There are two types of camp parents. The first type sits down each evening and happily scrolls through every single photo we post. Every division. Every activity. Every blurry action shot where it’s impossible to tell if someone is catching a football or swatting a fly. The second type has one mission: Find my kid. […]
I read an inspiring passage today about how nothing, especially time, is promised. And if you knew your time was limited, what would you do differently this week? The idea is that in life, you should always play like time’s running out. Here at camp, summer’s clock is always ticking. Time at CGL is a finite […]
Today is one of the best days of the summer, in my humble opinion. A day of costumes. Of trying to find your shoes. Of cheers and songs and, occasionally, eating something that probably never should have been suspended in Jell-O. It’s Olympics! For the newly initiated, Olympics is a one-day camp-wide competition where the […]
The pierogies record is safe. A few summers ago, a camper named Eric Stierman ate 42 potato-filled dumplings at lunch while his bunkmates kept count on a paper plate. The feat is now one of many that are part of Camp Green Lane lore, and it’s something we remember—and try to challenge—every summer when Chef […]
Every summer has its headline moments. Carnival. Color War. Trips. Survivor. Camp-within-a-camp. Intercamp games. Those are the days everyone circles on the calendar. They’re the days parents ask about on Visiting Day, the ones that fill our social media feeds, and the memories campers can’t wait to tell you about. And they’re great. Really great. […]
While the Greeks Are Away, the Seniors… Serve I think that’s how the saying goes. Or at least it does here at CGL. Our Greek Division, made up of our 15- and 16-year-old campers, spends each summer mastering one of the most important jobs at camp: keeping everyone fed. Gamma serves breakfast, Sigma and Delta […]
Every Friday when we hold services, there’s a part when we turn to the person next to us and say what we’re looking forward to most this week. My answer this morning is, Olympics! One of the signature events of the summer, Olympics is an exciting single day of competition and wacky games. All of camp—campers and counselors—are […]
Snack Squad: A Brief History Every afternoon, around the halfway point of our daily schedule, camp collectively hits the pause button. The games stop. The whistles quiet down. Everyone makes a beeline for the Canteen to cool off, rehydrate, and refuel. Today, we call this magical oasis Snack Squad. But it hasn’t always been called […]
I’ve been to hundreds of games in my life. If I counted, I might even get close to 1,000. Of all those stadium experiences, none are as much fun as our annual trip to Coca-Cola Park to see the IronPigs. It has everything to do with the company. Last night, we loaded up yellow buses and […]
I wandered over to the Greeks’ evening activity last night under the pretense of helping set up. In reality? I just wanted a sneak peek. My son is in Delta, and we have an unspoken agreement to give each other plenty of space. It’s his last summer as a camper and my first year back […]