The Bauercrest Blog

Dear Camp Mom… (March Edition)

By Stacy Pollack | March 11, 2022 | Comments Off on Dear Camp Mom… (March Edition)

Hi there… me again. This month’s Dear Camp Mom Blog covers two topics that come up all the time: Pull-Ups and Packing. Please keep these awesome questions coming! First, because…

Dear Camp Mom…

By Stacy Pollack | February 1, 2022 | Comments Off on Dear Camp Mom…

Hi there, Bauercrest parents! It’s me, Stacy… a.k.a. Camp Mom. If you’re wondering what that means, it’s more or less (exactly) what it sounds like. I spend my summers at…

Why Be On Staff?

By Adam Dobbin | January 7, 2022 | Comments Off on Why Be On Staff?

When I was a camper, being a “Crestman” was about being a responsible kid in the bunk, a good sportsman on the fields, and a prideful member of both my…

Social Distancing, Part VI: Bubbling Up

By Stacy Pollack | March 11, 2021 | Comments Off on Social Distancing, Part VI: Bubbling Up

This past December, our youngest son became a bar mitzvah. For months, we’d gone back and forth over what we should do in light of all the restrictions. Should we…

Social Distancing, Part V: Take Camp

By Stacy Pollack | January 27, 2021 | Comments Off on Social Distancing, Part V: Take Camp

When I was growing up, my mother had a sign in the kitchen that listed our meal options for the day. This is how I’ve felt about pretty much everything…

Social Distancing, Part IV: You Get What You Need

By Stacy Pollack | December 17, 2020 | Comments Off on Social Distancing, Part IV: You Get What You Need

Whenever I start to worry about how much of a hot mess I’m becoming during this pandemic, I take comfort in knowing that the world is full of hot messes…

Social Distancing, Part III: Who Says You Can’t Go Home?

By Stacy Pollack | July 22, 2020 | Comments Off on Social Distancing, Part III: Who Says You Can’t Go Home?

There’s a Bon Jovi song I love called “Who Says You Can’t Go Home?” If you’ve been around a while, you may have heard me use it in one of…

Social Distancing, Part II: Missing Pieces

By Stacy Pollack | April 23, 2020 | Comments Off on Social Distancing, Part II: Missing Pieces

At the beginning of all this, when the concept of quarantining to protect ourselves from the novel coronavirus was still, well… novel, we started doing puzzles. It began with the…

Social Distancing, Part 1: Reflections, Connections, Reality Checksions

By Stacy Pollack | March 27, 2020 | Comments Off on Social Distancing, Part 1: Reflections, Connections, Reality Checksions

I was an English major. I know checksions isn’t a real word. I also know that today is the 11th day my kids were supposed to be in school but…

Warm Hearts, Cold Feet

By Stacy Pollack | February 14, 2020 | Comments Off on Warm Hearts, Cold Feet

Thinking about camp is my full-time job. I’m pretty lucky, right? I get to work at a place where our biggest selling point is happiness. That said, it’s not all…

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