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Dear Aloha,
There is something about chopping wood with an axe that is good for the spirit. People who know me well understand that wood chopping is kind of a “thing” for me, and sometimes I get asked why. So I have thought about it, and here is what I believe: •
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Chopping wood takes confidence. It is a practice that can be mastered by people of many statures, ages, builds, heights – you name it. But if you don’t have confidence in what you’re doing, you won’t be able to swing with the accuracy and force needed to split the wood in front of you. It takes precision and practice. It is a pretty basic skill, actually – just one person and one tool. But if you’re going to be successful, you need to be safe, you need to be attentive, and you need to be prepared. Swinging an axe is good exercise. When you raise it up, you fill your lungs with air, engage your core, and use your upper and lower body for strength and balance. You are engaged physically and mentally in the job before you, and you can only be successful if you are mindful and present in the moment. Splitting kindling connects you to nature and the
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outdoors. It’s not something you do in a basement or garage, or in your bedroom or your car – you do it outside. With good lighting and visibility, and with plenty of space around you.
Chopping wood feels good, and you get to see the fruits of your labor almost instantly. It takes longer to make a sandwich or take a shower than it does to split a log into kindling. Such a small investment of time yields great reward. The end-game with chopping wood – building a fire – serves a higher purpose. Whether your fire is used for cooking, heat, fellowship, ambiance, or all of the above, the wood you’ve chopped enables something greater: nourishment, warmth, camaraderie.
And this might be the clincher: chopping wood is often considered to be a task performed by men. Not at Aloha, mind you, but in the world in general. It’s thought of as a guy thing.
When we women pick up an axe and cleave a log into usable kindling, we are doing so much more than chopping wood. We are challenging stereotypes, building our confidence, and taking responsibility for ourselves and the world around us. And when we teach other girls and women to chop wood, we are serving as role models for empowerment and courage, and teachers of independence and self-reliance. We are creating community, strengthening our bodies and our friendships, and – in many cases – re-defining “fun.” What is your fun? What incites your passion? How are you a PAM? There is something about chopping wood with an axe that is good for the spirit. That’s my story, and I’m sticking to it. See you at the WCH chopping block in 2017! Aloha, Sarah Gordon Littlefield Director, Aloha Camp
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this issue of the SCAMP SPIRIT
Contents Pages Aloha from our Director
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Aloha from our Assistant Director
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Greetings from our Program Director
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Greetings from Unit Heads
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Greetings from Department Heads
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Aloha Foundation Calendar
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from our Assistant Director You may or may not know that I try to live the life of eternal summer – Northern Hemisphere summer in the US, and Southern Hemisphere summer in Australia. Of course those pesky inbetween times of Spring and Fall do tend to get in the way of the ‘endless’ summer idea; Spring in Vermont and Spring in Tasmania have a lot in common – cold, rain, wind, and random patches of sunshine! I always try to let those bits blur a little. But I digress. My Australian summer has a very different routine to my American summer. There’s no two-courses-at-breakfast, no rest hour after lunch, no Bike Police stopping by my office, no singing all the time, no Taps at 9pm. But there ARE also many similarities.
• I try to sleep in a tent whenever I can, and I’ve been on three separate camping trips this year. I’ve peed outside my tent, I’ve tried to be quiet playing card games late into the night, I’ve loved hanging with my best friends, and I’ve loved making some new friends. • I have hiked up so many hills! My daily walk to work is mostly flat, so I have to make up for it at other times. I’ve hiked Mt Wellington, Wineglass Bay, Mt Wellington, Mt Nelson, Mt Wellington, Bastion Bluff, Mt Wellington… (there are a lot of different tracks on Mt Wellington). • Both in the office and on an actual trail, I have eaten trail lunches. Please don’t tell anyone that mine include peanut butter. • I have been a PAM, even at times when I didn’t want to be and a little voice had to remind me “you’re a PAM!”. It’s often in the smallest moments of deciding whether or not to speak up, to do the right thing; a little reminder that I am powerful and I have the full weight of Aloha behind me, is always helpful. • I ate grilled cheese & tomato soup (almost). Really I just ate tomato soup, but I mixed some cheese into it and it went all melty and it was delicious! • When there are problems at work I have been the one to say “let’s stop complaining about this, how are we going to fix it?” Yes I’ve Success Counseled my colleagues, my family, my friends and myself.
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Continued from page 3, Aloha from Our Assistant Director • Even though the water is still freezing, I have jumped in and gone swimming. Because it’s summer, and that’s what you do. • Over and over I have gazed out from a mountain, lain back and stared at the stars, looked closely at trees, and LOVED being outdoors. So you can see my Australian summer could easily sound like an Aloha summer. And it’s not the big special events that capture my attention, it’s the day-to-day things, the Aloha philosophy, and the environment. It’s all the small precious moments that make Aloha what it is. Conversations and silliness from Table 8. Group hugs. Having grass piled on my head at Garden Supper. Embracing my space. Fake tent families. Picnics on the basketball court. Songs after Wedding Ring. Taps and Reveille on kazoos. You’ll find that it’s the little things that you’ll remember for many years to come, and it’s all the little things I’m looking forward to sharing with you when my Australian summer rolls into an American summer… Love & Aloha, Erin Wilson Assistant Director, Aloha Camp
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from our Program Director
Hello beautiful people! I miss all of your faces. No really, every last one. While I’m lucky enough to see the California folks every now and then (ok, once), I wish the rest of you would move to California so that I might see all of your faces much more, and we could bake a cake filled with rainbows and smi... ok, now I just think I’m quoting Mean Girls. Sunny days in California has me longing for the shores of Vermont... ha! See what I did there? It’s sunny in California, not snowy like the rest of the country! (Ok, it’s probably not snowing in Florida.) Even more reason for you all to move here! In all sincerity, I find myself missing the shores of Lake Morey so much in the winter, snow or not. I can hear the echoes of laughter and songs in my mind, and I’m immediately transported back to memories of a wonderful summer, with all of you, on Lake Morey. NOW STOP MAKING FUN OF ME FOR BEING TOO NOSTALGIC. IT’S NOT COOL, I KNOW. Page 5
Graduate school often feels very different from my summers at Aloha, especially as a graphic design student. If only I had spent more time in the art barn! But did you guys see my cool Vermont cheese plate that I made this summer? That was cool. Hm... maybe I should study woodworking. Phil Bean, can we set something up? Anyways, I’m trying to find lots of ways to bring my camp self into the studio, and while that doesn’t mean tying knots, or learning dives, or singing songs, or going on overnights (though I could argue that overnights in the studio are very similar), it more often manifests itself in the way I talk to my peers, the way I work on group projects, and the way I welcome new students into the program. When I’m confused about an assignment, I ask the teacher, “What might that look like?” When I have something to say in class, I raise my hand and I project! (John McFadden, take note.) When I stand up in front of the class for a presentation, I think of all the announcements I made at camp. And when I’m having a hard day, or a hard critique, I make sure to smile; because at the end of the day, I’m doing what I love. And I think that’s the reason we see each other back at Aloha, summer after summer, regardless of what the year has brought us: because we’re doing what we love. The invitation still stands to move to California; we can figure out housing later. You’re used to sleeping in tents. Sending you all so much love from the West Coast (and the “West Bay”). Aloha, Louisa Savage
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from your ALOHA Unit Heads HELLLLLOOO PINES 2016!!! I’m currently sitting in my apartment at school at Bates College, where there are a few feet of snow on the ground, it’s well below freezing and I would so much rather be hanging with you on the shores of Lake Morey, singing at the top of our lungs, planning our amazing outer-space unit special, and dancing the night away at the lawn party. I think about you all often. How I would so much rather be playing the most intense game of knockout with Cinta Gonzalez Lopez, cup stacking with Margaret D’Auria, or singing “Without Love” and the rest of Hairspray with the dancing queen herself, Billye Cleveland than studying for my Biological Chemistry exam later this week. However, many things I’ve learned at camp are very applicable to the real world.
Not only did I introduce awkward dancing moves, like the gangle and shopping cart, to my hip hop class this past semester, but I also taught all my friends what it means to be a PAM! Camp has given me so many things that I am forever grateful for. I was fortunate enough to go to Fairlee during the winter. Taylor Brown, Julia Busby, Marina Smalling, the Kissick sisters and I got to walk across the lake rather than swim around it and sled down club hill rather than roll down it. However, even as the trees were bare, the tents flaps gone, and the buildings were all boarded up, camp was the same place. Taylor and I got the same giddy feeling driving around the lake as we do every time we come back to Fairlee, wondering if it will feel the same, look the same, and be the same place we left it. And it is and it will be. That Aloha magic never goes away. While I’m still not sure yet if I’ll be on the shores of Lake Morey full time this summer, I know, no matter what, you all will have another amazing summer full of intense 4-square games, songs sung around the campfire, and wonderful friends who will make 2017 another best summer ever. Sending so much love to my wonderful Pines Tent 2 and the whole Landsports department. Can’t wait until we are all reunited on the shores of Lake Morey! Aloha, Rosemary “Ro” Leahey
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Aloha Crossroads 2016!
Who would have guessed that we are only a few short months away from Aloha 2017! It seems like only last week that we were playing nightly games of Tiki Toss in the unit or organising our EPIC ‘Highland Games’ Unit Special! That was seriously the best unit special ever, I don’t think I will ever get the image of 100+ teenage girls running around with flannels tied around their waists as kilts, with Braveheart face paint on, out of my mind! And of course our boat rides to find the Loch Ness Monster were out of this world, shout out to Nick for his excellent boat driving skills!
Since our wonderful summer, I have had a few adventures of my own. I was lucky enough to stay in Fairlee for an extra 3 months, working at the Hulbert Outdoor Center. Being able to stay in the most beautiful place in the world with some pretty awesome counselors (shout out to Gary, Lamby and Roff) was definitely the best start to Fall that I could ever imagine! And to add to the amazingness, I got to hang out with a couple of Aloha Maidens who came to the center with their schools (another shout out to Kate Gasparro and Lexi Gaetz). I learned a lot of new things at Hulbert, which I am very excited to share with you all in the summer! The best way to describe Hulbert is that it is camp but you get to do a bit more teambuilding, which is really fun, and then you either get to stay in one of the snazzy HOC cabins at the end of the day or you get to go home and sleep in your own bed! Either way, it is a pretty great deal. Saying that though, during the warm summer nights, there is no other bed that I would rather stay in, than one on the hillside of Aloha, tent flaps rolled up, with a light breeze blowing through the tent and the sound of all of the nocturnal creatures coming to life in the moonlight. The thought of that gets me through the cold winter nights, where I basically try and hibernate until the days and nights become warmer again, I am definitely NOT a cold weather kinda gal! I was extremely lucky to have a bit of camp come to Europe over New Years. I was joined by Gary and Lamby in Warsaw, Poland where we celebrated the New Year with some fellow Lanakilans. Gary and I then explored Berlin and Cologne, before meeting back up with Lamby in Amsterdam and then finally, Gary came back to Manchester with me so I could annoy her for another week. It was fabulous! Since I returned back to Manchester in October, I have spent my time dreaming about our next rendezvous on the shores of Lake Morey. I am counting down the days until June… in fact I am counting down the seconds, at this moment it is (10108809 seconds). I cannot wait to hang out with all of you again, so soon! Camp is by far my most favourite place in the entire world, and it is because of all of you that I feel that way about it. As beautiful as it is, camp just would not be the same without every single one of you bringing your inner PAM to camp! I hope you are all ready for 2017 to be the best summer EVER! Love you all, Aloha Charlotte “ChBry” Bryan
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from your ALOHA Unit Heads Aloha Seventh Heaven! I cannot believe how much time has passed since our amazing summer at the top of the hill! It seems like it was just yesterday that we were having wild dance parties in the trip-sub shack, creating a glorious rock collection, and laughing uncontrollably during blindfold dodge ball. As chance would have it, I am looking out the window at Lake Morey as I write this letter! It is just as beautiful as ever, except now the lake is frozen and covered in snow. Instead of boating and swimming in the lake, people glide across the ice on Nordic skates. There are even a few ice-fishing huts set up in the middle of the lake! It’s so fun to see how the magic and beauty of this place continues all year long.
So you might be asking yourself, why is Lamby in Fairlee in the middle of winter?! Great question. I am lucky enough to be working at Hulbert this year as an instructor. My favorite part of my job (besides being at Aloha all year round) is that I am learning how to do so many new things. I studied history and art history in college and now I am learning and teaching people about ecology and natural history - something I never thought I would do. Today I learned how to identify squirrel, deer, and turkey tracks in the snow. Did you know that you can figure out how large an animal is just from looking at its tracks? Isn’t that cool? I’m so glad that Aloha taught me to challenge myself and try things outside of my comfort zone, otherwise I might never have had these amazing experiences. There are so many mornings that I wake up and wish that I could groggily yell to you all “Good morning Seventh Heaven!” and be greeted by all of your bright and cheerful faces. I hope you all have had fantastic experiences this fall and found ways to bring Aloha into your everyday lives. A giant hug to all of you (an extra hug to my tent family, Hannah Tager, Maddie Schattenfield, Joe Whyte, and Magda Schneiderman). I hope to see each and everyone one of you this summer. Love, Emily “Lamby” Lambdin
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A dog gave birth to puppies near the road and was cited for littering.
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from your ALOHA Unit Heads Aloha Old Hideaway 2016! Hi from Philly! It FINALLY actually snowed here, and by snowed I mean there’s just about an inch on the ground, but I’ll take it. I have been living here over the winter, staying busy by working on my applications to graduate school. I want to study school social work so that I can keep working with awesome people just like all of you! I also got a chance to travel around Europe for two weeks in January with some wonderful camp friends. We had quite the adventure, traveling from Poland to Germany to Amsterdam and then on to England via planes, trains, and buses! It was an excellent way to kick off 2017.
I’m heading back to Vermont very soon for another season at Hulbert, which I am so excited about! It has been great living in Vermont and working with school programs there, and I’ve been lucky enough to get to see plenty of camp friends since I’ve been there. During the fall season I worked with Chbry, Lamby, and Roff as well as many other Aloha Foundation gems, which as you can imagine was quite a blast! So I am looking forward to being up there again, playing in all of the snow, and working at Hulbert. I miss all of you lovely maidens constantly, and I am already counting down the days for Aloha 2017, although it will be hard for it to live up to the magic of OHO 2016 with you crazies! I hope that you are all having AMAZING years and are finding little bits of Aloha in all that you do. Make sure to stay in touch with camp friends this winter, because let’s be honest, camp friends are the best friends. Also I highly recommend teaching your friends at home Clam Free. I know nobody loved it nearly as much as I did, but you all have to admit it’s a pretty hysterical game! Sending you all of the hugs and Aloha love, Erin “Gary” Gerrity Page 9
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Aloha Club!
Hello to my dearest and darling Club and Aloha 2016! I am in shock to be writing this letter right now because it feels like only yesterday we were together singing in Father G’s and Wishing Fire. I find camp to be on my mind almost every day, whether I walk out of the house and notice my perfect jean, shirt, flannel, sock combination or as Kat Horn and I hum a camp song and then proceed to spend the night trying to figure out what it is. What a crazy few months it has been! After camp, I flew to Scotland to work on an organic farm. While most of the work was new to me, I felt prepared with my Carhartt overalls, Bean boots and proper wood chopping and knot tying techniques. I also never forgot to bring my warm layer, water bottle, pocketknife, bandana and raincoat, just in case! I then traveled around visiting as many Aloha people as I could! I was lucky enough to explore Copenhagen with Lexie Seidel and Yarrow Randall, and then visited the Thieler family in Berlin. If you’ve ever noticed the large photograph of the twin girls in the photo room – that’s Lisa and Lua Thieler, who are now no longer 4 but in their 20s! Ricky Thieler was the star of the photo room for many years when I was a camper and it was a joy seeing them after many years! I’ve taken thousands of photographs along the way (big surprise, I know!) and my biggest task now is to somehow organize them. Who knows maybe I’ll create a slideshow with some perfectly timed music. :-) Alrighty, so now to prepare for Summer 2017! I accidentally bought some black socks the other day before realizing how useless they are, SO not CCC and you can’t even see my name on the bottom. But besides socks, I have been thinking about all the new adventures we are going to find this summer. So many new things to try and goals to achieve…I WILL pass my kayak tippy test, 11 years is long enough! I couldn’t be more excited to get to Lake Morey and begin our true lives featuring our best selves. All my love and wishes for the rest of the year! See you soon! Isabel “Izzy” Zaino
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No matter how much you push the envelope, it’ll still be stationery.
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Greetings everyone! While it’s for sure not the same as the shores of Lake Morey, I am still doing well. I am currently finishing up my second year at the Kansas State College of Veterinary Medicine, and I couldn’t love it more (except for all of the studying). This is my last semester of studying in the classroom before learning more practical skills and even performing surgery, which is a slightly terrifying prospect. While I do enjoy the middle of the country, I miss the east coast, except for maybe in February since it is around fifty degrees here in Kansas. Instead of stuck in a library I would much rather be out on the docks practicing how to tie four different bowline knots, be out in the motorboat running a last minute regatta practice, or even be in the dining hall complaining about how I wanted a fifth grilled cheese. I hope that everyone has been able to take a piece of camp from last summer with them and keep it with them throughout the year. All my puzzle pieces hang on the wall of my room and continually remind me of my home away from home. I am counting on seeing you many of you at some point over the summer of 2017 to have another best summer ever. Special shout out to the sailors, I hope you remember your sail theory. Aloha, from the plains of Kansas! Nick Hayes Sailing
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Aloha all of you wonderful PAMs!
I often think of Lake Morey on these cold winter days sitting in my office at my new job in Burlington, VT! I have recently started working as a case manager in a drug addiction treatment facility, and every day I encourage myself to (as Shel would say) be somebody and work to make a difference in my clients’ lives. I have been working especially hard to carry the Aloha magic with me everywhere, from my hike on the Long Trail in September to my move to Burlington, and when I am feeling challenged I remember to embrace my space and my true PAM self! I encourage all of you to strive to be strong, caring, empathetic, and kind young people, and to keep the Aloha spirit with you until you are once again on Lake Morey’s shore. A special shout out to all my lovely campers, my beautiful OH tent 1 and my fabulous OH shack; I miss you all to bits. To my kayaking crew, I hope you are all dreaming of Andro, Zoar, Indiana Jones, and kayak kickball, and I cannot wait until we are all rolling and playing together again! Love love love. Aloha, Carrie Kissick Kayaking
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Two hats were hanging on a hat rack in the hallway. One hat said to the other: ‘You stay here; I’ll go on a head.’
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from your ALOHA Department Heads Alooooo – ha! While it is hard not to love living in Colorado with my wonderful family, enjoying hikes in the mountains and sunny winters, there is hardly a day that goes by that I don’t think of being at Aloha and the Woodchuck Hole.
Just last night, Schuyler and Arnold and I were talking about what we love about the Woodchuck Hole. You may not be surprised to learn that we talked a lot about food – roasted marshmallows, chocolate chip pancakes, brownies baked in orange peels, gooey cheesy calzones, bread in the dutch oven, and the roasted apples we made so often last summer, stuffed with whatever we could find in the trip kitchen. Of course, we also discussed our fondness for chopping wood to exhaustion, building fires (especially in the stone fireplace in the WCH on a rainy day), tying knots (sometimes badly), exploring in the woods, secret spot sitting, taking short and long hikes, and discovering new trees, flowers, mushrooms, ferns, bugs and other little critters. And Club Woodchuck. And of course we sang camp songs. After thinking about all the adventures and opportunities to learn that camp offers us all every summer, I so deeply appreciate the chance to enjoy and live in the natural world with such a caring, welcoming, positive community. It is a truly special and unique combination that is hard to come by. Camp is a place that allows us to form deep and lasting relationships with other campers and counselors, as well as a deep and lasting relationship with nature. Something about that combination seems to bring out the best in just about everyone, and its what keeps bringing us back to Aloha. I hope it will bring you all back this summer too! We’ll have s’mores. Aloha, Jamie Mutti Woodchuck Hole
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from your ALOHA Department Heads of PAM power and Aloha love—the perfect way to end 2016.
I can’t believe camp is in just a few short months (I better you see you all there!). I am currently sitting at school in the library working on my thesis, which is much less fun than being on the canoeing docks. And a lot less sunny. I see SGH almost every day, though, so I get my regular dose of Cabeen magic. While I’ve been pretty busy with school, I have been lucky to see lots and lots of camp people throughout the year. No matter how far I am from camp, my camp friendships never fail to remind me to be my best self. I got brunch in New York with Taylor Brown, Alexis Sommerfield, and Charlotte Beal, and Alec Baldwin must have heard that we were eating at the Union Square Pain Quotidien because he showed up too. And I snuck up to camp twice! Once in November with Gordo, aka the world’s greatest host, and then I spent the last week in December at Fia Sacerdote’s house. We went skiing and snowshoeing with Lindsay Stelljes, took a trip to Farmway, stopped by Hulbert to say hello to the folks working at Winter Fam Camp, and had dinner with the Kissick sisters and breakfast with Libby Chamberlin and her mom. It was an amazing week
I just got back from the Women’s March in D.C. I traveled with camp people (Willa and her amazing mom, Libby Light), stayed with camp people (thanks, Yarrow!), and met up with a crew of PAMs at the Hirshhorn, and marched with Ellie Rosen and her mother. I am always inspired by the determination and energy of Aloha women and men, and never more so than yesterday. I owe so much of myself and my beliefs to Aloha, and marching yesterday was an exercise in setting those beliefs into motion. (Also, motion to make Gloria Steinem and Angela Davis honorary PAMs). The March got me thinking about all the PAM-tastic moments we had in canoeing this summer: winning the Lone Pancake (YES!), portaging through the Adirondacks, paddling down the Andro, intellectual canoeing, that time I fell in the lake, and so, so much more. I can’t wait to see you all on the shores of Morey! xoxoxoxo, Maia “MHirsch” Hirschler Canoeing
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ALOHA TO MY FABULOUS L.I.T.’s! Woweeee, I can’t believe it’s already 2017 and that camp is right around the corner! I miss all of you so much and can’t wait to be back in the stifling Hale. After camp last year I pretty much packed up my bags and headed for the cool canals of Copenhagen, Denmark. It was one of the most life-changing and fantastic experiences of my life and I definitely carried Aloha with me in all of my studies and travels. Now I’m back at Kenyon and itching to get back to Fairlee (campsick in the middle of winter is totally a thing, hahaha). PA summer 2k17 is totally on my mind. I’m brainstorming new ideas for fun activities and, of course, thinking about the show. I’m not spilling ANY secrets but it’s going to be FABULOUS! If you’re at all curious I encourage you to audition or just come hang out and have fun with us! A HUGE hug to all my crazy and fab divas out there. Aloha, Lexie Seidel Performing Arts
Greetings my lovely maidens! I can’t believe it’s been six months since we were all together. I live in the second most rainy place in England and often find myself daydreaming about the sunny days spent on the shores of Lake Morey; those warm mornings spent trail riding and the scorching afternoons where the only option is to venture down to the waterfront, reform the Kabiking Police and restore some order to Lake Morey!! After camp ended I stayed in Fairlee until October, working at the Hulbert Outdoor Center, I got to experience the magic of watching the mountains surrounding camp turn so many beautiful shades of red and orange. Returning to the UK after that was quite the culture shock. Shout out to the wonderful women of Pines Tent 8, Eloise, Sophia, Cece and Marge I miss you all. I hope to see many of you again this summer to create some more Aloha magic. Aloha, Fiona “Roff” Roffey Biking
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Hey Aloha 2016!
Camp is on my mind every day, even when I’m sitting at my desk in my new office job, although things run a little differently here than on Morey’s shore. Compared to an announcements song, an email ping is a far less exciting way to find out what I’m doing for the day, come 2pm, I’m wondering why everyone around me is still sat at their desks and not off for Rest Hour (the best time of the day); and that my lunch hour is not announced by the sound of a bugle playing ‘Soupy,’ so I don’t know when it is! I find myself singing camp songs incredibly often and always wear my green shorts when I don’t know what else to wear. I miss being on the docks, singing during swim checks (the swimming department is known for its vocal talents) and setting new themes for Towel Fashion Show. I really hope to be back on the docks for summer 2017 and can’t wait to see you all there! A big shout out to the Deagle Squad 2016 and to Crossroads Tent 7 (keep spider hunting!). Aloha,
Aloha means “Farewell to you”
Chloe “Merrida” Daniels Swimming
Aloha means “Good-bye” It means “Until we meet again, beneath some tropic sky” Aloha means “Good morrow” and always to be true But the best thing that Aloha means is “I love you.”
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from your ALOHA Department Heads the Kayak Kickball team: Alexa D, Billye, Carly, Zinzi and Lexi who were all very successful at getting me in the water during one of the best activity periods ever. Miss you all! Aloha,
Taylor “T” Brown Landsports
Dear Aloha 2016,
Wow! I can’t believe it’s been so long since we were all hanging out at camp. There isn’t a day that I don’t think about all the fun we had this past summer, and every time I think about it I automatically laugh or smile, or both! I recently went to visit camp with Carrie and Eliza Kissick, Marina Smalling, Julia Busby and Ro Leahey. We were able to walk across the frozen lake from Lanakila to Aloha, and even had the chance to hike up to Winships. It wasn’t the same without all of you there. Whenever I need a happy memory, or something to make me smile, I think about all the fun times I had in the Tank or on the Athletic field. Memories like Pamifest Destiny, volleyball and soccer games at Lochearn, dancing to “Without Love” during the lawn party and making a mega table in the back of the dining hall, are memories that make camp as special as it is.
I promise you guys, that these memories are forever, as is the love that you have for camp. I think of our past summer together, and it makes me so happy that we all got to spend it in the place that we love the most. Keep being the awesome, brave, and courageous PAMs that you are, and start looking forward to making some awesome memories of Page 17 summer 2017. Special shoutout to Club 2016, and
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from your ALOHA Department Heads forward to spending my summer there, and this year is no different. When I least expect it, thoughts of kilns and looms and glazes and paints and quilts and photographs fill my head with excitement and anticipation for the summer to come. The Art Barn is a colorful, magical place because of the wonderful, unique people who spend their time there, and I am lucky to be a part of it every day. I hope to see all of you back in the Art Barn in 2017! Much love,
Aloha, Maidens!
It’s hard to believe that it’s the dead of winter in Colorado today. It’s sunny and almost 70! It almost feels like it’s time to return to our beloved Aloha, but there are certainly more blizzards and frigid days in store before it’s time to go back this summer. I have been keeping busy starting a medical practice. It has been a wonderful challenge that has taught me so much this past year. Schuyler and Arnold are growing fast and loving school.
Brita Mutti Arts & Crafts
Our whole family always looks forward to returning to camp. I know and you know that there is no place like it. It is a community where we all can pursue interests and friendships and being our best selves in a way that we can’t during the rest of our lives. And we get to do it in the most gorgeous of settings, surrounded by the deep green Vermont woods and the bright blue waters of Lake Morey. Perhaps most of all I miss life in the Art Barn. I love that every day it is busy and chaotic and full of happiness and creativity. It hums like a beehive, it is welcoming to everyone, and it gives me the chance to learn new things and feel inspired by campers and counselors every day. Each year I look
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The Aloha Foundation Calendar Summer 2017 Aloha, Hive, and Lanakila: Full Season: Wednesday, June 28 to Wednesday, August 16 First Session: Wednesday, June 28 to Sunday, July 23 Second Session: Tuesday, July 25 to Wednesday, August 16
Show Weekend: July 16 & 17 Aloha Hive Elfin Program: Tuesday, July 25 to Saturday, August 5
HORIZONS: Session 1: June 26-July 7 Session 2: July 10-July 21 Session 3: July 24-August 4 Horizons One-Week Sessions (Kindergarten through 4th grade graduates) August 7-11
August 14-18
Would you like to help us spread the message of the Alohas? We are always looking for ways to interest families in the value of camping and in our quality programs for children. Even families with children not yet ready for camp can begin to think about including a summer at Aloha, Hive or Lanakila in their future. If you know of families who might be interested in knowing more, we can send you brochures or a video. Or perhaps you might be willing to gather interested families together; we would be happy to come with slides and stories. Please contact one of the directors or Ellen_Bagley@alohafoundation.org. Page 19
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