A True Account from the Eyes of a Not So Crazy Mom I’ve decided that Visiting Day Weekend is The Super Bowl and The Oscars wrapped into one. Most exciting day sporting day of the year (We do run and we’ll tackle someone if they get in my way of seeing my kid, right? And it is Survival of the Fittest to get a good shady spot down by the lake) and THE top social media posting opportunity. Camp moms (who…
National Weather Service (July 19, 2019) – With temperatures expecting to soar to near one hundred degrees, the National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a statement that the weather during Visiting Day will be cooler at your child’s camp than it will be at your home. While the Tri-State area should expect a hot and humid 99 degrees, the Poconos and Berkshires are expected to only reach 96 which will feel downright chilly compared to home. Upon arriving at camp,…
Short Hills, NJ (July 16, 2019) – The Rothsteins finally received a long-awaited letter home from their son, Jake, a junior boy at Camp Huron Lake, but unfortunately it arrived just a moments after hanging up from their one first half of the summer phone call with him. For three weeks the Rothsteins, Jen and Gary, have eagerly anticipated hearing from their son only to have to rely on late night photo postings to determine how his first summer at…
New York, NY (July 12, 2019) – Yesterday, the American Camping Association (ACA) unanimously voted to approve the resolution that all boys attending sleepaway camp with the last name “Fleischman” or any variation of such name will immediately and automatically go by the nickname “Fleisch”. Campers who fall under this law who already have a catchy non-Fleisch nickname will be forced to relinquish the nickname by week’s end. While this new enactment seems a bit extreme, proponents of the measure…
Huron Lake, PA (July 8, 2019) – Not even a camp in rural Pennsylvania is immune to the greed and entitlement of society’s economic elite. Once a camp that could barely fill its bunks every summer, over the past decade Camp Huron Lake has been upgrading facilities, bringing on the best staff, and providing a culinary experience no other camp can offer. As a result of Director Marty Feldstein’s hard work and initiative but to the chagrin of many desperate…
