Go Back to the Mountains: May is a Mighty Fine Month (To Plan for Summer Camp)

Yes, for those of you who enjoy your Camp weather forecast, we've got blue skies and budding trees and a balmy 83 degrees.

(Winter, I'm sorry I gave you such a hard time. This was well worth the wait.)

A mere three weeks ago our last pile of snow sat in this very spot!

And there's nothing like summer weather to start thinking about (you guessed it) Summer Camp. (And of course, around here we think about Summer Camp in absolutely every type of weather ...but it's more fun in summer weather.)

Nature at the Nature Center.

As you can see from our "Meet the Staff" interviews, we've got a great counselor team assembled, intent on making Summer 2015 another fantastic season at Camp, creating something unique and awesome for our campers here in our little 108 acre home in the woods. We're hard at work preparing the facility, planning classes, designing programs, imagining games, honing themes, and generally putting our energy into making Summer Camp as good as it can possibly be.

Want to help?

No problem! You can help.

It's easy. Send us a camper!

Baby leaves!

Infantile Foliage! And with that, I'm out of synonyms for leaf. Turns out I only had one.

The best thing you can ever do for Camp is to help more kids experience it. We are at the point (and it's a great point) where we are running Camp with a full staff all season long, and have every single cabin open. That means anytime there's an empty bunk, that bunk signifies a camper who could have been partaking in all the exciting and transformative things going on that Camp week, that empty bunk could be a new best-friend-for-life for the rest of the campers here. We don't want any empty bunks.

I'm betting if you're taking the time to read this, right now, on the internet, in spring time, then you don't need to be sold on the virtues of Camp. But I'm also betting that if you think about, you know some youth, 8-16, who doesn't come to Camp yet...but sure should.

If you're a current camper (or family of a current camper), by referring a brand new camper you're instantly enrolled in our Lantern Family Program, which includes an invite to our 2015 summer Lantern BBQ and discounts for the 2016 season.

But beyond that (and much more importantly), you get to help turn a "kid" into a "camper" and you get to help take care of Camp itself, because nothing ensures a secure future for L.G. Cook more than a full, hustling, bustling, no-empty-bunk-in-sight summer camp.

So! If you know anyone who is interested you can have them visit our website or call the camp office (973-948-3550) for more details or to set up a tour.

Okedokey. Spiel over. For taking the time to read it, I'll reward you with some more free pictures of spring time.