Winter Reunion RecapThe moment campers began to arrive you could feel their energy, enthusiasm, and excitement fill Sportime USA. The atmosphere was electric. Watching campers greet each other and seeing their joy to be with their summer friends was contagious. It left all of us hoping camp could open right away. If there was ever any doubt about how strong the relationships are that campers make at camp, all you need do is attend the Winter Reunion.For three hours it was bedlam. Campers running from one amusement to the next, playing arcade games, climbing

the rock wall, or trying one of the many at-tractions at Sportime USA. Fortunately, there were donuts and bagels, and plenty of liquid refreshments to keep everybody fueled and hydrated. And, of course, no reunion

would be complete without a lucky lotto raffle and a slide show of pictures taken from last summer.Thank you to all the campers, parents, and staff members, who attended the Winter Reunion. It’s no fun waking up early on a Sunday morning. Plus, many of our camp families had long drives to get to where the reunion was being held. Three camper and their parents went the extra mile, literally, and drove all the way from Maryland. Susan Montgomery, Sasha Stupak, and Polly Sypowicz displayed amazing camp spirit and effort to be with their cabinmates and friends. That’s what the Winter Reunion is all about, reuniting and remembering the experiences we shared.Thank you for making it such a great day!

Prom ThemesFor as long as we can remember, the themes of our two sum-mer proms have been announced at an evening flagpole as-sembly by the Evening Program Directors. Waiting with eager anticipation campers would provide the expected drum-roll and then cheer their approval. Over time, it became the way the themes were decided and how the camp was informed.

Entering a new decade, we felt it was time to change the way things have been done. It was time to let our campers decide the themes of their two summer proms. And so, this past fall a poll was taken. Over a 7-day period, campers choose from a list of potential themes and cast their votes. Voting was extremely heavy.

Finally, all the votes have been counted and we are excited to announce the results (drum roll, please). Our prom themes for the 2020 summer chosen by our campers are:

Enchanted Forest - Mid-Summer PromWelcome to Hollywood - End-of-Summer Prom

Many thanks to all the campers who voted. We had fun counting all the votes. We hope you had fun too.

March, 2020THE SPIRIT

Lake Greeley Camp

Winter Office: P.O. Box 219, Moscow, Pennsylvania 18444 (570) 842-3739

Normally at this time of the year camp is still covered in snow. Looking out at the campgrounds, what little snow there was is long gone. Weather is certainly fickle. While we have enjoyed the warmer weather, we know winter isn’t over. Some of the biggest snowfalls have come in the month of March and while we haven’t put away our snow shovels, we’re hoping we won’t need them.Did you know that spring begins on Thusday, March 19th. Do you know what season comes after spring? That’s right, SUMMER! It’s time to start the countdown, there’s less than 115 days until camp!It was great seeing so many campers and parents at the Winter Reunion. It’s always a party when Greeley people get together. Our next camp gathering will be on Saturday, March 28th at Greeley for our first Spring Open House. If you’re in the area, come on by. We would love to see you!

Inside this Edition• Winter Reunion Collage

• Spring Camp Tour Schedule

• March Madness Contest

• Staff 2020 News

• SWB RailRiders 2020

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Staffing NewsThe pursuit of staff members who possess the personality, the work ethic, and skill set we seek, in addition to a genu-ine love of children, is a year-round task. It is a search that truly never stops and extends well beyond the borders of the United States. This winter we have attended job fairs in England, Scotland, Poland, and Hungary and have hired amazing young men and women who will join us this sum-mer as members of our counselor, senior, and support staff.

It is exciting getting to know and work with new staff mem-bers. It is, however, our returning staff members who have the experience and know-how on which we rely. We are thrilled to welcome back all of our returning staff members. Below we have highlighted a few members of our 2020 senior staff.

John BiancoWe are very excited that John will be returning to Lake Greeley Camp for his fourth summer. The past two sum-mers John has directed the daily activities at Area 51, the camp’s skate park. Because of the one-on-one instruction and constant encouragement he provided, the skate park was consistently a top three daily activity. This summer John

Dates to Remember 3/28/2020 - Spring Open House #1 3/31/2020 - Spring Enrollment application deadline 4/5/2020 - Spring Open House #2 4/18/2020 - Spring Open House #3 6/27/2020 - Camp opens 7/11/2020 - First Half Visiting Day 7/24/2020 - First Half ends 7/25/2020 - Second Half begins 8/8/2020 - Second Half Visiting Day 8/20/2020 - Last day of camp

March MadnessContestIf you are a basketball fan then March is definitely your favorite month of the year. Because in March, that’s when the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, commonly known as March Madness, is held. It is a single elimination tourna-ment where the best 68 collegiate basketball teams in the country battle each other for the national championship.

Picking the winners of these games has become an obses-sion for both avid and casual basketball fans. During March Madness you will often hear people ask, “Who are your final four teams” and “Who did you pick to win the national cham-pionship?”

So, we want to ask you, “Who are your final four?” “Who is your national champion pick?” What better way to find out than by running a contest. Our March Madness contest will be hosted on the camp’s Instagram page. It will begin after the tournament teams have been announced on Sunday, March 15th and run up to the start of the first round of the tournament on Thursday, March 19th.

All you need do to participate is pick the last four teams remaining in the tournament as well as the ultimate winner of the national championship. The winner will receive a limited-edition Lake Greeley Camp blanket.

Keep checking the camp’s Instagram page, @lakegreeley-camp, for further announcements.

SWB RailRidersFor those who love the game, it doesn’t get any better than watching a minor league baseball game. The Triple A affiliate of the New York Yankees, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders baseball games are exciting, there’s not a bad seat in the stadium, you’re close to the action, and, the best part of all, you never know who you might see play. In past summers, we attended games where we saw baseball su-perstars Aaron Judge, Gary Sanchez, and Greg Bird.

Unfortunately, due to an extended road trip in August, we are unable to schedule a baseball game during the Fourth Quarter session. The games we will be attending are:

#1 - July 7th vs. Buffalo Bison (Toronto Bluejays)

#2 - July 20th vs. Norfolk Tides (Baltimore Orioles)

#3 - August 4th vs. Pawtucket (Boston Red Sox)

The cost of each baseball game is $40.00. It includes ad-mission to the game, dinner, and round trip transportation. Prior registration is required for the RailRiders games. You can register for these games online from your CampInTouch account or you can also download the form from the Forms webpage on Lake Greeley Camp’s website.

Special DietsLake Greeley Camp’s food service staff works diligently to accommodate the nutritional requirements of campers who have special dietary needs. In the past we have met these requirements for campers with mild food allergies or dietary restrictions, such as gluten-free, vegetarian, or vegan. Prior to the start of a camper’s camp session, we request parents discuss their child’s dietary restriction with the camp’s food service representative.

Due to the higher cost of food items and the need to prepare food separately, an additional weekly fee of $35.00 will be charged.

Winter Reunion 2020

Happy Birthday...If you were born in the months of February or March then we’re celebrating your birthday!Beckett Alberts, Mira Anderson, Aiden Arbuckle, Alex Baliotti, Paola Boye, Kendra Brown, Valeria Calvo, Kay-lee Camputaro, Maya Chertorisky, Andrew Cimino, Julia Cimino, Juliana Cipriano, Ian Darby, Luka Delangle, Val-erie Delangle, Hanae Diefenbacher, Yevgen Dimov, Victor Estrade, Katherine Evans, Emily Fox, Elliot Galazommatis, Aspen Gonzalez, Markel Gonzalez, Matthew Greeley, Lil-lyth Harper, Blake Jankowski, Elsa Johansson, Alessandra Juarez, Emma Kaloudis, Kai Kammer, Sienna Klauss, Julia Kossakowski, Natalie Kranick, Isaac Lind, Sheldon Lipets, Will Masters, Talula Mihalic, Melanie Missias-Manning, Isabella Nagel, Carter Paganini, Sophia Perlman, Joseph Raberin, Nathaniel Raberin, Mack Roberts, Gidget Rosen, Dagan Rosenblatt, Raul Salas Genero, Samantha Sandrew, Jake Schonberg, Melanie Sendrovitz, Cordelia Shaw, Jor-dan Skipper, Polly Sypowicz, Kaj Ureno-Champagne, Gia Villella, Paula Vinals, Colton Vitale, Lola Weinkam, Fiona Wells, Margaret Whelan, Ruby Williams, Ned Williams Law, Samantha Zaino, Tess Armstrong, Erica Bent, Lindsey Cuneo, Alexander Gmoser, William James, Harriet Orr, Lorren Pallone, Augustine Roche, Daniel Roman, Emmet Arees, Brayden Bello, Isabella Bozan, Abigail Cabot, Chris-topher Camputaro, Henry Cartright, Liam Christian, Ben Crane, Owen Crane, Isabel Davis, Rebekah Drosdak, Syd-ney Elkins, Aleksey Facciponti, Evelyn Faulkner, Avigail Fo-cht, Katerina Fou, Emilio Galvan Valdes, James Gambone, Natalia Garcia, Dafne Gaujoux, James Glauner, Nicholas Green, Emilia Grether, Ava Gutsche, Jason Herring, Miles Holstein-Rosen, Finnegan Keegan, Cole Kehoe, Martha Kleinig, Leah Kun, Allison Kurtz, Jacob Laigaie, Luke Law-rence, Helene Leclerc, Sophie Levy, Enzo Lopes, Ella Malm, Nils Malm, Marijn Maris, Ryan McLauglin, Jack McSpad-den, Elanah Montalvo, Morgan Murphy, Aaron Niemier, Katharine Palmer, Julia Panko, Catherine Paolercio, Seanna Pereira, Dylan Pisani, Jordan Pittari, Javier Rodriguez, Alina Rogaleva, Julian Saitz, Yuriy Sirota, Alexandra Stupak, Zoe Taylor, Tiegan Ureno-Champagne, Laila Virji, Thomas Wat-son, Juliet Weisser, Chloe Whelan, Sydney Williamson, Lily Wilson, Derek Bogdan, Aidan Ferderer, Hamza Khan, Lucy Ramsey, Zeina Sheta, and Balint Szabo.We hope you day includes cake with chocolate icing and plenty of presents. Happy Birthday!

has accepted a new role as the Intermediate Boys’ Division Director.

Shannon WeisbrodDuring her previous two summers, Shannon demonstrated a temperament and personality that had children gravitating to her. No matter where Shannon was, there were always children alongside her. Shannon will be joining our senior staff as Junior Camper Division Director.

Edward Swift2019 was Ed’s first summer at Lake Greeley Camp. Upon arriving, he quickly distinguished himself as an exceptional tennis instructor. What differentiated Ed was his positive attitude and ability to instruct all levels of players. These at-tributes, coupled with his knowledge and experience, made Ed a natural to take over as the camp’s Tennis Director.

Alec BeachAlec has been a camper at Lake Greeley Camp, a coun-selor, and for the past two summers, a member of our Senior Staff. This summer Alec will resume his role as the Director of Target Sports where he supervises both the archery and riflery activities.

Fern ChandlerReturning for her fourth summer, Fern will once again be our Senior Girls’ Division Director. In 2019, her first summer as division director, Fern excelled. She tirelessly assisted her campers whenever they asked and provided guidance with honesty and empathy.

Everyday we speak with prospective staff members as well as veteran staff members who have yet to finalize their sum-mer plans. When we can confirm who else is coming back this summer, we’ll let you know.

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Spring Open HouseThere is no better way to learn about a summer camp than by seeing it first-hand. That is why we give tours of Lake Greeley Camp throughout the year. These tours provide a fantastic opportunity to see the camp’s facilities, walk inside camper cabins, ask questions, and meet members of the staff.

Spring tours of Lake Greeley Camp are scheduled on the fol-lowing dates:

- Saturday, March 28th- Sunday, April 5th- Saturday, April 18th- Saturday, May 2nd

Tours of the camp are scheduled at 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. If you plan on attending one of our Open Houses, please let us know by emailing us at info@lakegreeley.com or by call-ing the Moscow office.

St. Patrick’s Day HumorQ: What’s Irish and stays out all night?A: Paddy O’Furniture

Q: How is a best friend like a 4-leaf clover?A: They are both hard to find and lucky to have.