Hi Folks,
We are very excited to tell you about some awesome people who will be with us at camp this summer. We have staff, both returning and new! We also have an exciting list of campers who are joining us this summer!! Check it out!
WELCOME BACK TO THE FOLLOWING CAMPERS JOINING US THIS SUMMER!
| Owen Alexander | Denver, CO | Avery Oppenheim | Glencoe, IL | |
| Oliver Ara | Chicago, IL | Matias Otheguy | CDMX, DF | |
| Oliver Arnold | Kansas City, MO | Ian Perez | Tucson, AZ | |
| Klay Baron | Middleton, WI | Evan Perry | Henderson, NV | |
| Jonah Bartlett | St. Petersburg, FL | Nathan Perry | Henderson, NV | |
| Luke Beckmann | Glendale, MO | Zia Rey Rivera | Chicago, IL | |
| Daniel Drake | Chicago, IL | Ronin Rodriguez | Chicago, IL | |
| Benjamin Flanzer | Burlingame, CA | Aksel Roman | San Francisco, CA | |
| Oliver Fox | Clayton, MO | Gabriel Rothenberg | Northbrook, IL | |
| Dylan Ginsberg | Dallas, TX | Luca Seneca | Lake Bluff, IL | |
| Benjamin Harris | NORTHBROOK, IL | Lex Silberman | Glencoe, IL | |
| Tatum Jones | Poway, CA | Zach Silberman | Glencoe, IL | |
| Lias Katz | Chicago, IL | Milan Stag | New Orleans, LA | |
| Andrew Ladd | Saint Louis, MO | Asan Truss-Miller | Chicago, IL | |
| Elijah Lang | Cedarburg, WI | Preston Weber | Chicago, IL | |
| Abram Lopez | Tempe, AZ | Eden Williams | Chicago, IL | |
| Milo Lopez | Tempe, AZ | Ramin Wilson | Chicago, IL |
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Our invitations to last summer’s staff to return in 2023 have just recently gone out, and we already have some great folks who will be back again.| Jackson Schneider
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Jackson is joining us for camp this summer as a Junior Counselor! This will be his 9th summer at camp. He is currently a junior at the University School of Nashville located in Nashville, Tennessee. He is very excited about being a counselor this summer and just to be back at camp! Jackson has some big plans coming up as well. He is in Israel for a semester abroad! |
| Diego Gomez
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Diego is joining us for his 3rd summer at camp! He will be a senior counselor as well as the Director of Mountain Biking. Currently, he is studying at a university in Puebla, Mexico. Diego has recently started going back to the gym to help him get prepared for a motocross rally! He can’t wait to be back riding bikes in the Northwoods! |
| Lauren Gajewski
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Lauren is returning to camp as a Wilderness Trip Leader for her 3rd summer! She has been very busy working as a crew member with ACE AmeriCoprs, a conservation corps doing habitat restoration and trail work. She is currently located in California spending her “off-season” in the Mojave region. Lauren had the amazing opportunity to climb to the highest peak in Death Valley, Telescope Peak, sitting at 11,043 ft! |
| CJ Rizzo
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CJ is returning to camp as a Junior Counselor this summer. This will be his 5th summer at camp! He is currently a Junior at Summit High School in Breckenridge Colorado and working at Whiskey Star Barbeque. He is very excited to be coming back to camp to spend another summer making new friends and seeing old ones! Something you may not know about CJ is that he can be very artistic when he wants to be! |
| Seth Berk
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Seth is coming back to camp for another summer as a senior counselor and one of our Waterskiing Directors. This will be his 7th summer at camp! Currently Seth is studying Business at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, CA. He has been keeping his Lifeguarding skills fresh by lifeguarding at his school’s pool. Seth’s favorite thing in the world is still waterskiing and he will do whatever it takes to get those runs in! |
| Diego Sangri
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Diego will be returning to camp for his second summer. He will be a senior counselor as well as the Riflery Director! Currently he is living in Puebla Mexico where he is studying mechanical engineering at University. Diego has been spending a lot of time mountain biking. He has even been coaching people in the activity! Something you may not know about Diego is he has a newfound passion for computer programming. Ask him about it at camp! |
| Jonathan Vera
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Jonathan is returning to camp as a Wilderness Trip Leader after missing a few summers. This will be his 4th summer at camp! Jonathan’s first year was back in 2016 when he was Director of Mountain Biking, but he also has a few summers as a Trip Leader under his belt. He went to school for environmental science and sustainable development and has recently been working as an energy consultant. Jonathan is very excited to be back at camp and to be taking campers out on amazing adventures once again! |
| Eli Mitchell
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Eli is coming back to camp as a senior counselor as well as our Archery Director. This will be Eli’s 10th summer at camp! He has been very busy this off season learning how to weld at Illinois Welding School in Romeoville, IL. His hopes are that upon graduation, he will be able to join a local welding union. Eli has also been writing a lot of short stories, to perfect his storytelling abilities! He is very excited for another summer at Timberlane. |
We will be back at ya early next month with our next post. If you have some news you’d like to share with everyone, please let us know. You can email sam@camptimberlane.com.
Benches up,
Sam