It's All About: Sun High Orchards!

Fall weekend activity alert!

Sun High Orchards is a favorite of Roger’s and many Stonybrook staff and campers.  Located right around the corner from camp, Sun High Orchards, operated by Farmer Phil, offers a bounty of farm grown fruits and vegetables.  And Farmer Phil happens to be a great person, who loves what he does, and it shows.

Fall is all about apple and pumpkin picking at Sun High!  There is a big variety- Cortland, Macintosh, Galas, Macouns, Honeycrisp, Empire, Delicious, Fugi and Winesap are just some of apples harvested from Sun High’s trees. Continuous hayrides (weekends only) will take you to the pumpkin patch beginning the last weekend of September and continuing through October. Corn stalks, hardy mums, gourds, hay bales and many other fall decorations are also available.

In fact, you may be familiar with Sun High if you have ever been at a Stonybrook Octoberfest. The apples, apple cider, pumpkins, cider donuts (Peanut and Tree Nut Free), corn stalks, bails of hay and just about everything else for Octoberfest comes from Farmer Phil at Sun High Orchard.  And speaking of Octoberfest, make sure you join us on Oct 13^th from 1:00-3:30 to check out these fall favorites.

While closed for the winter months, the fall, spring and summer months are busy at the farm. Opening on May 1st, the Spring season kicks off with asparagus. This is one of the very first crops to announce summer is on it's way! Annuals and perennials for the beginner to advanced gardener are also available. July 4^th kicks off the summer season with “Jersey Fresh” sweet corn, tomatoes, peaches, flowers and of course pies.  

So again, Sun High is a favorite of Roger’s. Anyone who has seen his desk during the summer knows that he is a fan of Sun High’s stone fruits (all of them).  Roger also loves grilling corn and there is no corn fresher or better than picking it yourself. Farmer Phil lets him go and choose his own corn and cut the stalks himself.  It’s good to have sun a wonderful farm nearby.  Come check it out for yourself and let Farmer Phil know Roger sent you! http://www.sunhigh.com.

We look forward to seeing everyone at Octoberfest 2012!!!

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Stonybrook Spotlight and Fundraising event: Sam Braverman!

Sam Braverman is six-years-old has spent the last three summers at Stonybrook.  She is all about camp and her favorite camp activities are jumping pillow, dance and swim.  Full of energy and all smiles, she is just a joy to be around.  She is doing something very cool this weekend and we wanted to help spread the word and promote her event.

See in addition to being a great friend and an all around fun kid, Sam also is hearing impared and wears hearing aids.   Sam and two of her hearing impared friends, will be joining forces to raise money for New York City’s annual Walk4Hearing, which raises money to support those who are hearing disabled.  The three friends will be manning a lemonade stand on September 15 from 10:30 a.m. – 1:20 p.m. at 16 Broadlawn Drive, across the street from Mt. Pleasant Elementary school.

The funds raised will be donated by the families to the Hearing Loss Association of America.  According to their website, "HLAA educates the general public about hearing loss while easing the associated stigma. Striving to make hearing loss a public health issue, thousands of people of all ages, races, and backgrounds have come together to display their compassion for the cause and to make hearing loss an issue of national concern."

The three families will also be participating in the Walk4Hearing in New York City on September 30.  When speaking about last years event, Sam’s mom Stefanie commented, "I was blown away by the impact and size of the event.  It made Sam so happy to see others were just like her."

Again, the lemonade stand will be held on September 15 from 10:30 a.m. – 1:20 p.m. at 16 Broadlawn Drive in Livingston, across the street from Mt. Pleasant Elementary school.

While funds raised by the lemonade stand may not be large amounts, Stefanie Braverman believes that "it's not the amount that makes the impact, but it's the act that makes the impact."  We couldn’t agree more and we will be sure to come out and support your effort.  Our camp community is encouraged to do the same.  Way to go Sam!

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Octoberfest 2012

Although   the  Summer  of  2012  is  in  the  history books it  doesn’t mean that camp isn’t on our minds. We are   already   planning  for  summer  2013  and  thinking  of new ways to keep July and August your favorite time of the year.  So, how about a little hint of Summer this Fall for you and all of your friends???

Please  join  us  on  Saturday  October  13th,  from 1-3:30pm, for Stonybrook Day Camp’s Octoberfest. There will be music, games, sports, arts & crafts, challenge course activities, horse and carriage rides, contests and lots more. It will be one
part mini-camp experience, one part beautiful fall day. Refreshments will be served and we welcome you to invite friends and family- Everyone is welcome!! Current
campers, alumni, prospective campers, fans of camp…..we hope you will join us for
what promises to be a great day.

Please RSVP by Wednesday October 9th at 973.584.0078 or
stonybrookdaycamp@yahoo.com. Thanks and looking forward to seeing you on
October 13th!

Don't forget to check out http://www.stonybrookdaycamp.smugmug.com to see all of the pictures from camp!












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