Opening day of Summer 2021 is 100 days out but, in truth, we have been waiting YEARS to start this countdown. Between now and then our incredible staff will begin to arrive and set up for the summer of your lives. We asked our staff what they were excited for and here are the 100 things they said.

1. To teach new campers all of the Israeli dances
2. For the frisbee game and to be scorekeeper
3. For the campers to experience everything I love about camp
4. To hike to the star with my campers
5. To hear the Lai Lais from our CITs on Friday nights
6. To camp under the stars
7. To sing with our wonderful songleaders 
8. To watch even more campers fall in love with Porter Creek
9. To hear everyone’s voices singing together again
10. T’Filah at beautiful porter creek
11. To rekindle my relationship with the community
12. Acting as a mentor for my campers, but also being able to learn equally as much from them
13. Yelling silly things off the the top of the Star
14. Having my wrists covered in friendship bracelets by the time August rolls around
15. Dancing in the Chadar Ochel (dining hall)
16. Getting the most iconic teva tan
17. Writing session songs
18. Playing music at camp
19. Hiking the camp trails
20. Seeing camp magic again
21. Being with my best friends
22. Seeing my campers experience things for the first time
23. It’s its
24. Chaco Tans
25. Tie Dye
26. Friendship Bracelets
27. Best friends new and old
28. Song Session
29. Israeli Dancing
30. Costumes
31. Seeing campers grow up
32. Trying new things
33. Laughing so hard it hurts
34. Seeing the stars at night
35.  I am excited to live in a tent
36.  Excited to lose my voice at shira
37. Stacking Rocks at the Creek
38. Teaching my campers
39.  Getting my fingers stained purple from blackberries
40.  Sunrise hikes to the star
41. Getting asked if my knot still looks like a challah
42. Teaching my campers new card games
43. Trust walks
44. The zipline 
45.  Mifkad Boker
46. To see my best friend
47. To be my true self
48. To play in the frisbee game
49. Siyum 
50. To listen and meditate near the creek
51. Reconnect with old friends and make new ones
52. Tater tots
53. We got ruach yes we do!vWe got ruach how about you?
54. The waterslide
55. Singing campfire songs
56. Inventive t’filot
57. Pita S’mores and S’morittos
58. Yelling I love being Jewish with my campers from the top of the star.
59. The key change in V’shamru
60. Helping my campers grow and thrive
61. Stargazing
62. Lazy afternoons interrupted by surprise snacks in the chadar ochel 
63. Siyum (closing circle) in the Pool
64. Trying to find yellow on Yom Sport
65. Living in and creating an unapologetically Jewish space
66. Exploring the creek
67. Ruach on ruach on ruach on ruach
68. Sha(and I cannot emphasize this enough) bbat
69. Early morning wake ups made bearable by friends and food
70. Morning mist
71. Leaving something behind for future campers
72. Hammock Hangouts
73. Seeing my life come full circle
74. To come home again
75. Carry on the special traditions of porter creek and camp in general to a new generation of campers
76. To play frisbee on the upper field
77. Squinting from the sun during services in the Beit T’filah on Shabbat
78. Make new buildings special by having incredible memories inside them
79. CIT Shtick
80. That moment when you finally understand what song a session song is based off
81. Being my authentic self 
82. Wake up playlists
83. Arguments surrounding who has to get a new pitcher of “lemonade”
84. Cabin names and countdowns
85. Yom CIT
86. Signs made out of Butcher Paper
87. When campers see the magic that camp creates
88. When Avodah and CIT get to take a peek behind the curtains
89. Intersession water fights
90. Stories like the ruby, spoons for hands, and kugelfresser
91. Pizza Bagels
92. Procession
93. No lanyard tans
94. The swim test
95. When campers start hoarding snacks for no reason
96. Remaking trails that need some love
97. Seeing a camper conquer the tower for the first time
98. Making art that will last much longer than the 10 weeks of the summer
99. Returning Home
100. Seeing all of you!