Wow, we had such a great summer! It exceeded our expectations in every way. The weather was fabulous, the counselors were awesome, and the evening activities and special events were fun and exciting. And yet, no matter how amazing these important parts of the camp were, the best part of Lake Greeley Camp, the part that makes it extraordi-nary is our campers! There is no doubt about it, our campers make LGC a truly unique experience. Thank you for mak-ing this summer tremendous. Everyday we think about the fun and the crazy things we did which reminds us of just how fortunate we were to have spent it with you.

As we look back on our summer, we can’t help but ask, “Where did it go?” We spend 10 months preparing for summer camp, and it is seemingly over in the blink of an eye. Getting the camp ready for summer is a job we love doing, we only wish our summers would last a little bit longer.

Now that we back in school and have settled into our non-camp routine, let the countdown to the summer of 2017 begin. Hey, there’s less than 270 days to go!

September, 2016

Inside this Edition

• 2016 Summer Collage

• Camper Questionnaires

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

• Halloween Costume Contest

• Camper & Staff Birthdays

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Do You Remember...This summer, every day was jammed full with so many excit-ing events and activities that it is really difficult to remember them all. That is why we have highlighted below some of the amazing, unbelievable, and just funny events we shared this summer.Jeremy’s fill the bus to the RailRiders baseball campaign...nighttime paintball sessions...jumping in on the conga line during the playing of the Happy Birthday song...learning what nichy, nichy means...milk & homemade cookies for the jun-ior campers and a story read perfectly by Kerry...Eric’s daily sports report during morning flagpole...standing at the main entrance to camp shouting at the top of your lungs welcom-ing arriving campers to camp...“Hotel, motel, hotel for dogs, we’ve got a hotel, motel, hotel for dogs!”...Water Aerobics at the pool with Sam and Alex...wearing a cape and carrying a wand all day during Harry Potter Day...competing in Greeley

THE SPIRITLake Greeley Camp

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

What’s new for 2017?Even before our 2016 summer camp season had come to a close, we had already begun planning the improvements and/or changes we will be making for next summer.Last year, we were busy adding the new halfpipe at the skatepark, rebuilding the giant’s ladder at Adventure, and renovating the Quails/Meadowlarks cabin. We also refur-bished the Dining Hall floor, poured a concrete sidewalk to the Infirmary, and purchased another 12-passenger van. After such a busy schedule last year, we wondered, is there anything left on our to do list for 2017? Well, here’s what we have come up with so far.

- New Yamaha keyboards for the music program.- Circus Arts keeps getting bigger and better. This sum-

mer, with the purchase of juggling balls and clubs, we added juggling. Next summer, we will be purchasing new silks and adding another exciting aerial apparatus to silks n’ single, a spanish web.

- Due to the increasing popularity of our waterskiing, wakeboarding, and tubing program, we will be adding a second motor boat.

- 7-speed, 20” mountain bikes, great for our younger campers!

- New heavy-duty aluminium framed, floating docks are being constructed for the lakefront. In addition, we are also adding a new 4’ x 20’ fishing dock!

We’re just getting started. There are more improvements and changes that are being considered that we believe make Lake Greeley Camp even better than it already is. We will keep you posted once these improvements are finalized.

Ninja Warrior...the Fourth of July Celebration: a made-to-order picnic lunch, the inflatables and dunk tank, the Uncle Sama-thon, and the fireworks display, what a great day!...root beer float parties...winning cabin inspection and enjoying authentic Brother Bruno’s pizza with your cabinmates...Crazy Hat Day...congratulations to Emily Clinton and Charlie Polkinghorn, Counselors of the Year...making the impossible shot at the pool...listening to the cabin wishes during Closing Ceremo-nies and watching each cabin’s candle float on the lake...DJ Jeff Yahney...trying your luck at the roulette wheel during Las Vegas Night...Congratulations to all the campers, counselors, and captains, Matt Noble and Lynsay Dashnaw, on Greece, winners of the 29th Lake Greeley Camp Olympiad...receiv-ing a care package from home...canteen...choosing your own activities everyday during activity sign up...Boy Band Dinner...waking up really early and enjoying a day at Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom...the best day in camp: laundry day...building a raft that actually floats with Paul...wearing a wolf t-shirt and getting the chance to howl at morning flagpole on Wolf Pack Wednesdays...participating in intercamp games, representing Lake Greeley Camp, and getting the opportunity to compete against other camps...two amazing theatrical pro-ductions, “Grease” and “Legally Blonde”, performed to perfec-tion by our incredibly talented campers and directed skillfully by Katy and the Theater staff...Cody’s Joke of the Day...the excitement of Olympic breakout, this year’s Pokemon-themed breakout was the best...Rat Race...winning an evening activ-ity and enjoying Jeremy’s pizza...Bingomania...a picnic lunch on Blueberry Island...horseback overnights with Aislinn and the Horseback staff...rafting down the Delaware River...losing the handclap competition at campfire and then jumping into the pool the following morning...bravely walking the trail of Chief Lohikan with your cabin...King and Queen of the Prom: Lenny Kontorovskiy and Dawn Gernsheimer...Twins/Triplets Day..Mustache for Dinner...climbing to the top of the tower at Adventure and then riding the zipline down...SCUBA clinics...Matt’s Facts of the Day...searching for gold coins during Gold Rush Day...letters home for dinner...an incredible dance show performance by all the talented campers and staff members who performed including Tiffany, Alice, and Molly...learning to fly on the trapeze with a lot of encouragement from Molly and the Circus Arts staff...performing on stage for the entire camp during Greeley Idol...sleeping in extra late after a great day at Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom...Xtreme Dodgeball...water skiing, wakeboarding, and tubing on Lake Wallenpau-pack with Dillon...receiving your 5-year jacket...walking into the Dining Hall and being greeted by James on the micro-phone, “Good morning campers and counselors...”...getting launched off of the blob and into the lake...swimming, biking, and running in the Greeley triathlon...Lucky Lotto...lighting of the eternal flame at the Opening Ceremonies of the Olympics by Nicole Passaella, Emily Wilson, Jennie Cosares, Breena Goldman, Christina Heathcote, Julia Lawler, Lia-Leti Okada, and Jason Lyons...pool parties...spending your summer in the

Camper QuestionnairesWe value your opinion!Included in the mailing of this newsletter is the 2016 Camp-er Questionnaire. This questionnaire is an important tool for the camp, and therefore, we request your participation.When you complete a camper questionnaire, you provide Lake Greeley Camp with information that is truly invaluable. Your responses to our questions, as well as the additional comments you provide, assist us with improving the camp, its facilities, and the activities, trips, and special events we offer.Once you have completed the questionnaire, please return it to us by either emailing to info@lakegreeley.com, fax-ing it to 570-842-0410, or mailing it to our winter office in Moscow, Pennsylvania.Parents, we also want to hear from you. Please com-plete the questionnaire we have previously sent you. If you need another copy, let us know, and we will email one to you.

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Do You Remember continued from page 1

Calendar of Events 9/24/2016 - Camp Tours 10/3/2016 - Early Enrollment deadline 10/9/2016 - Camp Tours 1/22/2017 - Winter Reunion 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

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

Nearly everyday during the summer Matt would read his Facts of the Day. Some of the facts were funny while others were informative. His reading of the “Facts” has become a daily ritual we have grown to expect and enjoy. Therefore, here is this month’s installment of the 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 term zip in zip code is an acronym for zone improvement plan.

Fact #2: The famous “Here’s Johnny!” scene in the movie, “The Shining”, took 3 days to film and the use of 60 doors.

SUMMER, 2016

Do You Remember continued from page 2vacation capital of the world...Hunger Games dodgeball...get-ting a candygram during the Camp Carnival...learning how to juggle at Circus Arts...winning the Greeley Open Golf Tour-nament and being awarded the coveted green jacket...being your favorite staff member on Camper/Counselor Day...”Hey mambo mambo Italiano”, Italian Dinner was fantastic. Did you like the strawberry gelato?...Game Show Night...watch-ing future major league baseball players at the RailRiders baseball games...running through a tunnel of outstretched arms to receive your Camper-of-the-Week t-shirt...working out to “Insanity” with Molly...Tube Sock Day...British Lunch - the fish & chips were actually very tasty!...Polka Dot Day and Polka Dog Lunch...waiting patiently at flagpole for your par-ents, brothers, and sisters on Visiting Day...Halloween Social - the gym was foggy, the music was creepy, and the costumes worn by both campers and counselors were horrifyingly ter-rific...passing the deep water test and receiving a black wrist-band...diablos...riding all 7 roller coasters at Dorney Park...more somersaults than you can count on the bungee tram-poline...Wall Street Night...LITs...Celebrity-Look-A-Like Day...signing up with Derek to raise or lower the flag...dressing your counselor like a super hero for Super Hero Lunch...proudly wearing your favorite school’s t-shirt on College Day...Cali-fornia Beach Party...chipwiches...the burning of the “G” dur-ing Closing Ceremonies...Capture the Flag on Goody Field under the lights...outdoor BBQ dinners...making new friends and spending the summer with them...If you had not already realized, we had a great summer with each day full of in-credible events, activities, and memories.

happy Birthday. . .to all of our campers and staff members who cel-ebrate birthdays in August (but after camp closed) and in September!Audrey Allan, Samantha Janker, Riley O’Brien, Flavien Lemaire, Amandine Panepinto. Tatiana Rodriguez, Em-met Schafft, Daniella Lukes, Manuel Ponce Lauria, Vicente Gil, Bruno Sellers, Sean Smolyanskiy, Tobias Wolfson, Maya Leathers, Maxwell Chandar-Kouba, Clara Baisinger-Rosen, Marc Ifrah, Adam Huntington, Erin Naylor, Nikolina Kiessling, Aymeric Auger, Sabrina Benjamin, Cole Bouf-fard, Alessandra Capriotti, Xandros Capus, Giselle Cassidy, Justice Chiappetta, Gino Colucci, Caroline Constantino, Dory Damato, Juliette Debray, Aidan Delgass, Ursula Diaz Granados, Adelaida Dominguez, Kylie Engleman, Caroline Franco, Pippin Friden, Ander Fuldain Calvo, Gorka Fuldain Calvo, Theodore Galazommatis, Dawn Gernsheimer, Miran-da Goldenpenny, Morgan Griffin, Alec Hogarth, Charlotte Jones, Clement Josso, Jake Kelly, Natasha Kelsey, Carley Kelso, Natalie Kolleeny, Amaury Latham, Renee Lieberman, Charlotte Logan, Maxwell Lubin-Loncke, Hannah Mahowald, Gianna Marcantonio, Maria Martinez Bauluz, Cole McEwan, Kate McEwan, Gabriella Messina, Sophia Michaelson, Rohan Motheram, Jessica Nixon, Violet Ortenzi, Daniel Park, Lucas Parks, Gabriela Plotkin, Ralfs Pundurs, Jake Rasmussen, Jasmine Robertson, Faith Roll, Melanie Roth, Adriana San-tiago, Jason Saunders, Cole Silverman, Arran Swift, Chey-anne Taylor, Carolyn Thoet, Lillian Tucker, Maya Valenzano, Maya Weinerman, Derrick Weisburd, Emily Wilson, Jax Xhabrahimi, Marina Zelenz, Hannah Zhou, Dianna Potter, Emily Brown, Emma Fearon, Matthew Noble, Brandon Bell, Eric Savino, Erik York, Izzy Sterling, Katherine Eyre, Kather-ine Goldenpenny, Magdalena Bankowska, Michal Rolewski, Michal Skawinski, and Nathan Tozzi.

We are singing the birthday song in your honor!

Fall Open House DatesWe believe the best way to learn about a summer camp is by seeing it first-hand. That is why we provide tours of Lake Greeley Camp throughout the year. Tours provide a fantastic opportunity to see the camp’s facilities, walk inside camper cabins, ask questions, and meet members of the staff.

Our Fall Open House dates are:- Sunday, October 9th- Saturday, October 22nd- Sunday, November 6th

To schedule your tour, please email or call the Moscow, PA office. Tours begin at 11:00 am and 2:00 pm.

Halloween CostumeContestHave you decided what ghoulish costume you will be wearing this Hallow-een? Well, we would like to know. With that in mind, we have come up with a new contest.Email us pictures of your amazing Halloween costumes to info@lakegreeley.com with the subject, “Halloween Con-test”. From the pictures submitted, we will then select the three most creative costumes. The winning campers will

receive their choice of a session of waterskiing, wakeboarding, or tubing, a session of paintball, or a SCUBA clinic.We can’t wait to see all of your amazing costumes. All pictures must be submitted by 6 p.m. on October 31st.