2025 Circle Reunion Merchandise is Here!
Show your Circle pride with our limited-edition Bucket Hat and Baseball Cap – available exclusively for the 2025 Reunion.

🧢How to Get Yours:

• Joining us at Reunion? Pick up pre-orders or purchase in the Dining Hall.
• If you placed an order, you should be getting yours soon!

🗓 Important Dates

• Circle Reunion Sept. 19-21

Is the real world starting to get you down? Do you need some R&R with your camp friends? Good news: Reunion is just around the corner.

Use this guide to prepare for a weekend in 21719.

Parking

You may drop your stuff off at your bunk, but it is imperative that emergency vehicles can access every building in camp.  Cars may only be parked on paved areas, or in the parking lot outside of camp.  If you need a parking spot in the Dining Hall parking lot for medical needs, please contact LouiseCircleReunion@gmail.com.  

Check-In

You will receive your name tag, bunk assignment, schedule, and pre-purchased mementos in the Dining Hall when you arrive. You’ll also have the opportunity to purchase mementos if you haven’t already done so online. Camp gates open and check-in begins at 4:00 PM and Shabbat services/dinner will be at 6:30 PM.

Volunteering

Want to give back to Circle? We are still looking for help with a few Circle Reunion weekend activities. If you can lend your time to help make Circle Reunion enjoyable for everyone, sign up here 2025 Circle Reunion Volunteers or please contact LouiseCircleReunion@gmail.com.

New Inductees – Shabbat Choir

All 2025 Circle inductees are invited to be in the Shabbat Choir on Friday night.

Havdalah Saturday Night

Any CIT groups celebrating milestone reunions will be invited on stage to help lead us in Havdalah!

Towels, Sheets, Blankets- Oh my!

Participants are responsible for all pillows, linens, blankets, and towels during the weekend. If you are traveling from far away and need help finding sheets/etc. to use at Reunion, or if you can bring extra sheets/etc. for someone to borrow, please email LouiseCircleReunion@gmail.com.  Also, check the forecast and make sure you have cold weather gear and rain gear if you’ll need it!

Meals and the Dining Hall

• Meals are scheduled for one hour. Please clean up after yourself and be out of the dining hall by the end of that hour so that dining hall staff have time and space to clean.
• Various swag items – a smorgasbord, if you will – will be available for purchase in the dining hall. Things you may have missed in previous years are going to be on sale. Did you order a hat? This will also be where you can pick up your order.

Activities

We’ll give you a detailed agenda when you arrive at Circle Reunion, but here’s a quick run-down of some of the activities you should expect to see.

Friday Night

• Shabbat Dinner 
• Icebreakers
• Folkdance
• Canteen

Saturday

• Shabbat Services
• Group Photo – Meet in Solarium after services
• Circle Awards 
• Photobooth in the Dining Hall!– Sponsored by the 1995 CITs in honor of their 30th Anniversary
• Town Hall Meeting – Join us at Social Hall for our annual Town Hall to hear updates and talk about how Circle can better serve its membership – you! Email topics to Reesa Pearlman at reesa@airylouise.org by Thursday, September 17th.
• Pool Party sponsored by the 2000 CITs – don’t forget your bathing suit! 
• Tie Dye – Please bring a 100% cotton item to tie-dye, we will have a limited supply thanks to sponsor Debi Goltz.
• Copper Enameling – If you paid for Copper through registration, you will receive your “time slot” for copper with your name tag. 
• Camp and Circle Screen-printed swag from Hot Off The Press will be available for purchase throughout the afternoon! 
• Come learn and practice American Sign Language!  From 3-3:30, we’ll learn some basic vocabulary and play Sign Language Bingo, and from 3:30-4, we’ll learn to sign a few Jewish songs and prayers!   No previous experience needed! 
• Happy Hour- sponsored by the CITs of 1970 and Laurie Young’s friends from the 1960’s and beyond in her memory.
• Makers Market – if you are a maker and want to sell your items contact louisecirclereunion@gmail.com 
• Camp Clothing Swap – Bring $10 to fill a bag of donated items from your fellow Circle Members. If you have clothes to donate don’t forget to bring them to Reunion!
• Yoga with Lara Rabinowitz 
• Havdalah
• Campfire with S’mores sponsored by the 2005 CITs
• Ice Cream Social sponsored by the ‘74, ‘75, and ‘76 CITs in honor of their 50th CIT Anniversary 
• Movie Night featuring Stinky Summer 

Sunday

• Breakfast & Cleanup – Hit the road with a full belly by 11:00 AM! But before leaving, please help us clean.  We don’t want future visitors and campers to find our bottle caps or leftover snacks!

Donate to Circle

As you can imagine, Circle Reunion is one of the largest expenses of the year for Circle. Now’s the time to consider making a gift.  More information will be available at Reunion. In the meantime, you can click here for our donation form, reach out to Andie Snyder (treasurer@camplouisecircle.org), or visit the Giving Back tab at the top/bottom of the page to find out more about all the amazing ways you can support Circle!

• General Circle Fund – Your donation goes towards year-round activities, Circle Reunion, gifts to camp, and special projects.
• Reunion Scholarship Fund – Give a Circle sibling the opportunity to come to Reunion at a discounted cost.
• License Plates– Show your camp pride on the road.
• Dedication Plaques, Leaves, and Bricks – Leave a legacy in honor or memory of someone special from Circle around Camp.

Circle Board Voting

Voting will be open online until Friday, September 19 until 8:30pm. New Board members will be announced at the Town Hall Meeting during Circle Reunion on Saturday, September 20. If you have any questions about the nominations or voting process, contact louisecirclereunion@gmail.com. Don’t forget to vote for your board members – click here to vote today!