Happy New Year!Even with an extra day (2016 was a leap year), the year flew by all too quickly. With the start of a new year, it is only natu-ral to look back at the year that just ended. A chance to review what we accomplished. A new year brings a fresh start, an opportunity to start over and, maybe, do things differently. That is why we make New Year’s resolutions. Here at Lake Greeley Camp, we only have one resolution for 2017, and that is to make this summer the best ever. We are already hard at work to make sure it happens. How will you know if we keep our promise? There is only one way; you’ll have to come to camp on June 25th to find out. Because, after all, that’s when the fun begins!

Now that the holidays are over and we have returned to our regular routines, we can finally concentrate on the important stuff, like this year’s Winter Reunion. It is being held at Sportime USA in Elmsford, New York on Sunday, January 22nd! Circle this date on your calendar now and be sure to send in the reunion registration form to the winter office. It’s a whole lot of fun. Don’t miss it.

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THE SPIRITLake Greeley Camp

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

2016 Year in ReviewWhat an incredible year! The last 12 months have pro-duced many unexpected and truly amazing events that have changed the world. Here are just a few of the events that we believe made 2016 so special:January 6th - “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” breaks the North American box office record, surpassing the $760.5 mil-lion earned by “Avatar”.January 7th - Powerball mania hits a fever pitch with the largest lottery prize in history, $1.58 billion. The odds of win-ning the record jackpot were 1 in 292 million. Three winning tickets were sold.January 11th - The Alabama Crimson Tide defeats the Clemson Tigers 45-40 to win the College Football Playoff National Championship. It is Alabama’s fourth national title in the last seven seasons.January 31st - Defending champion Novak Djokovic defeats Andy Murray in straight sets to win his record sixth Australian Open men’s singles title and his third straight Grand Slam tournament.February 7th - The Denver Broncos defeat the Carolina Panthers 24-10 in Super Bowl 50. Broncos linebacker Von Miller is named as the game’s Most Valuable Player. The game is watched by 111.9 million viewers, making it the third most watched program in TV history.February 9th - Warner/Chappell Music agrees to return $14 million collected in copyright fees for the song “Happy Birthday to You” which a federal judge ruled belongs in the public domain.February 20th - Lake Greeley Camp’s Winter Reunion is held at Sportime USA.

SCUBA ClinicsConducted in the camp’s swim-ming pool, each SCUBA clinic is led by PADI (Professional As-sociation of Diving Instructors) certified instructors from Inland Water Sports. Designed to intro-duce non-divers to scuba diving, these clinics are a favorite activity with our campers. All the necessary equipment is also supplied by Inland Water Sports. Prior registration is required and each clinic is approximately one hour in length.

The dates of the clinics are: June 29, 2017July 15, 2017July 27, 2017August 13, 2017

You can register for these clinics online from your CampIn-Touch account or you can download the registration form from the Forms webpage on Lake Greeley Camp’s website.

Inside this Edition

• Winter Reunion 2017

• SCUBA Clinics

• Staff News

• Camper & Staff Member Birthdays

• Matt’s Facts of the Day (of the month)

The Winter Reunion is by far the most anticipated off-season camp event of the year. Coming together as a camp after months of being apart is exhila-rating for everyone; campers, staff members, and parents. Simply put, it is amazing!This year’s reunion will be held on January 22nd from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at Sportime USA.Located in Elmsford, New York, Sportime USA is an indoor amusement center that is huge, 24,000 sq. ft., that’s nearly twice the size of the gymnasium at camp. It’s filled wall-to-wall with games and amusements that will make your mouth drool, and the whole place has been reserved exclusively for Lake Greeley Camp. That’s right, all that Sportime USA has to offer is ours for the entire three hours!

During the reunion we have unlimited use of:• amusement rides: bumper cars, Himalaya roller coaster, mini-twister, and

the brand new super fly• Lasertron laser tag - 3,000 sq. ft. glow-in-the-dark arena• 24 ft. climbing wall• batting cages• 3 level indoor playground filled with slides, climbing mazes,

and ball pits• 150 arcade games - each camper gets an unlimited use

arcade card• XD Theater - a 4 dimensional interactive ride

There is so much more to this reunion than just fun and games. It is a great opportunity to get together with your friends from the summer, catch up on what’s been happening since the end of camp and reminisce about the great times we shared this past summer. We’ll be serving bagels, donuts, and juice in our party room throughout the reunion, present a slide show of pictures we’ve taken from last summer, and even hold a Lucky Lotto raffle drawing. It’s guaranteed FUN!For more information on Sportime USA including driving directions, visit their website at www.sportimeusa.com.There’s no charge to attend the winter reunion, and it is open to Lake Greeley Camp campers from previous summers and new campers who are enrolled for the 2017 summer, their siblings and, of course, parents.Lake Greeley Camp staff members will be present at Sportime USA during the reunion. We, however, recommend that a par-ent or adult guardian accompany all campers to the reunion and remain at Sportime USA. Parents can relax and enjoy a coffee and free Wi-Fi in the adult’s lounge inside Sportime USA. We’ll make sure you get a raffle ticket too!Registration for the winter reunion is required. You can register two ways: on-line directly from the Lake Greeley Camp’s Winter Reunion webpage at www.lakegreeley.com/about/winter.html or you can download the registration form at www.lakegreeley.com/forms/reunionregistration.pdf. If you download the registration form, please return the completed form to the Moscow, Pennsyl-vania office by mail or fax at (570) 842-0410. All registration forms must be submitted no later than January 16th.

See you at Sportime USA on January 22nd for the Winter Reunion!

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February 21st - Denny Hamlin wins the 2016 Daytona 500 by 0.011 seconds, the closest margin in the history of the race.March 3rd - Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astrono-mers discover GN-z11, the most remote galaxy ever detect-ed at a distance from Earth of 13.4 billion light years.March 8th - Google’s AlphaGo, an artificial intelligence pro-gram, defeats South Korean grand master Lee Se-dol in the ancient game of Go.March 26th - British rock band, The Rolling Stones, make history by performing a free concert in Havana, Cuba where most foreign rock music was banned on Cuban state TV and radio for decades.April 7th - “American Idol” airs its final episode after fifteen seasons. Trent Harmon is named the final winner. The finale showcased appearances by all fourteen previous win-ners.April 8th - After launching from Cape Canaveral, SpaceX successfully lands the reusable main-stage booster of a Fal-con 9 rocket onto a floating drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.May 10th - NASA announces the discovery of 1,200 new planets. The discovery is made using the Kepler telescope and doubles the amount of known planets in the galaxy.May 11th - A fragment of the world’s oldest ground-edge axe dated at between 45,000 and 49,000 years old is found in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.May 19th - Oppenheimer Blue, a rare blue diamond, is sold for $57.6 million, the most expensive jewel ever sold at an auction.June 1st - The Gotthard Base Tunnel in Switzerland opens. With a length of 35.5 miles it is the world’s longest and deep-est railway tunnel. Construction began in 1992 and cost in excess of $12 billion.June 5th - Novak Djokovic tops Andy Murray to win the French Open men’s singles championship completing his non-calendar year Grand Slam. Djokovic is the first man since Rod Laver in 1969 to hold all four Grand Slam singles titles at once.June 12th - The Pittsburgh Penguins defeat the San Jose Sharks in the Stanley Cup Finals in 6 games winning their fourth Stanley Cup title.June 25th - Lake Greeley Camp opens.July 4th - After a five-year journey, the spacecraft Juno enters Jupiter’s orbit. Juno will investigate the existence of a solid planetary core, map Jupiter’s intense magnetic field, and measure the amount of water and ammonia in the planet’s atmosphere.July 22nd - The final VCR,videocassette recorder, is manu-factured by the Japanese company Funai.July 26th - Solar Impulse 2 becomes the first solar-powered aircraft to fly around the world. The journey took a total of 17 stages and 16 1/2 months.July 30th - Skydiver Luke Aikins sets a new world record for the highest altitude jump without a parachute, falling 25,000

2016 continued from page 1 Staff NewsOccasionally staff members will share with us news about what they have been doing while they are away from camp. It is truly gratifying to learn of their academic achievements, professional accomplishments as well as other significant events in their lives. Recently, we received an email from a former counselor, Rachel Chalmers, who informed us of her wedding to another former staff member, Moray Greig. We were overjoyed with the news.Moray’s first summer at Lake Greeley Camp was in 2004. He was a counselor and rock climbing instructor. He re-turned in 2005 as the Mountain Biking Supervisor, and in 2006, he accepted an 18-month internship with the camp and worked as a full-time senior staff member through August, 2007. Rachel arrived at Lake Greeley Camp in 2006 as a coun-selor and tennis instructor, that is when she and Moray first met. During their experience at Lake Greeley Camp, both Moray and Rachel distinguished themselves as exceptional staff members. Their compassion, patience, and dedication to the child they supervised made them ideal role models for our counselors and campers.On October 29th, joined by family and friends, Rachel and Moray exchanged wedding vows. Their ceremony took place on a beautiful fall afternoon at the Mar Lodge located in Scotland’s majestic Cairngorms National Park.Congratulations Moray and Rachel! Did we mention they met at Lake Greeley Camp?

Matt’s Facts of the Day (of the Month)

It has been quite some time since the last installment of Matt’s Facts of the Day. Campers have been wondering when it would be coming. Well, your wait is finally over. Just in time, Matt has assembled a special New Year’s themed Facts of the Day.Campers, you know the routine. Clap twice and say, “Facts!” after you read each of the following facts!

Fact #1: - The Time Square New Year’s Eve Ball was first dropped in 1907. The tradition has continued in Times Square, except for in 1942 and 1943. The ball was not lowered because of wartime restric-tions.

Fact #2: - In addition to the ball drop in Times Square, resi-dents in Lebanon, Pennsylvania drop bologna at midnight. In Mount Olive, North Carolina, they drop a pickle, and in Folly Beach, South Caro-lina, they drop a pair of flip flops.

Calendar of Events 1/22/2017 - Winter Reunion 1/31/2017 - Application deadline 4/8/2017 - Open House/Camp Tours 4/22/2017 - Open House/Camp Tours 6/25/2017 - Camp opens 7/8/2017 - First Half Visiting Day 7/22/2017 - First Half ends 7/23/2017 - Second Half begins 8/5/2017 - Second Half Visiting Day 8/18/2017 - Last day of camp

feet into a safety net.August 4th - Japan wins the 29th Lake Greeley Camp Olympiad.August 5th - 21st - The 2016 Summer Olympics are held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.August 11th - Michael Phelps set an Olympic record as the first ever swimmer to earn four consecutive gold medals in the men’s 200 meter individual medley.August 19th - The saddest day of the year, the last day of summer camp.September 4th - Pope Francis canonizes Mother Teresa, officially making her Saint Teresa.September 7th - A group of Icelandic goose hunters stum-ble upon a Viking sword believed to date back to the 10th Century.September 12th - The wreck of the HMS Terror, the lost ship of British polar explorer Sir John Franklin is found almost completely intact off the southern coast of Canada’s King William Island. The ship was abandoned in 1848 during the explorer’s doomed attempt to complete the Northwest Pas-sage. All 129 men on the Franklin expedition died.September 18th - Game of Thrones wins three Emmy Awards to become the most successful narrative series of all time beating the record previously held by Frasier.October 2nd - Broadcasting legend, Vin Scully retires, end-ing his 67-year broadcasting career for both the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers.October 13th - American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan wins the Nobel Prize in Literature.October 16th - The Simpsons, the longest-running prime-time show in American history, airs its 600th episode.November 2nd - The Chicago Cubs win the 2016 World Series and break their 108-year championship drought with a 10-inning victory over the Cleveland Indians in Game 7.November 8th - Donald Trump is elected the 45th President of the United States of America.November 14th - Spanish archaeologists find a 3,000 year old Egyptian mummy in near perfect condition in a tomb on the west bank of the Nile River.November 30th - A manuscript by Austrian composer Gus-tav Mahler sells for $4.8 million at Sotheby’s auction.December 10th - The Army Black Knights defeat the Navy Midshipmen 21-17 in the annual Army-Navy football game, snapping a 15 year losing streak of the game.December 12th - The Block Island Wind Farm, the first offshore wind farm in the United States, begins commercial operations. December 29th - The Czartoryski collection of art that includes a rare painting by Leonardo da Vinci, as well as works by Rembrandt and Renoir is purchased by the Pol-ish government for $105 million, far below its market price, which is estimated at more than $2 billion.There’s no doubt about it, 2016 was such an incredible year that we can’t wait for what will happen in 2017.

2016 continued from page 3Happy Birthday...to our campers and staff members who celebrate birthdays in December and January!Rida Ali, Juan Pablo Aznar, Zara Baddeley, Matthew Barnes, Mark Berberena, Jaiden Berger, Amanda Birbara, Chiara Boye, Ryan Bradley, Hailey Brooks, Andres Calvo-Sotelo, Eli Celtnieks, Robert Cipriano, Claire Daniel, Molly Davis, Lauren de Gall, Almudena Garza Uribe, Daniel Giraldo, Paul Gonzalez, Molly Gratzon, Sam Hauptly, Christina Heathcote, Jessica Hendel, Oleg Ivlev, Anatole Josso, Paul LaBorde, Kacper Lapinski, Gerald Libby, Anton Licamele, Bruno Licamele, Ethan Lipets, Robert Lynam, Olivia Martinez, Ava Matthews, Theo Meline, Soren Mey-ers, Susan Montgomery, Luke Natale, Isabella Ramirez, Sofia Rivas, Gavin Robayo, Sierra Roizman, Shane Ronan, Lucas Rossi, Olivia Ruth, Yuriy Sandmeier, Lucca Schmid, Lourdes Serrano-Suner, Addison Smith, Griff Soergel, Zachary Taouli, Adeliese Tauber, Noelle Valdinoto, Anthea Owen, Christo- pher Wort, Emily Clinton, Kathryn Trombadore, Ladislav On- drejkovic, Maia Hanlon, Rachael Slater, Samantha Cleaver, Silvia Rybecka, Sylvana Garcia, Pablo Alvis, Callie Bachman, Isabella Berlingeri, Oliver Boye, Sabrina Crespi, Lauren Dawicki, Eglantine Dupuy, Zack Golub, Tomas Gonzalez, Charlie Grob, Sabrina Harrison, Yoseph Kamran, Ella Koepke, Yuna Lee, Thalia Lemaire, Charles Levy, Sara Lupinacci, Kyra McEwan, Kristin McInnes, Lia-Leti Okada, Anna Pigoznis, Juan Serrano-Suner, Lev Skitolsky, Victo-ria Skolnick, Jake Slaven, Anna Sosinsky, Luke Trainor, Melanie Whiteman, Saylor Whiteman, Colby Zino, Andrew Shaw, Daniel Macuga, Jeremy Falconer, Natasha Hanson, and Tibor Harangozo.