Blogging with Brittany Pt. 1: A Wintery Welcome

SaLT Updates

Editors Note: Throughout the spring, Brittany– one of our amazing Servant Leadership Missionaries – will be blogging about her experience serving at Camp Gray.  Enjoy! By: Brittany Davis Four years ago, at SEEK2015 (a huge Catholic conference for college students) my world was wrecked and my life was completely changed by fully realizing the truth that … Continued

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And the Roles at Camp Go To…

Earleywine Edition

By: David Earleywine I will just state it plainly: Camp Gray has changed a lot over the last two years. And in the words of a famous philosopher, “Let me explain…No. There is too much. Let me sum up.” Since May 2017, Camp has built two new beautiful buildings as part of the Strength for … Continued

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Blessings of a Family

Guest Blogger

By: Rebecca Hoeben There is an old adage here at Camp Gray, “If you come to camp for a day you leave a part of the family.”  After spending over 20 summers at Camp Gray I know this to be true without a doubt. My first summer at Camp Gray was as a nervous middle … Continued

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Three Things: Vocations, Vocations, Vocations

Earleywine Edition

By: David Earleywine The church parking lot was already filling up as my family arrived to St. Patrick’s Catholic Church. The small, quiet church in Albany, WI was the sister to my family’s hometown parish of St. Rose of Lima in Brodhead. Like a dutiful middle school altar server, I had arrived early (thanks Mom … Continued

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Thanksgiving and Thanksgivings

Guest Blogger

By: David Earleywine ‘Tis the season for turkey, mashed potatoes, and stuffing. ‘Tis the season for Thanksgiving. And with Thanksgiving comes thanksgivings. On Fridays, after a joyous week of summer camp, our 60 staffers circle up on our basketball court (BBC) for a staff meeting. A long-standing tradition at these meetings are thanksgivings: a chunk … Continued

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Let’s Raise Paul’s Wall

Camp Cogitations

“I’m convinced that because of his deep love for God, Paul seized every moment of every day. This is how he lived – he really lived. And it is how he teaches us to live – to make each day an adventure and not to fear.” – An Excerpt from the Homily at Paul Coakley’s … Continued

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Bye for now…

Tuesdays with Topher

By: Chris “Topher” Aderhold

Have you heard the starfish story?

It goes something like this:

There once was an old man who liked to start his days by going for walks on a nearby beach. Early one morning, he was walking along the shore after a big storm had passed, and he found that the beach was littered with starfish as far as the eye could see.

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The Return of Oscar, Lance, & Brian

Tuesdays with Topher

By: Chris “Topher” Aderhold

It’s been said that Camp Gray people are some of the best people, and a recent day of giving at Camp Gray certainly proved just that. In an unprecedented display of generosity, nearly 100 people pitched in to raise more than $107,000 for Camp’s Strength for the Journey campaign.

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Poetic Injustice

Tuesdays with Topher

By: Chris “Topher” Aderhold

This past summer, for the sixth consecutive year, the staff of Camp Gray competed against the staff of nearby Camp Chi in an epic game of soccer. For the previous five games, lengthy recap stories were written.

This year, rather than a lengthy recap story, I give you instead a lengthy recap poem… Enjoy!

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Gather ‘Round the Table

Tuesdays with Topher

By: Chris “Topher” Aderhold

Arriving to Camp Gray each day before 7:00am, Nate and Tom have begun their work before many folks at Camp are even awake. Rarely seen together, Nate and Tom divide and conquer the long list of maintenance tasks that are needed to ensure that Camp Gray continues to look and run great.

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