This year was the 10th Annual CRS Alumni Picnic in Central Park! Thank you to the New York Alumni Association for hosting and for everyone who joined us. Click the post to check out photos from the event.
Read the highlights from our annual LAJF Board Retreat at Camp! Big thanks to the incredible members of our Board of Directors who volunteer their time and give their energy to ensure the foundation and CRS continue to thrive.
Thank you to all of the CRS Alums who gathered together in Poland for the World Reunion in September 2024! Click to check out photos from the weekend.
We are excited to announce the winners of the 2024-25 GEJ Scholarship Awards! These recent CRS alums, staff, and volunteers embody the values of leadership, excellence, and commitment to social justice across a variety of fields and disciplines. We congratulate them on all of their achievements and look forward to seeing what they do in the future! Please click to meet this year's scholarship recipients.
The Camp Rising Sun application for the 2022 summer season is now available! We can’t wait to welcome you into our programs next summer. Click here for more information about the application process, upcoming info sessions and workshops to give you a sneak peek of our programs, qualifications, and to apply.
The weekend of October 22-24, we welcomed CRS alumni from 2019-2021 to our campus for a fall retreat! This is the first time since 2019 that we’ve had campers at Camp, and many were meeting in person for the first time if they took part in our Virtual CRS or Virtual Intensive series! Click to read more about the weekend and view our photos!
This past weekend we hosted our first in-person board retreat in two years! It was invigorating to have everyone all in one place, joining us from near and far. It shows the commitment and dedication that our board members have to our work and mission. Click to read more and see photos from the weekend!
During the second weekend of September, a large group of 1979-1981 alumni came together at our Red Hook campus for a weekend in the spirit of Camp Rising Sun! We are very grateful for the support of Camp Rising Sun and LAJF that the ’79-’81 cohort showed, and for the hard work that they put in. Click to see more pictures from the weekend!
Join us in welcoming Leo and Olivia — LAJF’s new social work interns! They’ll be supporting our programs, helping with camper selection, mental health for youth, and program inclusivity. Leo and Olivia are both current seniors at the New York University (NYU) Silver School of Social Work. We’re excited to have their unique experiences and perspectives on our team, so that we can continue to strengthen our program offerings and support for our participants. Click the link to read our interview with them!
Every month, we’ll be highlighting a member of our wonderful global alumni community. This month, we’re spotlighting Sarah Schecter (CRS ‘19, ‘21), who hails from Oakland, California! Sarah was part of our most recent in-person Camp cohort in 2019, and then went on to help facilitate our virtual CRS session this past summer. Through her experiences at Camp, she discovered what servant leadership means to her and the ways in which she can embody compassionate leadership in her own life. Click to read our interview with her!
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