Allison Cohen
After 15+ years working at Newsweek and various other magazines Allison Cohen traded in PowerPoint to promote the power of camp as the Director of Marketing & Communications at the Foundation for Jewish Camp and One Happy Camper. Allison’s love for Jewish camp – and a rockin’ song session - started in fourth grade at NJ Y’s Camp Nah-Jee-Wah followed by five summers at URJ Camp Harlam. Her two daughters have a deep appreciation for her extensive lanyard and string bracelet skills and the fact that the ingredients for s’mores are a staple in their pantry.
Articles by Allison Cohen
Packing for Shabbat at Camp
Shabbat at camp is magical. Shabbat at camp means time to relax with friends, guitars, singing, and of course, lots ...
No Screens at Camp? No Problem.
Pack up – we are going old school. Worried that your kid won’t know what to do with themselves without ...
Letter Writing 101
We love the stories from parents of how they find half written ‘practice letters’ hidden in their kids’ room once ...
Camp Is a Gift for Parents Too
I love my girls. We have a blast together. We ski ALOT. We make endless fun of each other. Secret ...
My Kids Live 10 Months For 2, and I Live For 10 pm
My life is as a voyeur. In fact, social media has turned us all into complete voyeurs. We follow blogs ...
Talking to Boys
I can’t wait for my daughter to go to camp and learn how to talk to boys.My parents claim I ...
Camp-moon!
There always was the honeymoon. Then people started taking babymoons—a trip when they were pregnant, before their world was turned ...
What Makes a Summer Camp “Amazing?”
Amazing camps are made by amazing people. Not amenities.There is a list of the 50 Most Amazing Summer Camps in the ...
The Bathing Suit Dilemma
There has got to be something between Speedo and slutty.I would love to meet all the girl and tween bathing ...
The Soundtrack of My Youth
Every summer “my camp” posts their Top 10 song session songs. And each year I look at it in great ...