Kieve-Wavus News Spring 2016 - Kieve

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Kieve-Wavus
Education
News
vol. 90 no. 2
A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION
SPRING 2016
to strive in emulation of,
page 3
shaping of a teacher,
page 5
allagash celebrates 50th,
page 9
EIR - DEEPENING THE IMPACT ,
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ELSEWHERE IN THIS ISSUE
wavus comes of age,
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EDUCATORS IN RESIDENCE......4, 15, 30
EMBRACE-A-VET................................ 8
DIGITAL ARCHIVES...........................12
KWE EXPERIENCE............................18
WAVUS GIRLS LEAD..........................19
ALUMNI NOTES................................32
LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
O
ne of my favorite winter things to
do when I’m not skiing is to sit in
a comfy chair with a window behind
me, the wood stove cranked, and
read a book. I usually choose novels
recommended to me by my dad or
friends, but one snowy day I grabbed
David Brooks’ recent book The Road to
Character. He seemed to speak directly
to me about Kieve-Wavus’ mission and
methods on nearly every page. Here’s
an example:
“You can’t build rich lives simply by
reading sermons or following abstract
rules. Example is the best teacher.
Moral improvement occurs most
reliably when the heart is warmed,
when we come into contact with people
we admire and love and we consciously
and unconsciously bend our lives to
mimic theirs.” David hammers home
his point with an email he received
after writing a column expressing
frustration with how hard it is to use
not before.”
BJ & Henry Kennedy
the classroom experience to learn
how to be good. “The heart cannot be
taught in a classroom intellectually, to
students mechanically taking notes….
Good, wise hearts are obtained through
lifetimes of diligent effort to dig deeply
within and heal lifetimes of scars….It
has to be discovered within the depths
of one’s own heart when a person is
finally ready to go looking for it, and
At Kieve and Wavus, we nudge people
to get ready to go looking. We learn
by doing. We travel the long road to
character together. Everyone who steps
onto either of our campuses or near us
in the wilderness is surrounded by
loving, caring, respectful, confident,
healthy people who are eager to help
others with our shared journey, and
who expect nothing in return. In this
Kieve-Wavus News you will find several
letters and articles giving examples of
people living rich lives. Enjoy. The
spirit of adventure trembles inside of
everyone up here.
Sincerely,
Henry R. Kennedy,
Executive Director
LETTER to self
who was so impressed
by the fact that your
girls overhead portaged
and that your trip was
twice as long as theirs.
Lindy in the front row with hearts in 2008
I
want you to remember what
you have just gone through and
what you have just accomplished.
Remember the feeling of excitement
packing in the trip shed or the
uneasiness of feeling like you forgot
something. Remember the anxious
feeling along the long Golden Road or
the exhilaration of jumping off Gash
Falls. The feeling of holding your
breath through lightning during a
thunderstorm and acting completely
calm in front of your kids even though
you are petrified of thunderstorms.
Remember the boys camp you passed
Remember
the
peacefulness of a warm
sleeping bag or tent time
with your co-counselor.
Re m e m b e r s i n g i n g
loudly on the river and
how happy you are in
the woods. Remember
that you know more than you think
you do and you are so
unbelievably strong.
Physically, emotionally,
mentally, spiritually.
Through every day on
trip you have learned and
grown so much whether
you realize it now or not.
I am so proud. You knew
from the beginning that
you could do the Gash.
You just needed the
confidence to do it.
And as you sit here in Debbie’s Field, 5
years later as an HBC counselor, I knew
you could do it. You just had to realize
it yourself. Wavus has raised you well.
So as you head back to Wavus and
eventually the real world, remember
everything the wilderness has taught
you and take it with you everywhere
you go. Because no one else can take
that away from you.
Lindy Perry
Wavus Camper 2006-2012
Wavus Counselor 2013-2015
(letter written summer 2015)
Lindy 7 years later as a counselor (on left) with her Allagash crew.
To Strive In Emulation Of
I
’ve had the rare opportunity over
the last several summers to spend
time with the Kieve staff during their
orientation. It’s a chance to live for a few
hours with what I’ve always believed
is Kieve’s heart and soul. Ask a camper
what has mattered most to him, and
he’s sure to talk about a counselor who
helped him through a challenge he
had thought was beyond him, or some
piece of wisdom a counselor passed
on, or the memorable moment when
a counselor said to him, “I’m proud
of you.” And while I haven’t had the
chance to spend similar time with the
Wavus staff, I know the same is true
there. The founder of this venerable
organization, Uncle Don Kennedy,
knew the power of emulation—that
the single most important factor in
helping kids grow up is role models.
Counselor Rob Abbey with camper Brian Cassidy in 2008. Brian returned as a counselor in 2015.
Of course, role models can work both
ways. We’ve all been tempted by the
wrong role models to be something
we’re not, or even to be just like them.
But the best mentors are those who
can see into us, recognize gifts we
don’t even know we have, and inspire
us to be our best selves.
Charlie Richardson asked me to address
the staff during Orientation after he’d
read a book I wrote several years ago,
Growing Up: Limiting Adolescence
in a World Desperate for Adults. As
all three of my children have been
both campers and counselors, I knew
without his telling me exactly what
he wanted me to talk about.
Most of the staff are former campers.
So this idea of the power of role models
ought to be thoroughly ingrained.
And yet there’s a necessary though
hardly automatic crossover from
emulating a role model to being one.
Kieve’s youngest counselors are rising
college sophomores, who are suddenly
In the summer of 2016, we are poised
to enjoy our most knowledgeable and
veteran Wavus staff to date with at
least 55% of our staff having attended
Wavus Summer Camp for Girls. Even
more impressive is that just over 70%
of our staff in total will have been
either a participant or a staff in one of
K-W’s many life changing programs
from The Leadership School to our
9/11 Family Camp.
counselors on how to be a ‘good
counselor,’ I heard common refrains.
The quotes below give a voice to many
and give a snapshot of what we can
look forward to from our own campers
turned counselors this summer:
Story continued on page Wavus Comes of Age…
I
n the summer of 2015, Wavus
Camp for Girls celebrated our 10th
birthday as a part of the Kieve-Wavus
Education (KWE) family of youth
camps and educational programs.
Wavus has a long tradition as a
summer camp dating back to 1922,
but we reestablished ourselves in 2005
and restarted our “age clock.” So in
2015 we embraced turning 10 (and 93)
with a summer of birthday cake, face
painting and party hats.
Between 2005 and 2015, while we
waited for our Wavus campers to grow
up and be ready to return to us as
staff, the camp recruited staff through
college outing clubs, friends of KWE,
and educational programs across
the nation to help us create positive
and powerful summers full of joy
and growth. By the summer of 2015,
our counselor base was 45% Wavus
alumnae, up from just 23% in 2012.
As Wavus comes of age, we have the
blessing of adding fresh voices to a
base of loving, courageous, steadfast,
and knowledgeable women who have
lived the Wavus magic and embraced
the Wavus values. This winter and
spring the staff interviews I conducted
with alumnae were full of comments
about how eager they are to share
all that was given to them. As I
asked them about the lessons they
had learned from their past Wavus
- I loved how my counselor joined the
group to help out and to play.
Natasha Lowitt (Wavus 2010-2012)
Story continued on page 10
EIR – Deepening the Impact
S
ince 2012 The Leadership School
(TLS) has been moving forward
with intention and attention to
organizational priorities amidst
emerging trends in education. One
of the goals has been to increase the
depth and quality of programming.
Now in its 4th year the Educator in
Residence Program is doing just that,
and flourishing. We place a Leadership
School Educator in a school for ten
weeks in the winter to reinforce the
TLS message. Below are excerpts from
the leaders of Searsport and Memorial
Middle Schools…
From Judy Cohen, Searsport LMSW
Searsport District Middle and High
School has had an ongoing relationship
with Kieve-Wavus since the early 1990s.
For over 2 decades we have benefited
from the experiential education that
The Leadership School has provided
to our Middle and High School. In
recent years we have expanded that
relationship to include the Educator
in Residence Program. I feel moved
at this point in time to inform you
of the full value of the experiential
programing that Kieve-Wavus has
provided us over the years.
As part of our EIR program, this year
Brian Sperry has been an amazing
addition to our school. His talents for
engaging and relating to young people
in Middle and High School is in the
extraordinary range. Brian brings
his authentic self to our school and
is involved in numerous endeavors
and projects. He has reactivated,
expanded, and grown a small High
school/Middle school mentor/mentee
program tripling its participants
while providing ongoing contact and
feedback to mentors and mentees.
As he became familiar with our
student body Brian easily approaches
youngsters that seem to need a mentor
and matches them up with an older
student that seems to be a good fit.
Brian spent time recruiting, training,
and having ongoing conversations with
mentors and mentees. He knows when
to report on a situation that may be
Story continued on page Students from Memorial Middle School in Portland arriving at Kieve for their residential on-site
experience.
The Kennedy Endowment
A
s we mentioned in the Fall 2015 KW News, we are excited to announce
the creation of The Kennedy Family Endowment (KFE), as a recognition
of the work done by various members of the Kennedy family for the good
of Kieve since 1926. This separate endowment will be initially funded by
hiving off $1,000,000 from the existing Kieve-Wavus endowment. The
Fund’s purpose will be to encourage innovations within existing programs,
as well as the seeding of new pilot programs, which is consistent with
KW’s mission of supporting service to others. The goal is to ensure that
the “ability to pay” is not a barrier to this creative process due to concerns
about associated expenses.
The Fund’s principal will continue in perpetuity, with the income being
directed toward paying to defray program costs and scholarships. If others
would like to make a gift or pledge to add to the KFE in honor of Dick and
Nancy and the rest of the Kennedy family, please contact Henry Kennedy
or Russ Williams.
Shaping of a Teacher
I
was 13 years old when I arrived
for my first summer at Kieve. I
spent four summers as a camper, and
I didn’t realize it back then, but I am
so fortunate to have spent those years
at Kieve. Those are the years that a boy
starts transitioning into a man, and
during those years boys are extremely
impressionable. I was like a sponge
ready to absorb any knowledge that
life threw at me, and Kieve provided
me with a wealth of lessons, values,
and ideals that I couldn’t have acquired
anywhere else.
There are many elements of camp life
that shaped who I am today. Leaving
my comfort-zone for three and a half
weeks strengthened my character, and
overcoming challenges more difficult
than I had ever faced built up my
confidence. But I believe that the role
models I was introduced to played a
larger part in my development than
anything else. My counselors at Kieve
were my idols. Guys like Ted Cooke,
Sam Kaplan, Jack Reis, Ben Hauber, and
Phil Samaha were simultaneously the
coolest, funniest, and smartest people
I had ever met. The things I learned
from them formed the foundations of
my highest values. At the core is Kieve’s
golden rule: that everyone deserves to
be treated with kindness and respect,
but surrounding that core are layers
and layers of wisdom, advice, and
examples set by my
counselors. Every
summer I gained
more knowledge,
and by the time I
finished Kieve West
I was equipped
with a wealth of
information more
va l u a b l e t h a n
anything I have
Evan (2nd from left) and his fellow LV campers in 2007.
Teaching 4th grade at Rippowam Cisqua School
in Bedford, NY.
ever received in my life.
Then camp was over, then high school
was over, and then freshman year was
over. I returned to Kieve for my first
summer as a counselor, at the time premed. My goal was to have as much fun
as I did a camper. After a few days on
staff I quickly realized that my role at
camp had drastically changed. I was
no longer the boy in need of guidance,
but the man in charge of guiding.
I was now the role model that my
boys looked up to the same way that
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Advisory Committees
A
t the last meeting of the KieveWavus trustees, the decision was
made to change the role of the Advisory
Board, which until now has been a
group of Kieve and Wavus alumni/ae,
former staff, parents, and friends who
have met annually on the fall trustees
weekend to provide general advice and
counsel as requested by the trustees
and staff. Going forward, the Advisors
will come together annually in August
for what will be more of a recreational
opportunity. At the same time, the
advisory functions will be taken up by
two committees—Alumni with Andy
Roberts as chair and Emma Murphy
as vice-chair, and Program, led by
Frank Strasburger as chair and Henry
Chance as vice-chair. The committees
will meet as necessary throughout the
year, and the leaders will attend board
meetings to share with the trustees the
work of the committees.
The purpose of the Alumni
Committees is to help to keep KW
alums connected to camp and to
one another through newsletters,
electronic communications, regional
events, and the alumni weekend held
at Kieve. This year we are trying a new
format of holding the celebration in
August and we will offer a handful
of overnight camping trips, giving
alumni the chance to revisit some of
the Maine wilderness they enjoyed as
campers. See the Alumni Weekend
article in this newsletter for more info.
You can also check the Alumni Events
& Trips page on our website for the
latest updates.
The purpose of the Program Committee
is to be both a sounding board and a
source of perspective for trustees and
management as they consider both
what Kieve-Wavus is doing and what
we might be doing. Our job is to keep
reminding everyone of the mission, to
ensure that everything we do is driven
by the mission, and that we regularly
consider opportunities to improve on
the ways we carry it out.
As a first step, the committee met
by phone March 5th with Frank
Strasburger, Henry Chance, Charles
Brown, Tyler Brown, Jesse Dougherty,
Cory Grever, John Lawrence, John
McDevitt, Kim McDevitt, Tim Shenton,
Nick Stevens, and Amos Wolven in
attendance (Max Abbott and Allen
Burton weren’t able to join us).
Building on a prior conversation of
Charlie Richardson, Megan Taft, Henry
(Chance), and Frank Strasburger, we
spent much of the meeting reflecting
on the current mission statement:
Kieve-Wavus Education empowers
people to contribute positively to
society by promoting the values
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Veterans Camp MakeS A Difference
I
t was another great winter season
of Veterans Camps! Although the
snow seemed to come and go and it
was cold outside, there were warm
hearts and smiles during December’s
Vietnam Veterans Camp and January’s
Women Veterans Camp.
Early in December, Vietnam veterans
and their spouses arrived at the KLC
for a week of activities, community
and cribbage (there was always a
cribbage game happening)! Although
it was cold, the lack of snow allowed
the heartier souls to get outside for
peninsula-walks, bonfires on Westcott
Point and time on the adventure course,
including the land-zip. Indoors, longtime Kieve staffer Alan Baldwin led
the pottery workshop while camper,
and Vietnam-era Green Beret Joe
Ross, led some fly-tying instruction
in the KLC great room. Donna Begley
provided reflexology and did I say there
To Strive in Emulation continued from page expected to act like adults even though
none of them really feels like an
adult—because make no mistake about
it, there are few more adult roles than
being responsible for a bunch of kids
ages 9-16.
My job, in part, is to help them explore
what that means. They worry, of
course, that in taking on responsibility,
they’re being asked to leave fun
behind, but, frankly, camp wouldn’t
be fun for the campers if it weren’t
fun for the staff. Adults aren’t serious
all the time, but they do take stock of
what it is they’re serious about. They
build their lives on what matters
to them. Adults are aware of the
preciousness of every moment, not
just for themselves but for everyone
else, as well. Because adults are people
who’ve wrestled with their limits,
they’ve begun to overcome their fear
of them. And because they’ve realized
unexpected possibilities, they have
the confidence to encourage others
to do the same. Most of all, adults
are people who understand that the
reason they’re here is to serve others.
Nothing grows you up faster than
being entrusted with the well-being
Bean’s Outdoor Discovery School, and
community volunteers for a night
of fly tying in Innisfree. The week
concluded with our traditional lobster
bake and a visit by Joe Hansen from
Tee it up Fore a Veteran. For the 4th
year in a row Joe brought with him
a big check (literally), this year for
over $11,000 which was raised at his
annual golf scramble fundraiser for
Veterans Camp. Thanks for all your
support Joe!
Marine Lcpl Phil Chapman receives a tip from
local physician & fly tying expert Sean Moran
while at a fly tying class in Innisfree.
was cribbage? Nighttime activities
included the ever popular “Iron
Chef” type team cooking competition
(YUM!), and we were grateful to be
joined once again by representatives
from Kennebec Trout Unlimited, L.L.
and development of younger people,
along with the realization that they’re
now looking up to you the way you
looked up to your mentors. And you
become gradually aware of having
undergone a metamorphosis.
Every Kieve staff member has a
multitude of other summer
opportunities. These days, colleges
seem saturated with paid internships,
overseas work-study ventures, campusbased research projects, and a good
many other summer possibilities. So
why do campers come back to Kieve to
be counselors? Part of it, to be sure, is
to try once more to get a taste of what
they got as campers. But for most, I
believe the principal motivation is to
become the role models they emulated
for all those years.
There’s a moment when a small—well,
maybe not so small—miracle happens:
when the desire to become someone
worth emulating turns them into the
role models who will inspire the next
generation of campers. That’s the
essence—indeed, the very definition—
of Kieve.
By Frank Strasburger
January arrived bringing snow and
women veterans to the Kieve peninsula
for a very special week of camp. We
were happy to see both because we
love our veterans and we love to take
them on snowshoe hikes through the
woods! The ladies are a stoic group so
they also spent time outside on the
snowy adventure course and land-zip;
there’s no telling what the wind-chill
factor was on that ride. We were happy
to welcome back Lindy Gifford for
two sessions of doodle-ography and
local artist Brady Nickerson brought
an activity we called “community
canvas,” where everyone in the group
contributed to a single painting.
Brushes, fingers, and even noses were
used to apply paint to the beautiful
work of art. Camper Carolyn Munster
brought her friend, and Reiki Master,
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Marine SGT Debra Peck add her touch to the
community canvas during Women Veterans
Camp in January.
Veterans Camp continued from page Angela Hughes who provided energy
therapy during the week. Nights
were filled with more “Iron Chef”
type competitions and fly tying and
non-stop crafts in the KLC great room.
The group also took the opportunity
to bake a cake for our very own Alan
Baldwin who had remarked about
being with Kieve for 50 years! Here’s a
special shout-out to Dick Kennedy who
told that young guy so many years
ago that he was going to be a potter!
Thanks Dick and thank you Alan for
your continued support!
Joe Tatem presents Army SPC Becky Saulnier with her Service medals from the war in Iraq.
Our own Alan Baldwin shows off the cake
baked for him by the ladies of Women Veterans
Camp.
That great group of women had one
more surprise for one of their own
– later in the week I was quietly asked
to make a special presentation to one
of the veterans. SPC Becky Saulnier, an
Iraq War Veteran, didn’t receive any
of the medals she earned during her
deployment. When the group found
out, they acquired her paperwork
from a family member and had a
medal-box made which we presented
to her at dinner. It was a very moving
ceremony; not a dry-eye in Pasquaney.
9/11 Family Camp 15th Anniversary Year
This year is our 15th year hosting 9/11 Family Camp. Many families are returning who have made
room for others over the past few years. We’re all looking forward to seeing and re-connecting
with our good friends from NY and Washington, DC.
Thank you for the privilege of that
moment Ladies. Well done Becky!
Finally, I wanted to close this article
with a note I received from one of the
women veterans:
“To the amazing crew at Camp Kieve
for Veterans,
I have been home from camp for about
two weeks and wanted to share with
you how much you made a difference
in my life and how grateful I am.
Every single one of you helped me
in my journey to finding myself and
rejuvenating my soul…thank you from
the bottom of my heart. The road to
recovery from PTSD, MST, anxiety,
depression, etc. is not easy but with
people like yourselves, the journey
becomes a little easier each day. The
mix of relaxation and challenges you
offer are so helpful. I truly loved all
that I did…so many things, so much
help. Please don’t ever stop believing
that what you do makes a difference
because I truly do believe. Keep smiling,
keep your drive going, and thanks for
having my six. It was a privilege and
honor to participate in Camp Kieve.
Thank you so very much. With much
love and respect – Kim”
Thank you Kim - It’s our honor to
serve you. And a big thank you to all
of the staff, volunteers, and everyone
else behind the scenes that help make
Veterans Camp a reality for these
deserving veterans.
Embrace A Vet
W
e recently hosted an Embrace-A-Vet retreat at the
Kennedy Learning Center. These retreats offer
Maine veterans and their significant others an opportunity
to learn about alternative healing modalities. Additionally,
participants have the opportunity for recreation and relaxation
in a beautiful, natural setting. Retreats begin on Thursday
afternoon and end before noon on Monday. There is no cost
to the veteran and all applicants have a verified diagnosis by
a medical doctor or case manager. During the 4 days at the
KLC the Veterans and their caregivers enjoyed a variety of
activities including
m a s s a ge s, T h a i
Body Workouts,
R e f l e x o l o g y,
Ac u p u n c t u re,
Frisbee golf and our
indoor climbing
wall.
An afternoon of Frisbee golf anyone?
EIR continued from page dangerous and keeps a close tab on the
mentors making certain they let him
know if there are worries with their
young person. Having an Educator in
Residence expands and improves on
the accomplishments of our goals at
Searsport. The EIR position is much
like that of a farmer. . . He plants
the seeds of positive participation,
cultivates what he can, and leaves his
seeds to grow independently into their
personal best.
I would like to officially thank you
for the many years of collaboration
and service you have provided to our
school. There is no doubt in my mind
that our student body and faculty
have been positively influenced by
connecting with the programs KieveWavus has given us. I would also like
to shout out a huge thank you for the
flexibility regarding funding during
this rather dry, desperate, season of
budgets that are never enough.
Embrace A Vet group in The Buck Building.
Embrace A Vet also has a canine program called Paws for Peace which was
initiated after recognizing the lack of opportunity for veterans in Maine living
with PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) and or TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury)
to obtain service dogs. Embrace A Vet offers assistance with locating dogs and
providing various levels of training depending upon the
needs of the veteran. Training is done in a group setting
with other veterans under the direction of a professional
trainer. FMI visit www.embraceavet.org
From Megan Welter, Principal Memorial
Middle School
Memorial Middle School first decided
to send our students to TLS because
our 6th grade class was coming
together from 5 elementary schools all
over the city and we sought to build a
community of learners early in their
middle school career. We believed the
core values and messages taught at
TLS were most closely aligned with
our vision for our school community.
Our students’ experiences and the
community that has come together in
2009 and each year since then more
than surpassed all of our expectations.
We have also benefited from the
experience of having an Educator in
Residence here at Memorial for each
of the last four years. For the last
two years, our EIR, Will Hackett, has
devoted more than 3 months to our
students and our school, working as
a full-time staff member. Will was
one of the educators working with
our 6th graders during their time at
the Leadership School. In that time,
he established rapport with them and
made many connections. Students
viewed him as a fair and friendly adult
whose behaviors and interactions with
them could always be characterized
as kind and respectful (our shared
motto). Upon his arrival at Memorial,
students (and staff) swarmed Will in
hopes that he would come to their
classes to lead activities or help in their
classrooms.
Without question, Memorial has
benefited not only from our partnership
with the Leadership School, but we
have also benefited greatly from our
time with Will. The presence of an
Educator in Residence has been a daily
reminder of the lessons we learned at
Kieve – the learning we aim to put into
practice every day. We are grateful for
the partnership with Kieve and we
recognize the many benefits we enjoy
as a result of this partnership; the
greatest benefit has been the improved
sense of community and the shared
values established during our time at
the Leadership School.
Allagash Wilderness Waterway Celebrates 50 Years
D
uring the summer of 2016, the Allagash Wilderness
Waterway (AWW) will celebrate 50 years since it was
established by the Maine State Legislature in 1966. Shortly
after it was established, the Allagash Wilderness Waterway
was designated by the US Department of the Interior in 1970
as the first state-administered component of the National
Wild and Scenic River System. Today, the 92-mile Allagash
Wilderness Waterway is one of the nation’s preeminent
canoe trips.
Many who have paddled the Allagash and stopped in to
the “museum” at Churchill Dam know that Kieve has
been paddling the Allagash since before it was officially
established as the Allagash Wilderness Waterway. The
AWW maintains the museum at Churchill Dam showcasing
the history of the area. Careful observers in the museum may
even have noticed an old black and white photo showing a
group of aluminum canoes just below Churchill Dam with
“KIEVE” clearly painted on each one.
Thanks to the recent project to digitize all of the Kieve
Annuals since 1926, we were able to do a little research to
identify the year of this photo that so many have seen in
the museum at Churchill Dam and at the same time to track
the history of Kieve paddlers on the Allagash Wilderness
Waterway as the AWW celebrates 50 years. Since 1970,
Kieve paddlers have been routinely paddling the Allagash
Wilderness Waterway using a route similar but not identical
to the one we still paddle today (including the famous/
infamous Mud Pond Portage), although our history clearly
goes back further than that as evidenced by the photo from
Superintendent of the Allagash Wilderness Waterway Matt
LaRoche.
Prior to 1970, Kieve trips have paddled the Allagash in
one form or another since 1951, when Lawrence (Larry)
Plummer led the first and second Kieve Ranger Trips on the
Allagash, along with Leslie Joy, Jr. and “The Boys” Lawrence
(Larry) Bird and John MacDuffie in the first trip and Eliot
Paine, Dawson Burns, Bud Wilson, and Scotty Wright in the
second trip. The first trip started at Ripogenus Dam and
made its way to Allagash Village via Allagash Lake while
the second trip started at Caucomgomoc Lake. 1952 saw a
trip from Ripogenus Dam to Grindstone via Mud Pond and
Webster Brook. Then, it seems the Ranger Trips of 1951
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Wavus Comes of Age continued from page (Wavus Counselors 2016)
- They were super responsible yet still
funny. I still talk with them
Annelise Vought (Wavus 2007-2012)
- Throughout the years, my counselors
modeled how to pull together the
threads of all the individual interests
and push us all forward together.
Brooke Mullen (Wavus 2006-2013)
- My counselor conducted herself
with a balance of enthusiasm and
maturity. She had the flexibility and
confidence to be both an authority
and a friend.
Charlotte Phillips (Wavus 2008-2014)
- They didn’t baby us. They gave
us responsibility and supported us
as we learned to do more to care for
ourselves.
Emma Zetterberg (Wavus Girls’
Camp 2005; Wavus 2006-11)
As you read these words and absorb
this wisdom, you have a sense of how
powerful it has been for me to discuss
their opportunities to join us for
another Wavus summer in a very new
role. These young women, ages 18-21,
have learned such valuable lessons
during their camper days at Wavus,
and they can hardly wait to put those
lessons into action. These women
have embraced the chance to care for,
lead and teach other young girls who
will be joining them in a place all of
us – Wavus women all – have learned
to love.
There is one final number worth
sharing. In addition to the 70% of KWE
alumnae who will join us on staff this
summer, an additional 15% of our 2016
staff have come to us directly through
current staff for whom we have a great
deal of respect and whose opinions
we value. Throughout the interview
process it became clear to me that our
current staff, many of them alums of
Wavus themselves, had hand-picked
high quality individuals in their
colleges and hometowns whom they
felt would thrive at Wavus and make
our camp even more robust. So, by
my count, over 85% of our staff will
have a strong connection to us before
they step onto the hallowed ground
of Wavus Point. I am so excited for
the summer!
By Wavus Girls Camp Director
Kirstie Truluck
Wavus Penobscot II
Reunion
- They showed me the importance of
going out of your way to want to be
with the campers and to make sure
everyone has a friend.
Margaret “Meg” Forelli
(Wavus 2007-2011)
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- In a bit of a chaotic moment on the
river, the counselors stayed calm,
gave us a plan and broke it down into
chunks. They took their time and
showed us that there was no need to
be afraid.
Abigail “Abby” Heher
(Wavus 2008-2014)
Penobscot II Cabin reunion in Boston. Left to
right: Greta Horgan, Ellis Dougherty, Maise
Elkins, Charlotte Epker, Cloey McNichol, Mead
Coughlin
Backroad Quilters at KLC
O
ur Backroad Quilters group from
West Gardiner has been lucky
enough to hold our Quilters Retreats
at the Kennedy Learning Center for
the last 10 years. It always feels like
we are coming home. We are able
to be so productive, thanks to Diane
and her crew. Meals and snacks have
always been satisfying. We appreciate
being able to focus on our work and
not get distracted with meal prep etc.
Our projects vary from year to year.
Some ladies sew for their families or
a number of our quilts are donated to
local charity organizations. We always
love coming back and are sad our days
just fly by.
Backroads Quilters’ quilts hanging over
the KLC railing, some to be donated to
charitable organizations.
Allagash continued from page paid off as, in 1953, the Allagash made its way to the trip
list for the first full size group of 11 boys and 3 councillors
(sic) including Larry Plummer as Guide. This version of the
Allagash trip ran for several years, starting from Ripogenus
Dam, paddling past Chesuncook Village, up Caucomgomoc
Stream (the Horseraces) to Allagash Lake and then Allagash
Stream down to the carry around Lock Dam to Eagle and
Churchill Lakes, before hitting the Allagash River all the
way to Allagash Village.
And this is where we find our match to the photo shared
to us by Matt LaRoche. Matt estimated that the photo from
the museum at Churchill Dam was from somewhere around
1955, but the exact year was unknown. Looking in our digital
archive of the Annual from 1955 (notice the highlighted
search term), we found this photo of the 1955 Allagash Trip.
Look closely and you’ll notice in our photo the same person
wearing the same striped shirt in the stern of the canoe as
can be seen standing in the stern of canoe #11 in the photo
from Matt LaRoche.
So, as the Allagash Wilderness Waterway prepares to
celebrate 50 years this summer, Kieve-Wavus can celebrate
65 years! Over those years, thousands of Kieve and Wavus
campers have paddled the same waters, portaged the same
trails, and enjoyed the same sights including the Eagle
Lake Tramway, Churchill Dam, Allagash Falls, and many
more! While there have been a few changes over the
years including a few campsite improvements and dam
replacements, we have the Allagash Wilderness Waterway
to thank for helping to keep this piece of the Maine Woods
just as special now as it was when Larry Plummer led that
first Kieve Ranger trip in 1951.
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KW Alumni Annuals – Archived and Digitized!!
We have scanned and digitized all 90 Kieve Annuals and the last 10 years of Wavus
Annuals. In addition, the Wavus Embers, Drumlin and Pine Whispers have been
scanned. If you would like to look through these old Annuals and books, send Russ
Williams an email ([email protected]) for the link and password.
1940 - Check out the recently rebuilt Innisfree after the fire. Look back and
click through the Annuals since the beginning of Kieve in 1926 and Wavus
in 2006. The Kieve and Wavus Annual archives are word-searchable so you
can look through old trip notes and cabinmates. These digitized Annuals
include cabin photos, daily OD and trip reports.
Old Kieve
Check out the waterfront view from the old Bath House. Looks like Parent
Weekend.
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Dakota Cabin campers from the 1937 Pine Whispers from Camp
Wawanock.
Wavus Boardwalk
The new board walk at Wavus
traverses three different types
of marsh habitat to provide
educational and observation
opportunities along our
nature trail. It also provides
another access to the rifle
range area. Wavus’ Scott
Henry directed the project and
it was fabricated and installed
by Jefferson contractor Wayne
Jones. The boardwalk is made
of two materials, rough sawn
Hemlock plank boards and
elevated composite decking.
The board walk is also
handicap accessible and
offers beautiful views of the
cove.
Pineland Farms VAST
T
he VAST (Veterans Adaptive Sports & Training) Program
at Pineland Farms in New Gloucester, ME had the
pleasure of spending the day at Camp Kieve during our VAST
“no snow” Nordic Biathlon Camp. The VAST Program hosted
16 Veterans with disabilities for a Nordic Biathlon Camp
on Feb. 25-28 but was forced to find alternative activities
to make up for the lack of snow. The rest of the camp was
spent doing a Cycling Biathlon at Pineland Farms.
The VAST Program offers free year round recreational
activities for Veterans with physical disabilities, TBI and
PTS every Wednesday at Pineland Farms plus many 4-day
sport specific camps offered to Veterans throughout the year.
Camp Kieve did an amazing job hosting our Veterans and
allowing them an opportunity to participate in an activity
they may not have done since their injury. VAST looks
forward to many more collaborations in the future!
Pineland Farms VAST members rally after a day of climbing in The Buck
Building.
Submitted by Kristina Sabasteanski,
Director, Veterans Adaptive Sports
It was a great day reaching and pushing limits
and accomplishing a lot.
Doing the Flying Squirrel.
Yes even dogs can fly…
KIEVE-WAVUS EDUCATION, INC. budget, 2015
Investment Income Gifts & Grants $212,000
$319,000
Other $79,000
Annual Fund
$547,000
Scholarships & Grants $837,000
Reserve for Future
Capital and Program
Expenditures
$603,000
Utilities,
Insurance,
Depreciation,
Taxes
$1,143,000
Programs
& Operations
$2,985,000
Tuition, all programs $7,360,000
REVENUES $8,517,000
Salaries, Wages
& Benefits
$2,949,000
EXPENSES $8,517,000
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Community Climb Nights
Our monthly Community Climb Nights continue to be very popular with an average of 40-50 kids and
adults enjoying our wonderful climbing and bouldering walls in the Buck Building.
KLC Turning the Tide Ovarian Cancer Retreat
S
ince 2012, the Turning the Tide
Ovarian Cancer Retreats at The
Kennedy Learning Center (KLC) have
provided a combination of recreation
and relaxation through a variety of
indoor and outdoor activities. This is a
4 1/2 day retreat which provides daily
workshops, creative projects (arts &
crafts), therapy day (massage, healing
touch, reflexology to name a few), a
health coach for Yoga & Qigong group
sessions as well as one on one sessions
and of course meals that are nutritious,
delicious, and as much as possible
organic, served in a family atmosphere. Other activities may include, kayaking
(funyaks), canoeing, hiking, zipline,
archery, cooking classes, singing &
dancing. We also have a licensed social
worker and spiritual director available
for private and group discussions.
Many wonderful activities are offered
and participants are encouraged
to take part or simply take the
A great day for a swim in Damariscotta Lake!
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All of the ladies at Turning the Tide wearing Marie’s beautiful aprons she made for us!!
time to rest, read, swim (weather
permitting), chat with a new friend
or just enjoy the beautiful nature you
are surrounded by at your leisure.
The friendships that are made and
the continued love and support of
each other is truly amazing. The
women gain confidence, make new
friends and discover their own
place of sanctuary at the camp.
Together, women living with ovarian
cancer can move from surviving to
thriving. Over the past 4 years the
Kennedy Learning Center has become
a home for these ladies and this
wonderful program.
The next Turning the Tide Retreat 2016
at Kieve and the KLC is Aug. 26 - 30. If you
k n ow o f a nyo n e i n t h e N ew
England area who could benefit
from this retreat at the KLC, please
c h e c k u s o u t o n Fa c e b o o k :
h t t p s : / / w w w. fa c e b o o k . c o m / # ! /
TurningTheTideRetreat2012 or
Contact: Anne Tonachel at annert@
gmail.com or Sue Joanis at susan.
[email protected]
Educator In Residence at Great Salt Bay in damariscotta
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exponentially as a creative lesson
planner. I learned about what motivates
students to engage and participate. I
appreciated having the independence
and freedom of creativity to design
my own Spanish curriculum. With
the students’ enthusiasm, I began to
invent activities that also required
team building and movement. I made
giant puzzles, grocery shopping
scenarios, and an animal safari.
y name is Maggie McKeon. I
am a second year educator at
The Leadership School at Kieve, and
this was my first winter placed as an
Educator in Residence (EIR). This was
also the Great Salt Bay Community
School’s first EIR placement. Together,
we found a niche for the program in the
school. From January through March,
I taught Spanish to the second grade,
facilitated team-building activities in
fifth grade, brought the 5th grade to
Kieve for a day, created student clubs,
and helped out in classrooms and field
trips throughout the school.
There were nine educators in schools
throughout Maine this year. We all
did something a little different at
our respective schools. At Searsport,
Brian Sperry mentored several high
school students on the brink of failing.
At Nobleboro, Chris Sanchez and
Kelci O’Neill created an after school
program. At King Middle School,
Sam Copland coached indoor track
& rock climbing, and facilitated The
Leadership School (TLS) activities
throughout the school. At Memorial
Middle School, Will Hackett worked
within the English as a Second
Language program. A couple of EIRs
with science backgrounds worked in
classrooms and opened the door for
the Maine STEM (Science, Technology,
Engineering & Mathematics education)
program to be a potential EIR focus.
Several schools with EIRs hosted “Kieve
Days” with grade-wide outreaches
by many EIRs that drove home the
presence of TLS in Maine schools.
Shaping of a Teacher continued from page I looked up to my counselors. It was
my job to share with them the wisdom
that I had learned at Kieve. It was my
job to influence them with good values
and lead them in the right direction.
In that time I was with them, as my
boys started growing into men and as
they began emulating me, I realized
the importance of my position. I
remembered the impact my role
models had on me, and recognized the
impact I was having on my campers.
Great Salt Bay 2nd Graders match SpanishEnglish words on square edges to complete one
giant square. They reviewed Spanish words and
worked together as a team.
Finding my place as an EIR at GSB
was a team effort. Based on feedback
from teachers, I made the most impact
with enrichment activities. In grades
K-8, I worked with different groups of
kids on reading, writing, and math.
Whether they were behind or ahead in
the subject, these enrichment groups
could focus on a project together in a
smaller setting. I got to know these
kids individually and was able to give
them attention and feedback on their
work. I feel like I connected with
many classes in the school this way.
For me, teaching Spanish was my
favorite part of my EIR experience. I
taught three half-hour Spanish classes
a week to second grade classes. I grew
And by the end of that summer Kieve
had taught me yet another value:
the importance of teaching kids. I
returned to school and immediately
changed my studies to education.
Now, as a teacher, my role has changed
once again. Instead of campers I have
students, and instead of the Allagash
or the Penobscot I have a SmartBoard.
But it is still my job to be a role model,
and it is still my job to share wisdom.
Kieve taught me how to do both, and
Another favorite was Forest Fridays
with a Kindergarten class. We practiced
exploring in the woods behind the
school with a Mt. Everest theme. In
addition to coloring maps, looking for
woodpecker holes, and finding north
on a compass, we practiced walking
in a line with a piece of old climbing
rope. One kindergartener at the front
complained that “leading is too hard.”
On their own, the class agreed that
everyone in line should follow the
leader without pulling the rope or else
the leader gets tired. I thought this
was a fantastic conceptualization of
leadership for kindergarteners.
Overall, the EIR experience was a
great, well-rounded experience in
a public school. The EIR placement
helped me realize what ages I work
best with and how the public school
system works. I also felt involved in
the community. From the feedback I
received at Great Salt Bay, the ability
to work on enrichment and mentor
students kids was a helpful role.
Many of the activities I did during EIR
are listed in a blog I kept at: www.
eiratgsb.wordpress.com.
every day I try to share what I learned
at Kieve with my students. Henry K
always says it is our job to spread Kieve
to those not lucky enough to spend
their summers on Damariscotta Lake.
I suppose I took him literally.
By Evan Kantor
Kieve 2006-2008; Kieve West 2009;
Counselor 2011-2014;
Asst. Director Waterfront 2015-16
4th Grade Teacher, Rippowam Cisqua
School Bedford, NY
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Kieve Reunion Down Under
T
wo 1 9 5 3 & 1 9 5 4 s e a s o n e d
counselors had the KIEVE banner
flying in the January semi-tropical
summer breezes at ‘Terranora’ (The
Wakefield property) high above
the Tweed River & South Pacific
Ocean in northern New South Wales,
Australia.
Bill Taggart originally from Belmont,
MA is a graduate of Belmont Hill
School and the hockey goalie on BHS’
teams of the early fifties. He is a 1958
graduate of Williams College and
served the USCG as a Lieutenant. For
many years he was employed by IBM.
He’s retired today living with his wife
Lil in Boulder, Colorado.
‘Bo-Bub’ Wakefield is from Dover, MA.
He is a Hall of Fame football lineman at
Noble & Greenough School . An honor
graduate of Middlebury College and
a 4-year varsity ice hockey player. He
served two overseas tours as Captain,
US Marine Corps. For many years he
worked worldwide in Project Logistics
& Support. He with Australian wife
Katherine retired only four years ago
to their property at ‘Terranora’.
Making A Contribution Through a Will or Trust
There are many easy ways to make a long-term
“investment” in Kieve-Wavus. One option is to designate
a portion of your assets in your will or trust to benefit
Kieve-Wavus Education, Inc.
Bequests made through wills or trusts are an important
part of Kieve-Wavus’ future because they enable
individuals to make gifts that they may not have been
able to make during life.
What you need to do
Your estate planner is your expert, but here is a sample
codicil* paragraph that can be included in a will or trust
document to make a bequest to Kieve-Wavus:
“I give to Kieve-Wavus Education, Inc., a Maine non-profit
organization, located in Nobleboro, Maine, (insert here
the sum, description of property, percentage of residual
estate, etc.). This gift is to be placed in the Endowment
Fund of said Kieve-Wavus Education, Inc. from which a
spending portion will be used to support Kieve-Wavus’
activities and programs.”
*Codicil = a supplement or an appendix to a will
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What Kieve-Wavus will do with the bequest
When Kieve-Wavus receives your bequest, unless further
directed by you, the spending portion will be used to
support programs as determined by the Trustees. If it is
your intention that a portion of the spending be directed
into a specific program, please indicate by adding such
language.
Simple ways to support Kieve-Wavus programs and
scholarships through your will or trust:
 Outright gifts of cash
 Appreciated securities
 Beneficiary for part or all of an IRA
 Beneficiary on life insurance policy
Speak with your estate or financial advisor for more
information. Please let us know once you have added
Kieve-Wavus to your will or trust and we’ll include you
in The Paddle & Thistle Society.
Alumni Week – Save the Date
with your friends and old cabinmates
and take in the stunning views from
Mt. Bigelow or any of the other 9
mountain peaks in the area. Going
from Wednesday, August 17th to
Friday, August 19th, this offers a nice
work-play balance for many folks.
And for families interested in coming
up to Kieve-Wavus for the week but
less interested in ‘roughing it’, there
will be a Family Camp running out
of the Wavus Campus. Stay in the
cabins at Wavus and enjoy organized
day trips around the Midcoast Maine
area - Camden Hills, Bremen, and
Damariscotta Lake to name a few.
A beautiful morning on the Allagash Wilderness Waterway.
K
ieve-Wavus is excited about the
many camping and outdoor
events during the Alumni Week ahead
of Alumni Weekend! We’re planning
on offering several different trips that
would fit just about any time frame
and age group.
For those alumni wanting a longer
wilderness trip experience, there will
be Allagash Waterway and St. Croix
Advisory Committees continued from page of kindness, respect for others,
and environmental stewardship
through year-round experiential
programs, camps for youth
and adults, and guidance from
inspirational role models.
River canoe trips heading out! Relive
the outdoor experience that you had as
a camper at Kieve-Wavus. These trips
will meet at Wavus on Monday, August
15th for preparations, and will return
on Friday, August 19th.
Taking the week off may be difficult
for some, so we’ll be offering a shorter
excursion to the Bigelow Preserve. Hike a portion of the Appalachian Trail
And these will all culminate with
many festivities for Alumni Weekend
at the Kieve campus. Be a camper for
the weekend – swimming, paddling,
and enjoying some of the activities
around camp. There will be great
people and food, and it’ll finish up
with a great party and live band
on Saturday night. Register early
at kievewavus.org/alumni/events_
registration.htm as we will need to
coordinate supplies, staff and logistical
support. SAVE THE DATES, and we’ll see you
at camp this August!
adventure camp
Is anything there that shouldn’t be?
Is anything missing that should be
there? Is this who we’ve always been?
Is this who we are now? Is this who
we’d like to be?
All of us on the Program Committee
are excited to be part of this process
and grateful to be able to contribute
substantively to the ongoing work of
this great and growing institution.
By Frank Strasburger
Another fun day at our February School Vacation Adventure Camp!
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The Benefits of a KWE Experience: It’s not just about the participants
“It not just about the participants or clients who come and go but also the staff who come and go.” The stories
I hear from folks again and again suggest that these staff members – educators – from both the summer and
non-summer camp programs go out into the world to accomplish significant good. – Kirstie Truluck
T
his winter, former Leadership School educator Cara
Martin-Tetreault joined us to facilitate a workshop
on grant writing to help our educators and program
directors build their capacity for raising funds in support
of the programming Kieve-Wavus Education (KWE) does
for Maine communities. “Is Kieve-Wavus paying you for
this workshop?” her daughter asked in the morning as
Cara headed over to Wavus. “No, I’m giving back to a place
that gave so much to me… to us,” said Cara to her fourteenyear-old daughter. It was this spirit of giving back that Cara
believes was fostered by her time at Kieve.
Cara came to the KWE organization as an educator in
her twenties, transitioned to working with the adult
programming, and then began dabbling in the development
world to support the programs. This early training in
development and grant writing led Cara to her current
position as Director of Sponsored Research at Bowdoin
College in Brunswick, Maine in which she helps Bowdoin
faculty submit and manage their federal grants. We were
fortunate to share in her expertise about the grant writing
process.
As we wrapped up the workshop, we giggled about her
daughter’s question and discussed the many gifts KWE
bestows upon its staff in addition to the benefits for program
participants. Cara reflected on her response to her daughter
and noted, “I am here to give back to a place that planted the
seed of philanthropy in me. In fact, many of the educators
in my cohort have gone on to be successful in their careers
and philanthropic in their actions.” Cara attributes some of
that deep rooted sense of “contributing positively to society”
to lessons she learned over ten years ago as a member of
the educator staff at Kieve’s Leadership Decisions Institute
(LDI) which was the precursor to the current Leadership
School. As she said in our follow-up conversation, “the idea
of teaching others to be a better person everyday… you can’t
help but take those ideas into yourself.”
Cara shared with me a quick update on her cohort to
illustrate the point that the lessons run deep and wide:
- Megan Taft, our current Wavus Girls Lead Youth Program
Director, who invited Cara to join us, worked at Kieve for
many years and now she is back as a part of the leadership
team at Wavus and Kieve. In the interim, she pursued
her commitment to understanding and promoting social
justice. She speaks of being drawn to the work of making a
difference in the lives of Maine kids.
- Greg Mastin went straight into teaching from his time at
LDI. He went on to work with middle school kids, and said
“I love the kids people don’t traditionally find easy to love.”
Cara noted the rarity of men in education, and found Greg’s
intentions inspirational.
- Chandra Litooy came to LDI in her 20s from the finance
banking world. After a short time “teaching others to be a
better person everyday” she returned to the banking world
to become a successful bank executive who gives back. Cara
noted that Chandra is a volunteer in her community and is
involved on boards, and she sees these as a direct reflection
of the values they shared and promoted at KWE.
- Jessica Macomber went on to serve kids as a social worker
at Sweetser which is Maine’s most comprehensive behavioral
healthcare organization for children. She was “one of the top
educators I worked with at LDI. Every time I hear of budget
cuts there [at Sweetser], I think of her. She could work at
any school in New England, but she chooses to work with
those kids who have so little.”
Another one of her peers from northern Maine was
interested in medicine and wanted to work with kids. He
dreamed of serving for Doctors without Borders. Yet another
went out West to work at a school for troubled youth, and
Cara queried, “Why would you put yourself in the middle
of nowhere, an eligible bachelor? Because he believed he
could make a difference, and he had picked up a lot of
tools at Kieve.” These men thought about going into places
where people were underserved in part because they felt
empowered by their experience as an educator at Kieve.
Cara Martin-Tetreault (L) returns for a little “give-back” time next to Megan
Taft.
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By Kirstie Truluck
Wavus Girls Lead
D
espite the recent snow cover and chilling temperatures,
this winter hasn’t quite been made of what we expect
in Maine; the ice on the lake has been moving out since early
March and we’ve enjoyed an uncharacteristic amount of
sunny days. Despite the lack of wintery depths that usually
prompt us to shift inward for reflective moments, this winter
has still provided much time for good thought and reflection
on the Wavus Girls Lead (WGL) program.
Our second WGL cohort graduated in mid-November amidst
families and friends who filled Jewell Lodge to celebrate their
daughters, sisters, granddaughters, and nieces. Just before
families and friends arrived, we circled up one last time
as a WGL community to recognize each other’s strengths
in a bead gifting ceremony. In this moment, my greatest
realization (thanks to the wonderful women at Hardy Girls
Healthy Women!) came to fruition: if we create a space that
is grounded in the expectation that girls will lift each other
up and support each other unconditionally, they will do
just that. At the onset it seemed an insurmountable task.
What we hoped to provide for these girls flew in the face of
pervasive media messaging that consumes their everyday
lives. Think: “Who Wore it Best?” (People Magazine)
episodes of Gossip Girls, Mean Girls, Pitch Perfect… You
get it, it’s everywhere. Yet, what seemed insurmountable
was quite easy. At the end of the day, all we needed to say
was “Wavus is a different kind of place, and we believe, that
given the opportunity, girls can and will work to support
each other.” And they did.
Our success at moving the conversation all boiled down to
one thing: relationships...deep relationships that were built
WGL participants at an Olympia Snowe luncheon.
because of the sustained time that we worked with the
girls and the mentoring that occurred at many levels. The
success of adding four high school mentors to the program,
has encouraged us to work in partnership with Lincoln
Academy administrators and faculty on the design of a girl’s
leadership group targeted at 10th and 11th grade students.
The group will be structured around a series of residential
gatherings at Wavus as well as facilitated discussions onsite
at Lincoln Academy. Continued work at the high school
level will allow us to further build the leadership capacity
of high school girls, while cultivating the next generation
of WGL mentors.
We also see the 7th and 8th grade girls playing a big part in
WGL’s future success. We hope many of them will become
mentors as 10th and 11th graders as a way to continue their
leadership development, while giving back to younger girls
in their community. In many ways, we think of this past
fall as just the beginning of their Wavus journey. We have
kept in touch with them through mailings, community
events, a spring retreat and sponsoring a traveling exhibit of
their work which has been displayed at Skidompha Public
Library and each of the schools that recruited girls for the
program.
The future of WGL is promising and is best captured from
the words of the girls: “Before I came to Wavus, I wasn’t
really into science, but I’m really glad that Nikki came and
taught us because when I see the stars at night, I take my
little sister out on the roof and show her all the really cool
stuff.” Maisy - WGL Participant
“I had no idea it would become as important to my life as it
did. Going a week without it made me feel empty. I thought
I was only here for the girls, but I realized I was also here
for myself.” Lucy - WGL Mentor
WGL exhibit moved around Lincoln County for 5-6 weeks. Shown here at
Boothbay Region Elementary School.
By Megan Taft
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Kieve-Wavus Gardens
We are again working
with FARMS to help us
design, manage and grow
the gardens at both Kieve
and Wavus this summer.
It was great to have the
campers get their hands
dirty and taste the fruits
of their labor deliciously
prepared by both K &
W kitchens! We are very
happy to have Margaret
C o l e m a n a n d Ka r e n
Kleinkopf back managing
the Kieve and Wavus
gardens respectively.
Loyalty Fund Update
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n 2007, three dedicated Kieve alumni
established the Loyalty Fund as a
means to share the camp experience
with boys who might not be able to
attend otherwise. Since its inception,
the fund has stayed true to its mission,
sending a number of young men to
the shores of Damariscotta Lake for
an amazing summer camp experience.
In Kieve-Wavus fashion, the Loyalty
Fund has also evolved into a means
for young alumni and friends to
stay engaged with the organization,
hosting multiple events throughout
the year.
goal out of the water and had 131
unique donations totaling $11,499! As
previously mentioned, if we surpassed
100 unique donors during this period,
we would receive an anonymous
$10,000 donation. We are incredibly
pleased to say that we reached our goal
thanks to each and every one of you!
This summer, the Kieve-Wavus Loyalty
Fund will be sponsoring five campers
and we are equally excited to announce
that one of the first ever Loyalty Fund
campers will actually be returning as
a member of staff. Thank you, thank
you, THANK YOU for the continued
support over the past decade!
Please let us know if you are interested
in hearing more about the Kieve-Wavus
Fund or if you have any feedback for
us! We are constantly looking for new
ideas on ways to engage our young
alumni base.
The Loyalty Fund Crew
Amaury, Cory, Connor, Sam,
Emma, & Margaret
[email protected]
Leadership School Update
Inspired by this mission, we have
expanded the Loyalty Fund to the
Wavus community through the help
of Emma Murphy & Margaret Tucker.
Our aim is to help all young Alumni
from Kieve and Wavus keep in touch,
stay updated on the organization, and
give back to a place we all hold dear.
The expansion of the Kieve-Wavus
Loyalty Fund has been incredibly
successful thus far, and we know that
participation from both sides of the
lake will only continue to improve.
We would also like to say THANK YOU
for the incredible event and donor
participation in 2015, especially in the
month of December. We absolutely
blew our December giving campaign
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Our Leadership School Spring 2016 season has begun! We have a great staff and
are enjoying being halfway through the spring season. During this season our
29 educators will travel to thirteen schools and will host another thirty here on
site at Kieve.
Kieve – A Grateful &
Happy Camper
A Wavus Reunion
Dear Mr. Kennedy,
I am very excited that I will be able
to return to Kieve this year. The past
two summers that I have been at Kieve
have been two of the best summers of
my life. Last summer, I paddled the
Allagash with my cabin and we did
the Mud Pond portage. It was one of
the most physically strenuous things
I have ever done. 1.6 miles of trudging
through mud and water. There was
one experience that I will never forget.
We were very close to the end of the
portage. I had taken three trips back
and forth and I went back one last time
to clean everything up. On my way
back I ran into Wes Dixon who was
struggling with a very heavy cooler.
Wes was walking Mud Pond barefoot
because his toenail was almost ripped
off and infected. It was getting dark.
He was all alone on the trail and he
seemed relieved to see me. I picked up
the front of the cooler and we carried
it back to the campsite.I would have
walked Mud Pond as many times as it
took if it meant helping and walking
with a fellow cabin mate. I have
learned that’s a lot of what Kieve is
about. I am extremely thankful that
I have the privilege of going to Kieve
and meeting many new friends and
taking part in the awesome trips.
The fact that no one had phones
made the bond with my cabin mates
even stronger; instead of being on
our phones we would play cards or
find something else to do. The food is
also very good. I wouldn’t be able to
attend Kieve without the scholarship.
I am incredibly grateful for the
opportunity, and I can’t wait to do
Long Voyage this summer.
Submitted by A Grateful & Happy
Camper
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Enjoying some Sugarloaf time together from left: Emma Murphy, Christine Reighley, BJ & Henry
Kennedy, Drew Boulos and Zoe Atchinson.
Jack Kistler (1932-2016)
When Jack and I worked together
(my 1st assistant at Kieve), without
discussing our goals, we agreed about
educational values and the critical role
of building character rather than book
learning. Jack was a big, strong young
man, bright as well as physically
gifted. He graduated from Episcopal
Academy in Philadelphia and Duke
University, having played a central
role in the fortunes of the “Blue Devils”
as their blocking back in the Single
Wing formation the year they won
the Championship.
But my favorite memory of Jack is of
him in paint- smeared dungarees and
work shirt making Camp look bright
for Parents’ Weekend. Nobody had to
ask him to do that kind of stuff; he
just did it. When he retired he built
a family compound at the foot of the
lake. This perfectionist never tired of
improving it so that family and visitors
could find a quiet, beautiful spot to
enjoy each other’s company.
While somewhat gruff at times,
he showed his true colors at times
of sadness. Ted Whitney, the exact
opposite of Jack unfortunately came
down with leukemia in the middle of
the summer and had to rush home for
treatment. Of course I asked Jack what
we should do about telling the rest of
Camp. Jack’s advice was both sure and
quick. He said, “Tell them the truth,
and I will go down to see him next
week to see how he is doing.” That
was the real Jack talking. The result
was that Teddy at the end of his life
knew he was loved and Jack learned
the happiness of expressing love.
Jack died this week and he left
behind with countless students and
colleagues the same kind of lesson he
so generously taught at Kieve.
The Kistler Family name will of course
live on forever at our most sacred,
ceremonial point of land, Kistler Point.
Jack’s memory is indelibly etched into
all of us lucky enough to have known
and emulate him. His spirit is inside
each of us and will continue to be
passed down to every Kieve boy as
time moves on. He truly has changed
the world for the better.
Submitted by Dick Kennedy
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Many thanks to our generous supporters, who through their annual gifts,
campaign pledges, and volunteerism help Kieve-Wavus Education, Inc. carry out
our mission to positively affect young people and the adults who care about them.
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Pat Coyle
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Sergio & Mabel De la Vega
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Michelle Dean
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Magruder & Sara Dent
Sage & Austin Depree
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Rosemary Dillard
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Brad Dorman
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Jackie Doyle
Nolan Doyle
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William Duckworth
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Foster Durkee
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Cliff Earle
Melinda Earle
Jack Easley
Bill & Pauline Egan
Tim & Courtney Egan
Jackie Elderkin
Craig Elkind & Christine Lai
David & Erin Elliott
David Elliott & Kit Pfeiffer
Sterling Ely
Denny Emory
Mark & Erin Epker
Carl & Deb Erdman
John & Laurie Ernst
Stuart Essig & Erin Enright
Bill & Sue Ewing
Craig & Sara Fanning
Jim Fanning
T.J. Feagan
Mort & Sharon Fearey
Topher & Emily Fearey
Chris & Hadley Feiss
John & Susan Fenniman
Hill & Genny Ferguson
John & Christina Ferland
Peter & Brenda Fides
Peter & Ann Field
Phil Field
Bill & Anne Finnegan
Peter & Jenifer Flynn
John & Karen Foley
Francis Forbes
Tench & Julia Forbes
Henry Fox & Libby DeLana
Louis Frank
Dennis Frantsve
Graeme & Becky Frazier
Dean & Phyllis Frederick
Glen & Pam Frederick
Jim & Kathy French
Brian & Melissa Frey
Brint & Nikki Frith
Charlie & Claire Fulford
David & Carol Ann Fulmer
Dave & Carrie Gabriel
Bob & Ellen Gaffney
Glenn & Debra Gainor
Christian & Laura Gal
Sandra and Leighton Galvin
Will & Katie Gano
Ed & Margaret Gardiner
Ed & Nancy Gardiner
Myron & Cathy Garfinkle
Mary Gavett-Orsi
Brad Geismar
John & Susan Geismar
Tom & Jan Geniesse
Andrew & Heather Georges
Otto & Gay Georgi
Will & Tammi Georgi
Mark & Lisa Gerchick
Konrad & Suzanne Gesner
Dick Giberson
Dick & Cate Gilbane
Chris & Amy Giles
Clyde & Lucy Gillard
Doug & Serena Gillespie
George & Martha Gilmore
Boynton & Barbara Glidden
Sam & Margo Glidden
John & Franny Glomb
Curtis & Sophie Glovier
Susan & Pete Glueck
Gabriel & Sarah Gomez
Sarah & George Goodwyn
Jake & Polly Goodyear
Tom Gordon
Michael & Beth Gosk
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Dean & Debra Graham
Temple & Ellie Grassi
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Tom & Connie Green
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Nic Greer
Cory Grever
Joe & Lanie Grever
Bill Gribbell
Laura Gribbell
Lucy Grogan
Michael & Nancy Grogan
Olive Guild
Joe & Merna Guttentag
Bill & Sally Haggett
1990 Starting 5 Kieve Directors
From left: Dick Kennedy, Charlie Harrington, Charlie Richardson, Mike
Cunningham and Henry Kennedy
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Marilyn Hague
Roger & Betsy Hall
Tom & Eugenie Hamilton
Lisa & Michael Handy
Joe Hansen
Fridolf & Polly Hanson
Harry Hanson & Annie
Hollingsworth
Henry & Mary Harding
Kiki Harding
Robert & Susan Harmon
Bob Harris
Mary Hart
Steve & Marilyn Hart
Jim Hartenstein
Rob & Jennifer Hartford
Kim Hartman
Adam & Erin Haselkorn
Tony & Anna Hass
Arnold Haynes
Melissa Haynes
John & Anne Hazelwood
John Hazelwood
Bob & Margretta Hearn
Morrie & Fenella Heckscher
Rob Hedlund
Peter Heffernan & Maureen Walsh
Andy & Camilla Hemingway
Peter & Lisa Hennessy
Hunt Henrie & Leslie Wilcott-Henrie
Tom Hentoff & Sally Sloan
Gary & Hope Herbst
John Herd
Dallas & Lesley Hetherington
Ned & Helen Hetherington
Jim & Alice Hicks
Bill & Nancy Hightower
Andrew Hilboldt
Larry Hill
Tyler Hill
Will Hiltz
Gary & Victoria Hirsch
Hob & Louie Hoblitzell
Jared Holden
Joe & Rebecca Holliday
Will & Margaret Holliday
Dick & Sarah Hollington
John Holloway
Bill & Bambi Holly
Ken & Hilary Holm
Naomi Hooper
Porter & Patricia Hopkins
Nancy Hoving
John & Arlene Howard
Carolyn and Kirk Hudson
Dave Hunt & Thais Recarte
Traver & Elizabeth Hutchins
Ned & Liz Insley
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Wavus Penobscot III Reunion
Penobscot III Cabin reunion in Boston. Left to right: Reagan Snyder, Grace Devine,
Melanie Lim, Sarah Speegle, Logan Truluck, Emily Wagg, Sydney MacKeigan,
McKenna Goldstein
Jose Irizarry & Peg McGovern
Tim & Wendy Ives
Ellen Ivey Bates
Fred & Barb Jackson
Alex & Carey Jacobs
Charlie & Cindy Jacobs
Scott Jenkins
Dex Jenks
Eric & Pam Jensen
Garret Jensen
Sophie Jensen
Bill & Pat Jessup
Ethan & Elizabeth Johnson
Joyce & Marc Johnson
Joyce Johnson
Bart & Claire Johnston
Barclay & Jeanie Jones
Celeste Jones
Jackie Jones & John Gassett
Walker & Liza Jones
Brad & Steph Jordan
Bill Judd
Mark & Courtney Kagan
Tom & Karen Kalaris
Andrew Kallmann
Connor Kaniewski
Billy & Joan Kantor
Evan Kantor
Aaron Kaplan
Jim Kaplan & Rita Zetterberg
Joel & Laura Kaplan
Leslie Kaplan
Nate Kaplan
Sam Kaplan
Sarah Kaplan
Kelley & Ann Kash
Michael & Jean Kashgarian
Joel Kavet
Billy & Ann Kaye
David & Page Keeley
Morris & Anne Kellett
Rod & Whitney Kellett
Chris & Kristen Kelley
Loen Kelley
Mike & Mary-Peale Kelley
Jim & Carol Kelly
Tom Kelly & Peggy Badenhausen
Dick & Lorie Kemp
Bill & Priscilla Kennedy
Blair Kennedy
Dick & Nancy Kennedy
Henry & B.J. Kennedy
Sam Kennedy
Stuart Kenworthy
Taylor Kenyon
Ken & Katharina Keoughan
Don & Anne Keyser
Mac & Virginia Keyser
Mac Keyser
Vera Kiernan
John & Elizabeth Kilgallon
Abby King
Dick & Mari King
John & Marilyn Kistler
Bill & Elizabeth Kitchel
Keith & Barbara Kizziah
Henry & Sheila Klehm
Charlie & Charlotte Kline
Henry Klingeman
Mark & Patty Knott
Joe & Polly Knowles
Dick & Heather Koelle
Dennis Kokoruda
Matt & Jen Komorowski
Ugur & Ayse Koyluoglu
Steve Kremer & Linda Reale
Paul & Stacy Krush
Sandy Krutz
Kyle Kucharski
Edwin & Lynda Kuhn
Eleanor & Peter Kuniholm
Jeremy & Diana LaCasse
John & Susan LaCasse
Pete & Sara LaCasse
J.A. & Elizabeth Lacy
Trevor Lamb
Jon & Bonnie Landman
Mary Lansing
Rob & Kitty Lansing
Stu & Farley Lansing
Cliff Lasser & Liz Adams
Tim Lawlor & Cindy Renie
John & Tara Lawrence
Peter & Karen Lawson-Johnston
Coles Lawton
Joe & Coles Lawton
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Mac Lee
Mary & Robert Lee
Kate & Tony Leness
Todd Leone
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Todd & Laurie Lincoln
Peyton & Jean Lindley
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Keith & Grace Linker
Beth Lotspeich
Alan D. Lovejoy
Hannah Lovejoy
Claire Lupo
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Doug & Susan Lyons
Jane MacElree
Perry MacNeille
Chris & Ellen Maguire
Bill & Ann Mallory
John & Tracy Mallory
Cooper & Carrie Mallozzi
John & Ann Marriner
Peter & Suzy Marshall
Helen Marston
Jack Marston
Alex & Serena Martin
Peter & Deirdre Martin
Mark & Lexie Maruszewski
John & Kristen Maxwell
Mike Mazzuchi & Anne Andrews
Hap McCall
Jon & Sara McCall
Joe & Pam McCarthy
Downie & Helen McCarty
Jamie & Mimi McCleary
Bill McCook
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Bill & Nancy McDevitt
John & Kim McDevitt
Bill McElwain & Susan Crudgington
Betsy & George McFarland
George McFarland
Megan McFarland
Kevin & Kate McGloon
Celie McGrain
Louise McIlhenny & Hugh
Riddleberger
Jane & John McKean
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Anne McKenna
Christine McKenna
Connor McKenna
Dan McKenna
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Marie McKenna
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Matt McKenna
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Drew Millhon
Roger Moister
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Ken Moller & Tracey Burton
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John Motzel
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Emma Murphy
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Zoe Nahatis
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Jason Nahra
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David Nichols
Pam Nichols
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Eleanor & Al O’Donnell
Haley Oleynik
Ann Olson
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Tyler Pace
Dexter & Susan Paine
Whit & Linda Painter
Andrew Palmer
David Palmer
Hilary Palmer
Jessi Panico
Ollie & Barb Parker
Bill Parsons & Kerry Clayton
Judy Parsons
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Marion Pennell
Greg & Patty Penske
Caroline Perdreaux
Ike Perkins
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John Perkins & Vicky Shorr
Mary & Paul Perkins
Sid & Ashley Perkins
Susan & Roswell Perkins
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Andrew & Kim Perry
Steve & Andy Perry
Chris & Kathryn Peters
Pete Peters
William Phelan
Duffey Phelps
Will Phifer
Bruce Phillips & Joan Feeney
Tom & Tracy Phillips
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William and Perry Phinney
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David & Deborah Pinkham
Jamie Pinkham
Chris & Liza Pohle
Ann & Dirk Poole
Jeffrey & Nancy Porter
Allen & Peggy Post
Bob & Edo Potter
Bo & Lynne Preston
Jenn Pride
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Kimmell Proctor
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Jay & Sandy Pyne
Hannah Quimby & Zak Klein
Roxanne Quimby
Michael & Kathryn Radutzky
Jamie & Julie Rea
Michael & Mollie Regan
Paul & Diane Reilly
Paul Reilly
Jack Reis
Hal & Lisa Reynolds
Charlie Richards
Chris & Norma Richardson
Ency Richardson
L.B. Richardson
Dave & Gina Riddiford
James Riddleberger
Bev Ridgely
Allison & Jamie Riepe
Jim & Gail Riepe
Mike & M.L. Riley
Tom & Jane Riley
Andy & Katherine Rittenberry
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Helen Roberts
Jamie & Jess Roberts
John & Jane Roberts
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Mark & Eleanor Robinson
Michael & Virginia Robinson
Sarah & Keith Robinson
Parker & Jeanette Rockefeller
Chris & Danyel Rodgers
Emily Rodrigue
John Roe
Chris & Heather Rogers
Jon & Des Rogers
Paul & Marty Rogers
Stephen Root
Andrew & Ann Rose
Bill Rossmassler & Wendy Moore
Tom & Sarah Rossmassler
Nicholas Rowland
Steve & Frances Rowland
Hardy & Jennifer Royal
Toms & Kathy Royal
Charlton & Andrea Rugg
Beth & Wesley Rusnell
Deborah & James Russel
Cliff & Susan Russell
Liz Russell
Fran & Whit Ryan
Bill & Pamela Ryckman
Blake & Jennifer Sando
Anne & Mark Sandt
Colin & Katherine Sanford
Bob & Marie Sanna
Chris & Penny Saridakis
Louis & Mamie Sarkes
Fred Schafrick & Sharon Halpin
Sam Copland – Ronald McDonald House
Leadership School teachers help cook at Portland’s Ronald McDonald House. From
left: Sam Copland, Maggie McKeon, Macenzie Peters and Chris Sanchez. Sam has
been an EIR at King Middle School in Portland and has volunteered at the Ronald
McDonald House for over a year.
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Jim & Beth Schechter
Jon Schippers
Dana Schmaltz & Kate Enroth
Pete & Diane Schmidt-Fellner
Jared & Kat Schott
Jared Schott
Hap & Liz Schroeder
Egon & Ruthann Schuster
Will Schwalbe
Jim & Tracy Schwarz
Abe Scott
David & M.L. Scudder
John & Daphne Scullin
Doug & Maureen Seaman
Jay & Trina Secor
Martha Seiver
Harton & Judith Semple
Sarah Severance
Frank Shanbacker
Gregory & Kimberly Shapiro
Warren & Jeanne Shay
Meg Shenton
Nat Shenton
Tim & Michelle Shenton
Grace Shorr
Sheila & Deacon Shorr
Pete Sienkiewicz
Jim & Sally Silverman
Brian & Julie Simmons
John & Peyton Sise
Shawna Slack
Andrew & Karen Slimmon
Johanna & Jim Slootmaker
Oscar Sloterbeck
Carl & Jaye Smith
Gordon Smith
Leonard & Nancy Smith
Steve & Dianne Smith
Jake Sneeden
Jeffrey & Catharine Soros
Denise Soucy & Ned Steinberger
Granger & Kathi Souder
Adrienne Southgate
Sandy & Jill Spaulding
Greg & Laurie Spears
Meg Speranza
Brendan Starr
Maggie Stevens
Nick Stevens
Scott & Amy Stevens
Bob Stevenson
Kevin & Margie Stineman
Walker & Alice Stites
Gary & Bonnie Stone
Gordon & Julia Stone
Jim & Cathy Stone
Peggy Stout
Frank & Carrie Strasburger
Charlie & Sarah Stuart
Harrison & Katherine Stuart
Muffy Stuart
Sam Suayan
Brian Sullivan & Marjorie Adams
Jim & Mary Ann Sullivan
Matt Sutko & Francine Rosenberger
Polly Tackett
Will Talpey & Carla Burkley
Paul & Amy Tanen
Robert & Dorothy Joan Tanen
Marjorie Tatem
Rob & Anju Tawse
Al & Amy Taylor
David & Karen Taylor
Jane & David Taylor
Tony & Judi Taylor
Geoff & Annie Teillon
Meg Tepler
Sally Tether & Steve Sugar
Dixon & Gail Thayer
Sammy Thayer
Ed & Lilian Thelander
John & Margaret Thibodeau
Dave & Laurie Thomas
Bill Thompson
Page & Heather Thompson
Wissie Thompson
Mark & Margot Thorsheim
Max Tilson & Jennifer Marin
Claire Toth & David Dietze
Clint Towle & Suzanne Balbo
Daphne Townsend
Stanley & Susie Trotman
Sally & Robinson Trowbridge
Kirstie & Rich Truluck
Richard & Nancy Truluck
Lenkie & Wally Trumbull
Carter & Peggy Tucker
Marge Tucker
Glenn Turner
Mit Twombly
Andy & Kendra Uffelman
Peter & Laura Unger
Todd & Leilani Valdes
Peter & Conway Van der Wolk
Ken Van Durand
Francis & Betty Van Nuys
Dave Vann & Marie Rossi
Peter Vielbig
Dave & Kathryn Villano
Rob & Lisi Vincent
Geoffrey & Noelle Vitt
Patricia Voorhees
Farnaz Vossoughian
Craig & Marie Vought
Henry Wagner
Whit & Helen Wagner
Tom Wales
Rodger Walk
Bill & Margot Walker
Jim & Deborah Walker
Will & Syd Walker
Susan Wallace
C.J. Walsh
Richard & Lindsay Walsh
Bill & Lee Warden
Jamie Wardrop
Wyatt Wartels
Rob & Amy Webb
Ron & Patty Weiss
Chris & Susie Weld
John & Bree Wellons
Julia Welter
Mike & Dawn Westcott
Steven Wexner
Tom Wheeler
Wende Wheeler
Britt & Maria Whelpley
Charlie & Tia Whinery
Alex White
Babs White
George & Patti White
Stephen White & Catriona Simson
Ernie & Susan Whitehouse
Shaw & Betsy Wilgis
Jim Wilkerson & Christina Cinelli
Betty Willey
Cooper Williams
Annie Williamson
Kirk & Sandy Williamson
Bob Willoughby
George & Suzanne Wills
Charles & Kerry Wilson
Patrick & Nina Wilson
Scott & Linden Wise
Dave & Donna Wolfe
Ben & Cory Wolven
Fred Wood
Grahame Wood
Henry & Liz Wood
Rich & Tara Wood
Wayne & Faye Woodman
Stacy & John Wright
Vernon & Lucy Wright
Boyd Wylie
Raul & Sara Yanes
Alec Yearley
Bill & Kathleen Yost
Steve & Maeve Zamsky
Trey Zenker
Bill & Sally Zierden
Tim Zierden & Marty Speight
Thomas Zingale
Paul Zintl & Lisa Frost
Evan & Meghan Zucker
Harriet House Renovation
The Harriet House has had an extreme makeover over the last few months. We’ve added a couple more rooms, opened it up a little to make it much
nicer and completely renovated the kitchen!
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The following businesses, foundations, and organizations made substantial grants,
in-kind gifts, and donations in support of our ongoing educational programs.
Without their generosity, the work we do on behalf of young people
would not have been possible.
A-COPI Imaging Systems
Alan and Katherine Stroock Fund
Apple Lane Foundation
Applied Materials
Baltimore Community Foundation
Bank of America Matching Gifts
Program
BD Associates
Bell Hoving Family Foundation
Beucler, Kelly & Irwin, Ltd.
BNY Mellon Partnership
Bruce Laukka, Incorporated
Capital Group Companies Charitable
Foundation
Chadwick’s Power Products, Inc.
Cheney Insurance Agency
Chevron Matching Employee Funds
Cleveland H. Dodge Foundation
Combat Veterans Motorcycle
Association
Computer Associates Matching Gift
Program
Damariscotta Bank & Trust Co.
E. Murray Senter Charitable Trust
Eleanore Bennett Charitable Trust
Ethel & James Flinn Foundation
First Cornerstone Foundation
Fraternal Order of Eagles #4352
GE Foundation
General Reinsurance Corporation
Goldman Sachs Gives Annual Giving
Fund
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Henry E. & Consuelo S. Wenger
Foundation, Inc.
Holden Agency Insurance
Horizon Foundation, Inc.
Howard P. Colhoun Family
Foundation
Jigsaw Foundation
John York Enterprises
Kent-Lucas Foundation, Inc.
Kenwood Foundation
Ladies of the Grand Army of the
Republic
Lanbro Foundation
Leonard C. and Mildred F. Ferguson
Foundation
LMAC Foundation, Inc.
Mr & Mrs Alexander Byers Martin Jr.
Char. Fund
Magna Fund of the Maine
Community Foundation
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Maine Community Foundation
Mederi Therapeutics
Mogan Stanley
Mystic River Foundry, LLC
New York Community Trust; Hawk’s
Nest Fund
Nuveen Investment Holdings
O’Connor GMC Buick, Inc.
Pegasus Foundation
Richard T. Gilbane Fund at Fidelity
Charitable
Southworth International Group
Sutherland, LLP
Tee it up for a Veteran
The Aarts Urtecho Charitable Fund
The Boston Foundation
The Cressida Fund
The Eganwood Family Foundation
The First, N.A.
The Harry Frank Guggenheim
Foundation
The Riepe Family Foundation
ThermoFisher Scientific
Thornedge Foundation
Tidewater Telecom, Inc.
UBS Foundation USA Matching Gift
Program
United Way of RI Philanthropy Acct.
W. P. Carey Foundation, Inc.
William B. Hatch Circle #2
Wilmington Trust
Wobniar Foundation
Wood Family Foundation
Zog Sports
Wavus Then & Now
Wavus Wawanock Maidens in the 1920s preparing for an overnight trip and today our 2015
Maine Trails ladies getting ready to head out.
Risk Management at Kieve-Wavus
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s one of the nation’s oldest, largest and most respected
wilderness tripping camps, Camp Kieve for Boys and
Wavus Camp for Girls place a high value on progress with
our summer camps – for campers, staff and the programs.
The camping and outdoor experiential education industry
acknowledge the inherent risks associated with wilderness
tripping, and yet our summer camps, and the larger KieveWavus Education (KWE) organization, have a distinguished
safety record especially when compared to the amount of
campers, staff and students we work with annually. KWE
works diligently to identify, assess and manage these risks
as they are central tools used in our experiential educational
philosophy.
The members of our staff are bright, generous and engaging,
but we strive to offer campers and their families even more.
As part of our commitment to manage risk, KWE employs a
competent and experienced staff including Wilderness First
Responders, registered Maine Guides, American Canoeing
Association instructors and swift-water rescue specialists.
Where appropriate, KWE contracts local, well known, thirdparty guides who offer support and instruction in our more
challenging areas of travel.
Over the past year, KWE formed a Risk Management Team
in order to continue discussions around safety and to keep
fostering a culture of improvement. Tasked with keeping
KWE great, this group has:
• INCREASED STAFF TRAINING - AGAIN! Folks will
experience American Canoe Association Swiftwater Rescue
and River Canoeing training again this summer. We continue
to boost our ‘in-house’ staff skills with ACA Instructor
certification for several directors, Wilderness Advanced
First Aid (instead of Wilderness First Aid), and Registered
Maine Guide training and certification for several directors
and assistant directors. This winter we hosted a Wilderness
First Responder course to our staff members who could join
us over the winter vacation. We will again have extended
staff training devoted specifically to wilderness tripping in
some of our most challenging trip locations. We have also
scheduled seminars from outside experts on identifying/
reporting sexual abuse, and driver training. As part of our
trustee meetings and our quarterly staff meetings, time will
be set aside for a risk management presentation of highlights
and updates. Topics such as how to use a defibrillator,
understanding the emergency procedures manual, and fire
drill protocol are a few examples.
• BROUGHT IN MORE TOOLS & RESOURCES FOR OUR
LEADERS: Our team created field-ready, durable, pocket
sized tools for counselors, including check-lists, policies
and procedures, and a Daily Log for capturing trip note
revisions. They also formalized our camp-craft skills and
wilderness tripping curriculum into more on-site lesson
plans to be used in preparation for trips. Finally we will
KWE staff members will experience American Canoe Association Swiftwater
Rescue and River Canoeing training again this summer.
partner with the larger organization of Leave No Trace
and serve as a pilot test site for their new camp-focused
curriculum. During the academic year we have instituted
weekly professional development activities to address the
needs of the schools we serve. We initiated an insurance
review by the Philadelphia Insurance Company in the fall.
They gave us some recommendations that we have and are
acting on.
• PURCHASED NEW EQUIPMENT for 2016! We have
upgraded Personal Floatation Devices (PFDs) for river trips,
and will supply every camper with a standardized KWE
Tripping PFD. Our whitewater participants will experience
the joy and safety of paddling helmets this year! The
DeLorme in Reach satellite text communication devices,
which traveled out with every back country trip last year,
will be used again and have been upgraded to include daily
check-ins as well as weather and streamflow reports. On the
Kieve campus we created a barrier to secure the indoor rock
wall from unauthorized use. We added a layer of wood chips
and removed large rocks from the outdoor ropes course. The
maintenance team spent time over the winter installing
anti-ligature fixtures (shower rods, coat hanger hooks) on
both campuses. And on the “to do” list this spring, ropes
will be added to swimming areas at Kieve and Wavus to
outline the area.
To ensure our continued track record of effectively managing
risk and of offering quality programming, the KWE Risk
Management Team will review organizational policies and
protocols, make recommendations based on participant and
staff feedback, and maintain an ongoing dialogue about
topics, trends, and processes in the field of adventure and
wilderness based education. The group has been energized
by this step to formalize what has been part of the KWE
camps’ growth and success for decades already.
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Nobleboro Central School Educators in Residence
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his winter marks the fourth year of the EIR program
at the Nobleboro Central School (NCS). The program
has demonstrated multifaceted impacts on KW educators
and NCS. Kieve educators enjoy the meaningful experience
of connecting with students and a school based mentor.
Teachers, staff and school administrators continue to learn
with Kieve educators in practicing experiential education
techniques in their classrooms. Most importantly, students
receive the benefit of having an additional trusted ally to
support, encourage, and believe in them.
Ann Hassett, principal at Nobleboro Central School
describes the benefit of having an EIR, “It would be hard
to overestimate the impact this program has had on our
students and our school community. Not only has the
program been extremely popular with many of our students,
it has been transformative for many of our students, and
the entire community has benefitted from the support and
perspectives of the Kieve educators.”
Here is a brief weekly summary from Chris Sanchez, one
of our EIR Teachers.
Another great week here at NCS. On Monday we had some
outside help after school from Lynn Farrin when working
with the 7th and 8th graders. We had them solve an
engineering problem where they had to create a container
that would hold at least 1000ml of water. The kids really
seemed to enjoy it and the activity was a big success. Had a
little bit of trouble after school Tuesday with the younger
kids. We were told by a couple that they did not have to
listen to us because we “aren’t real teachers.” After a short
conversation though about what they thought a teacher
was and about why that didn’t make us feel very good the
day went much more smoothly. Thursday we invented the
game of “Scoop Golf”, where the kids had to throw balls
through hoops on posts using a scoop. They worked in
pairs and had a lot of fun. I’m also continuing to work with
the 8th grade in the gym and read to the 5th grade each
Tuesday in the library. Kelci and I went down to 7th science
today and helped them look at slides to find the different
stages of mitosis. It was a lot of fun and we will continue to
help them next week. I’m looking forward to the last few
weeks here.
And Kelci O’Neill’s brief take on her week…
Our After School Program (ASP) was great! We taught
the kids about GORP, had them make their own out of
healthy ingredients, and enjoyed a healthy snack while
brainstorming other healthy snacks to have after school. We
also went on a winter scavenger hunt. Chris’s group found
9 items, my group found 13.5 items...... I had to get a NEW
scary stories book to read to the kids at lunch because I ran
out of stories in the last book. Chance the therapy dog spent
some time in the library while kids read to him. We joined
in on the Gym class and helped spin the jump rope. The kids
taught Chris and I how to play Royal Family Ball... which is
kinda like gagaball but with only one ball and two people
start out as it. I think TLS students would really like this
gaga/dodgeball alternative. We went into the Kindergarten
classroom and helped some kids who needed extra support
with their reading. On Friday we worked with 5 classes in
the Library all day! It has been a busy week... but I like it
that way!
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Counselor in Training Program
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his past summer, Kieve-Wavus started a Counselor in
Training program for rising seniors. The inaugural
sessions were a huge success! We were able to work closely
with 15 CITs on all skills important to being a responsible
tripper and positive role model for campers. Our 15 pupils
were successfully trained in Wilderness First Aid, while
simultaneously planning and packing for their six-day
backpacking and canoeing trip. Our trip in the Katahdin
Woods and Waters area and down the East Branch of the
Penobscot was a perfect balance of rigorous activity, beautiful
views, delicious food, and plenty of down time for candid
conversation about counselor life. Our CIT directors are
trained American Canoe Association Instructors, so we were
able to slow down our trip days to talk about the technical
side of canoeing including: portaging, river hydrology, risk
management, paddling technique and more. After some
time in the woods and on the water, our CITs dove into the
cabins and worked alongside counselors for the Junior Kieve
and Junior Wavus programs. This was without a doubt the
most valuable part of our CIT program, the experience of
working with a cabin and getting to know your campers
is unbeatable. Our CITs formed incredible bonds with their
1st Session Counselors in Training in the Katahdin Woods and Waters
Recreation Area.
campers and learned that being a counselor is so much more
than knowing how to navigate the wilderness. We are so
excited to see CITs returning as counselors and can’t wait to
work with the new CITs this summer.
TLS Night at Flatbread in Rockport
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f you are in the mid-coast Rockport Maine area, join
us at Flatbread Company on Tuesday June 14th for
a Leadership School benefit night. A portion of the
evening pizza sales will go to benefit TLS. Part of the
mission at Flatbread is to support local organizations
that have an impact on their local community. The
Flatbread Company has 15 stores, mostly in New
England, that all hold Tuesday benefit nights. Check
them out at flatbreadcompany.com
Kieve 90th Colorado Tour
A night with alums in Denver from left: Ben Wolven, Jory Payne, Melissa
Haynes, Becky Ford, Henry K, Blair Kennedy, Cory Wolven, Abby King, George
McFarland, Ben Hauber and Jack Reis.
Enjoying Aspen from left: Jeb Burns, Jake Edwards, Sam Kennedy, Blair
Kennedy, Margie Gribbel McLain, Harrison & Mallory Buck and Beau
Burns.
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KIEVE-WAVUS ALUMNI NOTES FROM ALL OVER
Max Lasser (Kieve 2008-‘11; KW West
2013; Staff 2014-‘15) is in his junior
year at George Washington University
and keeps his Kieve flag and photos
of summer friends proudly displayed
in his dorm room. His brother, Miles
Lasser (Kieve 2013-‘16), is in sixth
grade and excited to return next
summer for the fourth time.
Nick Mead (Kieve 2003-‘10) is a junior
at Princeton rowing in the Varsity 8.
Loren Mead (Kieve 2000-‘04) is
finishing up a Post-Bac program at
Bryn Mawr College and applying to
medical school next year.
Edwin Kuhn III (Kieve 2002-‘04)
graduated from UGA and is working
in Charlotte for CBRE.
A.J. Kuhn (Kieve 2004-‘07) is President
of SAE at Virginia Tech as a Junior.
Walker Jones (Kieve 1980-’81; Staff
1982-’84) is working in Development
and coaching girls’ tennis at Middlesex
School in Concord, MA.
C.J. (Kieve 1990, ’92-’94) and Michael
(Kieve 1995) Walsh rang the NASDAQ
closing bell as representatives of the
Movember Foundation on Wednesday,
November 25, 2015, and continue to
raise funds for cancer causes with
Team I Hate Cancer, their family-led
philanthropic effort.
Emma Mazzuchi (Wavus 2008-’12)
hiked the John Muir Trail in California
this summer, and just finished her
first term at Dartmouth.
Rafi Bruckner (Kieve 1993-’94) and
his wife are expecting their first baby
in February.
Dan Bruckner (Kieve 2000-’01) is still
living in Berkeley but is working for a
start-up headquartered in Cambridge,
MA.
George Crawford (Kieve 2006-’12) is
a freshman at Colgate University.
Julia “Judy” Andrews Davey
( Wav u s 1 9 3 3 - ’ 3 9 – Wawa n o c k )
celebrated her 93rd birthday last
October.
John Lansing (Kieve 1997-’03; Council
2007-’08) is living and working in San
Francisco.
PADDLE & THISTLE SOCIETY
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he friends listed here have all made arrangements to leave a lasting gift to Kieve-Wavus. Deferred gifts, whether
simple bequests, paid-up insurance policies, IRAs or trusts, ensure that Kieve-Wavus’ mission will continue to be
fulfilled beyond our lifetimes. (The Kieve/Wavus seal denotes deceased)
David & Louise Abbot
Frances M. Abbott
Anonymous (2)
Evan Atherton
Thomas Auchincloss
Marjorie W. Berry
Bob & Sally Bishop
Stephen & Kathryn Brackett
Alexander K. Buck, Sr.
Alexander K. Buck, Jr.
Robert & Suzanne Burrows
Francis J. Carey
Jay W. Cooper
Charles A. Dana
Jon & Mary Davis
Woody & Robin Davis
Chris Dougherty
Candace E. Dyal
Denny Emory
Candice C. Falloon
Hill & Susan Ferguson
David & Carol Ann Fulmer
Laurence H. Gardner, II
John W. Gassett &
Jacqueline E. Jones
Matthew Gault
Joan Gedney
Daren T. Hudson
Al R. Ireton
Eric & Pam Jensen
William W. Jessup
Ruth M. Keans
Anne S. Kennedy
Betty J. Kennedy
Henry R. Kennedy
Richard C. Kennedy
Jeremy & Diana LaCasse
Mary H. Lansing
Bain S. Lee
Ernest C. Marriner
J. Douglass & Hanne Maxwell
Matthew J. McKenna
Carl & Gail Meier
Marion C. Moller
Walter F. Morris
Gardner M. Mundy
Caroline C. Newcomb
Elizabeth W. Parker
Oliver & Barbara Parker
John & Meg Peacock
Devereaux & Deborah Phelps
Robert G. Preston
Charles J. Richardson
Ency S. Richardson
Hugh C. Riddleberger &
Louise W. McIlhenny
Mark & Eleanor Robinson
Cliff & Susan Russell
Frank Saunders
Sheila G. Shorr
Carol H. Stout
Muffy D. Stuart
Douglas O. Tawse
Robert O. Tawse
Stephen D. Thomas & Evy Blum
Charles C. Townsend
Thomas P. Townsend
Robert M. Trippe
Stuart K. Van Durand
David M. & Kathryn L. Villano
William M. Walker
Charles W. Whinery
Betty B. Willey
Russell W. Williams
Frederick L. Wood
Just a reminder that if you have made provisions in your estate plan for Kieve-Wavus, please be sure they incorporate
our non-profit corporation name Kieve-Wavus Education, Inc.
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Peter Taylor (Kieve 1993-’99; Council
2002-’06) and Liz Lambos will be
married June 2016.
Dan States (Kieve 2002-’03) is working
as a photographer in the British Virgin
Islands for Yacht Shots Photography.
John (Kieve Council 2002-’07; Advisory
Board) & Kim McDevitt (Kieve Staff
2005-’06; Wavus Staff 2005) - Eleanor,
or “Nora,” was so excited to get started
that she came 8 days early. She arrived
at 9:38 on October 21st, weighed 7 lbs 1
oz, and was 19 3/4 inches long. We’re
overjoyed and overwhelmed by the
beauty and the miracle and can’t
wait to introduce her to everyone in
person. Andy Roberts and Barrett
(in the fall KW news) joining John
and Nora in the fall and just recently
at Sugarloaf.
Kirstie Truluck visits Rhode Island
and Isabelle Kitchel (Wavus 2013’16), Effie Blue (Wavus 2009-’16),
Julia Binder (Wavus 2012-’15) and
Helary Gladstone (Wavus 2007,
2009-’14) last fall.
Decatur Boland (Kieve 2015-’16) and
Will Feurtado (Kieve 2015-‘16) met up
on the beach in Florida while visiting
with family. Kieve truly creates
friendships that span distance…
Loren and I had the good fortune to
take Wil (Kieve 2006-’08, Council 2015)
and Wes (Kieve 2010-‘15) Dixon skiing
in Whistler and had a wonderful
time. While we were there, Wes
somehow managed to find his Kieve
buddy, Spencer Sapir (Kieve 2010‘16) and they skied for the day!
Last October, Drew Lincoln (Kieve
2001-’03 & 2005-’07; Council 2009‘13) hiked to the summit of Mount
Whitney (tallest mountain in the
contiguous 48 United States) in the
Sierra-Nevada Mountains, one of the
many trips he has planned throughout
California while living a busy life in
San Francisco.
L o g a n (Wavus 2011-2016) and
Merrill (Wavus 2010-2015) Truluck
sporting the Wav flag in the hills
of North Carolina with the Great
Smoky Mountains National Park in
the distance.
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Dave Ernst (Kieve 1994-’00, Council
2002-’04 & 2006-’07) married Elizabeth
Rhodes, a Northwestern classmate,
on June 26th at The Colony Hotel in
Kennebunkport. I am so sorry we
didn’t get a “Kieve” photo, but I think
it is significant that three of his four
groomsmen were also counselors at
Kieve: Colum Bannatyne (Kieve
Council 2002-’04 & 2006), Adam
Haselkorn (Kieve Council 2002-’04 &
2006) and Jamie Martin (Kieve Council
2004-’07) and both Evan Atherton
(Kieve 1998-’99, Council 2002-’04) and
Chris Brown (Kieve 1995-’00, Council
2002-’04) came to celebrate with us as
well. The man on the far right is Matt
Martin, a close friend of Dave’s from
Northwestern.
Charlotte Bishop Klockenthoer
(Wavus 1926-’30), died 12/28/2015. She
was the matriarch of a 4 generation
Wavus camping family. She attended
camp along with her brother James
B i s h o p . Her daughters J a n e t
Klockenthoer Charles Icenroad
and Sandy Klockenthoer attended
camp in 1956-1958. Janet’s son,
Christopher Charles attended the
last two years that camp was open
under the Westermans in 1975 & ‘76.
Chris’s daughter Courtney came to
day camp (she was only 9) in 2001.
Sandy believes that they are the only
4 generation Wavus camping family.
- Sandy Klockenthoer.
Charlotte and her Dakota cabinmates in 1930
A note from down under…
Henry,
adventure camp
So nice to hear from you, we are good,
busy, busy but then that’s just me!!
Jackson is a mover and a groover....he
keeps me on my toes and at 20 months
he blows me away with what he is
capable of, I’m loving this new journey
with him, it’s so good to be at home
just hanging out and exploring.
I miss Wavus and Maine a lot, we are
coming to visit this summer, so I will
be in touch when we have some plans
and dates.....I need to swim in the lake,
listen to the loons, catch up with the
campers and counselors....I miss the
trip shed!!!!!! I’m soooo glad to hear
things are going well, it’s always going
to be tough when there is a change,
but the values and mission always
remains the same and that is what’s
important for the girls....they love
the physical stuff like the land and
cabins and all the great equipment
and resources, but most of all they
love the feeling they get when they
drive down the driveway, knowing
that for the next 3 1/2 weeks they
are surrounded by people who love,
respect and care for them...that’s what
it’s all about and without that they
wouldn’t achieve what they do in their
time at KieveWavus.
Awesome little article from the Aussie
boys, good to see the Kieve sticker on
the canoe as well. They look pretty
good for 80!!!
Big hellos or as we say Kia Ora to the
team.....Russ, Betsy, Charlie, Reid,
Summer, Diane, Bill, Faye, Jess, Rob and
whoever else is still around...looking
forward to a lunch on the deck in June
sometime.
More fun day during our Adventure Camp held
during February school vacation week!
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Former Wavus Wilderness Tripping Director Sara
Taylor and son Jackson, Kieve 2022 camper.
Lots of love
Sara Taylor, Wavus Council Staff 2007
& ’08; Wilderness Tripping Director
2009-2013
KIEVE-WAVUS ADVISORY BOARD
Rob Abbey
Max Abbott
Barry Atwood
Alley Bartholomew
Max Blatt
Bob Bower
Steve Brackett
Charles Brown
Jamie Brown
Tyler Brown
A.B. Burton
Henry Chance
Tom Dorman
Chris Dougherty
Jesse Dougherty
Kelly Dun
Tench Forbes
Steve Fulmer
Will Gano
Sam Glidden
Cory Grever
Lucy Grogan
Melissa Haynes
Joe Holliday
Jen Ireland
Tom Kalaris
David Keeley
Blair Kennedy
Sam Kennedy
Mac King
John Lawrence
Bob Linker
Spencer Mallozzi
Cara Martin-Tetreault
John McDevitt
Kim McDevitt
Megan McFarland
Connor McKenna
Mike Mesrobian
Emma Murphy
Jason Nahra
Andrew Palmer
Andrew Perry
Laurie Beth Richardson
James Riddleberger
Page Riley
Andy Roberts
Jamie Roberts
Lisa Roberts
Sarah Robinson
Liza Schmidt
Jared Schott
Hap Schroeder
Tim Shenton
Grace Shorr
Nick Stevens
Gary Stone
Frank Strasburger
Lowell Thomas
Charlie Whinery
George Wills
Amos Wolven
KIEVE-WAVUS TRUSTEES
Thomas G. Auchincloss, Jr.
James D. Brown
W. Morgan Churchman, III
William C. Cox, III
Candace E. Dyal
John W. Geismar
Heidi Gifford
Pamela K. Jensen
Laura W. Kaplan
Donald A. Keyser, Chair
William A. Knowlton
Margaret W. Lyne
Christopher J. Maguire
Louise W. McIlhenny
Matthew J. McKenna
Clifford E. Muller
Thomas R. Riley, Jr.
Mark K. J. Robinson
James H. Stuart
R. Dixon Thayer
Emeriti
Alexander K. Buck, Jr.
Thomas W. Haas
Richard C. Kennedy
Michael N. Westcott
Next Generation Campaign - Success
DECEASED Alumni and
FRIENDS
Carl E. Andrews, Wavus 1930-’35, Gold
Medal 1935, Staff 1936-‘41
Dr. Charles E. Barb Jr., Kieve 1948-‘56
Charles B. Doyle II, Wavus 1944-’50,
Wavus Gold 1950, Staff 1951-‘53
Bill Davies Jr., Friend
Samuel Morse Felton Jr., Kieve 1938’39, 1942
Mason Fernald, Kieve 1930-‘31
Matthew Forelli, Grandparent, Friend
Laurence “Larry” H. Gardner II, Kieve
1939-‘42
Frederick Wood “Ted” Gray, Kieve
Staff 1946-‘47
Rhoda Gribbel, Grandparent
John D. “Jack” Kistler II, Kieve Staff 1960’71, Kieve Parent, Grandparent
Shirley Klar, Grandparent
Charlotte Klockenthoer, Wavus ’26-‘30,
Parent, Grandparent
Nancy Haley Lyle, Wavus 1939, 1941-45
Bettina Beusch Mund, Kieve Staff 1986,
Wavus Parent
Henry B. Pennell III, Kieve 1933-’36,
Staff 1941
Jennifer Fyles Potthoff, Kieve Parent
Herbert Watson Pratt, Kieve 1935-’37,
1939
Henry A. Ryan, Kieve 1946-‘47
Elizabeth Sheppard, Wavus Staff, Kieve
Parent
Sandy Stone, Friend, Wavus Staff,
Parent
Online Newsletter
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online if you would like to “save a
tree” or forward it on to a family
member who might be interested
in camp. Go to the “News & Events”
section at kievewavus.org and
click on
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WEB SITE: www.kievewavus.org
Kieve-Wavus Education empowers people to contribute positively to society
by promoting the values of kindness, respect for others, and environmental
stewardship through year-round experiential programs, camps for youth and
adults, and guidance from inspirational role models.
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You may even enjoy the Alumni Stories & History section.