CRS alum and LAJF Board Member, Evan Schwartz, shares why Camp Rising Sun has remained such a meaningful part of his life, and why he continues to give back, year after year.
Click to read his personal year-end note and gift match announcement! Please consider making a gift to LAJF and Camp Rising Sun before 2025 ends. Go to lajf.org/donate to give now.
LAJF and Camp Rising Sun are fortified by strong roots that stretch back 95 years. What began as a summer camp in 1930, is now a global movement that has grown generations of ethical leaders. Click to read the full end of year letter from our Executive Director, Barry Fulton.
Thank you for celebrating 95 Years of Camp Rising Sun! From October 24-26, 2025, we gathered at the iconic TWA Hotel to celebrate 95 years of Camp Rising Sun—and the global community that has made it all possible. Click to view photo highlights from the weekend celebration!
This year was the 11th Annual CRS NYAA Picnic in Central Park! Thank you to the New York Alumni Association for hosting and for everyone who joined us. Click the post to check out photos from the event.
Since 1930, LAJF and our programs, Camp Rising Sun and The Ethical Leadership Experience, have shaped the lives of more than 6,500 alumni from dozens of countries around the world. Across generations and continents, CRS and TELE alumni continue to lead with empathy, curiosity, and courage—bringing Rising Sun values into classrooms, courtrooms, creative industries, clinics, and communities. As we celebrate 95 years of impact, we’re spotlighting just a few of the many stories that show how a summer at Camp becomes a lifetime of meaning.
Here’s Liz Lee’s story—current Minnesota state representative of St. Paul’s Eastside district—who attended Camp Rising Sun in 2004.
Camp Rising Sun has an extensive global alumni community — with more than 6,000 alumni worldwide. Read this testimonial from alumna, Ruby Lainez, who attended CRS as a camper in 2010 and 2011 and has been continually involved as a summer staff member since then. Ruby is from Brooklyn, New York and she currently works as a school psychologist in New York. Click to read her testimonial.
Every month we send out an email newsletter to keep you — our community — up to date with everything going on at LAJF and CRS! If you aren’t already subscribed to our email list, please click here to subscribe. We’ll be sharing the link to the newsletter each month: Click to read the full January e-Newsletter.
Are you looking for support and guidance through the college application and admissions process? Join the CRS College Student Network mentorship program. We are looking for mentees, mentors, and volunteers. Click to read more and go to lajf.org/csnapply to apply today.
Every month we send out an email newsletter to keep you — our community — up to date with everything going on at LAJF and CRS! If you aren’t already subscribed to our email list, please click here to subscribe. We’ll be sharing the link to the newsletter each month: Click to read the full December e-Newsletter.
Read Haadia’s Story! When you support LAJF and Camp Rising Sun, change happens. The past year has reaffirmed just how important our work is, and with supporters like you, we can do anything. By making a gift to LAJF and CRS, you'll be making a difference in the lives of our alumni like Haadia. Please click to read and donate to LAJF and CRS this holiday season.
Read Sarah’s Story! As the year comes to a close, we are grateful for our resiliency as an organization. We remain deeply committed to our mission and work and we hope that you will be here with us in 2022. Please make a donation to LAJF to help sustain our programs. It is the financial support that we receive from people like you that enables us to provide opportunities for personal growth for our participants like Sarah. Please take a few minutes to read more and make a donation to LAJF as we prepare for 2022.
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