach Games and were at Arts & Crafts; they were also down […]
I learned how to row a canoe at camp many years ago. Today, 10 girls learned how to throw a punch. The second week of Girls’ Clinic kicked off today, and those 10 girls signed up for boxing because they were intrigued by the new selection on the list. Clinics like boxing are a product […]
The Greeks are away on their annual Greek Trip, which they’ll tell us all about when they return Thursday. While they’re in Lake Placid, the oldest campers left in camp traditionally take over their duties in the Dining Hall, so I got to spend a lot of time in there with the Senior Boys and Girls […]
Today was Carnival. I like to call it the single-most fun day of the summer. We have lots of great events across a Green Lane summer, but no single day packs as much fun into it as Carnival does. The fun really started last night. Last we left off, we were preparing for the annual […]
Tonight is a night for creativity. A Camp Green Lane summer has got plenty of athletics, plenty of competition on our fields and courts all day and all night. There are literally basketballs bouncing late into the night. But our schedule also has plenty of room for the creative minds around camp—Arts & Crafts is […]
Every once in a while we, have a guest blog post and tonight, we are posting an essay from Lauryn Weinshank, who has been part of the Camp Green Lane family since 2017 when her son attended Rookie Day and as they say, “the rest is history.” That is her son Justin in the picture […]
The expression Picture Perfect Day has an image of today next to it in the dictionary. On this red, white and blue Green Lane day, we played under the clearest skies you’ve ever seen. The high temperature at the end of sixth period was 80, and one week into this camping season, the most comfortable evening […]