Camp Blog

Thurs July 10

DATE: July 11, 2025

We really needed to catch up on sleep and B”h we had late kima today at 8:30. Well, most of us had late kima! Eidah Daled had super early kima to get on buses and travel a few hours (they all fell asleep pretty immediately) to white water rafting!! Amazing day having fun in the water and just enjoying NOT being competitive and against each other on different teams 🙂

Meanwhile when the rest of us woke up, we had our regular morning routine and we spent Shiur time learning about “the Mussar movement” Back in the 1800s in Lithuania, the Mussar movement focused people on working on their character traits to develop into kinder and more disciplined people. It taught that learning Torah is important, but so is being honest, humble, and caring. People who followed Mussar would spend time each day thinking about their actions and how to improve. It was like doing spiritual exercises to become the best version of yourself. 

The day after Color War has always been trip day to Splash Lagood, an indoor water park/arcade which we go to and take turns by gender. So we had 6 peulot and then an early dinner and an hour bus ride to the water park. Sooooo fun and one of the best nights of camp, for sure! Late retrun so an extra hour of sleep will be given on the other end again 😉

Crazy to think this was our last day of regular peulot. Sunday is a fast day, the 17th of Tammuz, with special programming and then Mondaywill be peulot only in the morning…We have to pack in the afternoon. Fourth anf final Shabbat here we come!!!

Mandatory Staff Training:

Participation in 100% of the mandatory staff training week is required to work at Camp Stone. This is for your safety and the safety of our entire camp community. If you have a conflict, please consider applying to work for the other session. 

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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 11/3. 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