Today was National Camp Kindness Day. We believe kindness is something we lean into every day here at Camp Green Lane, but today is a day when camps across America take time to practice intentional kindness. Camp Kindness Day was created in collaboration with the American Camping Association in 2018. Here at CGL, that means the Canteen is transformed on […]
Cooking is and always has been the center of camp. First, its physical location, the back screen door of the White House, puts Cooking literally at the center of camp. But, for as long as I’ve been coming here as a camper, counselor and now supervisor, Cooking has always sat in a place close to […]
You’ve never seen Softball 1 like this before. One side of the field was draped in black, supporting the Greeks and the other was blue, behind the Senior Boys, in a softball game that nobody saw coming. Each side wore their Survivor colors, blasted walk-up music before each batter, and organized themselves into full-fledged softball operations complete […]
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 […]