Camp Blog

Sunday Aug 17

DATE: August 18, 2025

Shavua Tov! We have reached the end of the month and are closing the time period we have been studying. Our last topic is the 1978 Camp David Accords, when Prime Minister and \egyptian president Anwar Sadat made peace. Egypt recognized Israel (the first Arab country to do so!), Israel returned the Sinai Peninsula to Egypt and they promised not to go to war against each other. The idea of “Land for peace” was not agreed upon by all. The goal of the shiur was discuss the sources/values that each side pointed to and that chanichim understand that while in principle trade-offs and compromises are necessary to accomplish a greater goal, people disagree about which exact trade offs are acceptable.

Our schedule was interrupted by a few raindrops, but we pushed through and had a great day with regular peulot and a ski at shekem time about the Camp David Accords.

Tonight’s night tochnit is the much-anticipated Machal vs. Daled basketball game – first a girls’ game followed by a boys’ game. Our sports staff plays the refs (real ref-looking uniforms) and Estee and Yakov are rumored to be having a one-on-one b-ball game at some point. While the basketball games are fun to watch, we keep the younger chanichim entertained with a simultaneous carnival run by tzevet – booths with games and prizes, popcorn and ice cream etc. All good fun in Indoor World for our last regular night together in machane.

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