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, […]
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, […]
Calling All Alumni!
What’s New With You? Get married? Have a baby? Graduate? Move to a new state? Took a new job? Got into college or grad-school? Traveled the world? Found an exciting adventure? How are you doing and what have you been up to? You can e-mail your news to abby@keewaydin.org, post it here on our blog, […]
Preserve Classic Keewaydin Country!
Help the people of Lansdowne House on the Attawapiskat River in Ontario preserve the North Country. This film shows how invaluable the river and lands are to not only the people of Landsdowne House, but also to the area’s wildlife. The Ring of Fire is the term for the Chromite deposits that have been discovered […]
Calling All Paddling Enthusiasts!
Save the Date for the Run of the Charles Sunday, April 28, 2013 Join Keewaydin alumni, parents, and staff to cheer on the Keewaydin Teams at the 31st Annual Run of the Charles Canoe & Kayak Race Following the race, join us for good food and Keewaydin cheer from 1pm to 4pm at the finish line […]
Expedition 2012 make’s the Year-End Update in Vermont’s Seven Days Newspaper
To read the update, and hear more about the Crew post Expedition, click here : Vermont Canoe Paddlers Complete 1200-Mile Voyage to Canada’s James Bay | Seven Days.
2012 NYC Alumni Reception a Huge Success
Monday, October 22 was a truly magnificent evening for Keewaydin at the Yale Club in New York City. Thank you to all who could attend and those who contributed. Highlights included recognition of the Expedition 2012 crew, a presentation of a Memorial Service Award to Anthony M. Schulte’s family, and the presentation of the 2012 Keewaydin Service Award to […]
