Robindel’s Round RobinHatching news in New Hampshire since 1951

Winter 2014 Edition

Camp Robindel - Winter: 1271 Mill Road. Meadowbrook, PA 19046 · (215) 884 - 3326 · www.robindel.comSummer: 81 Geneva Point Road. Moultonboro, NH 03254 · (603) 253-9271 · natman@comcast.net

Greetings from Ann & NatIt has been a wonderful fall for Robindel - we have enjoyed many visits with both returning and new camp families in The Northeast and Florida. We are excited to welcome many new campers to our Robindel family for the 2015 summer. We love receiving photos from campers who are having “reunions” with their camp friends during this time of year. We hope that you had a wonderful Thanksgiving and we wish you all a very happy and healthy New Year ahead. We look forward to seeing many of you throughout the year.

Love, Ann & Nat

Where in the World is...Jolly?Jolly is preparing for her traveling season! We can’t wait to meet the all-star team that she hires for the 2015 summer. If it’s anything like last summer,

Jolly will be doing lots of toe-touches in celebration!If Jolly will be in a town near you and you would like to meet with her or stop by and talk with prospective staff about your camp experiences please send her an email - jolly@robindel.com.

January 21 - 24: Jolly meets Carol and Cori in Boulder, Colorado for Campminder Training

January 25 - 29: Heading to Europe! London and Manchester for Staff Recruitment

January 30 - February 3: Paris, France for Camper Visits

February 4 - 7: Milan, Italy for Camper Visits

February 9: Chicago, Illinois for Staff Recruitment

February 10 - 11: Bloomington, Indiana for Staff Recruitment

February 12-13: West Lafayette, Indiana for Staff Recruitment

Also in this issue...

• CR in the News• Robindel Reunions• International Camp Tshirt Day• CR Celebrates• CR Recommends

In The

News

TENNIS FOR THE KINDERGARTEN CROWDBuffalo, September 16, 2014 - Dr. Robert J. Gamble, professor of education at D’Youville College, received a grant from the Eastern Junior Tennis Foundation to begin an early childhood tennis start up program at The West Buffalo Charter School.“The child’s program involves adaptive equipment, slow bouncing foam balls, a lower

smaller net, and proportionate lighter rackets that a five-year old can easily control,” Dr. Gamble said. “The emphasis is on fun and developing related skills before the youngsters actually hit balls.”Dr. Gamble, whose doctorate is in Early Childhood Education, is also the Tennis Director at Camp Robindel in New Hampshire and a member of the United States Tennis Association. He was certified by the U.S. Professional Tennis Association in 1986 and has been the tennis director at Robindel for 22 years.“I’m very excited about teaching tennis to kindergarteners on Buffalo’s lower west side,” said Andrea Tadoro, principal at the charter school. “I know the correlation between motor development and academic performance and we hope that some of the skills our children learn on the court will transfer to the classroom.”“Who knows, perhaps we will discover the next Serena Williams or Rafael Nadal,” Dr. Gamble said.The program will follow the curriculum established by the U.S. Tennis Association.

Camp Robindel’s Buffalo Bob!

Kate Wright (Outdoor Adventure at CR) is interviewed about the expeditionary learning program she leads at The Monarch Academy in Baltimore, Maryland. Click here for the full interview.

Reunions

Above: Cypress girls sleepover after Phoebe and Sophie Baraker’s Bat Mitzvah. Right: Elm girls spend time together, and with Ann & Nat. Below: Birch girls have a sleepover and attend Shira’s Halloween charity bash for the Humane Society.

Carly Segal & Lisa Zuckerwise (Juniper 1998) with future CR camper Adrienne Levy, Lisa’s daughter,

born March 28, 2014. Lisa will be a

Camp Doctor this summer!! We are

excited to welcome her back!

Maple girls meet in New York for a sleepover.

Spruce girls have a sleepover in New Jersey, with some J’13 and J’14 visitors.

65th ReunionAUGUST 15-17, 2015

Open to alumni of Juniper 2011 age or earlier, as well as all staff.email questions to cori@robindel.com

Register Online www.robindel.com

Click HERE for more info

The reunion will begin at 4pm on Saturday, August 15 and end at Noon on Monday, August 17.

$275 includes 2 nights lodging, meals, activities, Robindel goodies, and lots of new memories

from your favorite place, Camp Robindel.

Internationa l Wear Your Summer Camp T-shi

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Thanks for participating and showing

your Robindel spirit!

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Our warmest Rob indel congratu lat ions!

Jodi Eisner (Juniper 2001) married Doug Appel on October 25. They currently live in Morristown, NJ where Doug is

completing his residency and Jodi is an occupational therapist. Jodi is pictured

with Doug on their wedding day, as well as with CR friend Leah Hamos.

On October 28, Ilana Kamens (Juniper 2002) got engaged to Jeremy Barishman. They met online through Match.com and knew almost immediately they were a match! Jeremy surprised Ilana during their trip to Napa Valley with a private driver and winery tour...and then proposed to her! Ilana can’t wait to bring Jeremy to NH to visit Robindel.

Respect Friendship Honesty Teamwork Empathy Tradition

Rachel Berman (Juniper 2001) and David Berkin were married

on November 8. They met 3 years earlier at David’s birthday

party. (Now that’s a great birthday gift!) They currently live in Long Island City and both work in the construction industry - David as a project manager and Rachel in sustainability. Rachel and David

recently returned from their honeyboon in Bali.

If you have any news or other requests for the next newsletter, we’d love to hear from you! Please send an email to cori@robindel.com

Jen Gindin (Juniper 2002) passed both the New

Jersey and Pennsylvania Bar Exams! She is living

in San Diego for the year, working as a clerk for

The Honorable Janis Sammartino.

Robindel RecommendsThis section features books, news articles, organizations, recipes and other items that we enjoyed...and we hope you will too! Click on the blue text to be directed to the online link.

• Hillary Clinton will be the Keynote at the ACA Tristate Conference in March- At The Clinton Foundation, Hillary continues her work on behalf of women and girls, in support of early childhood development.

• Charlie Girl: Tails of a Very Original Poodle - Fun stories, written by Robindel mother Elizabeth Frogel! The second book is now available, and the third is coming this spring!

• The Adversity Advantage - Book written by Paul Stoltz and Erik Weihenmayer. “Turning Everyday

Struggles Into Everyday Greatness...”

• Easy Egg Cups- 20 oz bag of frozen shredded hash browns, 1 cup of shredded cheese, 4 eggs, 1/4 cup of diced onions, salt and pepper. Toss it in a bowl, stir well, and scoop it into a greased muffin tin. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes. Enjoy!

Cori & Adam Daniels welcomed baby girl Romy Berkley, born November 4th. Winni is a very good big sister doggie to Romy.

Graduates! Shareen Clement (Head of Performing Arts), Megan Uritescu (Head of Swim) and Elle Karbassi (Head of Water Crafts) all graduated from Georgia Southern University. Shareen and Elle studied Sociology and Megan studied Psychology. Congrats to all of you!