This morning, a new generation of boys took the Plunge. A Camp Green Lane tradition, now in its seventh running, the Polar Plunge came to camp with Aunt Rose and continued this morning with some new faces. And some old ones, too. The Polar Plunge is a rite of summer for the Upper Inter Boys. Towards the end of […]
There are new names on the walls of Arts and Crafts. A Camp Green Lane tradition, after Color War anyone who has been in camp for 5 summers can write their name in Arts & Crafts. The only rule is you can’t write over anyone else’s name. For the last 2 days, you’ve had to […]
Tonight’s Blog Post is a Guest Write, written by Robin Stern Raskin. And we are united once again. Warring has ended, we’re still friends. We are united once again. Friends forever… till the end. Friends forever… Camp Green Lane. Sing that to the chorus of “Everything I Own” by Bread and you’ll have the 1991 […]
They’re cleaning watermelon off of BB1. The teams are in their respective swim-rally rotations, and the only thing left to do after a week of Camp Green Lane Color War is sing. The White Heroes and Green Gods have waged the closest of Color Wars and today’s Steeplechase was another collision of sportsmanship and tradition […]
A Camp Green Lane Color War has something for everyone. For example, if you’re super into sports, we’ve been going non-stop with cabin activities and traditional sporting events like basketball on BB1 and soccer on Soccer 2. We’ve had buzzer beaters and fingertip catches, and in one Inter Girls softball game, the pitcher from one side […]
Last night was all about the boys. Tonight is for the Female Camper Captains who will participate in The Amazing Race. Prior to the creation of this event, there were several versions of tasks and activities for female camper captains. The boys always participated in Rope Burn, but the roles on the girls’ side have evolved over […]
Man has worshipped fire since the beginning of time. It’s no different here. Since the start of their Camp Green Lane careers, the four male Camper Captains—Abe Genkin, Eli Raskin, Dylan Regan and Skyler Servetnick—have been mesmerized by the signature event of Color War: Rope Burn. I know they have, because we all have been. […]
Today was a long Color War day of cabin activities. From early this morning, we’ve been competing on every field and court here at Camp Green Lane. On the boys side, the Orioles and A’s played soccer, Cards and Blue Jays had softball, Pirates and White Sox played basketball, Royals and Dodgers played softball, Mets […]
Finally, Color War is here. Let’s go back to this morning. Early. I woke up before 7. Went into the bathroom and then things started getting weird. After I flushed the toilet, the water was Emerald-City green. I turned on the shower and the shower turned green, too. Same for the water coming out of the […]
We got BOOMs today. But not the ones we’re waiting for. When Color War breaks—whenever that is—we’ll know it’s the real thing when we hear 3 BOOMs. This morning, right after Reveille, there was 1 BOOM that got everyone out of bed. All of camp descended on BB1, the designated rally point for the break. […]