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Trust, Confidence, and Integrity: A Reflection on Camp and COVID-19
Virtual Offering: K’far Time
Over the summer and at our weekend events, our campers end their night with “K’far Time,” gathering with their friends and counselors outside their cabins to chat, laugh, and enjoy quality time together. Now, while we are not currently at camp, we are bringing K’far...
Mental Health Hopscotch: One Smile at a Time can Repair the World
Mental Health Hopscotch is a researched-based sidewalk chalk art that helps hoppers improve their mental health.
Meet Rabbi Erin Mason, GFC’s New Camp Director!
Generations of southern Jews found something special in this GFC community and passed it down to their children and grandchildren. As a parent, it is an amazing feeling to know that my children get to experience camp in the place that I first felt its magic. My son, Zachary, was a camper last summer, and this summer his sisters, Eliza and Aviva, will be in cabin as well.
Greene Screene!
We are so excited to introduce GREENE SCREENE! GFC’s new virtual program! Tune in to Facebook every day at 11 CDT for a taste of GFC and NFTY… we will sing, we will cook, learn magic tricks, Minecraft, do improv games, and more! See you online!
I Believe in Music and I Believe in You
Music is a quintessential part of Jewish camp and Jewish life. The melodies of prayer help us mark the seasons, the holidays, and the times of our lives. Music can move our feet and our souls, and brings our community together while dancing to “Golden Boy” in the dining hall or arm in arm around the campfire to “You’ve Got a Friend.”
A Tribute to Rabbi David Packman, z”l
With deep sadness, I bring news of the death Rabbi A. David Packman, z”l, on February 10, 2020.
Announcing Rabbi Erin Ellis Mason as the New Camp Director at GFC!
On behalf of the GFC directors and Camp Committee, we are excited to announce that Rabbi Erin Ellis Mason will be the new Director of URJ Greene Family Camp! Erin will be joining the GFC team as our new Camp Director, working with Executive Director Loui Dobin...
How NFTY Changed my Year-Round Connection to GFC
I was scared that going to camp for only a few days would somehow take away from the magic of the summer because it had always been this sacred place I could only go to for three weeks out of the year.
“Wherever you go…”
As the song lyric says, “Wherever you go, there’s always someone Jewish,” and sometimes it’s true that wherever you go you can find a friend from Greene Family Camp.