The sweet smell of spring on the horizon
With Purim right around the corner, and the sweet smell of spring on the horizon, it must mean summer camp will be here in the blink of an eye – and I couldn’t be more excited. As we look forward to a very full, ideally quasi-normal camp experience this summer, I look back two months […]
Looking for Light Keepers
My days in February look very different than my days during summer. Instead of anticipating the excitement of Gold Rush or bodying quesadillas on Fridays at lunch, I wait for the “Your next interviewee has entered the waiting room” Zoom notification. While I love building our summer team, I’ve missed the sweet Elbert breeze that […]
Becoming a Camp Kid
In August, we had our first baby, Marlee. It was an unbelievably exciting and much anticipated time in our lives, as is all parents’ experience. We went through all of the ups and downs and questions (and still do!) as we started to get the hang of having an infant for the first time. One […]
Looking at 2022: A Letter of Unbelievable, Unimaginable, and Utmost Importance
As we wrap up what has been a wild, insane, and, most importantly, successful year, I’d like to switch from my normal monthly espousal of relatable content for our community, to something lined up specifically to share with our past, current, and future Ranch Camp staff. As many of past years’ staff, families, and campers […]
Thanks… for Giving us your campers!
Happy November! I hope everyone is enjoying their autumn and getting excited for some family time together in the upcoming week, and, if winter sports are your thing, praying for some more snow to get some action out on the slopes. See you in Breckenridge! I have spent the past 23 days in utter amazement […]
230 Days
Registration is open and the countdown to Summer 2022 is officially here. Here’s what we have in store for 2022… 230 days. The countdown to Summer 2022 is officially here. Since waving our last summer 2021 campers goodbye, Ryan and I have had the incredible opportunity to hear from families, chavarim (campers), and tzevet (staff) about […]
Best Summer Ever!
Oh, man… What a summer! Best summer ever! Remix! Coming off the back of Rosh Hashanah, and Yom Kippur, it has been a few weeks of reflection, planning, reflection, and more planning! It gave our team time to look back on what went well this summer and gave us some time to look forward […]
A Letter of Wisdom from Former Assistant Director, Carly
As we begin inching closer every day to summer, we want to honor and share some wise words from our former Assistant Director, Carly, who had an amazing impact on our community and helped Ranch Camp along the path to achieving it’s vision of being a home for all youth to be the best version […]
Enduring… Together
TONY – “[Referring to alien invaders from space] How were you guys planning on beating that?” CAP – “Together.” TONY – “We’ll lose.” CAP – “Then we’ll do that together, too.” In my new role as the Director of Ranch Camp – much of my time has been spent parsing, reviewing, strategizing, and putting into action […]
Looking back, looking forward
It is almost March. We’re coming up on the one-year anniversary since all of us moved daily lives into our homes to ride out one of the most challenging times of our lives. A YEAR. A full revolution around the sun in this madness. Harken back to the end of 2019 – who could have […]