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...
by mozer | Jul 12, 2017 | From the Blog, Lifecycle, Youth & Family
There’s a lot to teach at the farm: proper care of animals, understanding the life cycle, respecting the planet. From husbandry and handling, laws of Kashrut featuring our pig Pudge, or Ba’al Tashit that teaches us not to waste or destroy the Earth, we...
by mozer | Jun 28, 2017 | Camps & NFTY, From the Blog, Lifecycle, Youth & Family
As I moved my daughter, Jillian, into her official first cabin for her official first summer at GFC, I was slammed with nostalgia, emotion, and full circle moments, as well as some familiar camp connections. One of Jillian’s counselor’s mom’s was my first...
by mozer | Jun 19, 2017 | Camps & NFTY, From the Blog, Youth & Family
Things are really working at Greene Family Camp this year. Having just completed our first week of camp, I have been witness to an exciting, committed, and deeply devoted community. More than being a mere witness, however, I have been integrated and welcomed as a full...
by mozer | Jun 14, 2017 | Camps & NFTY, From the Blog, Torah, Youth & Family
On Sunday they pulled up to the camp gate. Families with kids young and old, waiting expectantly, peering over the line of cars into their new home for the next 4 weeks – for many – their promised land. From all of the communities of Texas, Oklahoma, and...
