Camp Blog

Monday Aug 18 – Last day :(

DATE: August 19, 2025

We all woke up in the morning with a pit in our stomachs. These four (and for some of us, ten!!) weeks flew by so fast. Our last shiur was a review game of all the events we learned about and the halacha sources that were relevant. From the UN resolution in 1947 to the Camp David Accords in 1978, it has been a whirlwind and a very inspiring and exciting four weeks. We are gratefuol to all of our shiur teachers, counselors, tzevet members who ran all our activities and, of course, our Roshei Moshava Didi and Noa.

We had regular peulot all morning, and then packing allllll afternoon. Tonight will be eidah time or sleep time. Movies help to relax and lull everyone into a short nap 😉 before we wake up super early, daven at the earliest we can, east some breakfast and do one last camp-wide mifkad. Let the tears flow as all the hugs and goodbyes happen as we try to load the buses. We can’t wait to see everyone back here again next year…and Machal in 2 years as tzevet! Sugar Grove will not be the same without us 🙁

Shana Tova U’Metukah and Ktiva V’chatima Tova.  May we see our hostages home soon.

Returning camper applications will open on 10/3, new campers will open on 11/3

Registration for summer 2025 opens 10/1/24 for returning families, 11/1/24 for new families.

Please contact Randi Mashmoor with any questions at:

randi@campstone.org

or 440-465-5486. Thank You!

Staff applications will open late November.

New camper application opens on 11/1. Returning campers can register now.

Returning Camper Registration

Registration for summer 2023 is now closed. There are a few select spots remaining.
Please contact Randi Mashmoor at:

randi@campstone.org

or 440-465-5486. Thank You!

About the Chanukah Raffle

Dear Camp Stone Community,

It is an incredible feeling to reconnect with everyone once again at the beginning of our 2021 camp season.

We are writing to you today, first and foremost, to express tremendous gratitude.

Hakarat HaTov, literally “recognizing the good”, is an important and fundamental principle in our community. We, at Camp Stone, want to express our Hakarat HaTov to everyone receiving this email for your unwavering support, especially this past summer. Whether you provided financial assistance through your donated tuition dollars, participated in Indoor World, or connected with the Camp Stone community in other ways, together we had an incredibly successful, albeit different, summer experience.

There is no substitute for being in Sugar Grove, Pennsylvania, and this summer, B’ezrat Hashem, we will be back at Camp Stone, in person, in full force.

To achieve that goal, we must continue to ensure the financial success of our home away from home that we all know and love so deeply. The logo on top, featuring the slogan “Stone. Forever.” also features a Ner Tamid, an “eternal flame.” The year 1969, etched into the logo, is the year camp was founded. Symbolically, the overall image represents the idea that Camp Stone began many years ago and must endure forever, always burning brightly, and always an integral part of our collective conscience.

On that note, we are excited to announce that our annual Chanukah Campaign will be a raffle taking place over all 8 nights of Chanukah with prizes for both campers and parents/alumni!!

Please go back to the web page  to purchase raffle tickets and help us achieve 100% participation from our entire camp community!

Looking forward to being in touch with all of you in the near future.

Sincerely,

Yakov & Estee, Co-Directors