July 2021 - Chewonki

Waypointer Wins Prestigious Citizenship Award

Chewonki Waypoint, Foundation / By Alexis Grillo

We are pleased to announce that Declan Wright, a member of Chewonki Waypoint Cohort 3, has been awarded a prestigious Eighth Grade Citizenship Award by Bath Middle School and the State of Maine. This award is conferred annually to graduating eighth-graders who exemplify civic awareness, academic achievement, and community service. Maine State Representative Shean Paulhus …

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Watch: Art, Ecology, Equity; A Conversation with Sue West

Alumni & Friends, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Foundation, Maine Coast Semester at Chewonki, Staff News / By Alexis Grillo

Art, Ecology, Equity: Celebrating Sue West’s Four Decades at Chewonki Sue West in Conversation with Amy Rogers Watch Now Sue West started working at Chewonki in 1979 and has been a steady presence since. In honor of her retirement this August, we are delighted to present this live, virtual event featuring Sue in conversation with …

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Update from Up-River

Chewonki's Big Eddy Campground, Foundation / By Alexis Grillo

It’s shaping up to be quite a summer at Big Eddy, with the “No Vacancy” board hanging on the hooks below our open sign almost every weekend. Guests, new and old, old and young, are finding refuge and respite on the banks of West Branch- fishing, camping, hiking, and simply enjoying a little time away. …

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All in a Day’s Work: Kate Day on Co-Founding Dovetail Workwear

Alumni & Friends, Board and Trustees, Foundation, Maine Coast Semester at Chewonki, Staff News / By Alexis Grillo

Dovetail Workwear, co-founded by Chewonki alumna Kate Day (Semester 2; Camp Staff ’93 and ’96; Trustee ’95-’99; Advisor ’05-’11), is a hardworking company that makes hardworking clothes for hardworking women. In doing so, the company is helping usher in a more inclusive vision for highly physical professions, like construction and agriculture. This paradigm shift has …

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Month: July 2021