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from our normal lives. It gives
us a chance to be happy. There's
just something about being
here. The trees, those feelings
you get."
Those feelings are what con-
tinue to tie the Grey family to
Tamarack. Jim and Ruth and
their children have camped and
counseled there for decades.
Ruth has held positions from
team supervisor to associate di-
rector of Camp Maas. Jim has
seen the camp from many dif-
ferent angles, but mostly from
behind the lens of his camera.
He is the camp photographer.
But what of this camp? Why
is it so good?
"Almost all of the staffis from
our area," Jim said. 'This is such
a great place for young people
to meet one another. But there's
another great thing for our com-
munity going on, as well. As a
counselor, you learn more about
parenting and you learn a great
deal about children."
Camp gives a person a feel-
ing he can't get anywhere else,
Mr. Finkelberg said. Living to-
gether with the same people in
a cabin or a tent for four weeks
is a "very, very powerful expe-
rience."
Irwin Shaw is filled with so
many of these powerful expe-
riences; it's difficult to pick any
one that's most memorable. One
that is important, concerns the
designs of the camp.
Mr. Shaw once wrote archi-
tect Frank Lloyd Wright, ask-
ing him to consider designing
the camp buildings. Mr. Shaw
was surprised when he was in-
vited to the Wright home in
Wisconsin. He spent a weekend
there, going over sketches that
one of the greatest architects of
all time had prepared for Camp
Maas.
'When the people found out
in Detroit, we had to pull out of
it, because it would have been
too expensive," said Mr. Shaw.
"The structure of this camp is
the wonderful experiences it
gives to the Jewish community
of Detroit," Mr. Shaw said.
"There's an ambiance that we
can't find anywhere else around.
The camp meets the needs of
the people of this community.
And it has been that way for 95
years. This is the way we want-
ed it to be at Maas. We have the
perfect campground. I guess we
were lucky."
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