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Avodah 2013 Application Now Available

on September 12, 2012

The 2013 application materials are now available for the GFC Avodah counselor-in-training program. The Avodah program combines leadership training and professional development opportunities as they look ahead to their senior year of high school and further to college. It gives them the unique opportunity to learn while having fun with their friends and taking advantage of everything GFC has to offer. Rachael Pearson, a 2012 Avodah participant, shares her experience in the program last summer.

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8 REASONS WE ARE ALREADY EXCITED ABOUT SUMMER 2013

on August 26, 2012

Now that the summer of 2012 is in the history books, we have been looking back on some of the wonderful times we had but also looking ahead to summer 2013 and why we can’t wait for you to come to camp.

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Funtivities

on June 29, 2011

By Emily Andes     One of the reasons we keep returning to camp summer after summer are the traditions. We like knowing that Friday night’s dinner will always be fried chicken, that Maccabiah will always be ‘cancelled’, that the ‘Jessica’ will always be the first Israeli dance, and that the Melachim/Kibbutz dance will be the social event of the season. It’s comforting to know that we will get to do our favorite activities, with our favorite people, in our favorite place, but every once in awhile it is nice to mix things up. This year we thought we could [...]

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Today is a very special day!

Today is a very special day!

on June 19, 2011

We love our dads! Even though we’re not with them on this special day, we want them to know we’re always thinking about them.

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Building community through vegetables

on June 16, 2011

Today we are lucky to have not one, but two guest bloggers! Jessi Swann and Brian Hertz are the Sustainability team here at GFC. They work to ‘green’ Greene and make sure we are living a sustainable lifestyle. A big part of their day is tending to our garden. Here, they share with us how campers are enjoying this garden space in the first few days. And the fun begins! Today was the first day of activities for the campers, and boy, what a day – it began at 7:30 AM with 2 bunks each from Kohanim and Melachim starting [...]

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