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Daily Updates 2017
Click each day to read the GFC daily update!
A Week Pre-camp In Photos
It’s the beginning of Summer 2017, and we are so busy getting camp ready for the season. Check out our week at camp in photos, taken by our Summer 2017 photographers!
Why We Unplug At Camp
A day spent on the lake paddle boarding with your best friends. A meal where everyone is catching up on their days across the table. An hour spent reading books, making friendship bracelets, and playing board games in your bunk.
Leadership Weekend: Behind the Scenes
A lot goes into a successful summer: from scrubbing the surface of the lap pool, weeding the garden, and mowing all the grass on camp to hiring and training our staff, as soon as a summer of GFC ends, we start planning for the next.
How We Celebrate Israel All Year Long
In honor of Israeli Independence Day, we’re looking back at all the ways we celebrate Israel in a year at GFC – whether through travel, the friendships we make at camp, or through year-long engagement, Israel is an important part of Greene Family Camp all year long.
7 Ways to Help Your Camper Get Ready for the Summer
With only 50 days left until first session, it’s time to enjoy the last few days of school and start thinking about preparing for Summer 2017. Whether you’re a veteran camp family or this is your first experience with summer camp, we’ve got seven tips to help your camper get ready for their summer.
5 GFC Approved Passover Recipes
It’s halfway through Passover and we’ll admit it – we’re hungry and lusting for camp scones and biscuits. But just because the seder leftovers are almost gone and the matzah is tasting particularly more like cardboard doesn’t mean we can’t still eat deliciously! Check out these creative recipes that will make Passover a breeze.
Will I have fun at Spring Fest/Spring Kallah?
Select as many of the activities below that sound fun to you! Then, find out if Spring Fest and Spring Kallah would be a great way to spend your next weekend.
What’s New for Summer 2017?
At GFC, Spring is both on the calendar and in the air. You can see it in the explosion of wild flowers in all of our fields at Greene. Blue Bonnets and Indian Paintbrushes are splashed like God’s art projects over the camp grounds. With Passover right around the corner, it is the time for rebirth and growth. Of course, Greene Family Camp is joining in the spirit of the season.
Bringing About Real Change: A Reflection on L’Taken
For the third year, GFC has partnered with the Religious Action Center (RAC) to gather teens from across Texas and Oklahoma to offer them the opportunity to travel with their Jewish peers to Washington, D.C. for a weekend of learning, sight-seeing and advocacy.