So the sun has come back out again today and what a good job because today is CAMP OLYMPICS!
Everyone gets to have fun and get messy! Then this evening is the Camp Fire Final Showdown where we will hold our final camp fire of the summer!

So tomorrow is our last full day before the banquet in the evening, and then Camp Greentop closes its summer camp doors for another year :(

This morning we had English muffins and sausages for breakfast.

Hi there!

So we had a little storm yesterday but we didn't let it dampen our day because we still had fun indoors instead! And since it brightened up again pretty quickly we didn't have to stay indoors for long! In fact we were back outside after an hour and the Go Western Fashion Show for the evening program still went ahead on the Greentop.

Yesterdays activities were:
Wild West Cactus in Arts and Crafts
Horse Shoes in Horses
Spider Webs in Nature
Pop Quiz in Performing Arts
And unfortunately the pool was closed due to the storm but was open again first thing this morning ready for the Underwater photo shoot.

Yesterday we ate French toast and sausage for breakfast, chicken nuggets and fries for lunch and cheese steaks for dinner!

Today the League Pioneers have gone Kayaking and then they're back to their camp site for the evening. Don't worry about the weather. They stayed up here to stay dry last night and they were straight back at their (dried out) camp site ready to start cooking breakfast this morning.

See you tomorrow! (For CAMP OLYMPICS)

Yesterday was a great first full day for our campers! We had lots of fun in activities and again in evening program. Let's see what we did...

Arts and Crafts: Pet Rocks
Sports and Games: Kickball
Performing Arts: Talent Show
Nature: Scavenger Hunt
Pool Program: H2O Basketball

For breakfast we ate pancakes and sausage, for lunch we ate chicken and cheese sandwiches and for dinner we ate hamburgers and curly fries with Apple Crumble for desert.

Today we only have activities in the morning because we have Visitor's day and that means we have a carnival! We'll have games on the Greentop along with cotton candy, sno cones and popcorn for snacks. Yay!!

Hi everybody!

Just to let you know the award winners for this week:

Sunday
A3 won the Silver Bucket
D2 won the Silver Urinal
D Unit won the Golden Plunger

Monday
Arts and Crafts-Maria Foster and Matt DeLuca
Sports and Games-Marcus Warren and Andre Jones
Performing Arts-Jack Anderson
Nature-Andrew Campbell and Dimitri Mitropoulos
Pool-Julian Embry and Katie Stilwell
Horses-Danielle Shannon and Nick Pomerantz
A3 won the Silver Bucket
C1 won the Silver Urinal
D Unit won the Golden Plunger

Tuesday
Arts and Crafts-Elizabeth Pinder and Jimmy Carlton
Sports and Games-John Schwanz and Conrad Goldschmidt
Performing Arts-Dimitri Mitropoulos and Nate Kornreich
Nature-Ryan Sanders and Aaron Kaufman
Pool-Kole Zeller and Sabra Taylor
Horses-Devin Rich
A1 won the Silver Bucket
D3 won the Silver Urinal
C unit won the Golden Plunger

Wednesday saw afternoon program being canceled for Camp Olympics and so we awarded Units for the Olympics instead.

Thursday
Arts and Crafts-Cameron Kelly and Willy Reese
Sports and Games-Laura Foster
Performing Arts-Franklin Jean and Alex Willis
Horses-Jacob Ford and Elizabeth Pinder
B3 won the Silver Bucket
C2 won the Silver Urinal
C Unit won the Golden Plunger

We are still having major issues with our phone line so if you call and get cut off we do apologize. We are working on getting it fixed as soon as possible but the problem seems to be intermittent. Because of this issue, Unit coordinators are unable to return your phonecalls regarding your camper however as soon as the issue is resolved we will get straight back to you. Thanks for your patience during this time.

Hey. So we had a bit of rain yesterday but it didn't put us off! We were supposed to have our campfire last night...Guess what? We still did. We used our cardboard cutout log fire that we got especially for indoor campfires! We still had our s'mores and we still had great fun singing, dancing and telling stories!

Yesterday was CAMP OLYMPICS and everybody got nice and messy in their Unit colors. Here's a few pictures from Camp Olympics...
More pictures from the Olympics can be found on the Pixiom downloader. Go to http://leagueforpeople.pixiom.net/ and enter verification code cam1015 (do not forget to put the / at the end of the address as you are registering)
All session pictures go up on the Pixiom Downloader after the session is over and all the wonderful pictures have made their way to the office so wait until after the end of session to sign up.

So today we have had cinnamon buns and fruit for breakfast, chicken pasta and tuna salad for lunch. I wonder what's for dinner. Tonight we have Pin the Stars on the Stripes for evening program. Let's see who the winning team will be.

Talking of winning awards, our Olympic winners were as follows:
A Unit: Most Olympic
B Unit: Most Spirited
C Unit: Loudest
D Unit: Most Creative
Day Camp/League Pioneers/WEA: Messiest

See you tomorrow!

Sorry about the lack of posts over the last few days. There's been a few technology problems but I think we're sorted now.Here's a catch up of what's been happening...

MONDAY AUGUST 2nd

Monday was superhero day and to fit in with the superhero theme we made capes in arts and crafts and made spider webs in nature to be like out friend spider man! We did some water balloon racing in horses, volleyball in the pool, field hockey in sports and games along with a dance/instrument party at performing arts. The evening program was the Superhero Challenge where everybody had to make superhero vehicles while dressed like superheros. Here's a few pictures of everyone getting stuck in!

TUESDAY AUGUST 3rd

Tuesday was a lovely day with another great range of things to do. In arts and crafts we made 3d butterflies, played horseshoes in horse program, made rain sticks in nature, played basketball in sports and games, but played water basketball in the pool! And performing arts put on a mini talent show which got us in the spirit for the GONG SHOW later that evening. The GONG SHOW was great fun and everyone put on a great performance.

WEDNESDAY AUGUST 4th

Today we have a lot more fun planned for everybody starting with making beaded coat hangers in arts and crafts, performing a dressage test in horses, making pet rocks in nature, playing flutterball in the pool, taking a hike to chestnut hill in sports and games and putting on our very own Camp Idol in performing arts.
Today is also CAMP OLYMPICS!!! Everybody gets messy, has lots of fun and competes for the awards at the end! Then to slow things down again the camp fire is this evening with everybody's favorite skits, songs, dances and...S'MORES!!

I'll get some photos of camp Olympics and the camp fire on the blog tomorrow!

Hi Guys,

We are having a few phone line difficulties this morning so if you call and can't get through or if it cuts off during the call we do apologize. We are in the process of getting it fixed and hopefully the issue will be resolved by this afternoon. Sorry. And thanks for being patient.

So session 5 has begun...and what a jam packed day it has been.

We've had obstacle courses in the horse program, categories in the pool program and CD art in arts and crafts along with many more!!

For breakfast we had eggs and bacon with English muffins then for lunch we had tortillas!
For dinner we are having hamburgers.

Today's evening program is the Go Green Fashion Show! I bet everyone will have loads of fun at that. Don't forget that you can keep up to date with the day's events at www.twitter.com/campgreentop
And you can also download any photos from the session at the end of the 10 days from the Pixiom subscription.

So C2 have had a busy session with not one but TWO birthdays.

So JoJo's birthday was on the 17th and Roderick's was today.

They both had great fun and even had a party with a cake!

Here's the photo's of both of there special days...

Hey everybody. So today's trips are to the Harbor in the morning for a cruise and to the movies this evening with a choice of Toy Story 3, Grown Ups or Eclipse!

Today we ate cinnamon buns for breakfast and pittas for lunch.

Tonight's evening program is going to be Coffee House.

Just a quick reminder that the daily email updates do not go out this year. Instead we have the blog and twitter.

You can always follow us on here and on twitter.com/campgreentop

So last night was our ever popular camp fire and what a good time we had! Lots of people got up and gave us a good time and below you'll find some pictures.
Today the sun came out to play again and for breakfast we had toast and sausage, for lunch we had turkey club sandwiches and for dinner we had Philly Cheese Steaks!! A good day all round!

Today's trips were to Adventure Park USA and they have just left for Ott House Pub and we know everybody has a good time there. Right now the evening program is going on and tonight it's more fab entertainment in the form of Open Mic Night.

So, here's some of those photos from last night's camp fire...

John Ashford enjoying the camp fireJenny Kleinman reading the poem she wrote for usSameer Shah showing us his dance moves to kick off the camp fire

So, Jenny Kleinman wrote us a poem for our camp fire which I thought I'd share with you all...
What It Means To Me
By Jenny Kleinman

It means I can be free,
I can do what I want,
If I need anything, I can get it done.
I can tell people how I feel without being judged,
I love coming to camp because I can go on trips,
It means so much to me to be understood.
I've been coming to camp since I was 7,
And I don't know what I'd do without this wonderful camp experience.
I love all the counsellors,
and I'll keep coming as long as I'm able to.
I love the people I meet,
And I love when I shower.
I'm gonna miss this when I leave.
Camp is forever in my heart.
Thank you to all the counselors in B2...

Thank you to EVERYONE!!!

Hi there!
So on the menu today was french toast and bacon for breakfast; chicken patties for lunch; and fajita wraps for dinner.

Sailing and Pizza hut were the trips for the day!

Tonight's evening program is the well loved Camp Fire which is where I'm going right now to get some snaps for everyone to download from the website when the session is over!

Don't forget you can also follow us on twitter.com/campgreentop

Till tomorrow...

Hi! So last night it rained but luckily it was after all the fun last night and before the fun today! So it didn't get in the way of anything. Yesterday's trips were to the Zoo in the morning and to Baker's Park for a concert in the evening.

Last night was the fashion show and from what I heard everybody had a fantastic time getting dressed and parading up and down the Greentop modeling the latest fashions.Until tomorrow here's some more pictures from the Pop Band Showdown.

This evening was our pop band showdown and boy did we see some famous faces...Miley Cyrus, Nick Carter, The Backstreet Boys, Belinda Carlisle, Queen, Abba and many many more! That's right, the campers sung and danced their hearts out to entertain us all evening and we had a
great time singing along with them!

Here is a shot of the 'Dancing Queen' who gave us a 5* performance of Abba's Number 1 hit!
There were loads of other amazing performances tonight, Let's have a look at some more shots...

Here's S Club 7 rocking out to Don't Stop! They had loads of fun dancing away and they got everyone up on their feet clapping away and
having a great evening!

And here's our very own resident Miley Cyrus giving us her best performance to date! Boy were we lucky to get such a big star at such short notice...Who'd have thought we would have so many famous faces at Camp Greentop this summer?!? Certainly not me...But I'm glad we did, I know we all had a great night. Wish you were here :)

There's TONS more pictures from tonight's star studded evening on the Pixiom download site through the League's website below, get on there and get registered for all the pictures of your favorite stars!!
www.leagueforpeople.org

As you can see, everyone had loads of fun at the Pop Band Showdown! Loads of people got up and gave us a fantastic performance; They raised the roof last night! It was great fun and then we had brownies for our evening snack.

Today the morning trip has gone to the Mason-Dixon Speedway and this afternoons trip is off to Pizza Hut!

So, off for another great day as the sun has started shining again after the rain.

Hi again!

So today's meals were:
Breakfast - Danish Pastries and fruit salad
Lunch - Turkey Club sandwiches
Dinner - BBQ chicken, mashed potato and corn

Today's trips were to the zoo in the morning and to the Frederick Key's baseball game this evening.

Tonight's evening program is the pop band showdown so I'm off to get some great photos of everyone performing!

So the weather really did cool down after that thunderstorm making the heat a lot more bearable! The trips today were for the cookout and Charlestown Races...I bet everyone had loads of fun!

Today we ate french toast for breakfast, chicken patties for lunch and chicken stir fry for dinner.

This evenings program is coffee house! And that's where I'm off now...to get some great pictures for you guys to look at!

Hi everybody. After our short thunderstorm this evening it's a little cooler here now up at Camp Greentop. But we never let the weather ruin our fun because we had our pajama party this evening!
This morning's trip was to the bowling alley followed by the evening trip to Toby's dinner theater.

Today we had ham and cheese sandwiches for lunch and chicken cheese steaks for dinner. Again, empty plates all round so everybody must have enjoyed it. Right now everyone is tucking into chocolate pudding for their snack.Last night's evening program was the Gong Show which everybody loves and it gets everybody up and at it! Here's a few pictures of that last night, until tomorrow...

So, first day of adult camp and everyone is having fun!

The first trip this morning was Tubing and from what I've heard everyone loved it.
We had pancakes for breakfast this morning and shortly after, the Travel Campers began arriving and it wasn't long before they were off to Philadelphia for the week.
For lunch we ate BBQ chicken sandwiches and chips, with fruit salad and by the looks of the empty plates, everyone must have enjoyed it!

This evening's trip is to the movies with a choice of Twilight, Grown Ups or Toy Story 3!! Sounds great. meanwhile, back at camp this evening we are having the GONG SHOW!!!!!

Today we have had Yoga at the pool and a Scavenger Hunt with Sports and Games and Nature. The horses are taking a rest today.

Let's hope the sun keeps shining for the rest of the week.

Hi. Wow today was a scorcher! It was a really really hot day up at Camp. It cooled down a little this evening for our Disco Dance...

Ellis and Shakira enjoying the dance with Matt and Adam Shuler

So, for tonight's dinner we had lasagna and bread and tomorrow we start with all the activities that everyone signed up for today! So for now, here's a few more pictures of the dance this evening...

There'll be loads more fun tomorrow!!!!

Hi everybody.

Today was a little warmer AND it was CAMP OLYMPICS! WOOOOOOOOO. Everybody's favorite day. So everybody got painted in their Unit colors and got messy in activities like shaving foam fury.

For breakfast we ate sausages and pancakes, for lunch we had tacos which seemed to go down really well, and for dinner we tucked into Spaghetti and Marinara sauce! YUM.

So tomorrow we celebrate Independence Day with our Camp Greentop family since we can't be together for the 4th July. We're all so excited and there will be lot's of pictures of everybody dressed in their red, white and blue outfits, ready for the Stars and Stripes banquet tomorrow evening, which draws Session 2 to a close.

We've all had fun thi session and we hope you've had fun reading about all the things we get upto. Don't forget all the pictures will be up on Pixiom for you to subscribe to the download service at the end of each session.

See you tomorrow for America's birthday!

So, Let's see who won the awards for our activities yesterday.

We had Arleen and Maggie win in Arts and Crafts;
In Sports and Games we saw Garret and Mickey win;
Brett Campbell bagged himself the award at Performing Arts along with Heather;
In Nature it was Matt Sussman and Matt DeLuca who won;
Stephanie and Thomas J scooped the prized at the Pool;
And the Horses awarded Matt Burger and Kole the achievement.
A2 won the cleanest girls cabin and C1 won the cleanest boys cabin. Also A unit won the Golden Plunger for the cleanest latrine.

Today we have lots of fun planned including Simon Says at the Pool, Egg and Spoon races at the Horses and Pictionary with Performing Arts.

The temperature has dropped a little making it a bit cooler outside which is a nice break from the heat all the time. So let's go and have fun with the activities today.

Hi everyone. We had a fantastic afternoon with the Rotary Day and all the fantastic

things that came with it. We had loads of games such as Football Toss, , Froggy Fly Flying, Soccer Kick, Monkey Striker and Golf Challenge.We even had a Dunk Tank where several of our counselors volunteered to get wet at the hands of the campers. We also had a Moon Bounce Castle where everybody tired themselves out.
But they weren't too tired for all the snacks we had on offer...
*Cotton Candy
*Popcorn
*Snocones
So, As you can see we had a great day in the sun and in the evening we had our pajama party which got everyone in the mood for bedtime! We had milk, cookies and dancing! Everyone had great fun.

So everyone had a great day yesterday. Here's what they all got up to...
Arts and Crafts: Mosaic Pottery
Sports and Games: Basketball
Performing Arts: Camp Fire Prep
Nature: Nature Texture Beads
Pool: Volleyball
The horses had a day off yesterday and we had our campfire in the evening. It was lovely and warm in the evening and it was a great night for toasting some s'mores!!
The awards yesterday saw Ari and Jenelle win the awards for Arts and Crafts, Andrea and Alex excelled in Sports and Games, Elizabeth and Lauren showed off in Performing Arts, Alex Bush and Jeremy did fantastically at Nature and Pool program awarded theirs to Callie and Darius.

Today we had PIRATE DAY!!!!! It was great fun and there were loads of people dressed up in their costumes. To fit in with the Pirate theme of the day Sports and Games had High Seas Cannon Shoot, Performing Arts did a Pirate photo shoot, while Nature made Pirate Kites and Pool Program played water cannons. The Horses held a horse shoe treasure hunt and Arts and Crafts did some flower pot planting.
Today's awards were bagged by Christine and Carly for Arts and Crafts, Rabah and Laura F for Sports and Games, Kole and Connor in Performing Arts, DeShawn and Byron for Nature, Lydia and Julien in Pool Program, and Maria F at the Horses.

B2 won B Unit the Golden Plunger today for the cleanest latrine, while the cleanest male and female cabins went to B2 and C3.

So tonight's our Treasure Hunt. So shiver me timbers and let's see what the Piratey Day has left in store for us!

So... It looks like everyone is already having a great time at Camp! This is a picture from the dance last night on the Blacktop.

Yesterday we settled in to Session 2 with chicken and mash and then went over to the Blacktop to join the evening program for a Rainforest Rave!

Everyone seemed to have a great time and today has been another glorious day. Everyone has had great fun with all the activities today and the sun is just setting ready for the camp fire tonight.


Some of B2 enjoying the dance!

So, today we had french toast and sausage and for lunch we had grilled cheese and tomato soup.
I wonder what's for dinner. I'll blog again tonight with a list of today's activities and award winners!

Till then here are some more photos of the dance last night...

OK, so here's what everyone got up to this morning...

Arts and Crafts: Ball Catchers
Sports and Games: Power walk to Chestnut Hill
Performing Arts: Musical Miming
Pool Program: Red light, Green light
Nature: Bird watching
Horses: Obstacle Courses

BUT! This afternoon was Camp Olympics. Everyone loved it and everyone got involved!!!!!
Each cabin painted themselves the color of their unit and took part in activities such as Shaving Foam Fury, Rubber Chicken Relay, Shot Put, Tug-o-war, Water Sports and Ribbon Dancing.

Breakfast today was eggs and English muffins and lunch was chicken nuggets served with mac and cheese. And we ALL enjoyed the BBQ chicken and rice that we just had for dinner...

The awards this evening went to B3 for the cleanest girl's cabin and C2 for the cleanest boy's cabin. Arts and Crafts gave an award to Elijah Dixon, Sports and Games gave theirs to Owen Van Doorn, Performing Arts gave theirs to Brian Barry, Jamie Dickey scooped the award in Nature and Maryanne Kim bagged the award at the Pool Program. The golden plunger for cleanest latrine was handed to A unit!! Great job everyone!

Evening Program this evening is a Scavenger Hunt, so off I go to man my station. The groups will follow a trail of clues around camp this evening. Let's get to it.

Hi so another day and the sun is STILL shining!

Last night we had our Tacky Prom! It was brilliant...We had dances on the Greentop while each cabin had their Prom photo taken and then there was corsage making in the Dining Hall. The prom king and queen were announced. The winners were Ari Spetgang and Emily Hartung!! They had their first dance and then we all danced the night away.

There will be more photos up, but at the moment we're having an issue getting the photos uploaded. We're working on getting it fixed asap.

In the meantime, don't forget you can follow us on twitter too for live updates throughout the day. www/twitter.com/campgreentop

Anyway, yesterday we had bacon and toast for breakfast, sloppy joes and corn nuggets for lunch and mash and turkey for dinner. Mr Rick made his famous chocolate brownies for after dinner...they always go down a treat!!

So let's see what today will bring...

Today was a lovely day with the sun still shining now as we roll into the Car Show for the evening program.

Arts and Crafts made paper plate steering wheels.
Performing Arts had a Dance Party.
Sports and Games played a good game of kickball.
Pool program continued their underwater photo shoot today; all the photos of the pool time will be up on the website tomorrow for you to download with you Pixiom account.
Nature took a hike, while League Pioneers took a rest today from hiking and came up for their daily pool session before heading back down to begin making their Tin Can Planetarium. They will make it, then use it, then lay down for some evening star gazing with the team.

Awards today went to:
Patrick Dunkleberger and Danny Feinour for Arts and Crafts
Rashad Jasmine and Jeremy Mamlet in Sports and Games
Zachary Kafka and Joy Meenan for Performing Arts
Jeremy Mamlet and Kathryn Huang at the horses
Madison Galli and Aaron Kaufman with the Nature Program
and Sarah Ginsburg and Alex Willis in the Pool sessions.

D unit won the golden plunger for the cleanest latrines while the cleanest girl's cabin was awarded to A2 and the cleanest boy's cabin, to D3.

Well done everyone!!

Hi guys,

So last night they had the campfire and had loads of fun with songs and skits.

Yesterday we had bacon, pancakes and syrup for breakfast; tomato soup and grilled cheese for lunch; and then meatballs and rice for dinner.

All the campers had lots of fun in the sun yesterday and it looks like it's going to be another glorious day! Yesterday in Arts and Crafts they made picture frames for their 'Hollywood' close ups! In Sports and games the theme continued with paparazzi tag while in Nature they made their very own pet 'rock' stars!
The campers will have loads of great things to bring home and show everyone with all the great things they're making this week.

League Pioneers took a trip to the Zoo yesterday which they loved. Today they're off to the Visitor's Center before lunch and then in the evening they will be making a tin can planetarium before settling down outside for a bit of evening stargazing!

Let's see what's in store for today...

Hi everybody.

So here is a list of who the awards went to this evening...

Arts and Crafts: Conrad Goldshmidt and Trevor Small
Sports and Games:Ari Spetgang and Bud Phelps
Pool Program: Regina Jackson and Brett Campbell
Performing Arts: Carly Saturn and Julia Ewers
Nature: Bruno Sagripanti and Owen Van Doorn
Horses: Julia Ewers and Jake Almond

And below are some of the pictures from the Gong Show tonight...

Day 1 Session 1

Hi, It's been a lovely day today and the campers have had some really good fun in the sunshine!

Breakfast this morning was eggs, sausage and English muffins
Lunch this afternoon was chicken burgers and fries with fruit salad available

In Arts and Crafts the campers got to make their own name badges to hang by their beds so they would know which one was theirs.
In the Pool today the volleyball was out for a friendly match of Pool Volley
Sports and Games had the campers chasing each other round the Greentop in an energetic game of Cat and Mouse. Every time I looked out of the office window there were smiles and laughter all round!
Performing Arts played a game of Shadow Actions today, kind of like charades
Nature program held a Scavenger Hunt which from what I've heard went down a treat!!

League Pioneers also had a Scavenger Hunt where the campers got to use the compasses they practiced with yesterday. I spoke to Wiam today and he said they loved it and there may have even been a few (chocolate) treats along the trail :)

So all in all a great day and now we're all just looking forward to seeing what's for dinner and to the 'GONG SHOW' for our evening program. I'll try and get some photos of the Gong show and get them up here!

Hi friends.

So, our first day at camp is nearly over. The weather picked up during the afternoon just before dinner time giving everyone some nice time outside to explore for the first time or to enjoy being back here.

Dinner this evening was pasta and marinara sauce with garlic bread which seemed to go down a treat with everyone! Well done Mr Rick!

First full day at camp starts tomorrow, but not before the campers had their dance on the Blacktop for their evening program. Looking out the office right now and everyone is having a blast out there!

Don't forget you can follow us on www.twitter.com/campgreentop for live updates throughout the day.

Almost there...

Hey everyone!

So Camp Greentop 2010 is just around the corner! Camp is all set up now and some of you came for our Family Adventure Weekend at the end of May so you may have met some of the new staff this year and maybe you saw some familiar faces.

Anyway, there's plenty of great things in store for our campers this summer, and not just the campers...You guys can keep up to date with EVERYTHING camp related at www.twitter.com/campgreentop

There'll be live updates throughout the day on there and on here you can read all about what's gone on during the day!

See you all in 2 days for the first installment.

A family banner is made at the end of the weekend and everyone signs it.

Hope everyone had a good time and comes back soon!

Time to check-out.

An evening at campfire circle

Smore's and Skits around the campfire!

Field Trip

All the families wanted to go to the falls and lake!

Swimming, lunch and free time

Swimming,

Lunch,

Rest and free time Before the trip to Cunningham Falls