Calling All Boat Partners To Tell Your Story!
Have a funny, dramatic, or poetic story of your camp boat partner experience? Share your story and it may be featured in the upcoming Northwest Wind! Looking for memories, anecdotes, and photos from various decades to be remembered for many years to come! Share here or e-mail abby@keewaydin.org
Celebrate with Keewaydin in NYC
You are cordially invited to attend The 2013 Keewaydin Alumni Reception Highlighted by Presentation of the Keewaydin Service Award to ~ John F. “Jeff” Schneider ~ Monday, October 21, 2013 6-8 p.m. Cocktails, Hors d’oeuvres and Keewaydin Cheer The Roger Smith Hotel 501 Lexington Ave (Lexington and 47th St.) New York, NY 10017 Attire: Business Casual Please RSVP to Keewaydin […]
Advice For A “Homesick” Parent
A recent article in The Atlantic gives some wonderful advice for parents who are feeling “homesick” for their child. A Summer Camp Lesson: Good-bye, and Go Away, Thank You Very Much Dropping a kid off for camp can test a parent’s resolve. But standing back to let a child develop autonomy is one of […]
Passage into Manhood
Passage into Manhood By Michael Thompson | July 26, 2005 As printed in The Boston Globe, July 26, 2005. Re-printed with permission from the author. THE BOY sitting next to me on the plane from Toronto to North Bay was 17 years old, a rising high school senior with a slight beard. He had the misfortune […]
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!
12 Tips For Parents Sending Their Child To Camp
Inspired by a recent article in Parent Magazine, these are 12 tips designed to help parents and their child prepare for the summer at one of Keewaydin’s camps. 1. Follow the Packing List This is pretty easy. The camp Directors have prepared a comprehensive packing list for your review. Study the list carefully to make […]
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, […]
