by From the Crane Lake Blog | Jul 31, 2018 | Caring Community, Education, Friendships
The opportunity to adopt puppies by lottery has been a tradition for many years at Crane Lake. Each year, four lucky families are able to bring home the supreme cuteness that comes from each young dog within our lovable puppy quartets. Now, the time has come to...
by From the Crane Lake Blog | Jul 31, 2018 | Camping and Youth Engagement, Camps & NFTY, New Campers, Summer, Why Camp
by Jake Rudolph, Digital Media Director Although we may try to convey all of the energy at Crane Lake with videos, pictures, and other media, those insights into the bubble are limited. In fact, crossing through the red gates holds more meaning than just a summer of...
by From the Crane Lake Blog | Jul 30, 2018 | Arts & Culture, Uncategorized
During first session campers had the privilege of acting in camp’s rendition of the Beauty & the Beast. In classic camp fashion, campers added their artistic flare into their characterizations of a candlestick, clock, drawer, tea pot, herd of wolves,...
by From the Crane Lake Blog | Jul 26, 2018 | Uncategorized
What’s the color of Crane Lake? Blue, yellow, green, and red! These are the characteristic colors of Mini Maccabiah, one of first session’s special events. Past “Mini Mac”s were modeled after themes like Summer Olympics, Harry Potter, Star...
by From the Crane Lake Blog | Jul 24, 2018 | Caring Community, Values, Why Camp
by Louie Goldsmith, General Counselor Compassion is critical to a cohesive camp community. Though compassion commonly connotes passive comprehension of others’ condition, what characterizes Crane Lake compassion is that it consists of an active component. And when...
