by mozer | Dec 26, 2017 | Camps & NFTY, From the Blog
Have you always dreampt of making a friendship bracelet for your best camp friend with the initials of your summer home on it? Now your dreams can become a reality. Supplies Needed Two colors of thread One strand for the background color and seven strands of the...
by mozer | Nov 10, 2017 | Camps & NFTY, From the Blog, Youth & Family
by Michele Ozer On November 14th, it is International Camp T-shirt Day. Across the country, campers and alumni from all sorts of summer camps will don their favorite summer swag, relics from warmer days at their summer homes. There is something special about wearing...
by mozer | Nov 10, 2017 | Camps & NFTY, From the Blog, Social Action, Youth & Family
by Mindy Michaels As a native Houstonian, it was heart-wrenching to watch the news as Hurricane Harvey settled over the Texas Gulf Coast and dropped over 4 feet of rain in 4 days. At home in Austin, I streamed local KHOU news and watched images of emergency personnel,...
by mozer | Oct 4, 2017 | Camps & NFTY, From the Blog, Social Action, Youth & Family
On Sukkot, we build temporary dwellings to remind us of the temporary dwellings the Jewish people had while wandering in Egypt. This year, Sukkot means something very different to me. My name is Sam Goldenberg and I am part of the NFTY-TOR regional leadership as a...
by mozer | Aug 25, 2017 | Camps & NFTY, From the Blog, Youth & Family
Mealtime There’s nothing like getting to eat some of your favorite foods with your bunkmates and counselors! Meals are so lonely when you return home when you’re not sharing them with the entire camp community Floating on Lake Jake There’s nothing...
by mozer | Aug 18, 2017 | Camps & NFTY, From the Blog, Youth & Family
The friends you make at NFTY events last. As someone who never attended Greene Family Camp as a camper, I thought it would be hard to make friends at events. I was wrong. My cabinmates at my first event turned into a kind of family in a matter of hours. Everyone at...
