Louis August Jonas Foundation

Absolutely loving the 🍂 fall colors at our Clinton Campus in Upstate New York! One of the most beautiful times of the year at CRS.

🍂 "Falling" 🍂 into community! Grateful to have spent the day with friends and CRS alums from all generations at our 10th Annual Fall Picnic in Central Park! Thank you to the CRS New York Alumni Association for hosting this gathering, which provides a space for our community to strengthen connections and just have fun together! Check out more photos from the picnic on our blog: https://lnkd.in/gkj_h-nk

Shout out to the LAJF Board of Directors! Each year, our board members come together at our Rhinebeck campuses to connect with each other, and ensure the successful operations and sustainable future of our organization. We want to give a special warm welcome to several new members to the board: Joseph Carrese (‘73, ‘74), Peter Giacone (‘83), Mary Lockhart, Charelle Shaw, Steven Yuniver (‘01, ‘02), and Sasha Zolley (‘98). Thank you to all of our incredible board members who volunteer their time because they believe wholeheartedly in our mission. Go to our blog to read a full recap of the retreat: https://lnkd.in/gePghA7J

🔔 A worldwide CRS gathering is coming up! Connect with other CRS alumni on Saturday, November 16 during our virtual Global Alumni Assembly! RSVP here: https://lnkd.in/g2ZAnAGJ   Tune in to hear from CRS leadership and campers from the 2024 summer season who will share their stories. See you there! Details: Saturday, November 16, 2024 10:00-11:00AM EST Virtual on Zoom Free to attend

Join us on Saturday, November 2 from 12-3pm for the CRS New York Alumni Association’s 10th Annual Fall Picnic in Central Park! Go to lajf.org/events/nycpicnic to register! You don’t want to miss this annual gathering and potluck with fellow alums and friends. We’ll be gathering at the Heckscher Playground Lawns in Central Park. All Campus Rising Sun alumni, family, and friends are welcome. A light lunch will be provided and guests are welcome to bring snacks and desserts to share. We look forward to seeing you there!

Congratulations to Isabella Marker—this year's Pete Seeger Scholar and a GEJ Award recipient. Isabella is a sophomore at Purdue University where she is pursuing majors in Genetics and Anthropology with a minor in Chemistry. She looks forward to pursuing higher education in genetic counseling or entering the workforce as a cosmetic chemist to merge her interests in chemistry and skincare products. Isabella was named the Pete Seeger Scholar because of her love of music, her volunteer work with the Mississippi Valley Orchestra, and her involvement with Circus Juventas, North America’s largest performing youth circus. Isabella attended Camp Rising Sun in 2019. Read about this year's GEJ Scholars on our blog: https://lnkd.in/d3Fe5yvn

Meet Lauren Froehlich—a 2024-2025 GEJ Scholarship recipient— congratulations, Lauren! Lauren is in her third year at Washington University in St. Louis’ Program of Physical Therapy working towards her Doctorate. Lauren has distinguished herself not only through her academics, but also her volunteer work and extracurricular activities that focus on providing care to communities in need both at home and abroad. Lauren attended Camp Rising Sun in 2014 and has since served on the California Selection Committee and as a mentor in the Recent Camper Network. See our blogpost on this year's GEJ Scholars: https://lnkd.in/d3Fe5yvn

From September 6-8, 2024, Rising Suns from all around the world gathered in Szteklin, Poland for the World Reunion! We were excited to see alumni spanning more than 60 years. We loved gathering with those who had attended Camp in the 1960s and also seeing about 20 campers from 2019-2024 were in attendance, including The Ethical Leadership Experience (TELE) participants! Thank you to the CRS Polish Alumni Association and the planning committee—Kasia Ciesla ‘99, Agnieszka Szefer ‘07, Filip Sulma ‘95, Agata Szczepanska ‘12, Barbara Ciosk ‘15—for hosting this special event. It was a weekend of celebration, connection, and CRS! Head to our blog to see a full photo gallery: https://lnkd.in/g99gi99V.

Congratulations to Wassa Bagayoko for being awarded a GEJ Scholarship this year! Wassa is entering Columbia Law School as a One L. Upon earning her Juris Doctor. She plans to continue working for a major New York law firm for a few years and then clerk for an appellate judge. Wassa plans to return to big law as a litigator where she aspires to be the firm’s pro bono counsel, leveraging her firm’s resources toward issues of justice and creating tangible change in her clients’ lives. Wassa attended Camp Rising Sun in 2014. Read more about our GEJ Scholars on the blog: https://lnkd.in/d3Fe5yvn

Congratulations to Elizabeth Liang Hudak on being a GEJ Scholarship award recipient for the second year in a row! Elizabeth is a junior at the University of Pittsburgh studying Politics, Philosophy, and Economics, in addition to pursuing a Transnational Asia certificate. Elizabeth aspires to earn her Masters in Education or Asian American Studies and to remain enmeshed in the network of scholars, supervisors and friends who have set the foundations for all she is achieving. Elizabeth attended CRS in 2018 and returned as a Second Year Camper in 2019, worked as a Counselor in 2022 and 2023, and remains connected to CRS by serving on the CRS At-Large Selection Committee. Read more about our GEJ Scholars on the blog: https://lnkd.in/d3Fe5yvn