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The MEMORIES LIVE!!Colin stacking wood at teepee

village, Odie dominating at ultimate Frisbee, Paige slipping over and over trying to escape from pudding wrestling, Junior yelling for “Tootsie” to take the

corner kick, Monroe winning Ms. Lindenmere, Chuck holding two extra-large ice coffees, shooting hoops, raiding the

dining hall at night, Ron Dagan singing Puff The Magic Dragon, the intense arguments

at Raid Petition Hearings, the Raid results, girls walking arm in arm, Sue standing on the

A/C porch working her art, seeing the smiles when someone gets their ice cream sundae at

the canteen, watching sunsets and seeing kids appreciate the beautiful colors, Harold driving

the bus, watching John spotting and teaching at circus, Seth and Fabio barbecuing, kids fl ying on the zip line and climbing the wall, empty pizza boxes at midnight play rehearsals (I wish they weren’t always empty), Ben with his two fi ngers up

in the air after America The Beautiful, “all of my runners and hikers” at the HQ stretching and getting ready for Running/hiking and Oreo’s with Mitch, water balloons, banning water balloons, watching Mike D. and the rush for cake in the dining hall, carnival, Camel Beach, Dorney Park, Scranton Yankees (and their baseball caps all over camp), Brenna’s evening activities, Vicki changing minors, kids walking from Tee pee village with sleeping bags and pillows, cartwheels and back fl ips with Lenni Jo, volleyball with Shane and Brad, hot days at the pool, s’mores, Dani holding Harrison, kids making the “trek” to the stone lodge to get their dollar for the soda machine, rainy days at the movies, Fake color war breakouts (again and again and again), Lanyards, fl ashlights, Losing my clipboard everyday, Gabels, Phil and the Rock Shop kids, James and the skate park kids, Hanging in the Gazebos, Peter on the tractor, Lee setting up speakers, the dunk tank at Kangaroo court, G-11’s rain boots, hearing Tony and the morning show play “lean on me”, The “Sideways” Hugs, Laughter, Pranks, Smiles, Fun, Teamwork, Friendship, Loyalty and fi nally tears and sadness at Burnout... Can’t wait to do it ALL again NEXT SUMMER!!

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Welcoming Charles!A NOTEFROM

CHARLES

Hi. My name is Charles Maltzman and I am writing to introduce myself as the new Director of Camp Lindenmere. Mitch and I share a deep belief that a positive camp experience can instill a sense of caring, self confi dence and sense of community for everybody involved. Our commitment to

providing a quality camp experience will ensure that as we move forward, Lindenmere will remain warm, caring and steeped in tradition.

My love for camp comes from the many years I spent as a camper, counselor and administrator at various camps. I haven’t missed a summer at camp since I was three! Having spent twenty consecutive summers at highly successful resident camps in New York and Maine, I have done most jobs including; Athletic Director, Evening Program Director, Head Counselor and Associate Director. I was lucky enough to spend the past six summers as the Director of prestigious day camps in New Jersey. This experience reinforced my belief in partnering with parents to make certain a terrifi c camp experience for

everybody in the family. While day camp is phenomenal, I always wanted to venture back to my resident camp roots where deep bonds form between friends and lasting memories are made all throughout the day and night.

My entire life has been tremen-dously infl uenced by my camp experiences. Camp is a place where children are exposed to friendships, new activities and challenges in a healthy, safe and nurturing environment. I have volunteered my time to the American Camp Association to try and help improve camps and camp programs everywhere. After spending nine years on the Program and Steering Committee, I just fi nished serving as Program Chairman of the Tri-State Camp Conference for Youth Development - the nation’s largest professional camp conference. I am also a standards visitor for ACA, visiting other camps to determine their compliance with rules and regulations. My wife Lori and I are very excited to be joining such a wonderful camp and look forward to meeting everybody at the Fall Foliage weekend and at the Winter Reunions!

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Camp NewsCamp NewsEric Miller and Adam Bolts recently got together in Philadelphia to visit the King Tut Exhibit at the Franklin Institute. Adam is at Bala Cynwyd Middle School making new friends and telling everybody what a great summer he had at Lindenmere! Lily Harir is trying out for her school play along with playing soccer and taking hip-hop dance. When she is not on stage or on the ball fi elds, she is keeping in touch with Aimee Meller, Shaylyn Kane, Chloe Kressel, Rebecca Poser and Romy Seidenman. Jade Copperstoneand Hayley Garfi nkel fl ew up to New York to have a sleepover with the girls from G-11 at Carly Zupnick’s house. Ally Spergel, Stefanie Zassman, Alex Giovino, Jamie Rappaport, Chelsea Hoofnagle and Brianna Hanan were all there and they met up for dinner with Marissa and Jarret Yahney, Evan Turkel, Chloe Kressel and Jeremy Ostrow. G-11 sends a shout out to Sam Ligetiand Kara Greenfi eld who they miss and love very much! Cindy Lisker writes us from Germany telling us that she misses camp and she is in touch with Gabby Schiz, Rebecca Poser, Dara Lebengerand Mia Wilkowski. Aaron Zaentz is staying cool on the Ice as a goalie for the New Jersey Titans Hockey Team. His team fi nished 2nd in the Labor Day Weekend Tournament- great job Aaron! Rissa and Marlee Senderowitz just adopted a new puppy to keep them busy when they are not at camp! When he is not practicing his drums, Brian Wilkowski is running his way through winter as a member of his school’s track team. Alex and Gabby Weinerhave been very busy this fall spending their time at a soup kitchen. When not volunteering, Alex has been skateboarding and Gabby is hoopin’ it up playing basketball! Colby and Chelsea Cohen say hello from Montclair, New Jersey! Colby has been practicing her drumming skills and Chelsea is a member of a local dance team- you go girls! Amanda Witwer is dividing her time between the soccer fi eld, tennis court and trombone and piano lessons. Amanda just celebrated her birthday making bracelets at Artful Beads in New Jersey. East Rockaway’s very own David Wolfsohn is having a great fall and has been in touch with Alex Retter. Michael Brestin is in fi rst grade and doing great in school- especially spelling!!! He is also on the local swim team using all of the skills he learned this summer.

Michael sees fellow bunkmate Jack Zeliger all the time and they cannot wait for next summer! Emily Simes has a full schedule of tye dying, scrapbooking and gymnastics! She is in touch with China Copperstone. Sofi a Check is still talking about what a great time and what great friends she made at Lindenmere this summer. Sofi a is playing her heart out on the soccer fi eld and is also looking forward to basketball season. Lucas de Sarrau is braving it through the snow in Switzerland. He misses camp and cannot wait to come back and spend another summer at Lindenmere. Lucas is spending his time participating in Theater and playing Tennis. James Bryne is busy playing guitar and just made the jazz band at his school. James is also running the bases playing baseball on his town team!

Tara from Soccer writes us from Australia and says that she misses everybody and hopes to come back next summer. Brenna Hovatter cannot wait for next summer! Between her friends, sorority and school work, she is keeping herself very busy! She recently got together with Stefan, Lexy, Brittany and Francis. From the Lindenmere stables, Darea Ellis says thank you to everybody for the best summer of her life! She is already telling about her new ideas for 2008. Beth Tachdjian tells us she had a wonderful summer keeping you all feeling well in the Health Center! Kelli, Peter and Daniel are all playing travel soccer and the entire family is planning a vacation to Europe in February! James Ashline now has a new student to teach skating tricks to- his new puppy, Jasmine. John Haughey from Circus is “clowning around” as usual! He is currently in Atlanta teaching Circus skills to kids before he joins a three month Circus tour to Texas, Alabama and Mexico! As long as he swings on back to Lindenmere for the summer, we won’t hold him back!!!

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Most campers, who participated in skateboarding this summer, noticed

the addition of a new mini-ramp and fun box. We hope everybody enjoyed the newest additions to our facility. We are currently in the process of designing a new street area to be part of the skatepark. This will consist of an addition to the current fun box, new wider bank ramps with decks and railings, a quarter pipe and newer curb boxes. The goal is to provide a more user friendly skatepark for everyone from the pure beginner to the seasoned expert.

Skateboarding with MIKE D. will return this summer again as a minor. We are looking into better fi tting pads for the younger campers and upgrading the camp skateboard quiver to newer gear. Anyone interested in the skatepark programs should defi nitely let us know at the major/minor fair at the start of each session. We look forward to seeing you all again next summer and having good times at the skatepark.

Mike D.

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What a great summer we had! I just wanted to thank everyone for making this summer so special. I had such a great time that I just have

not left yet! I have stayed on working with Chuck and Peter helping them with all of the new

projects for next year. Staying on camp has brought so many smiles to my face reminiscing

about the good times we

had. All of the great ultimate frisbee games, after curfew canteen hangouts, chillin’ in B10 (what’s up boys), and all of the great evening activities make me wish camp started tomorrow. Unfortunately it does not, and I am heading back to Colorado for the winter, but the days are counting down. We can all look forward to fall foliage and the winter reunions. It will be a great time to meet new campers and reminisce with the old campers. I hope to see everyone at Fall Foliage, the winter reunions and next summer at camp.

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Aaron ZaentzAdam Bolts

Adam FreudensteinAlex Weiner

Alexa GiovinoAlexa Zeliger

Alicia FineAliza Wolf

Allison KubitAlyssa Scheiner

Amanda SteinbergAmanda WitwerAmanda Zwick

Avi DobkinBari Greenwald

Ben PolskyBenjamin Fleischer

Billy ShinevarBlake SamahaBrandon Frank

Brian VogtBrian WilkowskiCarli Hoffman

Carlos HernandezCarly StirbergCasey Breuer

Cassidy SerranoCharlie Schreiber

Chase TyrrellChelsea Hoofnagle

Chelsea TyrrellChloe KresselCindy LiskerCooper KatzCorey Ring

Craig HobermanCurtis Tyrrell

Daniel ClaymanDaniel Munoz

Daniel TachdijanDanielle KleinDara Lebenger

Dasha OvsiannikovaDavid Trinkoff

David WolfsohnDylan ZuckerElias SamahaElizabeth Post

Emilee UrbanekEmily ClaypooleEmily Greenspan

Emily JathasEmily SimesEric Miller

Erica BlancoEzra Gans

Gabriella SchizGabrielle Weiner

Grace McCambridgeHaley McCarthyHank RosenblumHannah BrinkmanHayley Garfi nkel

Hedy LudwigHenry Steiner

Ian ZwickIlena KubitIliza Smith

Isaac RappoportJack UrbanekJack Zeliger

Jami NebenzahlJamie LeventhalJared Hescheles

Jared WeissJarret YahneyJennifer SimesJeremy OstrowJesse KresselJesse Zucker

Jessica PollackJessica Tilles

Jillian GreenbergJocelyn FineJoey GuttusoJohn Benoit

Joseph NejathaimJulia Abrams

Julia CummingJulie Woloshin

Katherine ClaypooleKellianne Tachdijan

Kevin VogtKira Kasselman

Kyle BookerKyle Garfi nkelLauren AltmanLauren WexlerLee Markowitz

Lena HayesLindsey Cohen

Lynsey Garfi nkelMadeline PitzMara DobkinMaria Berlin

Marissa YahneyMarlee Senderowitz

Matthew MuchaMatthew SteinbergMelissa SparacioMia Wilkowski

Michael SarnoMichelle AbramsMitchel Sanders

Naomi GreenspanNatalie GiovinoNicole KarasinNicole SteinerNoah CohenNoah GraffNoah Koy

Olivia GraffPaige MasefPeri Sanders

Peter TachdijanRachel Suntag

Rebecca FleischerRebecca PoserRebecca Weiss

Rissa SenderowitzSamantha KleinSamara ZelkoSarah Fornaby

Sarah HoltzSarah Jathas

Scott HobermanSeth KahanovShane Rees

Stefanie ZassmanSteven Jathas

Taylor SamahaTyler Citrin

Vanessa RampinoZach AbramsZachary KleinZoe Dobkin

Zoe Levinson

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Art Wordsby Sue

We had SO MUCH FUN in the Art House this past summer! All of the studios were

buzzing with creative campers making awesome, imaginative projects. But they weren’t just doing great artwork IN the house. This past summer campers and counselors were also doing incredible artwork ON the house!

Sure, in every single room, on every single day, there were totally amazing projects being made. Like the alien heads in Ceramics, or the safety pin bracelets in Jewelry. There were banners with camp photos on them in Heat Press, and a giant puzzle painting in Drawing and Painting, where everyone painted a piece of a puzzle and then “did” the puzzle to see what it looked like put together. In Crafts, campers made fuzzy pom-pom dolls, in Knitting, the “Knit-Wit Club” made warm, cozy scarves. In Stained Glass, campers created beautiful light catching mobiles. Tie-Dye-ers made brilliantly colored shirts and Candle Makersmade nature candles that had tree bark or leaves or twigs from camp right in them! Everyday, campers made cool art IN the house. But they were also busy making cool art ON the house!

This past summer, campers sculpted ceramic leaf tiles that were glued to the archway by the clay workroom. When every leaf was on the wall, a

Exciting Projects in Store for 2008beautiful mosaic tree emerged. It is now a spectacular permanent installation in our Art House. In the drawing and painting studio, two fl oor to ceiling wall muralswere painted. One, a wall fi lled with colorful squares, was designed to act as “frames” for all of the artwork completed in that room. And the wooden benches on our big, breezy front porch were painted by campers this summer, too. Now when you sit on one of them it feels like you are sitting right in the middle of a painting!

The art projects made last summer got packed up in trunks with shorts and t-shirts and fl ip-fl ops -- and they will be warm reminders of camp during the long school year. But some art was left behind, right ON the Art House -- and that is a warm reminder too, of the wonderful campers who fi lled camp and made it so, so special.

Looking forward to seeing you all in Summer, 2008!

Sue

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DETAILSFROMDANI

As the leaves begin to turn colors and fall to the ground, it is hard to believe that our

summer went by so fast. While camp is quiet and peaceful it always looks a little lonely without all of you. We miss our campers and staff running, cheering, playing and laughing. I have all of you to thank for the best summer of my life. Pudding wrestling, pie eating contests and laughing in canteen at night are just a few memories that will last forever.

We are now settled into our winter offi ce and we are already planning for 2008! We are thrilled that re-enrollment is breaking all kinds of records! It is going to be great to spend next summer with so many familiar faces and many new ones!

Charles and I have been hard at work planning new activities, meeting new families and

plotting our 2008 Color War break! He is full of great ideas and his endless enthusiasm and love of camp will be a perfect match with Lindenmere. I know you will welcome him to our community the same way you welcomed me. This is what makes Lindenmere so special. Our campers, parents and staff have a remarkable way of making everyone feel like a part of our camp family. Whether it is rookie weekend, welcoming new campers into the bunks, or cheering for the opposite team during color war, there is never a shortage of warmth at camp.

I hope everyone is having a great school year so far. Bari and Harrison miss camp so much and cannot wait to see all of you at the fall foliage day and winter reunion. I look forward to seeing all of you soon, until then keep those camp memories in your heart as I do…

Greetings from New Jersey

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WHAT’S UPWITH

CHUCK

Chattin’ w/ chuck

Hi Everyone! My name is Milly and I have been working with Mitch for the past nineteen years. Over this period of time my boys have grown up and I now have a wonderful granddaughter, Chloe, who cannot wait for her fi rst summer at camp!

While spending time at camp last summer, I was amazed by the variety of activities and I was constantly impressed by all of your

accomplishments. Most importantly, I was touched by all of the smiles and laughter that I saw all around camp.

As the voice of the Florida offi ce, I look forward to speaking with all of you and meeting you next summer.

A Message from Milly!

Hello! I would like to start out telling everybody what a great summer I had.

I made a lot of new friends and spent some time with my old and dear friends. I had the opportunity to do a lot of new things including my fi rst trip to Camel Beach in the nine years I worked at camp! 2007 was one of the best summers I have ever had.

Working and becoming friends with Mitch, Odie, Mike and Dani, as well as both new and returning campers and staff has been a pleasure.

While camp has been over for two months now, I can still hear the echo of all your voices. Although camp is quiet and I am a bit sad now, I know soon enough you will all be back and Lindenmere will be alive again.

I am really excited about the changes that will happen on camp over the winter. We have started “Operation Enhancement and Beautifi cation”. Myself, Peter and the crew have planted 450 trees along the front of camp. It looks amazing!!! Most of the paths throughout camp will be paved before the summer and when you are not on the paved paths, you will be playing on our newly seeded grass all over camp. We are also fi nishing the transformation of the old camper offi ce and infi rmary into new camper bunks. When you get thirsty, you can use the new water fountains we are installing around camp. As you can tell, I am keeping very busy counting down the days until summer 2008! See you all at Fall Foliage!

Milly

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November3 Rachel Olney3 Sam Finkelman5 Rebecca Leyzerenok12 Cory Weiss12 Leah Gussoff14 Jessica Berman15 Dylan Yarchin16 Allie Schorr16 Julian Weiss18 Jodi Schwedelson22 Avery Fromme22 Marcus Soos24 Miranda Braithwaite25 Louise Couret25 TJ Russo27 Jenna Greenberg27 John Philip Tirone27 Nicole Greenberg29 Alice Friedman30 Aiden Jarrett30 Alex Retter30 Jackie Wait

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Important Dates - 2008

Session One BeginsJune 29, 2008

Session OneVisiting Day

July 19, 2008

Session Two BeginsJuly 20, 2008

Session TwoVisiting Day

August 9, 2008

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