July 18, 2009	Wow...What a great new website format with videos. I jumped to the staff area and watched the video. I must be getting old...tears came to my eyes as I watched it. What a great place it was...and still is. Have a great summer! Cathy Jastremski - Head Staff 1991 - 1999
July 17, 2009	It's me aadam. I want to say that Being at Green Acres is like a second home. Thank you so much for letting me work at Green Acres. I love working there. When I was 13 years old I went to a camp called Camp discovery for 2 years when I was 19 years I went to a weekend camp called Footprints camp that was a weekend camp. You all are so great keep up the good work may you all always be happy and may all your wishes and dreams come true. Aadam Daya - Cedar Creek
April 19, 2007	The 10 years I worked at Green Acres were the best summers of my life. I learned a lot about myself, it was here I learned that I wanted to be a teacher. I have realized that goal and teach my class each year the 'moose song' & the 'tarzan song'. We too play the greatest co-op games in the world and I bring my class each year to participate in an education programme that you offer. Once Green Acres gets a hold of you, it is a part of you for life. I made the greatest friends working here. Nadia is one of my dearest friends and godmother to my son. Jenn always comes for a visit when she is in town no matter how short her stay is. Leon and Eddy taught me so much about working with children, staff and parents, lessons that I use daily in my life. I could never thank them enough in one lifetime. Continue the fantantibulous work! You will be seeing my son and daughter as Chipmunks in the near future. Jennifer Mazzuca-Antonucci
March 14, 2006	I hope that you still remember me. I worked for Green Acres as the Arts and Crafts Division Coordinator until 1998 and started your Copper Enamelling program back in 1991. Last we spoke I had married in Scotland. We now have our first child, a daughter, born last June. I wanted to let you know that I checked out your web site and thought it was great. I looked through the Alumni photos and had fun finding familiar faces. I was not surprised to see that the camp has expanded its programs to lead the industry. I still remember all of my times at the camp warmly. I hope you are all well. Joanne Feely
November 7, 2005	Green Acres has been such an amazing experience for me. I can't remember what summers are like without G.A.! The staff and campers have taught me so much about myself and pushing my limits to find out what I'm capable of doing. Thanks for so many wonderful memories! :) Melissa Sookra - Buffaloes 20
August 14, 2005	Finally after 11 years as A camper I finally reach the ranks of being Staff great people to work with great kids im having a new experience after all my years at being green acres I guess u can say im going to turn into the new Sherman once he is gone lets start the year counter years as a camper (11) years as staff (1) Zev More - Bears 34 & 38
July 29, 2005	wow i never knew there was a guestbook! anywyas, camp is reely fun. im gonna miss my cabin, and everyone else whos leAVin. mk, bye guys!! jessica devnani - Counsellor Seniors 67
July 27, 2005	This is my second year at GA and its been a total blast. It's great seeing old friends and is always a pleasure meeting new ones too. Can't wait till boat cruise!!! Dylan Hayden - Eagles 56 Leisure Buddy
July 10, 2005	OMG!!!! having the best summer so far in buffaloes!!! luv the staff recs!!! yayyy!! GO GREEN ACRES!!!! Dynamo Duck ROCKS! areeba adnan - Buffaloes 26
July 6, 2005	Hello to everyone at the happiest place on earth!!! I can‚t help but think of Green Acres every first Monday or Tuesday in July and wonder what kinds of happy beginnings and friendships are happening today. My 9 years as a staff member at Green Acres were some of the best days of my life. These days I have my summers free as a Grade 2 teacher, but can‚t help thinking about the fun at camp. If you visit my classroom, you can see shades of Green Acres everywhere - campfire style sing-songs, great arts and crafts, some of the BEST co-operative games ever, science experiments that blow you away and a teacher with camp-frenzied energy everyday. Thanks for everything you taught me and I am who I am today because of you! Dynamo Duck ROCKS! Cathy Jastremski - Unit Head 1998
April 11, 2005	As the saying goes, you can take a girl out of Green Acres, but you can't take Green Acres out of a girl! Every time winter ends and things start to look like spring, I think of the summer and of my four awesome years at GA. The GA theatre and the backstage area were like my second home, and I looked forward to coming back each year and putting on new productions with awesome casts. My "drama groupies" have grown up - many are old enough to be staff now, which makes me feel ANCIENT. I have also moved on, and am a very happy high school drama teacher in Toronto. The skills I honed at GA have prepared me for virtually anything I've encountered in my teaching career. Several of the plays I wrote for the GA theatre have also had second lives with my new students, who have enjoyed putting them on as much as my campers did. Now that Act One is taking over theatre at GA, I hope the same tradition of fun, hard work and talent cultivation continues in that little theatre. Also, if anyone messes up my backstage area, they're dead. LOL! Yaz - Head of Drama
February 10, 2005	Yo peeps! G.A. rocked the house this year! Seniors represent! Gots ta love it. Boat Cruise was especially sick! See everyone next year! Gidon Gruss - Special Needs
January 13, 2005	omg i miss camp sooo much!! i had the BEST summer of my life last yr and i am dying for camp to start...172 days left (no im not that insane, i just saw it on the site) 2nd yr ltp!! i am soo excited..lol...see ya there Sterling Stutz - LTP
September 13, 2004	Well, what can I say about Green Acres except that it has been like another home to me for the past 16 years and I will never, ever, forget anything that I have done, learned, and experienced there from when I was a Beaver Camper--all up until my 5th year working there as a Staff Worker. Eddy and Leon, I have learned a lot from you over the past 16 years while being with you two guys! You are the BEST!! :) Robyn and Darren--you both have been great people to come to when I need advice and help and I thank you for that!! :) And Amanda at Cedar Creek--you have been a great help to me over the past 2 years when I was learning to become a Head Specialty Supervisor, thanks. :) I have so many memories that I have been keeping in my heart all these years and each summer that I have returned, I gained many more memories! :) Thanks so much Green Acres! :) I will never forget you! :) All the best! :) Jacyln Berlin - Cedar Creek - Arts & Crafts
August 26, 2004	Hey everyone! Once again I had an amazing summer with all of you and I can't wait to be back next year. So many great memories were made this year, and yes, I will be back in Seniors again. See you all next year! Mitch Pencharz - Seniors 66
August 21, 2004	Hey to all my Green Acres Peeps I LOVE U ALL SO MUCH Specially Randy! ..'04 was amazing cant wait till '05 its gonna be INCREDIBLY AWSUM!!! YAY... Hannah Aisia - Moose's '04
August 21, 2004	My summer at Green Acres was the most memorable summer I will never forget. It was filled with adventures and awesome campers and staff that contributed to the summer of a lifetime. Green Acres not only helped me learn leadership skills and build on other skills but it brought me so much closer to the other staff members that could result in long lasting relationships. This is the kind of place I would love to be in for my whole life. This camp is filled with imagination. Keep it up. And until next year. Daniel Prupas - Junior Counsellor Eagles 56 and Seniors 66
August 12, 2004	WOODWORKING ROCKS! Caryn B - Woodworking
July 22, 2004	I GO 2 THIS CAMP IT IS THE BEST! Today we had this awsome scavendre hunt in our unit (grads) Julie and ben are soooooooooooooooo NICE! We also had the dance where all the units present the dances they learned with Lauren and Jen (the people at dance!) it was sooo much fun all the activities I have been to so far, have amazing instructors who teach so well. And also the bus rides are amazing , I love decorating the bus when you first arrive, then there is so much to do on the bus, I LOVE BOON DOGLE! Jaime - Camper in Grads
July 8, 2004	Hey Guys! Alumni 95 2003 rocked! too bad i'm not back there this year but i'm going to Wahanowin! maybe i'll see some of you when you come on the B.O.B program! Luv U ALL! Lauren - Alumni 95
June 28, 2004	heyy everyone ok im really BORED so im just writing i cant wait for camp on tuesday yea so im 13 so thats youngest alumni or sumthin eh w/e cya all there! Jessica Sinclair - Alumni
June 26, 2004	Hi, When june turns into july I think back to my 4 years at Green Acres, first as a woodworking specialist and then as head of woodworking in the early 1990s. Has it been more then 10 years. I have to say that the experiences at the camp have guided me in university and now as a electronics engineer. I have since moved to montreal and then to the states. I usually get back for a weekend over the summer and I always look around for the lawn bus signs... Good luck with the summer season that starts in 3 days!!! The website looks fantantibulus and it looks like you have great new programs. Thanks for the memories! Marc Hutner - woodworking (early 1990s)
March 16, 2004	Hi, Just wanted to say hello and that working at Green Acres was one of the best times of my life! I worked there in the summer of 1989 (I know its a long time ago!) with a group of 15 four-year old Beavers! I still remember most of their names......... My job at Green Acres prepared me for several other jobs at Daycares and Community Centres, and I ended up as Director of a camp for 5 years! I am now a full time social worker. Thanks for the memories Eddy and Leon and all of the Green Acres staff team! Keep up the good work giving kids and staff some wonderful life experience! Sincerely, Joanne Wilson - Junior Counsellor Beavers 1989
December 30, 2003	hey guyz...just wanted to say i had a great time last year as an LTP 2nd yr and i look forward to this yr working as staff in the senior unit.. cant wait its gona b awesome! Mandi Schlesinger - LTP
November 16, 2003	Hey everyone, just wanted to say that, despite only finding the guestbook now instead of when camp ended. I had a blast this summer and will definitely be back next year, same time same place, same unit. Mitch Pencharz - Senior 64
October 7, 2003	I just wanted to say I had a great year, and I look forward 2 seeing everyone again next year :) Andrea Zolna - Pottery
August 26, 2003	Well...what can I say after 15 years of being part of the Green Acres Family...? :) Eddy, Leon, Robyn, and Darren...all four of you guys made this summer a good one for me. I got my first chance to be a Head Supervisor at a specialty....especially when it was the first year that this specialty was taken part of the camp at Cedar Creek. I loved working as the Arts and Crafts Head Supervisor at Cedar Creek! I started off at Green Acres Day Camp when I was just 4 years old as a Beaver and look at me now! I staff member for the 4th year in a row! You guys did an amazing job this year and I can't wait to see what is in store for next summer! See you all in the Summer of 2004! All the best! Jaclyn Berlin - Cedar Creek
August 16, 2003	Summer 2003 was the best ever thanks to everyone...campers, co-staff, specialists, and of course our wonderful directors! I hope everyone has an amazing school year and I'll see you next summer! Amanda Usher - Chimpunk 1
August 7, 2003	YO PPLZ!!!! Camp is awesome this summer, and I m looking foreward to next year...peace out! Tyler Rose -Alumni 95
July 1, 2003	Hi everyone, It was a great first day at camp Meghan Deforest LTP
May 02, 2002	Hey Eddy and Leon, I was just looking around on the web when i found the green acres web page. I was looking at all the pictures and a ton of memories came to me. I had a ton of fun being at green acres and it was nice to see this alumni page. I hope more people find it. I have just graduated from McMaster University with an Honours BSc in biochemistry and am waiting to start my MBA in September. So more school for me. Anyway I just wanted to say hi to everyone again. Kim Daitchman
April 05, 2002	It was fun being a bear counsellor for the last five years and I can't wait for my new experience this year. I want to shout out to all who made my time as a bear fun and exciting. I will miss you all but will remember to visit you. The bear unit will always be number 1 in my heart and guys try to keep my tradition of acting wild and crazy alive. Thanks again for all the wonderfull memories I love you bears and you will always be in my heart. The legacy of the shermanator will one day live on but we won't know when. You guys are all the best and if you would like to contact me you can on icq at 17805759. Hope to hear from some people. The summer takes to long to come every year but I will see you in the summer. I am a bear for life and always in my heart. Peace Out. Adam Sherman - Bears Staff
Aug 22, 2001	Dear Leon and Eddy, I came across your website in a parenting magazine while waiting for a dentist appointment. How exciting to know that the Beavers, Buffaloes, and Bears are still in existence! I have many wonderful memories of my many summers at Green Acres here in Montreal, as well as many old photographs. I now own my own Pre-Kindergarten Program, and run it out of one of the Schools in the Lester B. Pearson School Board. The Bakerman clan has been growing in leaps and bounds, with a third great grandchild on the way for my parents. I have a fifteen year old daughter, Mara who as I write this is competing for soccer in the Maccabi Games in Philadelphia. My youngest daughter Stephanie is twelve, and is an avid gymnast, and dancer! Big Step is one of the places I still hold very dear, and I visit often. Some of the original staff still remains, and we stay in touch. My girls have been campers at Camp B'nai Brith Montreal, and Mara will most likely will be doing their S.I.T. program next summer. I hope all is well with you and your families! Fondly, Barbara Bakerman-Frost