The Excellence School Featured on 60 Minutes
Keewaydin Camps Partner with the Excellence School The Excellence Boys Charter School of Brooklyn was recently featured in a 60 Minutes story about the Robin Hood Foundation of New York. Keewaydin connected with the school in 2012, enabling two scholars to attend Keewaydin Temagami last summer. Those boys’ experience, combined with a presentation by camp […]
50 Things To Do Before You’re 11 3/4
There is nothing quite like getting outside after a long winter; the sun on your shoulders, the smell of freshly cut grass, the sound of birds singing. The British National Trust recently came out with a list of 50 Things To Do Before You’re 11 3/4. This list of family fun adventures is completely Keewaydin approved […]
Earth Day Will Help Your Health
Celebrate Earth Day Everyday! Recently a number of articles have surfaced publicizing research that indicates cognitive, physical and emotional advantages to spending time immersed in nature. Admittedly, it can be challenging to get outdoors everyday and perhaps sending your children out the back door is a thing of the past, with encroaching roads, disease carrying […]
Spaghetti Dinner to Benefit Vermont Schools
KEEC Style Spaghetti Dinner! All are welcome, proceeds go to offsetting the cost of KEEC for Vermont schools!
Thought for the Day
Spring is in the air meaning we are one step closer to summer! This is one thought for the day, by writer and environmentalist Sigurd F. Olson, all canoeists can appreciate. Photo by Lauren Sayer. “There is magic in the feel of a paddle and the movement of a canoe, a magic compounded of distance, […]
Looking for an adventurous read?
In an age when regions of the Canadian North had hardly been discovered, Prentice G. Downes, a Harvard graduate and a teacher at the Belmont School outside of Boston, chose to travel alone by canoe to explore the Great Barren Lands. Sleeping Island: A Journey to the Edge of the Barrens, originally published in 1943, […]
July 28, New York Times: Blissfully Lost in the Woods
An op-ed recently appeared in the New York Times that affirms the value of the wilderness (i.e. Keewaydin) experience: Blissfully Lost in the Woods
Expedition 2012’s Return in the Addison Independant
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Keewaydin in the News…April 27
_______________________________________________________________ The CREW OF EXPEDITION 2012 are featured in the Burlington VT weekly Seven Days. SONGADEEWIN is mentioned in the Christian Science Monitor. _______________________________________________________________
Acclaimed Child Psychologist and Keewaydin Alumnus, Michael Thompson ‘61, Pens New Book
Michael Thompson’s new book will be in stores May 1, 2012! Entitled Homesick and Happy: An insightful and powerful look at the magic of summer camp—and why it is so important for children to be away from home . . . if only for a little while, the book includes a chapter, “Passages,” highlighting Keewaydin Temagami’s […]
