Month: June 2018

Opening Day of Chewonki’s 2018 summer was bright and warm, which also describes the faces of the campers and trippers who arrived ready for an adventure. Of course there were some nerves–more evident in parents than participants, who quickly got swept up in the summer spirit. What did program leaders notice about Opening Day? Nancy …

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Congratulations to Chewonki educator Jessica Woodend, one of our Traveling Natural History Program staff, who has been honored by the National Association for Interpretation (NAI), a not-for-profit organization for professionals “involved in the interpretation of natural and cultural heritage resources in settings such as parks, zoos, museums, nature centers, aquaria, botanical gardens, and historical sites,” …

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Next week, campers and trippers will arrive at Chewonki for the start of our first session. We’ve been waiting all year for this–we can hardly wait! We asked the summer leadership team to tell us just one thing they are really looking forward to this summer. Here’s what they had to say: Nancy Kennedy, Vice President …

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When Camp Chewonki summer staff arrived this week, everyone lined up on the Quad in chronological order based on when they first came to Chewonki. Jeff Wells, head of the sailing program, was the very last person in line. He first stepped onto Chewonki Neck in 1968, a few months after Martin Luther King’s assassination …

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The only people possibly more excited about this summer’s Chewonki Wilderness Trips than the trippers themselves are the trip leaders. A gang of them arrived this week to begin preparing and their energy’s rocking the Neck. Most are equally fanatic about backpacking and paddling, but a few just can’t get enough time on the water. …

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On Monday we welcomed Carl Young, the new director of finance, to Chewonki Neck and his office in the Farmhouse. He has spent the week getting settled, meeting people around campus, and learning about our systems and projects. Carl Young fell in love with Maine during a canoe trip  as a teenager. “The opportunity to …

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The arrival of JR Jennings and Angus Fake on Chewonki Neck this week was a sure sign that Chewonki’s 2018 summer season has begun. Jennings, who will lead this summer’s counselor-in-training program for Camp Chewonki for Boys, and Fake, who as “Papa Osprey” will lead the oldest campers, are here early to prepare for a …

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