Cullen McGough, Author at Chewonki

Greetings from the Camp Director

Camp Chewonki, Staff News / By Cullen McGough

Hello Camp Chewonki Families, I’m Katie Goodman, the new Camp Director for Camp Chewonki! I am thrilled to be joining the Camp Chewonki Community. In this new role, I’ll be overseeing the residential programs for all campers, ages 8-15. I grew up going to sleepaway camp in the White Mountains of New Hampshire and since …

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In Memoriam: Bill Edgerton

Staff News / By Cullen McGough

We are terribly sad to share the news that Bill Edgerton, long-time Chewonki Kitchen Manager, passed away peacefully in his sleep on February 26, 2022. For more than 15 years Bill brought his good humor, wit, kindness, and excellent cooking to organization, sharing food facts and delicious meals with many thousands of campers, students, and …

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Chocolate Beet Cake

What's Cookin' / By Susan Bauer

Food fact: Beets – Last growing season Chewonki farmers harvested 416 lbs of beets. We store the beets in our temperature controlled root cellar where they will keep until the end of February. Beets have the highest sugar content of any vegetable with 7.96 grams of sugar per 100 grams. This makes them perfect for things …

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The Art & Craft of Wooden Kayaks

Camp Chewonki, Camp Chewonki Leadership Expeditions / By Cullen McGough

One of the most interesting summer opportunities we offer at Chewonki is the Boatbuilders Saguenay Sea Kayak program, where campers join us for five weeks and build their very own ocean-worthy sea kayak from scratch, and then embark on a epic journey up the rocky coast of Maine. Under the instruction of master craftsman Bill …

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Seasonal & Summer Jobs at Chewonki

Camp Chewonki, Chewonki Outdoor Classroom, Staff News / By Cullen McGough

We’re deep into the hiring cycle for Summer ’22 at Camp Chewonki and Outdoor Classroom and we want you! Calling all outdoor and camp enthusiasts to join our fun, inclusive team. Apply now for one of these open positions and make your summer extraordinary! Don’t Miss the Early Sign-On Incentive! Apply to join the Chewonki team now, and you could be eligible for up to $500 extra as an early sign-on incentive! Outdoor Educators Cabin Leaders, Trip Leaders, Summer Support Staff, Cooks, Activity Coordinators, Logistics Assistant, Health Center Aids, Team Development Educators, and more!

(Left to right: Hunter Winn, Huckleberry Huber-Rees, Noah Arbuckle, Kat Cassidy, Nyssa Wilkinson, Acadia Guilani)

Five Chewonki Students Honored with Scholastic Art & Writing Awards

Chewonki Elementary and Middle School / By Cullen McGough

Five students attending Chewonki Elementary and Middle School took top honors from the Scholastic Art & Writing regional awards his week as a part of the nation’s longest-running, most prestigious recognition program for creative teens.

You Are Amazing!

Foundation / By Peg Willauer-Tobey

With two days to go, we reached our matching gift challenge! You are part of an amazing community of supporters. With two days left to go, I am proud to announce we have reached our matching gift challenge goal of raising $360,000, which will now become an astounding $720,000 that supports the Chewonki programs you know and love. Thank you …

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Celeriac Root

What's Cookin' / By Susan Bauer

Here at Chewonki we have many bags of celeriac stored in our root cellar. Celeriac is a cousin of celery but the root is the edible part. Stalks would make a great addition to a vegetable stock, but usually when you see a celeriac in the market the stalks are removed. Celeriac is round and about the size of a rutabaga.

Butternut Mac n’ Cheese

What's Cookin' / By Susan Bauer

Serves 4 – 6 people Total prep time 1 hour Ingredients: One small butternut squash (or half of a large) One box pasta, any shape 2 cups shredded cheddar, monterey or any cheese of choice or a combination 2 cups whole milk 2 tablespoons butter 1 tablespoon cornstarch mixed into three tablespoons milk salt and …

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Lost in Translation?

Foundation / By Cullen McGough

Hola, прывітанне, नमस्ते, bonjour, 你好, Merhaba, שלום, and hello Chewonki!

You might not know this, be we have been lucky to welcome participants from more than 21 different countries over the past five years, and in an effort to make our program information more accessible (and fun), we recently enabled language translation services offered by Google Translate on all of our webpages. You can try out this new service by selecting the language of your choice from the drop-down menu at the top right of each page.

But what does it say?