Category: Sisterhood

  • Lost & Found & Grateful

    Posted by on 08/19/2020 |

    In a typical summer, when I think of Lost & Found, I think of heaps of soggy, sun-faded towels that have seen better days, bathing suit bottoms, broken crocs, and the largest variety of water bottles you could ever imagine. I think about the favorite raincoat that gets traded in for an eventful rainy day […]

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  • With All Of You

    Posted by on 06/30/2020 |

    Summers at camp have always been marked by certain milestones and moments. Over the last 20 summers, while the routine has changed, the year year has always been met with a certain pattern. As a camper, each Spring, I would feel the fresh air and know that at any moment, we’d be pulling down the […]

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  • Easily Extraordinary: Introducing Mitzvah Projects

    Posted by on 05/15/2018 |

    Every year, a few Cohen Campers do something I consider extraordinary: they invite friends and family to give to their camp’s Scholarship Fund. They do this in place of gifts for their bar or bat mitzvah, or for their birthday. Cohen Camps Alumni do it, too, as a way to mark a big occasion like […]

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  • Walking Sightless Among Miracles on Shabbat

    Posted by on 03/28/2018 |

    Last summer, I began my own Camp Pembroke journey. As we get ready for Summer 2018, I think back to last year’s staff training. That first afternoon with the full cadre of counselors gathered, we went around in a circle to answer “What are you most looking forward to about camp?” So many of the […]

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  • Role Models and Mensches at Camp Pembroke

    Posted by on 12/15/2016 |

    We were so thrilled to find out that one of our young campers, Aliya, decided to generously donated a portion of her weekly allowance for many months to Camp Pembroke, her summer home which she loves. She is donating part of her allowance in honor of her counselors and older campers; her role models. In […]

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