Dear Campers, Parents, Staff & Friends,
We hope you all stayed warm as freezing temperatures swept the country this past month. For many of you winter is most definitely here. The snow has been piling up at camp and by the time the bell would be ringing for flagpole, it’s already dark outside! Despite the cold weather and shorter days, we hope you all enjoyed a nice Thanksgiving and are looking forward to the rest of the holiday season. We had a great trip to Denver to visit family and friends for our Turkey Day. While we were in the Mile High City we got to meet some prospective families too! It has been quite the month for traveling. We have been moving all over the place to visit current camp folks and prospective families on our reunion tour. A big thanks to those of you who came to our reunions in Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Louis, Kansas City and Houston, and a super big thanks to our hosts! It was great to see you, hear about what you’ve been up to, and reminisce about the warmer summer months at camp. As we get into December we will continue to get around and see you guys, so if you are in the area for one of our reunions, please come and see us!
| CITY | DATE | TIME |
| Nashville | Sat. Dec. 6th | 2 PM |
| Los Angeles | Sun., Dec. 14 | 2 PM |
We will have more reunions after the winter holidays! Reunion trips are also a great time for us to meet new families, so if you know 
anybody that might be interested in camp please invite them to contact us, or let us know and we’ll reach out to them. Thanks very much!
November was a very busy month on the road and back in the office. In fact we have filled several of our age groups in the first session, with limited space in the remaining open age groups. If your son is not yet enrolled, please call us, and if there is room in his age group, we’d love to have him join us. There is still space available in all age groups for 2nd session, although a couple are approaching their capacity as well.
Welcome back to the following “old-timers” who re-enrolled last month: BEN ELLIS of Glencoe, IL; GUS MERVIS of Carmel, IN; SPENCER VERNIER of Deerfield, IL; JACK ROBINOWITZ of Tulsa, OK; COBY and ETHAN TEICH of Highland Park, IL; ARI and SETH BERK of New Orleans, LA; JONAH GERSTEIN of Evanston, IL; JAVY VALLEJO-MCCANN of Cleveland Heights, OH, and LUIS PRIETO of Chihuahua, Mexico. Awesome!! We’re thrilled to have you guys back!!
And say hello to the following first-year campers who will join us this summer: SIMON KANOVITZ of Chicago, IL; JEREMY COHN, LUCAS LEVY, and ELI TENENBAUM of St. Louis, MO;SAM HENSON of Highland Park, IL; PARKER FLEISCHMAN-AMENT of Wilmette, IL, and ALFREDO KURI and FRANCISCO MOYANO of Puebla, Mexico. You guys are going to have the greatest summer ever!!
FOR CAMPER & PARENT TYPES: Something new for 2015. We are adjusting our “Unplugged” policy, trying to move away from the use of screens at camp. The biggest effect of this change is that we are no longer permitting the use of iTouch devices at camp. We will allow music devices that meet the following criteria: 1) They do not have wi-fi capability, 2) They do not have game playing capability, and 3) They do not contain any videos on them. All 3 criteria must be met by the device, or it is not allowed at camp. It’s the holiday season, so if your son needs a suitable device for camp, that would make a great gift! For complete details about our 
Unplugged policy, please click here. Thank you for your cooperation.
And while we’re talking about new stuff for the summer, we have a new clothing vendor. As we mentioned in our last newsletter, our new vendor is Everything Summer Camp, and they’re ready to go. In fact, they have extended their Black Friday sale through December 2nd. So if you’d like to see the store and maybe take advantage of that sale, please click here.
If you ordered a Memory Book from last summer, it should have arrived by now for you to enjoy. If you ordered a Memory Book but it has not arrived, please let us know and we’ll make sure it gets to you. If you’re not sure if you ordered a Memory Book, let us know and we can look in to it and get back to you. Unfortunately, we are not able to accept Memory Book orders retroactively for last summer.
FOR PARENT TYPES: This is also a friendly reminder that our payment schedule includes a 2nd deposit, which is due on or before January 15th. That’s more than a month away but we wanted to give you advanced notice. You can make the $1250 payment online with your credit card, if you wish, by clicking here. If you prefer to send a check, please send it to our winter office in Tucson. Thank you!
FLYING TO CAMP? If your camper will be flying to camp, you can book your flights with Sojourn Travel now! We have group rates in a few cities, but in most areas, the sooner you purchase your ticket, the lower your fare will be. Sojourn Travel is our approved travel agent, and they coordinate all flights to and from camp. Sojourn’s information is accessible via your Parent Keylog page, or by clicking here.
FOR STAFF TYPES: It’s that time of year! Contracts have been emailed to you recently. With your contract there is a letter including training dates and other important information, so please be sure to read that too. We hope to hear from all of you soon! Thanks!
Even though we just sent contracts out, we do have some great news to share with you. Our team of Directors is all set, and looking marvelous as usual. JAKE REUTER will be back for his 11th summer, again returning as an Assistant Director. He helps us out in the “off season,” managing the Chicago office in the fall and Telluride office in the winter. RICK & HOLLY JONES are back for their 30th summer 
at camp, WOW! That is really something, and we are so grateful to have such dedicated people come back year after year! Rick will again be an Assistant Director and Holly will again run our camp office. Both of them are teachers in Indianapolis, IN during the “off-season.” JEFF “MEL” MELROSE is also returning for his 23nd summer with us. Mel will again be an Assistant Director and continue his long tenure as our CIT Director. His son, ANDY MELROSE will be with us for his 4th summer, and while he has grown quite a bit from last summer, he is still in the running for the cutest kid in the world. Mel is a 5th grade teacher in Celebration, FL during the winter months. HITCH & CORRIE HITCHENS are also returning from Littleton, CO. This will be Hitch’s 12th summer at camp, and Corrie’s 10th! Hitch will be our Trips Director again, and Corrie will help out at several activities and in the office when she’s not busy chasing around their two kids, LIAM and CARTER HITCHENS. Hitch is a high school History teacher, and Corrie is a high school Assistant Principal. SAM “PICKLES” KAHN will be joining us again for his 15th summer after a brief hiatus. Amazing! Sam is coming back as an Assistant Director and is a teacher in Chicago in the “off-season.” With these folks alone they have 130 summers of Timberlane experience! Whoah!! There is plenty more where that came from and we’ll keep you updated about new and returning staff in the coming months.
In Houston, TX AIDAN FELMAN is playing center field & pitcher on his Baseball team be in some tournaments and will be starting soccer soon. Aidan is also getting ready for his Bar Mitzvah in May. JOSEPH FIELDS started an ultimate club at his school and ran cross country this fall. JARED MARGOLIS is the photo editor for his school newspaper and Bumped into AARON GLAZER at a journalism convention in Washington DC. JARED ORKIN is getting ready for his Bar Mitzvah in January and has been playing on his school’s basketball team. NAVEEN KRISHNAN has been playing volleyball & tennis. In St. Louis, ARI SINGER has already started playing on the varsity hockey team. CHARLIE SMOLLER’s football team won the conference championship, however he suffered a concussion on the field. Be safe out there! JUSTIN GOLDENBERG has been playing soccer and is starting basketball soon. GRANT GARLAND has been playing soccer and will continue with an indoor league in throughout the winter. JACK KAHN helped his team to victory in his soccer league. ADAM COHN is looking forward to starting baseball soon. SAM SIWAK is going to be playing basketball with JUSTIN GOLDENBERG. Sam’s brother BEN 
SIWAK (in his own words) “is adorable as ever.” ADAM POGER is looking forward to a trip to Disney World. OWEN FRENCH is playing tennis. ZACH ZLEPPER is driving now with his learner’s permit. CAM STERN is playing baseball and soccer. DYLAN STERN has been a goal scoring machine on his hockey team, putting the biscuit in the basket 7 times in 2 games at a recent tournament. RYAN HEARST helped his team to a state victory in football at Ladue high school. JARED SETTLER lost a tooth, we hope he finds it! MAX PUGH has become a ping pong master and is looking forward to exhibit his skills all eight weeks next summer. IAN LYNCH has been playing soccer and his team made the playoffs. OWEN TAYLOR was elected to student council. CHRISTIAN SIEVE has been playing goalie on his soccer team. DEVIN SHAW has been playing football for his high school. BRETT MILLER has joined the swim team and is having fun in the water. DEVON BIERMAN has been playing water polo. TYLER DEUTSCH loves playing hockey. DANNY FISHER is a soccer star. ZACK and TYLER NEWMARK have been playing baseball. JOSH ETTINGER has started with his wrestling season. In New Orleans, ARI and SETH BERK having been hanging out with friends and Seth has been playing flag football. Fantastic!! Please keep us in the loop about what you have been up to so we can write about it in our next newsletter.
In the Chicago area, JACOB ROSENSTEIN and AIDAN DOYAL got together to share an extravagant dining experience. JEFF & ANDY MELROSE recently made a trip to Chicago to visit with JAKE REUTER, SCOTT WOLF, SAM “PICKLES” KAHN and “old timer” MIKE BREEN. Scott has also been acting and directing in plays, Sam has been teaching and Mike has been working in a financial office. In Milwaukee, AARON GLAZER is staying active with BBYO and is still involved with his high school newspaper. A mini-camp reunion was also held over Thanksgiving in Chicago including JAKE REUTER, COLBY SHARLIN, JOEY PAWLAN, and several “old-timers.” In Houston Texas, KESHAV KRISHNAN is starting a video game development club at his high school. JONAH ROSENBERG has been filing out college application and playing soccer. So far, Jonah’s team is undefeated (they were 1-0 at the time)! JONATHAN BLOOM has been busy with BBYO and a community service club. BEN ROBERTS…yummm can start playing soccer in January after a serious knee injury before last summer. JOEY BURSTEN has been playing soccer and applying to colleges. In St. Louis, JAKE FLOM is getting his driver’s 
license. In Arizona, DANIEL VAN BUREN has been studying in school, working at Petco and preparing to study as a veterinarian technician. He plans to move to Chicago soon. AVIRY CHRISTY has been studying for a degree in early childhood development and working with K-5th grade students. Over Thanksgiving, we visited with family near Denver, and got to have a nice dinner with HITCH & CORRIE HITCHENS, and we were also joined by BRIAN STRAIN and DANIEL KATZMAN. Brian is directing a library at an elementary school in Denver and driving a Zamboni at a local ice rink. Daniel has been traveling around the US and is now living in Denver and planning to go to school out there. DUSTIN & SAMMY COHEN took in a Nuggets game where they met up with DAVID GLAZER. In Ohio ERIC BROWN has been working as an outdoor educator. In Wisconsin, SAM THIEL is staying busy with school. ASHLEY RUIZ is applying for an internship to work in public health. In Colorado ERIK HOTALING is studying and playing ultimate Frisbee. SAMANTHA “JOEY” DEVINE is graduating soon and applying to work with a program to help underserved high school students. TOMMY CROSBY is applying to work as a sustainability coordinator. In South Africa KATHY LEVERTON has been taking classes and guiding school camps. In Chile, DOMI BRUNEAU received honors for her master’s thesis project in designing a national park at her university.
BRAVO TO OUR DECEMBER BIRTHDAY FOLKS!! Devon Bierman - 12/3/2002, Jake Flom - 12/4/1998, Sam Siwak - 12/4/2002, Nate Adler - 12/5/2002, Joseph Fields - 12/7/1998, Grant Garland - 12/8/2002, Daniel Greenwald - 12/9/2000, Kyle Gross - 12/9/1999, Jonah Rosenberg - 12/9/1996, Holly Jones - 12/10/1957, Abdel Xochipiltecatl - 12/10/1990, Gavin Gordon - 12/11/2002, Alexander Zlotnik - 12/11/2000, Henry Coen - 12/12/2002, Zachary Hearst - 12/12/2001, Bill Miller - 12/12/1956, Daniel VanBuren - 12/13/1984, Harrison Glasberg - 12/14/2004, Lance Bantlin - 12/15/1993, Ben Bloom - 12/17/1998, Jared Margolis - 12/17/1998, Leslie Cohen - 12/18/1961, Jason Garland - 12/20/2000, Charlie Weiss - 12/20/2002, Jack Baruch - 12/21/2000, Michael Kaplan - 12/21/1999, Jordy Mazza - 12/21/2000, Harrison Metcalf - 12/21/1991, Joey Marks - 12/26/1994, Jake Mazow - 12/26/1998, David Pawlan - 12/26/1996, Ethan Gordon - 12/27/2000, Gabe Schultz - 12/27/2003, Andrew Karmin - 12/28/2000, Jeff Melrose - 12/29/1971, Jacob Rosenstein - 12/29/1997.
We hope you all have a fun month ahead of you. Enjoy those nice long winter breaks! Have a great time, and please tell us about your vacation adventures! We’ll write you again next year!!
Benches up,
