The Wigwam Campers! Camp Wekeela the Wigwam - Winter 2020 Happy New Year Pioneers! Volume 99, Issue 1 Gift to Be Part of That Create Thoughtful, Develop- Process
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Welcome New The Wigwam Campers! Camp Wekeela The Wigwam - Winter 2020 Happy New Year Pioneers! Volume 99, Issue 1 gift to be part of that create thoughtful, develop- process. This gift of mentally appropriate and partnering with parents and formative experiences for Full Session: being responsible for other children. Lori and I look people’s children also comes forward to working together June 27 - August 15 throughout the school year with an obligation to 1st Session: continually educate ourselves. and in the year ahead, to As parents, the best gift in prepare ourselves to be the June 27 - July 25 best partners and informed The 20’s have arrived! One life is your kids. When they resources we can to our Rookie Sessions: hundred years ago, the smile at you, tell you they 1920’s were a booming love you, and kiss you good- campers and their families. June 27 - July 11/July 11-July 25/ July 26 - Aug 8 period. The social and night, you know all the hard As the calendar churns to- cultural aspects of this era work is worthwhile. And one wards summertime and the Visiting Day: was known as the Roaring of the best gifts parents can start of camp, we will be on Twenties. In this new give their child is the gift of the road extensively in Janu- July 24 sleepaway camp. We have a decade, we’re inspiring ary through April. We hope 2nd Session: people to take life by storm responsibility to reflect on to see many of you. We have and using the new year and the camp experience, to scheduled more Wekeela July 26- August 15 new decade to motivate oth- challenge ourselves to learn Wednesdays in other great ers to make positive changes about the complex world cities this spring. The 2020 is also Maine’s in their lives. And as always with which our youth are countdown to Wekeela 2020 bicentennial. Come celebrate faced, and to be intentional be grateful and remember has begun!! with us this summer! to be humble and kind. about the creation of our The New Year is an opportunity for making and trying new things, learning, living, pushing, and chang- ing yourself. We believe the experiences our campers have at Wekeela prepares them to manage challenges brought by the new year. Through camp, they have camp communities and each learned resiliency, to step individual’s experience within Visitor’s Day is Friday, July 24th. Make your out of their comfort zone, those communities. to take initiative, and to lodging arrangements now! The hotels and write their own story. Camp At Wekeela, we seek inns book early. Download the “Places To Wekeela and other summer opportunities throughout the camps are preparing chil- year to learn, to broaden our Stay” information from our website. dren for life. It is a joy and a perspective, and to help us Page 2 The Wigwam, Volume 98, Issue 2 Be Prepared For This Summer … Please make reading the Parent/Camper handbook a priority. All important information and forms are now available to download at our website such as: Camper Health Forms, Camp Wekeela Store, Camp Trucking, Pack My Rx, Travel, senior campers, (first session) must complete and submit the Canada Trip Permission form. Second session Teen Campers (seniors, juniors and inters) must submit the Whitewater Rafting Permission Form. Wekeela Notes: To keep parents connected with their children we provide our own Email service. It’s called WekeelaNotes! WekeelaNotes allow parents to send emails to their children and receive scanned letters from the campers returned on a timely basis. WekeelaNotes are much quicker than sending your children letters via snail mail. We offer WekeelaNotes at a special flat rate per family (instead of per camper). Please register for WekeelaNotes at our website. Pack My Rx: For campers taking medicine, we use Pack My Rx to service all individual medication needs. Please read more about Pack My Rx at Parent/Camper Handbook available at our website. Horseback Riding! The Wekeela Riding program takes place at the beautiful Oakwood Equestrian Center, a 200-acre farm led by Tina and Ray Nichols. It features outdoor and indoor arenas. Pioneers get lessons in balanced seat, basic dressage, and jumping. There are two sessions per week at three hours per session; a three hour session allows time to touch on all aspects of horsemanship, working students from the ground up, including a solid hour in the saddle in addition to grooming, tack up, and tack down. The facility also features miles of trails that overlook the beautiful western Maine mountains. Space is limited. To register complete the optional program form on our website under forms and waivers. The Wigwam, Volume 98, Issue 2 Page 3 Wekeela Daily Schedule Camp Activities - At Wekeela, campers attend their activities with their age group. Our camp schedule features an A-B-C-D rotation with a Wekeela day every fifth day. The Wekeela day is a special day of programming, such as a carnival or a field trip. Please review the guidelines below with your child so that they fully understand what is expected in these areas: Instructional Swimming - Kids Camp campers (ages 7-12) are required to attend one instructional swimming class each programming day throughout the summer. Teen Camp campers (13-16) do not take instructional swim. Waterfront, Tennis, Land Sports, Outdoor Adventure, Environmental Education, Creative Arts, Culinary Arts and Performing Arts - All campers are required to attend one instructional class on a rotational basis throughout the summer. Waterski - All campers attend a double period of waterski! It includes a choice of waterskiing, wakeboarding, knee boarding, or tubing on a rotational basis throughout the summer. Tripping - Wekeela offers optional day and overnight hikes. Campers can register for them while at camp. All hikes are age appropriate. The Wekeela Orienteering program is very popular. It features trailblazing alongside the adjacent Hayford Brook in our “New Frontier.” The highlight will be making s’mores at a campfire and then sleeping under the stars in our Lenape Village. “Camp purists point to the Maine 2020 will mark 98 camps as the most traditional, years of summer camp Coming this Spring: sought-after experiences, mostly fun on the shores of • because of Maine’s abundant Little Bear Pond. It’s Spring Wigwam wilderness and pristine lakes also Lori and Ephram’s • And much, much more! and beaches.” 24th season at Maine Camp Experience Wekeela!! Page 4 The Wigwam, Volume 98, Issue 2 Travel Information Camp Trucking Please review the 2020 transporta- Please utilize Camp Trucking. They provide duffel delivery service from tion information available on our your door in the USA (except Alaska and Hawaii) to your child’s bunk website. It contains suggested U.S. and from his / her bunk, back to your door. Camp Trucking can be and International flights, as well as reached at: 970-949-0690 or www.camptrucking.com This service adds chartered coach information from convenience as well as saves you time and money. Did you know … your Rye, NY and a travel request form. child’s counselors unpack their campers before they arrive at camp? Please remember that airlines Please DO NOT SEND HARD TRUNKS, as we have no place to store change their schedules frequently. We will update these schedules them. When you pack please choose a soft duffel bag or other collapsible throughout the spring. luggage. If you plan to lock your child’s duffel with a combination or key All campers flying from our lock, please send the combination or a spare set of keys (labeled with your chaperoned flights (Ft. Lauderdale child’s name) to the camp office - just in case. All luggage will be sent and Baltimore June 27th) must home via Camp Trucking. Please note, we do not have a shipping center book their airfare directly through on campus and cannot arrange for shipping of luggage outside of Camp the Atlas travel agency. Please Trucking. contact Dianne Doucette at: 508.488.1193 or [email protected] Campers flying from other Wekeela Steps For Success in the ‘20’s! destinations may make their own What are your hopes and dreams arrangements or use any other Create Goals: for 2020? agent. We will require a copy of Think about where you want to be all transportation forms by May next year or next decade, and 1st. write down some goals that you’d We meet all campers arriving by like to achieve. air and accompany them to camp with our special charted coach bus Believe In Yourself: service. Also note that more We all make mistakes, that’s part airlines are requiring children to of life! Try to avoid that cycle of travel as unaccompanied minors. negativity that holds people down, Check with your airline for details. instead focus on the positive and Please feel free to call us at remember that tomorrow is a new 201.612.5125 with any day! related travel questions. Invest In Yourself: Hit the gym, read more, take a class. These are just some quick examples of how you can get off Please follow us of autopilot and live life to on Facebook! achieve your goals! Follow us @Camp_Wekeela on Twitter and Instagram! [email protected] The Wigwam, Volume 98, Issue 2 5Page 5 Page 5 Introducing Wekeela Wear: Our Inaugural Retail Store We are thrilled to announce the grand opening of our very own Wekeela Wear store. We will be carrying fabulous, couture Wekeela clothing designs, bedding and bath essentials, accessories, and so much more! Campers, their families, and staff can order directly from our store.