Thank You!

FALL 2009

CHEWONKI FOUNDATION STAFFDon Hudson, PresidentMark Adams, Big Eddy Campground StaffSusan Adams, Big Eddy Campground ManagerGarth Altenburg, Camp for Boys, DirectorScott Andrews, Semester School, HistoryCarob Arnold, Facilities ManagerPeter Arnold, Sustainability CoordinatorPaul Arthur, Semester School, English, Assistant Head of SchoolSandy Bandhu, Camp & Wilderness Trips AssistantNathaniel Blauss, Outdoor ClassroomKate Braemer, Outdoor ClassroomSarah Burgess, Kitchen & Dining ManagerEmma Carlson, Outdoor Classroom, Assistant Director Jason Chandler, Semester School, Teaching FellowLauralyn Citizen, Reception/Office ManagerBetta Stothart Connor, Director of CommunicationsKeith Crowley, Outreach Program Assistant Director Jane Cullina, Outdoor Classroom InternBlair Currier, Cook & Girls Camp Kitchen ManagerTodd Dowling, Outdoor ClassroomEric Duffy, Assistant Health Care & Safety CoordinatorBill Edgerton, CookPhine Ewing, Volunteer GardenerLisa Ferrel, CookLynne Flaccus, Head NaturalistGinny Freeman, Camp RegistrarRebecca Graham, IT Manager Becky Harth, Outdoor Classroom InternLeah Kramer Heyman, Outreach EducatorBill Hinkley, Semester School, MathAbby Holland, Semester School, SpanishLucy Hull, Director of DevelopmentAnna Hunt, Outreach Program DirectorKatie Hyman, Semester School, Teaching Fellow Libby Irwin, Semester School, Asst. Director of Admissions &

Alumni RelationsCarol James, HousekeepingRebecca Kosakowski, Semester School, Admissions DirectorAaron LaFlamme, Outdoor Equipment & Logistics Chad LaFlamme, Outdoor Classroom InternDon Lamson, Director of OperationsDot Lamson, Center for Environmental Education, DirectorMatt Langella, Outdoor ClassroomBethany Laursen, Outdoor ClassroomAnne Leslie, Foundations CoordinatorAddie Liddic, Outdoor ClassroomRyan Linehan, Summer Wilderness Programs DirectorPrema Long, Lead Outreach EducatorTamothy Louten, Health Care Coordinator, Supervising RNHolly Lowe, Development AssistantSusie Magarity, Outdoor ClassroomErica Marcus, Outdoor Classroom Rachel Marks, Outdoor ClassroomTrish McLeod, Business OfficeWillard Morgan, Semester School, Head of SchoolAshley Nadeau, Outdoor ClassroomNancy Percy, Human Resource ManagerMegan Phillips, Outdoor ClassroomHannah Plekon, Outdoor Classroom, Program AssistantBen Redman, Semester School, MathChris Riley, Wilderness Programs Assistant Director Christina Roach, Outdoor Classroom InternAmy Rogers, Semester School, EnglishMimi Rooney, Farm ApprenticeLauren Salzman, Outdoor Classroom Caitlin Scott, Semester School, Admissions FellowGreg Shute, Wilderness Programs DirectorPeter Sniffen, Semester School, ScienceDoug Soholt, Outreach EducatorJamie Sonia, Business Office AssistantJeremy Tardif, Assistant Farm ManagerDick Thomas, Chief of Staff & Director of Alumni RelationsLeah Titcomb, Outreach EducatorEdward Tittmann, Chief Financial OfficerKatie Tremblay, Outdoor Classroom, Program DirectorTom Twist, Sustainability AssistantGenell Vashro, Camp for Girls, DirectorSarah Webster, Outdoor ClassroomSue West, Semester School, ArtMarjolaine Whittlesey, Semester School, FrenchPeg Willauer-Tobey, Assistant Director of DevelopmentKen Wise, CarpenterMargaret Youngs, Farm & Woodlot Manager

CHRONICLE STAFFElizabeth Pierson, EditorBetta Stothart Connor, Assistant EditorFall Design, Graphic DesignJock Montgomery, Photography

PROGRAMSSemester SchoolCamp for BoysCamp for GirlsWilderness Trips for TeensWilderness Vacations for Adults & FamiliesOutdoor Classroom for SchoolsTraveling Natural History ProgramsSustainability Office

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Contents

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3 President’s Notes

4 News from the Neck

8 Thank You! With unparalleled generosity from itssupporters, Chewonki celebrates the largestcampaign in its history and positions itself toreach a broader segment of society.

12 Food Meets PhilosophyIn the Girls Camp kitchen at FourthDebsconeag Lake, chef Blair Currier takesmeals to the zenith three times a day.

16 Learning to Find Your WayExploring with a map and compass is afavorite activity on Chewonki Neck. Gettinglost is part of the fun!

18 Stalking the Wild Professor“Doc Fred” brings charisma, knowledge, andunbridled enthusiasm to the nature programat Boys Camp.

21 Notes from the FarmRain. Pests. Blight. Summer 2009 was achallenge, to put it mildly.

22 Encouraging MistakesChewonki Semester School has a strongtradition of teaching foreign languages...andeven of encouraging mistakes.

25 On My BookshelfAnne Leslie reviews Fordlandia: The Rise andFall of Henry Ford’s Forgotten Jungle City byGreg Grandin.

25 Step It Up for SustainabilitySupporting local farmers enriches landscapes,communities, and the food we eat.

26 Annual Report 2008–2009

Cover photo by Chris Riley.

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NUMBER FIVETeaching and learning about sustainable living should be student-centered and hands-onSustainability has many interrelated dimensions and should findexpression across the curriculum of schools. Aspects of science,technology, and public policy are developing rapidly in responseto climate change, and there is growing impetus to create moresustainable organizations and communities. Art, music, language,and other elements of aesthetic culture need a place in thisexchange of ideas. We must come to terms with the fact that we are threatening our own existence. We need a Copernicanrevolution in aims, structures, and perhaps in places of learning.

NUMBER SIXQuality of life is measured in more than material waysOur standard of living is only one measure of what it means tohave a “good life.” Sustainable living encompasses both intrinsicand extrinsic measures of quality. We should always bethinking about what it means to be a good citizen and tohave a good life.

This is my recipe for living more gently on the planet.

DON HUDSON

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President’s Notes

Transition a Perfect Time for Reflection Ever since I was a young camper, Chewonki has had a profound influence on my appreciation fornature. More recently, the prospect of a rapidly changing climate has galvanized my thinking.

We first talked about climate change (“the greenhouse effect” then) at Chewonki in 1970, shortlyafter the first Earth Day. We learned that three centuries of industrial revolution powered by fossilfuels have increased the concentration of heat-trapping atmospheric gases. Today we talk aboutsustainability as shorthand for living within the means of our human and natural resources to supportall life on the planet. We contemplate a global transition to renewable energy from the sun and earthin response to the threats to all life posed by climate change. Now we contemplate the changes inhuman behavior that are needed to face this challenge.

In the spirit of thoughtful reflection, and the need to distill some lessons gained from a lifetime of learning and teaching at Chewonki,I offer my perspective on the notion of sustainable living—Essential Principles of Sustainability. I offered them first to a group of studentsand faculty on Earth Day 2009, when invited to speak about how “someone like you might end up in a life like mine.” I think theseprinciples converge nicely with the stories you see in this issue. We have achieved remarkable fundraising goals this past year, and thesestories are also a great reminder of why your contributions are so much appreciated.

Think about these ideas when reading about our reinvigorated nature program at Boys Camp and teaching foreign languages atSemester School; or about Blair Currier’s approach to providing healthy meals for Girls Camp, and new sources of energy like windand geothermal.

NUMBER ONEClimate change is real and undeniableThe imminent threat of global heating demands action and acomprehensive approach across society to confront misunder-standing and promote a deeper understanding of the complicatedinterrelationship between people and nature.

NUMBER TWOPeople and nature are inextricably connectedThe view of the relationships between people and nature isshifting from one that is essentially exploitative to one in whichnature’s intrinsic values to human life are honored. This changein perspective must be promoted and strengthened.

NUMBER THREEHuman cultural diversity and diversity of life on Earth have equal valueThe richness and diversity of human culture and the diversity oflife forms and systems in nature are valuable in themselves.Human interference with the natural world, as exemplified byclimate change, is currently excessive and must be addressed at all levels of human society in order to lessen impacts on peopleand nature.

NUMBER FOURThe intentional communities created by schools can bemodels for many aspects of sustainabilityOur communities, schools especially, can adopt behaviors andpractices that lessen their impact on people and the environmentby measured use of non-renewable resources and judicious use ofrenewable resources.

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News from the Neck

Two Awards for Chewonki...

Great news arrived in early August when Clean Air–CoolPlanet, a leading organization dedicated to finding andpromoting solutions to global warming, announcedthat Chewonki would receive a 2009 Climate

Champion Award. In a letter to Don Hudson,Clean Air–Cool Planet CEO Adam Markhamsaid Chewonki was receiving the awardbecause of “its exemplary institutionalcommitment to solving the climate changeproblem—a commitment that we believeshould be widely emulated. We are especiallyimpressed by the quality and level of innova-tion of Chewonki’s outreach and educationalefforts.”

Markham noted that “Chewonki will bethe first science center that we have given the award to.” Heconcluded by saying that Chewonki “has shown that it is possiblefor non-profit and educational institutions to make hugely signifi-cant leaps in combating global warming and to lead by example.”

In the all-staff email he sent announcing the award, DonHudson said, “This award is recognition for every single one of us.Congratulations to all!” Don and sustainability coordinator PeterArnold accepted the award at a gala dinner held on October 15 atthe Boston Harbor Hotel. Almost 300 people attended, includingseveral from Chewonki.

GreatNonprofits of Palo Alto, California, announced on May 1that Chewonki won first place in the “large nonprofit”

category of the 2009 Green Choice Awards. The contest, heldduring Earth Month in April, asked people to submit reviews and

ratings about environmental nonprofits. Morethan 26,000 people participated and reviewed104 organizations.

“There are so many great nonprofits whodon’t have an advertising budget and are nothousehold names,” said Perla Ni, CEO andfounder of GreatNonprofits. “We enable grass-roots nonprofits to gain recognition.”

The results provided surprising insights intothe kinds of organizations that participants,volunteers, and donors consider effective.

While large organizations such as Greenpeace and the Sierra Clubwere available for review, they didn’t see the results their smallercounterparts did. For example, there were only 5 reviews for theNatural Resources Defense Council, whereas Chewonki garnered168 reviews and an overall five-star rating.

Don Hudson was thrilled to receive the news and enthusiasti-cally thanked the Chewonki supporters who made their voicesheard. “We are delighted to be honored with the 2009 GreenChoice Award and to see the reviews that so many of our friendsand supporters wrote on our behalf.” You can read the reviews athttp://greatnonprofits.org.

It was with mixed emotions that the Chewonki staff officially

received word that Don Hudson will retire as president of the

Chewonki Foundation in Summer 2010.

Don himself made the announcement at a Monday

morning staff meeting under the whale in Chapin Hall. “After

17 years steering this ship, it’s time to move on,” he said.

“Don has been a strong visionary and supportive leader

for us,” said Dot Lamson, who has worked under Don and

directed our Center for Environmental Education since 1984.

“It’s hard to imagine Chewonki without him.” Indeed, Don

has been Chewonki’s president since 1991, and he has

worked at Chewonki since 1966. His ubiquitous presence has

become a staple on the Chewonki campus and in environ-

mental communities across Maine.

In a letter mailed to all Chewonki constituents last June,

board president Josh Marvil sang Don’s praises: “Don led the

way through the two largest capital campaigns in Chewonki

history. He watched over the design and building of the

Center for Environmental Education, the growth of the

Semester School, the expansion of programs for girls and

young women, the acquisition of lands and islands, the

increase in scholarship and diversity, the development of

renewable energy curricula, and the creation of a sustainable

campus….As Chewonki’s second president, and only its third

head following Clarence Allen and Tim Ellis, Don has been a

tremendous, inspiring, and tireless leader.”

As Chewonki’s staff celebrates Don’s legacy, the official

search for a new president ensues, with a nine-member

committee of the board and staff holding regular meetings to

advance the process. A decision is expected in Spring 2010.

“We will all be excited to welcome Chewonki’s next

president to our campus next spring,” said Betta Stothart

Connor, director of communications. “That will be a

momentous day here.”

Search for a New President Begins

Chewonki Spearheads Green Summer Camp Initiative

An initiative to boost the sustainability practicesof Maine camps, help them teach sustainabil-ity, and reduce their impact on the environ-

ment was announced in June by the Maine YouthCamping Foundation. Camp Chewonki for Boysdirector Garth Altenburg spearheaded the effort.

Garth, who became president of MYCF at itsannual meeting in July, explained that youth campshave always been at the forefront of environmentaleducation in the U.S. “Long before words like ‘envi-ronmentalism’ or ‘carbon footprint’ were in commonuse, camps taught environmental stewardship, appre-ciation for nature, and conservation of resources.” Yetas an industry, Garth felt there was an opportunity todo more. With this in mind, MYCF challenged itscamp members to go even “greener” and incorporate“at least one more sustainable practice” in addition tothe numerous practices already in place.

More than 50 Maine camps signed on to the voluntary program this past summer, making pledges that ranged from ramping up theirrecycling programs to installing solar panels and composting toilets and starting camp gardens. Several camps proposed days withoutelectricity. Many camps already gave their food scraps to local pig farmers, and more planned to adopt the practice.

Camps participating in the sustainability initiative will quantify their effort, compile the results, and report them this winter. “Given thatthousands of campers come to Maine each summer from all over the U.S. and even abroad, we know the impact of this initiative willspread far beyond Maine camps,” said Garth.

The National Marine Educators Association presented DonHudson with its President’s Award at the organization’sannual conference in Pacific Grove, California, this summer.

The award was made by outgoing NMEA president Dr. Eric Simmsof the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

Don is a long-time NMEA member and for the past several yearshas served as its treasurer. “Don’s fiscal insight and guidance havehelped to steer the healthy growth of the NMEA endowment overthe years, and perhaps even more importantly have placed us infavorable position in a time of economic uncertainty,” said Simms.He thanked Don for his “invaluable and indispensible service” andnoted that NMEA is “on better than average footing, largely as aresult of the foresight and continuing oversight of Don.”

NMEA provides a focus for marine and aquatic studies all overthe world. It is headquartered in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, and is

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...And Two Awards for Don Hudsonaffiliated with the National Science Teachers Association and theAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science.

Closer to home, on August 21 the Quimby Family Foundationof Portland, Maine, surprised Don with its Green Heart Award,given at a luncheon in honor of its annual grant recipients.Environmentalist and philanthropist Roxanne Quimby, cofounderof the company Burt’s Bees, presented the award. “The QuimbyFamily’s annual Green Heart Award is presented to the environ-mentalist whose lifetime contributions to Maine’s environmenthave been characterized by energy, accomplishment, and most ofall, a heartfelt connection to our state and its welfare,” she said.

The Quimby Family Foundation was established in 2004 toadvance wilderness values and increase access to the artsthroughout Maine.

! Don’t let the fact that we’re still using horsepower on Chewonki Neck fool you—we’retotally “connected” when it comes to communication. Chewonki is on Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, and Flickr. You can access all four sites directly from our homepage at www.chewonki.org. Just click on the corresponding logo.

Making solar battery chargers is a popular activity with Chewonki campers and trippers.

If you were able to go on vacationlast summer, you know the restora-tive benefits of taking time off.Most Americans, however, are

vacation deprived, according to a2008 survey by Expedia.com.Compared with people in otherdeveloped countries, Americans don’task for vacation time, don’t take allthe vacation time they’re allotted,and continue to work while on

vacation. All this despite the fact that 39 percent of Americanworkers reported feeling better about their job and more

productive upon returning from vacation.So what gives? While Chewonki may not be able to

answer that question, we can certainly help you take awell-deserved break. “Taking a wilderness vacation is

the best way I know of to detach from the urgencyand pace of our modern world,” says Greg

Shute, director of Chewonki’s WildernessPrograms.

We offer four great options and aneasy online registration system from our

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Debsconeag Lake Wilderness Camps. Lakeside cabins equippedwith gas stoves and refrigerators, woodstoves, and loons callingoutside the door; canoes and sailboats; and endless opportunitiesfor hiking, paddling, and fishing. The site is also available forwinter cross-country ski trips.

Big Eddy. Three cabins and dozens of campsites on the shores ofone of New England’s most renown salmon pools. Big Eddy hasbeen a favorite destination for fishermen since the 1800s. The areais full of history and opportunity.

Family Camp. Offered in August on the Maine Coast or in theMaine Woods at Debsconeag Lake Wilderness Camps.

Guided Wilderness Adventures. Last summer, Greg and DonHudson led an unforgettable trip to Torngat National Park inLabrador (see the Flickr photostream on our homepage). Later in the fall, Greg led two trips down the Allagash WildernessWaterway. “The opportunities for guided wilderness experiences in Maine and Canada are probably limited only by your imagination,” says Greg.

For the third year in a row, our family has enjoyed ChewonkiFamily Camp. We’ve never experienced anything else like it.Debsconeag is a truly special property. The leadership is bothqualified in their “jobs” but also has a philosophy for living thatisn’t found many places. The food is not-to-be-believed good. Weare in the middle of nowhere, yet we eat copious, delicious,organic food three meals a day. My kids, now seven and five,came to family camp for the first time when they were two andfive, and every year they want to go back. No matter their ages,they have never been bored for one second.

~Jennifer Quasha, Family Camp 2007–2009

AVERAGE ANNUAL VACATION DAYS TAKEN

Italy 42 • France 37 • Germany 35 • Brazil 34 • Britain 28

Canada 26 • South Korea 25 • Japan 25 • U.S. 13

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Need a Vacation? Try Chewonki Wilderness Vacations! Our cabins at Big Eddy and Debsconeag Lake are cozy and comfortable.

Announcing the Elmore Fund

In September 1959 a generous soul offered Bob Elmore, aformer chair of the Chewonki board, the funds to help himcomplete his junior year at Dartmouth College. It was an

unusual arrangement; instead of accepting a scholarship or takingout an interest-bearing loan, Bob instead undertook a moralobligation to return the funds advanced to him, if he was everable to do so.

Now, fifty years later, Bob and his family have established theElmore Fund to create similar opportunities at Chewonki. Eachyear funds will be awarded to an individual who embraces theChewonki spirit and ideals and is willing to embrace the obligationto return the funds when possible, thereby perpetuating andbroadening the scope of the gift.

All members of the Chewonki community, from the newest

Name Change Is Official

After 21 years of operation, Maine Coast

Semester has a new name: Chewonki

Semester School. The change, which took

effect in August, had been under consideration for

several years. “After a yearlong branding exercise

with Chewonki managers, which included reviewing

all Chewonki program names, we unanimously

endorsed Chewonki Semester School,” said Don

Hudson.

summer campers to staff and the oldest alumni, are encouragedto apply for assistance with an endeavor that furthers theirlearning and personal growth. The awards will be modest in thebeginning and are expected to grow with time, as additionalcontributions are made to the fund.

The Elmore Fund will make its first award in April 2010. Thedeadline for applications is February 1. A full description of thefund and the application process, including the amount to beawarded in 2010, is available at www.chewonki.org/support.

Bob and his family are excited about bringing this new oppor-tunity to Chewonki and are hopeful it will inspire additions to thefund or creation of similar vehicles to support both the young andold in their quest to grow and lead in the Chewonki tradition.

“A Chewonki Elmore Fund grant is a special opportunity,” saidDon Hudson. “We look forward to announcing the first recipientnext spring.”

Dam Becomes a Living Classroom

Anyone who has walked to the Chewonki waterfront has cast their eyes on MontsweagBrook. The estuary forms the western shore of Chewonki Neck, and for most of its historyit flowed unimpeded to the Sheepscot River and then to the sea. That was before two

dams were installed on it—in 1941 and 1968—to provide water for power plants in Wiscasset. Now, Chewonki owns one of those dams and may soon own the other. Lower Montsweag

Dam (pictured right) was transferred to Chewonki in September 2008 as part of a naturalresource damages settlement with the former Maine Yankee Nuclear Power Plant. Next month,Central Maine Power plans to follow suit and transfer ownership of Upper Montsweag Dam,located 2.5 miles upriver.

So, what does one do with a dam or two? Turn them into a living classroom, of course.With several partners, Chewonki has embarked on the Montsweag Brook Restoration Project, along-term endeavor to protect shoreland and to restore and monitor ecosystem function andfish-breeding habitat in the neighboring 10.6-square-mile watershed.

“We anticipate finding multiple ways to engage Semester School students, campers, and Outdoor Classroom participants inthis work,” says an excited Don Hudson. “This is a terrific opportunity to integrate a real-time ecosystem restoration project withenvironmental education and hands-on learning. And to top it all off, the site is within walking distance of our campus!”

A preliminary study has already concluded that the most cost-effective and ecologically responsible way to restore passage foras many as seven species of fish will be the removal of Lower Montsweag Dam, scheduled for next summer. “After that,” says Don,“we anticipate seeing smelt, alewives, lamprey, American eels, sea run brook trout, and tomcod in the brook above the dam site.”Since the endangered Atlantic salmon has a tenuous toehold in the Sheepscot River, the project may create habitat for that speciesas well.

The project has gained regional attention, and Don provided an interview last summer about it with national host Rob Moir ofthe VoiceAmerica Green Talk Network. Partners in the effort include a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration regionalhabitat restoration team, state and local officials, and advisors from Trout Unlimited, The Nature Conservancy, the University ofSouthern Maine, and the Coast Conservation Association. Maine Yankee, NOAA, and the USDA’s Natural Resource ConservationService have provided financial support, with applications pending with a private foundation and the Maine Natural ResourceConservation Program.

We’ll tell you more about this ambitious and multifaceted project as it develops. In the meantime, you can follow Don’soccasional “Tweets” about it at wdonhudson on Twitter and Facebook.

DON HUDSON

In announcing the change to alumni, head of

school Willard Morgan said, “As we have further

integrated Chewonki-wide resources, such as

Wilderness Trips and the Sustainability Office,

into the semester during recent years, questions

of our identity became too prominent to

ignore.”

The change will help simplify recognition of

Chewonki’s myriad programs and bring them all

under the “Chewonki” umbrella. It will also

simplify the list of monikers that sometimes

confuse the school’s recruiting efforts.

“Instead of navigating Maine Coast Semester,

Maine Coast, and MCS, we will use Chewonki

Semester School, or Chewonki, for short,” said

Willard.

The school’s first 42 semesters will

continue to be referred to as MCS 1 through

42. This fall’s “Semester 43” will be the first

semester to carry the new designation.

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I t was a joyful crowd that gathered on a crisp fall morning for the cover photo of this issue. OnSeptember 1, Chewonki announced that the largest campaign in its 94-year history was approachingcompletion. One day earlier, on August 31, Chewonki had met the terms of a Kresge FoundationChallenge Grant and secured an $850,000 award from the organization.

It was a milestone that capped 18 months of fundraising effort and unparalleled generosity from Chewonkiparticipants. “Chewonki has worked tirelessly on this campaign, and we’ve spent the last 18 months squarely focusedon meeting the Kresge Challenge,” said Chewonki president Don Hudson. “To be able to celebrate this accomplish-ment today in such an unpredictable economy, when families and individuals are already financially stretched, is apassionate testament to the importance our constituents place on environmental education. We are deeply gratefulto all who participated.”

While the coveted Kresge award did not fully close out the $11 million campaign, it came very close: less than$250,000 remains to be raised. “The Kresge Challenge brought us so far and provided a strong incentive for peopleto show their commitment to Chewonki’s work,” said Lucy Hull, director of development.

This is Chewonki’s fifth capital campaign since its incorporation as a nonprofit in 1962, and it is by far the largest.The last one, in 1998, was for $4.5 million. In past campaigns, nearly every penny went to infrastructure. This time,60 percent will go to endowment, primarily for financial aid for participants.

Chewonki embarked on its historic campaign three and a half years ago, with a quiet effort to secure early leader-ship gifts from board members and a small cadre of other capable supporters. “Our goal was to make this place evenstronger and more resilient, and to reach a broader segment of society,” Don Hudson recalled recently. “We knew ifwe succeeded we would position Chewonki for another 100 years of outstanding programs. We were confident wecould do it, but we knew we would need all the help we could muster!”

By the time the campaign went public a year ago, early gifts and pledges totaled almost $9 million. The task ofraising the remaining $2-million-plus began just as the U.S. entered the most difficult economic era in more than 70years and global economic markets were going into meltdown. Staff, board members and advisors, and a host of

Thank You for Your Chewonki celebrates the largest campaign in its history

In a song called “I Knew This Place,”Dave Mallett sings “This is where my lifebegins / This is where I learned to use /my hands and hear my heart.” Chewonkiis that place for many of us: students,campers, staff, and visitors who havewalked the paths, slept in the cabins,worked in the pastures, sung around the

campfire, or studied in the salt marshes.It’s a place where every moment seemsfull of learning and discovery about theconnectedness of all people, all livingthings, all ecosystems.

~Andy Barker, former camper, counselor,assistant farm manager, Semester School

teacher

To make a contribution, I evaluated mylove of Chewonki and the pivotal fourmonths I had at Maine Coast Semester. I hope it helps meet your goals. As I amstill a young teacher, I don’t foreseebeing able to make such a contributionagain for quite some time, however, I amexcited about the capital campaign andthe matching grant—so now is a greattime to make a donation.

~Kate McAlaine, Semester School alumna

Why I Gave to the Campaign…

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Support!

Chewonki has long been an innovativeleader in camping, the study of naturalhistory and communities, education,sustainability and non-profit organiza-tion. I have not directly participated inChewonki programs for nearly 30 yearsbut the impact Chewonki had was huge and I continue to support the foundation.

~Paul Davis, former counselor,Maine Reach student, advisor

Chewonki gave each of our sons terrificgrounding—reverence for nature,community, and self, music, humor,fairness, and fun. Our family has beenpartaking of Chewonki programs for over30 years and it is very much a part of ourlives still. As an institution Chewonkibalances traditional values such as campwith twenty-first-century technologysuch as solar panels. It’s a challenging,dynamic, supportive place. Chewonki’slife lessons continue to inform our sonsand their families.

~Elisabeth Treadwell, camp parent

My connection with Chewonki goes back67 years as a camper, dishwasher,counselor, parent, board member, andmy current role as an advisor. Obviously Ihave a deep appreciation and respect forthe organization. Chewonki continues tobe a source of inspiration not only forme, but for all who come into contactwith it.

~Renny Little, former camper, counselor,board member, advisor

The single largest goal of the campaign is to increase our endowment for financial aid to participants.

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Dear members of the ScholarshipCommittee, I just recently went on theMaine Coast Kayaking trip, and I wantedto say thank you for making it possible.This is my third year going on a wilder-ness trip and I wanted to let you knowhow much it means to me. I lovemeeting new people and facing chal-lenges, such as bad weather, long days,high seas, and bugs.…I loved the way itfelt at the end of the trip when I couldsay that I had kayaked from Wiscasset toMt. Desert Island.…Hopefully I will beable to return to Chewonki for anotherfantastic summer. Until then, I’ll just haveto think back on this summer and startall my sentences with “When I was atcamp…”

~Amina, Wilderness tripper 2007–2009

volunteers worked together in aherculean effort. “We are veryappreciative to all who helped usaccomplish what appeared anearly impossible task one yearago,” board chair Josh Marvilsaid recently.

The overall funds raised inthe campaign support five areasof need, of which financial aid isthe largest. Donors havecontributed from 43 states and11 foreign countries, with giftsranging in size from more than$1 million to a few dollars.

A huge thank-you goes to you, our supporters, who made it all happen. You include MCS students andparents, current camp families, some campers and counselors we hadn’t heard from in years, anAdventure Camper who saved his allowance, and a multitude of others. Your support and enthusiasmhave been contagious and have kept all of us at Chewonki focused on the prize. Many of you have mademultiple gifts to Chewonki this year and have enclosed wonderful notes and letters with your gifts. Youhave inspired us and spurred us on!

“We are deeply grateful to the hundreds of supporters who have helped us secure the future ofChewonki through our campaign,” says Lucy Hull. “This accomplishment is both an endorsement and acatalyst for Chewonki’s work.”

I would just like to say I am so gratefulfor receiving a scholarship. Going on thethree-week trip had been the best thing Ihave ever done. I was able to meetpeople from all over the U.S….I was ableto grow and learn more about myselfand experience life on my own. I alsorealized that I can push myself fartherthen I believed I could, and this was allpossible because of you. Thank you somuch!

~Becca, Girls Camp participant, 2009

Thank you for my scholarship. Withoutthe camp’s generosity, I would’ve notbeen able to afford to go to Chewonki.Over those three weeks, I faced a lot ofchallenges, whether it was learning howto sail or hiking up steep mountains….The most rewarding thing for me wasdriving away thinking that a month

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ago...I absolutely didn’t want to go toChewonki for 3 WEEKS. But drivingaway, I realized I survived and mightwant to go back next year! I likeChewonki so much I wrote a poemabout it.

~Brandon, Boys Camp participant, 2009

You and your colleagues have demon-strated a remarkable sense of steward-ship and respect for our wilderness andhave successfully passed on those valuesto our daughter. Over the past twoyears, your generosity has afforded ourdaughter the opportunity to experiencethe raw beauty of our state whilenurturing self-reliance and confidence inways that she would not have been ableto otherwise. Thank you.

~Dennis and Christine, parents of GirlsCamp participant, 2008–2009

What Your Gifts Will Allow Chewonki to Do• Increase financial aid from 12-15 percent of gross tuition to 20 percent,

thus promoting greater diversity among participants

• Retain and strengthen our vibrant staff

• Acquire the property for Camp Chewonki for Girls and establish a

financial aid endowment for it. An endowment fund specifically to

support Maine girls is growing alongside the fund for all girls.

• Purchase and protect four undeveloped Maine islands, ensuring

permanent access to coastal wilderness experiences for our participants

• Model the best practices in sustainability and renewable energy

ago and we have learned of their generosity onlyafter they died.

You too can be part of Chewonki’s future,part of securing the Chewonki experience,by becoming an Osprey Society member.Our Development staff can show you somecreative ways that others have found tosupport causes they care about and the stepsneeded to make a lasting gift to Chewonki’sendowment.

For more information, please contactDevelopment director Lucy Hull(207-882-7323, ext. 127 orlhull@chewonki.org); visit Planned Giftsat www.chewonki.org/support; or return theattached card to us in the envelope in the center ofthis issue.

Imagine driving down Chewonki Neck Road. The year is2115. The white pines that line the winding road havereached a grand old age of 250, all of our energysources are 100 percent renewable, and young

people are happily exploring the trails and shoreline ofour 200-year-old campus!

The vision of Chewonki one or two centuries from todaystirs a mixture of emotions. We won’t be here to enjoy thegleeful sounds of children on the Neck, but we can have apart in making sure young people are here and that avibrant and committed staff are here making a differencein their lives.

Over the years, Chewonki has been deeply grateful tolearn about planned gifts from families and individuals forwhom Chewonki has made a difference. Some of thesesupporters are friends and neighbors who have alreadynotified us of their intentions; others came here decades

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Chewonki continues to make strides in reducing its dependenceon fossil fuels and its carbon footprint. Every effort in thatdirection also provides yet another way for us to modelpractical solutions to the worldwide challenge of climate

change. Here, in brief, is the latest news from the Sustainability Office.To learn more, visit our website and click on “Sustainability Office.”

GEOTHERMAL While most people on campus were savoring alengthy and beautiful Indian summer, sustainability coordinator PeterArnold was actually anticipating cold weather! When it finally arrived, itmarked the beginning of the first season for Chewonki’s new geothermalheating system, installed last May in the Center for EnvironmentalEducation, the largest building on campus.

The new system concentrates heat collected from the CEE’s well waterto warm the radiant floor of Chapin Hall, and it is very energy efficient.“For every one unit of energy you put in, you get three to four units out,”says Peter. He predicts the system will operate at about one-third the costof a traditional oil-heating system and pay for itself in three to five years.

For real-time data on our geothermal system’s performance and aninside look at how the unit functions, go to www.chewonki.org/pathways.

WIND There were funds to raise and a few zoning hurdles to jump, butif all goes as expected there will soon be a windmill turning at Chewonki.The installation will be next to the greenhouse at Saltmarsh Farm and willconsist of a 100-foot self-supporting tower (no guy wires) carrying a 6.6-kilowatt wind turbine. The electrical connection will be made at Warren’sWarren, our largest staff housing building. Because this will be a grid-tiedsystem, any excess power not used by the Warren will reverse the electricmeter and generate credits that can be used in the future.

Sustainability UpdatesThe Sustainability Office estimates the windmill will produce about

6,000 kilowatt-hours per year, slightly more than the 5,500 that theWarren uses. This means the Warren’s electricity will be 100 percentwind-generated.

TIDAL The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has issued apreliminary permit to the Town of Wiscasset for the Wiscasset Tidal PowerProject, which aims to use the tidal currents in the Sheepscot River forelectrical generation. Chewonki sustainability coordinator Peter Arnold isthe project manager.

“This permit opens the way to examine the potential for local renewablepower generation, green jobs for citizens, and income for the town,” saidWiscasset town manager Arthur Faucher. The town has three years tosubmit a full license application. If approved, the project would comprise 4to 40 turbines with a total generating capacity of between 1 and 10megawatts.

The purpose of the preliminary permit is to study the feasibility of theproject, including potential impacts. “Our next step is to characterize thecurrents and find out what the energy potential is,” says Peter. “We hopethere will be a project after that. It has to be commercially viable.”

If the project is permitted and deployed, Peter hopes it will become thecornerstone for a community-wide discussion about setting a short-termgoal of carbon emissions neutrality for the Town of Wiscasset and perhapsall of Lincoln County. Peter was inspired to set such a target after a visit lastspring to Samsö Island off Denmark. The island now exports 20 percentmore energy than it consumes—and all of it is from renewable sources.

The Town of Wiscasset has received assistance on the tidal project fromthe University of Maine and Maine Maritime Academy. Chewonki donatedresources and raised funds to assist with the permit application.

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When Blair Currier sits down to plana meal, his mind lights up like anartist and questions come in rapidsuccession. What’s the weather?What’s in season? What is our localorganic farm providing this week?

How did breakfast and lunch relate to what we’re having fordinner? How will the ingredients of the meal combine to offer thebest possible digestion and nourishment?

Blair’s job, like that of any artist, is to make sense of chaos, tocalmly, methodically impose order, and to create nothing short ofa masterpiece.

Like most chefs who are dialed into the local,fresh, organic movement, Blair is passionate aboutthe science, source, and savor of food. In the GirlsCamp kitchen at Fourth Debsconeag Lake, Blairtakes food preparation to the zenith three times aday, and the letters from girls are testament to thefact that he has won their hearts, but more impor-tantly he has changed their minds about food.

“Not many camps serve homemade spelt-bread sandwicheswith homemade soup that includes herbs from the garden andveggies from a local organic farmer,” says Genell Vashro, directorof Girls Camp. “Whether it was his Marinated Steak Tips, Butter-milk Chicken, or BLTs, Blair put a ton of energy into making suremost of our ingredients were local and organic and that our mealswere delicious.”

Genell notes that Blair and his assistant, Josiah “Josh” Taylor,make from scratch all of the meals at Girls Camp. The flourproducts are made from spelt grown at a farm in Pittston, Maine;this satisfies everyone and accommodates those with commonwheat allergies. The vegetables come primarily from GreenLedges Farm, an organic farm outside Greenville. The naturalmeats come from producers in Warren and Turner, Maine.

“The girls absolutely rave about the food,” says Genell. “Blairputs his heart and soul into the menu planning, meal prep, andpresentation, and the girls respond with unbelievable enthusiasm.”

As much as Blair relishes the reception he wins with the girls,his goal is not to gain their favor so much as it is to expose them toa healthy, holistic way of nourishing their bodies while respectingthe planet. “My whole approach to food—and really to everythingI do—is based on my B.A. in Human Ecology,” says Blair, whoreceived his degree from College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor.“Everything we do is connected to the world in an intricate way.I think a wholesome food philosophy is a way to improve some ofthose connections.”

In some cases, this means weaning girls off their addiction tosugar and their expectation of a processed-food diet. When ayoung camper named “Megan” came to camp this summer, she

didn’t like anything, recalls Blair. She only wanted toeat peanut butter and jelly. “Slowly but surely, wegot her interested in the food. I made her shrimpscampi and then an all-time favorite, Gado Gado[an Indonesian dish of cooked vegetables, buckwheatnoodles, and peanut sauce], which she loved.” OnceMegan gained a level of comfort, her appetite tookoff and she ate solidly for the rest of the session.

Blair notes that when girls arrive at camp, they often eat lessheartily for the first 48 hours while they are adapting to a newenvironment and meeting new friends. But by day three, once theyhave found their comfort zone, their appetites arrive. Blair wasastounded to find that the 10-year-olds were regularly consuminga diet of 3,000 to 4,000 calories a day (the USDA recommendationis 2,200). “The girls are eating so much because they are incredi-bly active and because they love the food,” says Genell.

While Blair is careful to prepare familiar foods such as grilled-cheese sandwiches and tomato soup on the first few days of camp,he is not one to sacrifice his values. On day one, he jumps into hiswhole-foods approach (see sample menu on page 15). “I feel like Ihave an opportunity to redefine what girls think they need fornutrition,” he says. Since the girls at our wildness camp are alreadyexperiencing a radical departure from what they know—includingthe comforts of modern life—it is a perfect opportunity toimmerse them in the world of whole food.

Food Meets PhilosophyGirls Camp chef Blair Currier puts his heart and Maine’s best ingredients onto the plate

BETTA STOTHART CONNOR

“Ok, it is official, I completely love

this food.” ~Michaela,

day two of camp

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Blair Currier prepares spelt bread in the kitchen at Fourth Debsconeag Lake. Photo by Bridget Besaw.

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To that end, some of the girls (not to mention their parents)are pretty surprised by what they don’t find at Girls Camp. Noprocessed food, orange juice, common wheat (except in pitabread), or white sugar (honey, maple syrup, and agave nectar areused instead). No macaroni and cheese. No conventionally raisedmeat (most meat is served “bone-in,” which is both economicaland reminds campers that meat comes from animals). Dessert isserved once a week and for special occasions. All vegetables areorganic, with the exception of a few orders of celery, tomatoes,and potatoes.

“Too much of our food today comes in a form that is so highlyprocessed it barely resembles the plant or animal from which itcame,” says Blair. His aim is to return to the source and keep itsimple. The reality of this kind of cooking, however, is that it islabor intensive. Blair and Josh bake every loaf of bread served atGirls Camp and prepare every meal from scratch, a radicaldeparture from most institutional cooking. “Standing in a kitchenfor 8 to 10 hours a day is exhausting,” says Blair, “and on top ofthat we are in a remote wilderness area where other challengesalways seem to arise.”

Almost without fail, however, the work pays off. In a surveysent to Girls Camp families at the end of the summer, the foodreceived high marks. A few parents noted the “extreme” diet andasked for moderation, but others thanked Chewonki for itshealthy approach. One mother told Blair that her daughter’sletters home read like a French novel—little bits about thegoings-on of her day at camp, but with profuse amounts of detailabout the food.

“Blair and Josh received standing ovations at nearly everymeal,” said Genell. According to Blair, the “Little Black Book”that contains suggestions for the kitchen rarely contained arequest for sweets. “The girls always want lasagna, enchiladas, orsome other wholesome meal,” he says with a smile.

One parent picking up her daughter commented on thedifferences between the Girls Camp and Boys Camp blog entries.“The boys were eating BBQ chicken and corn while the girlswere eating quiche and local Swiss chard,” she noted with someconcern. Indeed, the two kitchens, while operating under thesame philosophy, are quite different, and because of their distinctlocations, and the challenges of operating Girls Camp in a wilder-

“These muffins are like heaven.” ~Julie, upon biting into a raspberry–chocolate chip spelt muffin

A cookout at Girls Camp, overseen here by assistant chef Josh Taylor, includes a hearty selection of Maine ingredients. Photo by Bridget Besaw.

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ness setting, each must operate autonomously. For example, thelimited refrigeration at Girls Camp limits items such as freshmilk, so Blair is careful to provide abundant sources of calcium.

Chewonki’s goal, whether in Wiscasset or in the wilderness, isto support local agriculture and to be connected to thecommunity, says Chewonki president Don Hudson. “We alwaystry to find local sources of food and to serve healthy, balancedmeals. But perhaps more importantly, we recognize that ourkitchens are not just places where food is prepared. They are inmany ways the heart of the Chewonki community because theybring together those elements that sustain us on many levels:food, work, education, values, and community.”

This winter, Blair looks forward to sitting down with JasonHartford of Green Ledges Farm. “We’ll be pouring over thepages of Johnny’s Selected Seeds together,” says Blair, “planningfor our summer 2010 harvest.”

Blair’s Wheat-Free Roasted Vegetable Lasagna is a staple at GirlsCamp and a frequent request in the “Little Black Book.” You can findthe recipe at www.chewonki.org/girlscamp/camp_meals.asp.

Off the Farm

On a Thursday afternoon in August, Jason Hartfordarrives late to set up his weekly farm stand next toMoosehead Lake in Greenville. It is high season in

Piscataquis County, and the town is bustling with tourists. Thereis already a large group of ladies waiting for Jason to arrive. As hereaches into his van to unload dozens of wooden crates—filled tothe brim with bright, flawless vegetables, blueberries, andflowers—the women descend.

Jason, a husband and young father of two, runs Green LedgesFarm, a fifth-generation diversified farm outside Greenville thatgot its start the way most did in the late 1800s, with a wide varietyof vegetables, fruit, and livestock. Today, the farm annuallyproduces 70 gallons of maple syrup, eggs from free-rangechickens, and organically grown vegetables from four intensivelyfarmed acres.

In spring 2008, only weeks before Chewonki launched itsGirls Camp at Fourth Debsconeag Lake, Blair began searchingfor a farm that could supply his kitchen with fresh vegetables. “Iwas lucky enough to hear about Jason,” he says. Today, Blairorders nearly 100 percent of his vegetables from Green LedgesFarm and happily incorporates them into each meal.

“This approach reduces the distance our food has to travelfrom the field to the kitchen, provides us with high-quality food,and supports sustainable practices,” he says. “It’s good for thegirls, good for the farmer, and good for the planet.”

What Is Spelt? Spelt, also known as farro in some countries, is an ancient

species of wheat considered to be the grandmother of the more

familiar common wheat (also called bread wheat) and durum

wheat grown widely today. Spelt was once commonly used, but

it quickly lost its appeal with the introduction of higher-yielding

and faster-growing wheat species. Spelt has a somewhat nuttier

and slightly sweeter flavor than common and durum wheat and

contains more protein. Spelt is not gluten-free, but its weaker

gluten structure makes it more water-soluble and easier to

digest than common and durum wheat.

Sample Menu at Camp Chewonki for Girls*

BREAKFASTSteel-cut oats and homemade granola made with oats from Webb

Family Farm in Pittston, containing sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds,

sesame seeds, raisins, cran-raisins, and honey from Whitefield. Served

with plain yogurt and maple syrup from Green Ledges Farm.

MORNING SNACKBananas, apples, or oranges.

LUNCHHomemade hummus using sprouted chickpeas served with

homemade bread using spelt flour and oats from Webb Family Farm.

Served with carrots, tomatoes, and lettuce from Green Ledges Farm.

AFTERNOON SNACK Sunbutter Balls made with sunflower-seed butter, pumpkin seeds,

honey, butter, seasoning, and rolled in coconut flakes.

Fruit also available.

DINNERChicken drumsticks and thighs from Maine-Ly Poultry in Warren,

seasoned with cumin and paprika. Served with brown rice and

broccoli on a bed of kale with garlic scapes, all from

Green Ledges Farm.

*Ingredients either organic or all natural, with the exception of fruit

and sunbutter (an alternative to peanut butter).

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Learning to

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Kate Braemer is lying on the grass beside theFarmhouse. It may not look like it, butshe’s teaching a class. Gathered aroundher, and staring at her fist, are eightstudents from Rocky Hill School in EastGreenwich, Rhode Island. Their entire

ninth grade is on a five-day encampment in Chewonki’s OutdoorClassroom, and their lesson this afternoon is Map and Compass.

Kate’s group has already been over the compass rose, thedifference between true and magnetic north, and what topo-graphic maps and map keys are. Now they’re learning aboutelevation lines and how maps are made—specifically, howone reduces the three-dimensional Earth to a two-dimensional map.

“OK, who wants to go first?” asks Kate. “Gofor it, Anna. Draw a circle around the highestpoint on my fist.” With a black marker, Annadraws a small circle around Kate’s highest knuckle.One after another, the students add lines of decreas-ing “elevation,” until Kate’s fist is a ring of blackcircles.

When Kate asks the students what they notice about the partof her fist where the lines are closest together, they have the rightanswer: “That’s where the slope is steepest,” says one girl. “That’sright!” says Kate. “And where the lines are farther apart is whereit’s less steep, right?”

What Kate does next is so simple it’s ridiculous, yet it alwaysamazes her students: she opens her fist, lays her hand palm-down,and there, on the grass, is a two-dimensional map of her fist.“Wow, that’s cool,” murmur the kids approvingly.

Her group is hooked, and Kate doesn’t waste a minute beforemoving on. “OK, so that’s topography,” she says. “Now we’regoing to learn to use a compass.” Dividing the group into pairs,she gives each one a compass and a map of Chewonki Neck. Kateis full of energy and enthusiasm, and she has taught this lessoncountless times. Almost before they know it, the kids have learnedabout degrees and minutes, how to take a compass bearing, and

how to plot a course. When one pair says they’re having trouble,Kate says, “No problem! We’re all learning here together. Let’stake a look at this,” and sits down to help them.

One hour and a few practice runs later, it’s time to put all theirlearning to the test. “Any questions? Because I’m about to set youguys loose,” Kate declares. “Choose four places you want to go,starting and ending right here. You’re going to explore ChewonkiNeck, and you’re going to have fun.”

“By ourselves?” comes the inevitable question.By themselves, Kate confirms. “If you get lost, no big deal.

Use your map and compass, and remember that you know a lot offeatures on campus. You’ll find your way back.” She vets each

pair’s route and compass bearings and sends them on theirway, knowing she has prepared them well. “Have fun.

Be safe. See you soon!” she yells. Asked how she knows the students won’t

get lost, Kate laughs. “Oh, they will get lost!And that’s what’s fun for them. They’ll come back

with all these amazing stories. They love this.” Kate says she has never had to search for a lost

student. Why? Because the campus is self-contained and criss-crossed by several trails. “Chewonki Neck is ideal for thisactivity,” she says.

Kate clearly loves the curriculum. “Map and Compass is askill—a truly necessary skill for camping and being out in thewoods on your own,” she says. It’s also a new kind of challenge formost students. “I love the fact that it requires using both yourbody and maps and looking at something spatially. Conceptually,the kids have to make an instant leap from the theoretical to thepractical.” It’s just plain fun too. Kate calls the class “probably oneof the most enjoyable things kids do here. And it’s unlike anyother lesson or activity we teach, in that it’s entirely self-directed.”

When the last pair heads off toward Campfire Circle, thebusy teacher flops down on the grass and prepares to enjoy a fewhours to herself—a rare treat in the life of Chewonki’s OutdoorClassroom staff. In two hours her students will be back, regalingher with tales of their adventures. “I can’t wait,” she says.

Find Your WayExploring with a map and compass provides the journey from theoretical to practical

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Stalking the Wild Professor

Doc Fred infuses Chewonki’s nature program with passion, wild edibles, and the grand tradition of exploration

ELIZABETH PIERSON

What do “Fungus among Us,” “Stalking Your Wild Dinner,” and “Marine Mysteries” have in common?Ask that question at Camp Chewonki for Boys, and virtually everyone will know the answer: “They’rethings we do with Doc Fred!” the boys will shout enthusiastically.

“Doc Fred” is Fred Cichocki, who directs the nature program at camp. From September through May he’s a collegebiology professor, but come summer you’ll find him on Chewonki Neck, typically with a passel of boys in tow. Together,Fred and the boys mount insects, identify birds and trees and reptiles, sketch mushrooms, and listen to frog calls. Theylive-trap and release small mammals, press plants, go fishing, and make their own natural history journals. They also takeoccasional field trips, as when they drive over to Mt. Apatite in Auburn to collect minerals and gems, see firsthand whatthe term “glacial abrasion” means, and learn about Maine’s mining history.

Their myriad activities are part of a grand tradition—one that Fred is keenly aware of and steadfastly nurtures. “CampChewonki has a wonderful history of encouraging young people to investigate and appreciate nature,” he says. “I alwaysremind campers that in the 1930s the legendary Roger Tory Peterson was the nature counselor at Camp Chewonki andworked on his first birding guide in what is now our Nature Museum. It is that legacy we carry forward to this day.”

While birdwatching continues to be a mainstay at camp, Fred is particularly adept at promoting natural history morebroadly. Drawing on his almost thirty-five years of experience in both the classroom and the field, he has developed asession-long curriculum that is as comprehensive as it is fun. In “Marine Mysteries,” for example, campers canoe along theChewonki waterfront and use dip nets to collect and then study the marine life. “They learn what they’re swimming without there,” says Fred. “Most are pretty surprised to learn that it includes sea squirts, among other things!”

Another popular activity is “Stalking Your Wild Dinner.” Camp director Garth Altenburg says “the kids leap out oftheir seats to sign up for that one.” Who wouldn’t? According to the camp blog for July 17 this year, the boys foraged formushrooms in the woods, snacked like the Indians on refreshing cucumber root, trapped crabs and fish in MontsweagBrook, and prepared a gourmet feast that they washed down with wild sarsaparilla–wintergreen tea.

For some boys, the nature program affirms and deepens an existing interest. For others, it’s an eye-opening introduc-tion to observing and appreciating nature and to people who have a serious love for the natural world. Fred works closelywith head naturalist Lynne Flaccus and enlists interested counselors to help run the program.

“What do you see here?” is a question the boys hear again and again, all summer long. “I want the kids to expand theirvision, to observe everything, to look for new and interesting stuff. My goal is to see them get outside and see the realworld rather than see it pre-digested through the media,” Fred explains.

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Most kids today have what Fred calls a “mis-sense” of hownature really works. “They get so much of their information frommovies or the internet. They have no idea how long someone hadto sit and wait to get that great film clip.” Fred promotes directexperience and an approach that blends science and free-rangingexploration. “My guidance is minimal,” he says, “but I’m alwaysready to capitalize on anything that’s potentially engaging.”

Fred took charge of the nature program in 2007 and is thrilledwith the reception he has received. “Enthusiasm for the programhas really grown,” he said recently. “Some of these kids are sokeen. For their age, it’s amazing.” A small number of boys havesigned up for nature all summer long and have done the entirecurriculum. Given that campers have fifteen other activities fromwhich to choose, that’s no small testament to the program. Tokeep up with the burgeoning interest, Fred instituted a MasterNaturalist Program this year, for campers interested in pursuing adeeper knowledge and understanding of Maine natural history.“The requirements are challenging but well within your grasp,”he tells the boys. He expects the first Master Naturalist award tobe given next summer.

Garth Altenburg observes all this activity with delight. “Fredhas done a terrific job,” he says. “We’ve always had a good natureprogram, but it can also be a tough sell, especially among theolder campers. You need a Pied Piper figure, and Fred is thatperson. He has a wonderful combination of charisma, knowledge,enthusiasm, and maturity. Getting someone of Fred’s caliber fornature has been a dream come true.”

The kids would seem to agree. At least one camper hasdeclared “I want to be Doc Fred when I grow up.”

Boys love poking around in the Nature Museum. Roger Tory Peterson created it from an old chicken coop back in the 1930s. Inside is asmall treasure trove of natural history collections, posters, field equipment, and specimens. Small though it may be, the historic buildingplays a key role in the nature program. “There’s a very palpable sense of history here,” says Fred.

Doc Fred’s Path to Maine

Fred Cichocki came to Chewonki for the first time in May2002, to attend the academic symposium Teaching for theEnvironment in Higher Education. It was a far cry from

south Florida, where he was a curator and assistant director at anatural history museum. “I loved the place and was determined tocome back,” he recalls. He did just that, in 2006, to take a six-daytrip down the St. John River with Chewonki. Also on the trip wasGinny Freeman, our longtime camp registrar. “The rest is history,”Fred recalls with a broad smile. A year later he and Ginny married,and Fred happily relocated to Maine.

Fred earned his Ph.D. in zoology at the University of Michiganin 1976 and has had a long career as a college professor. “For manyyears my specialty was the ecology and evolution of fish, but I’vereally broadened my interests,” he says.

When he’s not at Chewonki, Fred teaches marine biology, earthscience, human ecology, and evolution as an adjunct faculty memberof Southern Maine Community College and the University of Maineat Augusta (UMA). Has also teaches in the Midcoast Senior College,for ages fifty and older, hosted by UMA and in the Osher LifelongLearning Institute at the University of Southern Maine. “There’s noentrance requirement, no fee for books, and no grades or exams. It’sa win–win!” says Fred.

Sound familiar? Aside from the age difference, it’s basically thesame deal Fred offers his Chewonki campers.

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Thursday, September 24. Tempera-tures in the low 70s. A mix ofsun and clouds. Late-summerperennials still in blossom.

At Saltmarsh Farm, there are carrots,leeks, onions, and parsnips to harvest. “Notas many as we usually get, and they’resmaller, so they won’t keep as well. Butthey’re tasty,” says Margaret. Wintersquash—the ones the wild turkeys didn’tget—are curing in the field. There are stillgreens to cut and delicious fall cabbages.But there are no tomatoes ripening on thevine this warm day. No potatoes to dig. Nohay to cut.

“I take a certain amount of comfort inknowing it isn’t just us. But it’s also discour-aging to know how many of us there are.”Margaret Youngs, Chewonki’s farm andwoodlot manager, has walked up from thefarm to sit on the porch at the CEE and talkabout her summer. She sounds remarkablycalm for a farmer who’s wrapping up theworst growing season she’s ever known.Margaret has been farming for fourteenyears, the past five of them at Chewonki.“In terms of weather and pests, thissummer was awful,” she says simply.

In recent years, Saltmarsh Farm hasharvested between 10,000 and 12,000pounds of vegetables on one acre for theChewonki kitchen. The market value of thisfresh, organic produce is estimated at$20,000 to $25,000. The final figureshaven’t been tallied yet, but Margaret isfairly certain this year’s harvest will be “lessthan half what it usually is.”

The story is similar elsewhere in Maineand across much of New England. InPortland, where the National WeatherService has kept records since 1871, it was

the wettest summer on record. More than22 inches of rain fell—3 inches more than inthe previous wettest summer and more thantwice the normal rainfall. “We had cropsunderwater,” says Margaret. Soil tempera-tures remained low, slowing germination.The rain intensified predation by slugs andother pests. At Chewonki, deer were alsoproblematic. No one could blame that onthe weather, but it still had an impact. Thedeer found their way into everything, rightthrough every barrier the farm crew erected.

Even the livestock suffered losses.Chewonki usually raises 150 meat birds overthe summer. This year, skunks killed 115 ofthem. The rest of the livestock were fine,but they won’t be eating Chewonki haythis winter. For the first time anyone canremember, Saltmarsh Farm didn’t put upone shred of its own hay. Chewonki’shayfields do double duty, also serving aspasture for our livestock. With all the rain,the farm crew had to keep opening up morehay ground for grazing, to keep the animalsfrom turning the fields to mud.

And then, when it looked like thingscouldn’t get any worse, they did. Lateblight, the same fungus that caused theIrish potato famine of 1845–1849, spreadthrough the Northeast in a matter of days.“We had to pull every one of our tomatoand potato plants,” says Margaret. “It wastwo weeks from harvest, and the tomatoeswere covered with fruit. It was the responsi-ble thing to do, but it was heart-wrenching.”

A chink in Margaret’s armor begins toshow. And then, she collects herself. “It’sbeen quite a year,” she says, looking upfrom under the brim of her baseball capand smiling.

Throughout New England, the rippleeffects of the summer are numerous.Produce volumes are down, prices are up.At Chewonki, we’re eating less of our ownfood and have less of it in the root cellarand freezer. Our Semester School studentsare spending as many hours on the farm asever, but they’re more likely to be weedingor doing other chores than harvestingvegetables.

Looking back on a summer in whichMother Nature wreaked havoc at almostevery turn, Margaret focuses on the bigpicture rather than individual crop losses.“Is this climate change? Is it always goingto be this wet now?” she asks aloud. “Idon’t know. But if these wet summers arethe new normal, we have some bigchanges to make in how we grow our food.And not just here at Chewonki.”

When your farm is small and yourgrowing season short, it doesn’t take muchto derail things. The past summer has beena lesson for all of us at Chewonki, reinforc-ing how much we value our farm and therole it plays in our community.

In at least one regard, Margaretconsiders herself and Saltmarsh Farmfortunate. “One thing I’m very conscious ofis that we don’t depend directly on thesecrops for our livelihood,” she says. Sheworries about all the farmers who rely ontheir fields to feed their families and to keeptheir land.

“Our Farm needs your good thoughts!”said a Chewonki “tweet” posted on August6. It does indeed. All farms do. As thebumper sticker from the AmericanFarmland Trust says, “No Farms, No Food.”

“Let’s hope for a better summer nextyear,” says Margaret.

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ENCOURAGING MISTAKESIn foreign language classes at Semester School, the whole idea is to talk, talk, talkELIZABETH PIERSON

Imagine, si’l vous plait, that you are in French class.You are one of only five students. You can talk as muchas you want to. It’s ok to make mistakes. No one isrolling their eyes because your accent isn’t perfect.And your homework assignment today is to learnthe lyrics to a song by the French popstar Faudel.

Wow. C’est fantastique, non?!Welcome to a language class at Chewonki—in this case,

French with Marjolaine Whittlesey. On a beautiful sunnymorning in September, her five students are reading anddiscussing the short story “L’hôte” (“The Guest”) by Camus.Along the way they conjugate verbs, review the subtle differencebetween the passé composé and imparfait, discuss postcolonialrelations between Algeria and France, and wrestle with thequestion of why Camus seems to be sympathetic to a protagonistwho committed murder. “Camus est un humaniste” Marjolainewrites on the board. She speaks almost entirely in French, and sodo the students.

It is only the second week of Semester 43, and at least one ofthe students is still pinching herself. “The class is so interactiveand so fun,” says Francesa Mennella of The Chapin School inNew York. “We have conversations about our life here. We’relearning how to use the language in a way that’s really useful. Wedo grammar, but it doesn’t feel like we get tied up with it here.It’s just a natural part of everything else we do.”

Like other language classes at Chewonki, French meets fourmornings a week for 60 minutes of highly individualized instruc-tion. Upstairs in the Allen Center, Marjolaine shares a classroom,and also a desk, with Spanish teacher Abby Holland (pictured atleft). At 10:30, as Marjolaine says a cheery “Merci, les filles!” to herdeparting students, Abby greets the five Spanish students whobegin trooping in the door. “¡Hola! ¿Qué tal?” she says warmly,and minutes later her own class is under way.

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Later, Abby talks at length about her students. “My primarygoal is for them to gain confidence. I tell them to make a millionmistakes. So many of these kids come from schools, andsometimes families, where there is so much pressure. Some ofthem are terrified of making mistakes. The average student haslow self-esteem when it comes to languages. A lot of them realizelater, when they’re back at their sending school, how much confi-dence they gained here. They’ll write me and say they’re talkinglike crazy in class now! I don’t think I do anything magical. It’s thesize of the class and the personal attention they get here. I try tomake them believe they can do it.”

Language classes are electives at Chewonki, but each semesterabout three-quarters of students enroll in one—a trend that hasheld steady since the first semester in 1988. Spanish and Frenchhave always been taught by full-time teachers living on campus.Now, Chewonki also offers Mandarin Chinese, German, andLatin tutorials, using adjunct faculty who live off campus. Exceptfor the tutorials, classes are offered only at Level 3 and above, sostudents can work with a more creative curriculum based onconversation and themes.

“Foreign languages are probably the most dynamic instructionwe offer,” says head of school Willard Morgan. Abby andMarjolaine have fewer students than other Semester Schoolfaculty, but because of Chewonki’s individualized approach, theyhave more levels to teach. Both teach primarily in the languageand use a variety of media. Because the classes are so small,students can really focus on speaking ability and their individuallanguage needs.

The curricula, at least in part, reflect the sense of place that isso much a part of the Chewonki experience. Marjolaine does afour-week unit on the Acadiens, Québecois, and Francos inMaine. Abby’s students learn about the migrant farm workers whocome from Latin America to work in Maine’s blueberry fields.

They also do units on immigration trends in their home citiesand on environmental issues in Latin America.

Both teachers love being at such a small school. “I can doalmost anything, both within theme and structure,” saysMarjolaine. “Classes can be more discussion based. Things goquickly. And no one can hide, so there’s great participation.”

The homework is varied and fun. On any given day, it mightconsist of writing an essay or journal entry, doing grammarexercises, preparing a skit, working on a research project, orcooking a French or Spanish meal at Marjolaine and Abby’scampus residence.

On their return home, many students find they have jumpedahead of their peers. They also comment on how much confi-dence they gained. A recent email Marjolaine received is typical:“I feel like last semester was the first time I was able to put thelanguage to use. I loved the way you were able to intertwineclassic French literature with some modern fun. I also liked theway you set the tone of the class; you wanted us to all speak inFrench but if we couldn’t do it you were always there to supportus. It gave me a huge confidence boost.”

Unfortunately, there is sometimes a down side: returning to aclassroom where the learning isn’t nearly as interactive. Emailslike the one Abby received last winter (see sidebar next page)from a student at a private school in Washington, D.C., are apowerful reminder of the value students place on good languageteachers.

At a time when many schools in the U.S. are discontinuingforeign languages because of budget cuts and pressure to improveperformance in other subjects, Chewonki has maintained—andindeed strengthened—its commitment to teaching them.

“We’ve made a commitment to languages that might not beexpected in such a small school,” says Willard. “Languages are a

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Going AbroadAlumni trips offer the opportunity to expand theChewonki experience. In 2008, Marjolaine led agroup of seven alumni on a service trip toBrittany, where they worked with local Frenchyouth on farms and sustainable housing projects.Here they’re seen walking out to Le Mont St.-Michel. This year, Abby took 11 students toGuatemala to volunteer with Safe Passage, anorganization that works with the poorest at-riskchildren of families working in the GuatemalaCity garbage dump. The group also worked onan organic macadamia nut farm and visited LagoAtitlan. For more information on alumni trips,visit www.chewonki.org/alumni/alumnitrips.asp.Financial aid is available.

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great example of what we need as world citizens. They also helpus and our alumni take the local experience of a semester atChewonki to places and issues around the globe.”

Bowdoin College professor Genie Wheelwright is a frequentguest lecturer in Spanish classes at Chewonki and has taughtseveral Semester School alumni. “Foreign languages at Chewonkiare energetic, upbeat, and fun. As they should be!” she says. “I seeAbby and Marjolaine bringing students to events at Bowdoin andin the Brunswick community. They really take advantage of whatis going on in Maine. Chewonki has a goldmine in these twoteachers.”

Two Passionate Young Teachers

Abby Holland and Marjolaine Whittlesey share aclassroom, a desk, and a house on the Chewonkicampus. It’s no wonder they sometimes joke that they’re

actually the same person. The most important thing they share,however, is no joke: it’s their passion for teaching.

“They’re pretty fantastic,” says Willard Morgan. “Both arevery thoughtful and creative teachers.”

Abby grew up on a family farm in Kansas and became inter-ested in Spanish and Latin American culture after volunteering inCentral and South America as a high-school student. She studiedSpanish and history at Marquette University, spent a semester inChile, and traveled extensively in South America. Before comingto Chewonki in 2007, she taught Spanish at Nativity PreparatorySchool for Boys in Boston and earned a master’s degree at BostonCollege.

Marjolaine also came to Chewonki in 2007. A native Frenchspeaker, she has developed a keen interest in Franco-Americanculture since moving from France to Maine as a high-schoolstudent. After graduating from College of the Atlantic, she taughtat the first French immersion school north of Boston, L’EcoleFrancaise du Maine in Freeport, and traveled the world as aFellow on the Boston-based International Honors ProgramIndigenous Perspectives semester for college students.

At Chewonki, Abby is often working at the desk in theirclassroom when Marjolaine is teaching, and vice versa. Thearrangement would likely drive most teachers crazy, but not these

two. They’re tripping over opportunities for collegiality andcross-fertilization, and they thrive on it. “We teach differentmaterial, but our classes are very similar in structure, so we’reconstantly bouncing ideas off each other. Like, what’s a goodactivity for learning prepositions? We also critique each other,”says Abby.

Both teachers have established connections beyond Chewonkithat enrich their teaching. Marjolaine has connected with theFranco-American community, particularly in the Lewiston area,and Abby serves on the board of the Brunswick-Trinidad SisterCity, which fosters interactions between the citizens ofBrunswick, Maine, and Trinidad, Cuba. They have also forgedrelationships with faculty members at Bowdoin, Bates, and Colbycolleges. “There’s plenty to keep us engaged and up to date,” saysMarjolaine.

What’s it like being a department of two? “It’s awesome,” saysAbby. “If Marjo and I didn’t get along, it would be a nightmare.But we’ve totally lucked out with each other.”

Their students have lucked out too.

“abby, my spanish class is horrible. and i mean absolutely DREADFUL. we sit with our heads ducked down in class soshe doesn’t call on us, speak english half the time, read grammar packets, and never EVER get off topic. anyway, thismessage isn’t to rant about my current spanish class, it’s to thank you eternally for the absolute BEST semester ofspanish i have ever taken in my life.

I learned more about the things that really matter when it comes to spanish, like culture and generally feelingcomfortable with the language….i had always been really apprehensive speaking spanish, but you really taught me,and i think i can speak for the rest of my class on this one, how to be completely comfortable with a foreignlanguage….thank you thank you THANK YOU.”

—Email from an MCS 41 Student

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Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford’s Forgotten Jungle Cityby Greg Grandin When you consider America’s roads, highways, and bridges; parking lots;strip malls; traffic jams; gas stations; car dealerships; global warming; thehours we spend in our cars and the sheer number of cars that exist—it’shard to think of anyone who has influenced America more than HenryFord. Born in 1863, Ford grew up on a Michigan farm and had a penchantfor dissembling and reassembling clocks and a strong dislike of cows. Hebecame an engineer with a vision—and he shaped not only an industry butan era and an idea of America that still dominates our way of life.

Fordlandia (Metropolitan Books, 2009) focuses primarily on the yearsfrom 1927, when Ford was the richest and most powerful man in the world,until his death in 1947. Ford’s famous River Rouge plant in Dearborn,Michigan, opened in 1927, the same year that Ford purchased 2.5 millionacres of the Amazon jungle in Brazil, where he planned to establish a hugerubber plantation to support the production of tires for his vehicles. Alwayspushing toward a utopian dream, Ford imagined not only rubber trees but acommunity where industry and agriculture harmonized and workers ledcontented, moral, American lives. The effort to “civilize” Fordlandiaincluded clearing and planting as well as building a town hall, church, watertower, power station, sawmill, hospital, schools, swimming pool, movietheater, and housing with indoor plumbing for thousands of workers. It alsoinvolved managing a foreign workforce in a foreign country.

Like the towns Ford built from the ground up in Michigan, Fordlandia“offered a fresh start in a place he imagined to be uncorrupted,” writesGrandin, “… a chance to join not just factory and field but industry andcommunity in a union that would yield, in addition to greater efficiency,

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FOR SUSTAINABILITY

Support Your Local FarmerJASON CHANDLER, SUSTAINABILITY FELLOW

Right eating is essential to our personal health,but most of us don’t take the time to realizethat the food we eat can also affect the healthand well-being of our neighbors, our commu-nities, our land, and even our entire world.With an industrial food system that drawsexotic species in any season from the farcorners of the planet to our convenient groceryaisle, it is easy not to think about where ourfood comes from. It can be bewildering just tobegin thinking about what is right to eat.

Should we eat chickens raised in Brazil orpineapple from Costa Rica? What should we dowhen apples from China become cheaper thanthose grown in our home state? What is the

true cost (in subsidies, kilometers, fossil fuels, andgreenhouse gases) of these foods? Thesequestions can be difficult to approach, but here isone solution: simplify your food chain.

All around the U.S. and in many placesabroad, a movement is growing that directlyconnects people with their local farmers in acooperative effort that enriches local land,community ties, connection with the earth, andthe delicacies on our dinner plates. CommunitySupported Agriculture—CSA—is a partnershipbetween farmers and local eaters, an investmentin local food and local land. Shareholders buy aportion of a particular farmer’s harvest for theyear. They then receive weekly bags of fresh, localfarm produce. Shareholders share both the risksand bounty of a year’s harvest, and they also learnto eat seasonally, in tune with nature and with theunique abundance of their land.

In Maine, we now have more than 140 CSAs,and together they distribute about 6,200 shares.

Nancy Chandler, owner of Phoenix Farm inMonmouth and also my mom, says that peoplechoose CSA because “they can identify with thefarmer, the food tastes fresher and better, and itis more nutritious, especially if it is grownorganically, sustainably, and with fertile soilsrich in organic matter.” Her shareholders pickup their veggies at the farm each week, andmore than half stay to volunteer for an hour ortwo of weeding or harvesting as well. I’ve seenit in action!

How can you find a local CSA farm? Talk toyour friends and neighbors, and visit localfarmers’ markets. You can also check outwww.localharvest.org, where you can searchfor CSA farms and markets anywhere in thecountry by zip code or state.

The bottom line: Knowing where our mealscome from is a healthy choice for our familiesand for the earth.

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fully realized men.” A steadywage, Prohibition, medicalcare, a new house, and a hardday’s work, along withmandatory gardens and squaredancing, would, Ford wasconfident, make Fordlandia ashining outpost of theAmerican way of life.

What worked in Michigan,however, faltered in the steamyheat of the Amazon’s richecosystem and different socialmores. Blight, bugs, snakes, anddisease, along with fights, a riot,and bad management, enervated the project. And the Brazilians didn’tcare very much about punching a time card when it was fishing time.

Ford, for all his accomplishments, was a flawed, conflicted visionary.At the end of his life he seemed betrayed by his ambitions. “Fordbelieved in community, but the highway system that developed in tandemwith his car set small-town America on a path to destruction….Ford cele-brated self-reliance, though he did more than anyone to turn man into acog in a machine,” writes Grandin. In the jungles of Brazil and at home,where unions and competition rose to challenge him, Ford ultimatelyfaced forces that were out of his control.

Grandin is a history professor at New York University. His booksometimes rambles like a jungle vine, but it offers a fascinating look atthe collision of Ford’s American industrial ideals and the environmentaland human realities that undid Fordlandia.

ANNE LESLIE

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PATHWAY TO THEFUTURE CAPITALCAMPAIGNGifts received between May 1, 2006,and September 15, 2009

Gifts to the Campaign as a Whole (Unrestricted)Anonymous (22)Nancy and John AbbottWilliam Abbott and David PaigeJohn B. AbramsElizabeth AdamsSusan and Mark AdamsLouisa AffatigatoZarine AlamJackie and Julius AlexanderJohn William and Judith Brown Alexander

Donor Advised Fund of the Foundationfor the Carolinas

Anne and Alvydas Alexander-OzinskasMarselle Alexander-OzinskasElizabeth Lindsay AllenJoe and Nobuko AllmanBob and Nancy AllynGarth and Heather AltenburgJim and Kim AmbachAmes Supply, Inc.Dennis and Christine AndersonDick and Patricia* AndersonMrs. Carl W. AndrewsNathalie and James AndrewsS. Scott Andrews and M. Susan WestMr. and Mrs. Reed P. Anthony, Jr.“T” AppletonZan ArmstrongCarob Arnold and Ann NixonMargaret ArthurEdmund P. AshleyElizabeth AtkinsJohn Atwood, Jake Atwood, and Beth WaldDavid August and Amy WilsonChip and Jennifer BakerRuth and Dana BamfordBank of AmericaRon Barab and Benita BairdEdward P. Barker, Jr.Christie and Kevin BarryGregory M. Barry and Donna L. SorkinBarton & GingoldThe Bash FamilyJeff BatesPeter BatesDale and Judy BauerLucy BaumrindMarty and Mickey BaumrindMaureen S. BayerBruce and Pamela BeanRick and Laura BeattieStephen C. BechtelFarmer Tom BeckJoanne BelkSamuel Belk and Sherry ThornburgDavid K. BellDonald S. BellWarren and Susan BellDavid, Chris, and Lisa BenemanJudy and Ennius BergsmaAndrew and Corinne BernardTom and Cindy BertocciHilary BestChester and Ann Billings, Jr.Nellie BlackJosie and Tony BlissDaniel Blitzer and Joyce FraterStephen and Lauren BlockJohn BlybergPeter and Carol BlybergRosalind BoganSean BohacSpencer BoiceLeigh BoistureBill and Ashley Bollwerk

Mr. and Mrs. Howard BomsteinAnna I. BondarenkoStuart and Elizabeth BondurantJohn and Carol BoocheverNeal and Winnie BordenSteve BosakKipp Bovey and Mark IsselhardtRichard F. and Lynn M. BreenCarl BridgeGeorge BridgeDavid BrodellThe Bromley FamilyNorman G. BrownSteve and Judy BrownMona Boyd BrowneDonna BrowningRichard Brunswick and Elizabeth BetkeThomas D. BullMichelle G. BurbankSarah BurgessSusan and Harold BurnettJeanne BurnsEva BurpeeLiz BurroughsDeborah and Jonathan ButlerSusie and Sted ButtrickMr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Cabot, Jr.The Virginia Wellington Cabot FoundationLindsey CadotSean Callahan and Betsy BiemannMr. and Mrs. David H. CampbellMichael Caplan and JoAnne BurgerMario Cardenas and Laurie LinghamDouglas CarlsonCarrabasset CoffeeMargaret Scott Carter*Joan CaveTom and Barbara ChadwickIrene Chance and Paul SchaffnerChip and Nancy ChandlerNathan ChangThe E. Barton Chapin, Jr. FamilyThomas and Katherine ChappellDick and Francie ChaseChewonki CampgroundMr. and Mrs. Kok P. ChingCynthia and H. Martin ChomiakRon and Kristine ChristensenCarole ClarkRobert ClintonThe Coca-Cola CompanyPanee and Jaed CoffinEugene ConnellyMichael Connolly and Jamie SternBetta Stothart ConnorKevin ConnorsPier Consagra and Jane FisherMr. and Mrs. John ConynghamAndrew Cook and Jaki EllisAndy and Bob CostelloLydia and Joe CotterLee and Anne CottonChristine Burton CottrellSheila M. CoyJudith Lapkin Craig and John CraigGareth CrosbyHelen and David Crowell Fund of the

Community Foundation of New JerseyPaul CrowellMichael CrowleyPeter and Patricia CrowleyRichard CrowleyRichard CrutchfieldJohn and Daphne CunninghamBrian Cushing and Mary StinchfieldAndy and Mary CutlerTony DallThe Dalton FamilyJacob L. DanaJuliet Randall DanaWilliam J. Dana and Emily L. BoocheverJames DasherSarah DasherMelissa Schatzburg Dassori and Frederic

DassoriDeborah Kmon Davidson and Gray

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Chewonki FoundationANNUAL REPORT 2008–2009Dear Friends,This has been a very big year for Chewonki. Through theextraordinary efforts of so many of you, we reached theKresge Challenge by August 31, 2009, and earned a grant of$850,000 for the Sustainable Campus goal of the Pathway tothe Future capital campaign. The outpouring of support forChewonki was both impressive and touching, and we cannotthank you enough! We are now within $250,000 of reachingour ultimate goal of $11 million for the Pathway campaign.

Your gifts are having a profound effect on our programsthrough increased funds for financial aid; faculty and staffsupport; building renovations and renewable energy installa-tions on campus; increased access to wild places for all ourprograms; and our new Camp for Girls!

In this Annual Report, which appears for the first time inthe fall issue of the Chronicle, you will see the names of donorsto the Pathway to the Future campaign, the Annual Appealfor essential operating funds, many endowment funds, and avariety of specific projects. We send our thanks for each giftand every volunteer hour. In particular we want to express ourdeep gratitude to Chewonki’s trustees, honorary trustees, andadvisors, who are listed below. Their leadership and supportmade this campaign possible and thus the future bright forChewonki.

LUCY W. HULL

Director of Development

TRUSTEESJulius AlexanderEdward P. Barker, Jr.Samuel C. ButtrickE. Barton Chapin IIIKevin ConnorsTheodore DeinardJeffrey EberleRichard C. FrantzGordon Hall IIIWilliam B. Hetzel IIIHilary H. HolmW. Donald HudsonHarold KingsburySandra S. LehnerDavid W. LiebmannJoshua D. MarvilRebecca E. MarvilJoyce E. McCormickSuzanne McGinnRobert OlneyAlyssa PeiFrederick H. ScottJoseph C. SelleFay Lampert ShutzerGary A. SpiessSherry A. ThornburgJean T. WilkinsonKate Wilkinson

HONORARY TRUSTEESHarwood Ellis, Jr.Robert L. Elmore, Jr.John D. EusdenWilliam B. Hetzel, Jr.Frederick KaudersKevin W. KennedyF. Danby Lackey IIIWilliam B. Tyler

ADVISORSE. Davies AllanRichard B. AndersonDavid S. BarringtonD. Scott Beebe, Jr.David BennellThomas A. BertocciHarold K. BurnettElizabeth BurroughsKatherine C. ChappellPaul A. CrowellKatherine Goodrich DayIsabelle de Trabuc Kirstin G. EdelglassL. Lincoln Eldredge IIICharles B. Gordy IIGenevieve E. GudebskiCaleb P. HemphillSherry F. HuberStephen R. KellertColeman Kennedy

Christopher A. KlemSusan M. KlemEnyi-Abal KoeneJames G. ListerWarren M. LittleHenry LovejoyVictoria M. McMillanRichard I. MelvoinAnnie MerrillSara S. K. MitchellKevin O’NeillJohn F. PhinneyM. T. Charkie QuarcooStephen Chartey QuarcooB. Justin F. ReichChristina B. RobidaOliver H. P. RodmanSusan T. RodriguezPaige RuaneRoseanne SaalfieldSeth SilvermanJasmine W. SmithBenjamin W. SpiessWiebke N. TheodoreKarin TilbergDavid VailJohn WarrenJohn P. Wilson, Sr.Katherine WongJulia WormserJennifer Yee

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Will DavidsonDick DaviesBrett DavisPaul L. M. DavisRon and Gil DavisKate, Adam, and Nolan DayMr. and Mrs. Joep de KoningJeremy and Sherrie DelinskyEmily DellasEdward R. (Ted) DeMaisonsRosanna J. DentTerrence J. DeWan & AssociatesLucy Diekmann and Lee PanichMarjorie and Phil DiVeceDiane H. DodsonJohn and Mary Anne DohertyIan Douglas and Kristin HarrisThe Dow FamilyElizabeth DowneyElinor F. DownsDavid DrinkwaterElisabeth C. DudleyEric and Kelley DuffyJesse DukesChristopher and Holly Hock DumaineAndrew DumschAnne Smith DuncanCharles C. Duncan, MD, and Laura

Ment, MDPatrick DuncanAmy and Mac DurrettPeter S. EastmaneBayBenjamin EberleCilista EberleDaniel EberleDavid EberleFrancis EberleJeffrey and Marguerite EberleKatie EberleMr.* and Mrs. William D. EberleKirstin and William EdelglassJon Edwards and Nancy FoxChristopher EichlerWendy and Tom EichlerScott ElleringtonMr. and Mrs. David M. ElliottTim and Margaret EllisJames Emery and Allison RumseyRev. and Mrs. John D. EusdenFrederic A. and Elizabeth S. EustisJohn and Carolyn EvansKevin and Julie EvansRichard and Kay R. H.* EvansLouise P. EwingRandy Ezratty and JoAnn CorkranRear Admiral and Mrs. John N. FaigleJohn N. Faigle, Jr.Judith and David FalkCharles FassetColin Fay and Stephanie HolmesLisa and Frank FerrelFerry Beach Ecology SchoolNina FinkErin FinucaneAndrew and Elda FisherJody and Alan FittsRhan and Selma FlatinTerry Flenniken and Mary HennessyJerome H. FletcherAbigail R. FloresDaniel FoxWendy Fox and Al LarkinRichard Frantz and Jennifer FoxFred and Polly FrawleyFreddie Mac Matching Gift ProgramStephen A. FrenchDouglas FriedmanNatalie FriedmanJane GallaudetEdwin F. Gamble*Leon and Emily GarnettDavid GatzGE FoundationLeanne and Douglas GillDavid GilliesGino and Gretchen GiumarroThe Harry L. Gladding FoundationAndrew Goodband

Caroline GoodbodyThe Clark Goodwin FamilyGoogleSusan and Bob GordonVivian M. GordonCharles B. Gordy IIFrank Governali and Terry Ann ScrivenJames and Eliza GowenJohn and Mary Anne GrammerTrina and Jesse GranthamRokeia Smith GravleyBernard and Anne GraySam and Gerry GrayGeorgia GreenMeredith GreenTheodore GreeneDiane GribbinJerome, Niall, Quinn, and Alix GriffinJohn Grill and Doris NuesseHeather and Kevin GroganLizzy GrubinJenn, Jay, and Taylor GudebskiEmily GuerinThe Israel-Guerin FamilyAndrew F. GustafsonLydia HagedornHalcyon YarnBecky HaleDouglas and Linda HaleyGordon Hall IIIJohn, Mary, Steven, and Colleen HamiltonAnne and Steve HammondMr. and Mrs. Richard C. Handford, Jr.Peggy Handmaker and Don VishGeraldine B. HanlonTucker and Megan HansenDexter Harding and Lucy GatchellSam and Betsey HardingJoan and Douglas HardyTimothy B. HarriganRichard and Suzanne HarringtonBen Harris and Jen RaneyBrooke HarwoodSusan H. HaskellWhitney and Elizabeth HatchMegan Marie HayesCasey Heard-LeonardDorian HeartsongThe Heartsong FamilyMichael and Valerie HeathTed HeavenrichAnneke HeherEliot and Katrinka HeherCaleb and Rebecca HemphillRobert and J. Ross HendersonMac HenryLionel and Jennifer Cobb HeringBill Hetzel and Jennifer NieseWilliam B. Hetzel, Jr.Benjamin and Heather HeustonJane HeywardBill and Amy HinkleyDon and Barbara HodgesThe Hogan FamilyHilary and Ken HolmThe John and Mildred Holmes

Family FoundationMark HolthoffAlix W. HopkinsMrs. DeWitt HornorSteven HorowitzLeah and Bill HortonCarolyn and Charles HosleyThe Hoyle FamilySamuel R. HoyleSamuel HuberSherry HuberDon Hudson and Phine EwingLouise HudsonMardi HudsonCary and Joe HugginsIBM CorporationKate IrvinLibby IrwinHenry and Patricia JaoMelissa JencksSteve and Debby JencksOtis M. Jernigan

Jockey Hollow FoundationCynthia Weed JohnsonStarrla JohnsonRachel JollyGuthrie JonesTrent and Francesca JonesWilson and Sally JonesHannah KapellChristopher P. KaudersFrederick KaudersSteve Keane and Marie Corbin-KeaneKeewaydin Fund at the Boston

FoundationJanet E. Kehl and Damian SokolEugene Keilin and Joanne WittyThe Keller FamilyScott Keller and Laurie JohnsonAlison KemlitzColeman W. KennedyKevin and Karen KennedyGenevieve KentJames and Mary Emily KerneyImad and Hulda KhalidiMr. and Mrs. Samer KhanachetTimur and Salim KhanachetKevin and Cassie KilbrideGeorge and Meg KimballBrigitte and Hal KingsburyLoryn KippDerek and Lisa KirklandChris, Sue, Eric, and Catherine KlemMike and Claudius KlimtSandra KlimtThe Knauss FamilyEnyi-Abal KoeneCraig Konyk and Matilda McQuaidLesley KorzennikTodd and Rebecca KosakowskiBryce KoukopoulosRonald Kreisman and Roberta De AraujoLane Construction CorporationGerrit LansingRufino and Ana LauriaJim Lawrence and Penny RobbinsLolli and Bob LeesonCarl and Sandra LehnerMr. and Mrs. Christopher LeichDave Lemonick and Mary TuttleMichael and Sissy LeonardAnne and Seaver LeslieJoan W. LeslieAlan and Jan LetourneauSteve, Lynn, and Robin LewisDavid LiebmannCol. and Mrs. Seymour W. Liebmann (Ret.)Linda and Nick LinsmayerTimothy F. LittleMr. and Mrs. Warren M. LittlePhil and Sally LochnerAlicia Gray LondonKatie LongPrema LongSean LongWilliam and Mary LongEthel M. Looram FoundationValerie and Stephen LoringTamothy LoudenAnne Lougee and Roger ColtonHenry and Lisa LovejoyHeather E. LoweJody, Holly, and Heather LoweMr. and Mrs. James H. Lowell IILorraine S. LowellThe Lundy FamilyAndrew LussenOwen LynchKelly MacleodMerrielle MacLeodMacy’s FoundationMr. and Mrs. Greg MaddingRachel MaddingMaine Camp OutfittersLiz MakrauerElizabeth MaloneTom and Susan MannJohn and Claire MannheimEllen Manobla and John KurtzJoan Mansfield

Remy MansfieldSusan L. Mansfield and Cantwell Clark VMorell MareanDonald Margulies and Lynn StreetMike and Beth MaroneyTerry and Boe MarshErik and Valeska MartinGuillermo MartinezJosh and Becky MarvilRebecca Marvil and Brian SmythGeorge and Susan MasonHenry and Grace MasurJulia Emily MasurMargaret MathisKatherine McAlaineDave and Patt McBaneMorley McBrideBailey McCallumDevereaux McClatcheyMimi McConnellJoyce and Hugh McCormick IIIKatrin McElderry and David CursonPatrick D. McElhoneColby McGavin and Mike HoltshouseNeil and Susan McGinnJoshua McHugh and Hilary EastonMary McKinneyMartha McLafferty and Jon SkinnerKeith and Trish McLeodTorrey McMillanWallace MeigsPhilip and Chantal MeldrumRick and Bunny MelvoinAnnie Merrill and Howard WhitcombLoren MerrillPam and Rich MerrimanEmily MeuserFritz MichelMicrosoft Corporation Matching Gifts ProgramDavid and Diana MilichDaegan and Talia MillerSara MillerMrs. Stanley R. MillerStanley R. Miller FoundationCallie MillingtonRichard Millington and Nalini BhushanJohn and Sara (Kirby) MitchellJock Montgomery and Annie MinisclouxFrancine, Malcolm, and Andy MooreWillard Morgan and Jenn BartonDaniel and Polly MorgensternAimee Clark MorlandDavid Morrison and Mary FlemingDave MortimerRichard Mumby

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Arthur Myer and Shuka WadaJack MyerSusan and Sam MygattDavid Nachman and Amy SchulmanEzra NachmanDuncan NaylorJennifer NaylorNew Hampshire Charitable FoundationPeter and Kristin NordblomJake and Heather NunesPhilip B. ObbardKathryn A. OberlyHelen and John O’ConnorMarlene OliverRobert OlneyKevin O’Neill and Terri McBrideDick and Judy OpsahlOrchard FoundationBenedict T. Palen and Leslie Hammer-PalenDaniel T. PalenBarclay PalmerDavid PanichThe Paolini FamilyJohn ParkerMary and Tom ParkerOwen ParkerLea R. ParsonMichele PartyThe Mark Pasculano FamilyRichard and Lynne PasculanoAaron PaulNancy PeabblesAlyssa Pei and Neal SondheimerMarianne PeiJanet Pence and Brian KentEllis PepperFrosty PepperKeating and Kim PepperSargeant PepperPfizer FoundationMegan PhillipsJuni PierceElizabeth and Jan PiersonElspeth PiersonMr. and Mrs. Roberto R. PineroMalin L. Pinsky and Kristin Hunter-ThomsonPlanned Giving Group of New EnglandDick Plumb and Nancy PorterKara PodkaminerCharles PorisJim and Betsy PorisLisa PorisWilliam PorisRob Postel and Martha SweezyMary Lee Potter and Theresa LynchEsmeralda PratMr. and Mrs. Harold I. PrattSudi and Fred PressBill PughCharkie QuarcooS. Chartey QuarcooJohn I. QuimbyDonna and Kieran QuinnErin B. QuinnMr. and Mrs. Robert RathbunGene and Nancy RaymondJoan and Fitzhugh ReadJay and Amy ReganSteven D. Reich, MD, and Constance E.

GonczyElizabeth ReichheldMalte ReissChrisso RheaultDavid H. RhinelanderWill Richard and Lindsay DorneyKim RichmanChris Riley and Aimee ReiterKen RileyAaron RitzenbergKen and Susan RitzenbergMr. and Mrs. Joseph C. RobbinsSusan T. Rodriguez and Charles F. LowreyThe Rogan FamilyAmy RogersJohn and Nancy RogersKrystal Mae RogersKatie RollinsCurtis, Mittie, and Tom RooneyWarren and Helen Roos

Sandra and Ed RossSchuyler, David, and Betsy RoweHunter RowleyMark and Anne RowleyPaige RuaneJennifer and William RuhlMr. and Mrs. Lewis Rumford IIIAmelia RussoRoseanne and James SaalfieldKatherine SargentAnne SawyerMarina Schauffler and Ed GeisMargaret J. SchickGrace SchlesingerJohn and Laurie SchlesingerTim and Joyce SchmittSteven Schoenfelder and Judy SmilowThe Schoolar FamilyJed and Lee SchwartzJeffrey SchwartzTed and Sara SchwartzBessie SchwarzThe Schwarz and Jelin FamilyCarter Scott and Jen HugginsFred and Darcy ScottPeter and Mary ScottSusan and Whitney ScottRobert M. Sears and Erica LeisenringRobin and Fred SeibertHelen K. SelleJoseph and Caitlin SelleGeorge and Sue SergeantAndrew C. SewallJoanne M. SharpeBret and Jeanne SharrettsProf. Joseph ShawRobert and Ekaterini ShawEli ShieberE. Carolyn ShubertLucie H. ShubertGreg Shute and Lynne FlaccusFay and Bill ShutzerLee Silverman and Teri WestArthur Skelskie and Nan MolofskyThe Smallwood FamilyBrad and Christine SmithDiane SmithIsabelle de Trabuc SmithOtey Smith and Nancy EganPeter SniffenDeb Snite and Richard SteeleDoug SoholtTessa Solomon-LaneCindy SorrickBen SpiessMr. and Mrs. Lionel B. SpiroRebecca SpiroDavid and Janis SpivackBrandon Stafford and Sharon KomarowJudith Stames-HamiltonMartha StearnsJohn and Melissa SteinesGregory StellatoAnna StevensMr. and Mrs. James StewartEric and Lisa StocletDorie StolleyBob and Cindy StoneJudy Stone and Randall DownerAnnie StrachanAnne R. StroutDeb SugermanMike and Jean SullivanBrian Swift and Yuri ImanishiSean SwiftRuth SzatkowskiSteven and Mary TagerDavid Tapscott and Gail EpsteinJeffrey TarboxJeremy and Kelsie TardifLinda Tatelbaum and Kal WinerCammie Taylor John and Susan TaylorPatsy Simonds TaylorPaul TaylorHayden Smith Temin and Jonathan

TeminMei Su Teng and Clarion HeardWiebke and Steven Theodore

Dick Thomas and Karen DilleyJoan P. TilneyKelly Timmes and FamilyBarclay and Lucy TittmannEdward Tittmann and Amy F. RogersPhilip H. TobeyThe Townley FamilyDavid and Lynn TreadwellElisabeth and David TreadwellKatie Tremblay and Diano CircoMeredith B. Trim and James L. RoboMax TrumperWill TrumperThe Tsairis FamilyRobert and Lorraine TurnerZeke TurnerNoah and Emily TuthillTom TwistMr. and Mrs. William B. TylerUBSUNUM Matching Gifts ProgramAndrew UrquhartBen Urquhart and Julie ShoemakerDavid UrquhartLindsay UrquhartMarie C. UrquhartJune, David, and Nick VailMaxime and Hedvika ValabregueMark Vandersall and Laura MendelsonTessa van der Werff and Robert AbbottGenell VashroRichard R. VeitAbbe VogelsJoachim Von KlitzingNils WahlstromAdele and George WailandPhilip WalesElisabeth (Bibba) WalkeMary Jane WallaceThe Wallace FoundationMr. and Mrs. William E. WallingThe Ward FamilyAmanda WarrenJohn Warren and Laura Appell WarrenMatthew, Julia, and Sinclair WeeksEmily WellingtonJefferson and Kim WellsJim, Gail, and Matt WerrbachKara and Damien WhelanHeather and Bill WhitePippa WhiteMr. and Mrs. Johnston de F. WhitmanOliver WhitneyMarjolaine WhittleseyBrooke WilkersonJean T. WilkinsonPeg and Tom Willauer-TobeyWilliam Willis and FamilyCharles and Anne WilmerdingJack WilsonLee and Leslie WilsonPeter WilsonRobert and Anne Wright WilsonJeffrey and Victoria Wilson-CharlesTed and Beck WintererWiscasset Family MedicineAbe, Margie, Lindsey, and Hayes WongKatherine WongRupert WoodGeorge and Chandler WoodlandPhilip Woollam and Tina FreemanStu and Rachelle WorkHunt WorthMarion WorthRichard WortleyDale and Kathy WrightHC Wright CorporationCassia Wyner and Stuart ShieberFrank and Emily YazwinskiLiska YeallandAmy Young and Carl FarringtonCharles and Joanne YoungJohn and Jennifer YoungbloodDana and Elizabeth YoungerMatthew YoungerMargaret Youngs and Chris ColemanKate Ziminsky and Paul Field

In Memory of Charles, John, andNathan ChandlerWarren Motley and Cynthia Saltzman

In Memory of Nathan ChandlerMatthew Motley

In Memory of Betsy DeVecchiJohn S. Marsh

In Memory of Louis GalanteRichard Galante

In Memory of Mary Rust GilliesDavid GilliesJessica Montgomery GreenThe Rust Foundation

In Memory of Shabanu GoldbergAndrea L. LaRosa

In Memory of Frederick GreenePeter and Sharon Herrick

In Memory of B. J. HaleSteven Morin

In Memory of Christine HawkeyMary Graham

In Memory of Judy Johannet andHarry SiegelRebecca Siegel

In Memory of Ed KlumppKatherine Sargent

In Memory of Eleanor DanielleKorslundPeter W. Korslund

In Memory of Ruthie MaxwellMarcy Maxwell and Family

In Memory of George PierceMrs. George B. Pierce

In Memory of Chetley RittallFred Zeise

In Memory of Frances SchachterJonathan Schachter

In Memory of Harry SiegelRebecca Siegel

In Memory of Richard SterlingAnonymous

In Memory of Jane ThomasDoug Thomas

In Memory of Nancy WynerIsaiah Wyner and Susan Kish

In Memory of Matthew M. YeeJennifer Yee

In Honor of Susan AdamsAnonymous (2)

In Honor of Suzanne ArmstrongRick and Fran Armstrong

In Honor of Rachel BristolAnonymous

In Honor of Tim EllisJonathan Trumper

In Honor of Caroline GoodbodyTom and Sandra Goodbody

In Honor of Charles GordyEmily Gordy

In Honor of George HebbMichael and Sarah Carpenter

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In Honor of Will HeinitshMonte N. Parsons

In Honor of Samuel HoyleStephen and Jennifer Dahnert

In Honor of David LiebmannAndrew Pratt

In Honor of Elizabeth G. MenakerDaniel Menaker and Katherine Bouton

In Honor of Susan RodriguezDaniel Ames and Linda WhittingtonJ. Paul Rodriguez

In Honor of Amy RogersKate Thurman

In Honor of Katie StoutStewart Stout

In Honor of Dick ThomasRosalie and Lee Fox

In Honor of Emma Wolfe-ParthunBen Wolfe

GIFTS OF GOODS AND SERVICESDick and Patricia* AndersonCasey Family ServicesCNSIBetty ColeBetta Stothart Connor and Eric ConnorRhan and Selma FlatinLandcraftersMaine Lee Morgan Horse FarmAnnie Merrill and Howard WhitcombGreg Shute and Lynne FlaccusEdward Tittmann and Amy F. RogersMarjolaine Whittlesey

Capital Gifts Restricted forSpecific PurposesFOR THE BLACK WALNUT TREE ALTERNATIVE ENDOWMENTGordon Hall III

IN SUPPORT OF CAMP CHEWONKIFOR BOYSSandy BandhuSam and Carolin ButtrickBrian Cushing and Mary StinchfieldJesse DukesPeter and Sharon HerrickMr. and Mrs. Robert B. ThomasUBS

IN SUPPORT OF CAMP CHEWONKIFOR GIRLS(Gifts restricted to Girls ScholarshipEndowment appear below)Anonymous Advisor to the San Francisco

FoundationNicole BorrassoAnn and Richard BurnhamChrissy BurnhamJim and Tara ChaceBart Chapin III and Lucy W. HullKevin ConnorsJane B. Cook 1992 Charitable TrustMarilyn GeorgeJenn, Jay, and Taylor GudebskiLynn HarrisonArlis HarveyAlison B. HopcroftJanice C. KirbyLane Construction CorporationRebecca Marvil and Brian SmythSarah RheaultJosie RodbergDavid Saaf and Paula Saaf-FlackSkeffington Thomas and Diane Driessen

In Memory of Carolyn GebbiaMarc Bourgoin and Marjorie Buckley

In Memory of Andrew K. WeegarBetta Stothart Connor

In Honor of Rebecca AbuzaKatharine Jane Waggoner

In Honor of Don HudsonKali Lightfoot

In Honor of Megan PhillipsKirstin and William Edelglass

In Honor of Liz Reed andSandy BandhuKate Fox

IN SUPPORT OF THE CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATIONDon and Dot LamsonSuzanne and Neil McGinn

IN SUPPORT OF CHEWONKISEMESTER SCHOOLFredric J. Figge IIShepard Krech IIIEdward PaisAlyssa Pei and Neal SondheimerJennifer and William RuhlJohn E. Smith IIGibb TaylorBen ThompsonLila Wilmerding

FOR THE GRAND CHAT AND OCEANRENEWABLE ENERGY RESEARCHAnonymousRobert H. and Gayle IngersollNorthwest Point

MONTSWEAG BROOK RESTORATIONAND THE CUSHMAN PRESERVEMaine Yankee

FOR THE PATHWAYS TO A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE POSTERCURRICULUM SERIESMr. and Mrs. Howard HastingsThe Ludcke FoundationNestle Waters

In Memory of Rob StoneJenny and Richard Gomez Hogg

FOR SECURING ACCESS TO THE COASTJackie and Julius AlexanderEdward Brady and Amy JohnsonJoan and Bob DalyGordon Hall IIIAlan PooleySarah RheaultThe Rust FoundationRoseanne and James SaafieldKate C. Wilkinson and Peter W. Stoops

FOR HYBRID SOLAR PANELS FOR THE WALLACE CENTERAnonymous

SOLAR PANEL CHALLENGEAnonymous (6)Mark and Ingrid AlbeeMatthew AltmanT. R. AmslerGuthrie AndresJoseph AngyalJohn Atchley and Linda SloaneAngela BaglioneLauren Mary Elizabeth BangasserAndy Barker and Ana RuesnickMaren BeanBen and Jerry’s FoundationLisa BenemanElizabeth BluhmAxie BlundonRosalind BoganSean BohacSpencer BoiceWilliam Boice

Adam and Meredith BordenLauren BraunohlerKatie Shutzer BrennanEmily L. BronsonAnna Brown and Colin CheneyAlan and Judy Burgess FamilyLiz BurroughsBen ButlerKelly CanfieldGregg CarvilleNicole CasperVera L. ChangCathryn ChristensenMatthew CobbHannah ColbertMaeve E. CorishDavid CutlerK. Blythe DalyJacob L. DanaAlice K. DannenbergKate Cheney DavidsonKate, Adam, and Nolan DayRosanna J. DentAlex and Sasha DewsSarah DobroDoty Family FoundationTaylor DrymanCaitlin DufraineTressa A. EatonElise Elliott-SmithSarah FerholtMegan FlennikenLara FoxNoah FralichCaroline Murphy FreedmanSamantha FriedmanGE FoundationErica GeorgaklisMeghan GiulianoCaroline GoodbodyGoogleGeorgia GreenHilary C. GreenwoodCullen K. GriffithJulia GrueskinBrooke GuthrieCharlie HaleLaura HartzJoanna HattJessica R. HauserLiddy HepnerJulian HollandAlison B. HopcroftLindsey M. HortonEmily A. IzensteinNicholas JacksonMeghan JeansLaurel JonesRichard V. D. JoyceColeman W. KennedyTim Kidman

Sarah Davies KimMatt KingsburySarah S. KirkAllison KleinCarl KlimtEnyi-Abal KoeneFiona G. KouyoumdjianGillian A. KruskallBlair LambJill D. LingenfelterLauren LochnerWendy LovingerRachel MaddingZoe A. MasonAmy MayerBailey McCallumThe McClean FamilyBlair McConnelAmy MendelBrooke McDonald MerriamMarian MessingStewart MillerKatharine MillonziDanny MindlinElizabeth S. MygattMegan Rekai NuttallShea O’SullivanFerdinand and Sibylle Pacher-TheinburgLydia Peele and Jay SecorDebra G. PerelmanElspeth PiersonMalin L. Pinsky and Kristin Hunter-ThomsonCharkie QuarcooS. Chartey QuarcooErin B. QuinnWhitney RappDouglas W. RayAllison L. ReddingtonJayne RicciardiBrian RobertsRockefeller FoundationMolly RosenmanEmily Russell-RoyThe Rust FoundationDylan Sanders-GarrettKatherine SargentJimbo SchleyHeather SchlottMaia SchoenfelderMadeleine SchwartzJake SchwarzCarter Scott and Jen HugginsRobin and Fred SeibertPaul ShiffletBen SigelmanMaggie SimonKelly J. Hogan SimpsonSarah M. SincerbeauxCallie (Gates) SlocumLinley SmithDavid Sonneborn

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Julie Totaro SouleHank SteinCaroline Clark SterkelZach StrassburgerBenjamin SvensonLizzy Tarr and Karl BergerEliza TaylorChessie ThacherZackary ThebergeBen ThompsonSarah ThompsonElaine TietjenElise TrucksDixie UffelmanBen Urquhart and Julie ShoemakerNick VailLucy Van HookWilliam and Heidi WailandLiara WeilerEmily WellingtonAlexander WhiteStephanie and Christopher WhiteAdam WienertSarah WillhoiteWilliam Willis and FamilyLila WilmerdingRachel WilsonGeoffrey WoodAlexander WoodleTori Zapack

In Memory of Julia MinardElizabeth C. CraigKatharine C. HarwoodLauren MillerKeats WebbJedediah M. Weeks

In Honor of Rosalind BoganGeorgia Green

In Honor of Meghan GiulianoTed Oxholm

FOR THE SUSTAINABLE CAMPUSAnonymous FamilyPam and Greg ArifianPeter ArnoldMacky Bennett*Kevin ConnorsLizzy GrubinGordon Hall IIIKiira HeymannMelissa JencksEmily Russell-RoyFay and Bill ShutzerTim, Caroline, and Molly SimpsonState of Maine, Efficiency MaineState of Maine Planning OfficeCaroline and Doug VanJeremy VanThe Wallace Foundation

In Honor of Kiira HeymannNicholas and Bibiana Heymann

In Honor of Charlotte WoolfJack and Melissa Woolf

IN SUPPORT OF TRAVELING NATURALHISTORY AND CONSERVATIONPROGRAMSRebecca and Mark GrahamNeil and Suzanne McGinn

IN SUPPORT OF WILDERNESS TRIPSJessie Stone

FOR A WIND TURBINE AT THE FARMAnonymousThe Horizon Foundation

CAPITAL CAMPAIGN &ANNUAL APPEALGIFTS RESTRICTEDTO ENDOWMENTGifts received between May 1, 2006, andSeptember 15, 2009, through the CapitalCampaign, and between September 1,2008, and August 31, 2009, through theAnnual Appeal

CLARENCE E. AND KATHERINE B.ALLEN CAMP SCHOLARSHIP FUNDLaine BillingsMichael Brody and Laura MentchFlatbread Co.Alan KuniholmAnne and Seaver LeslieThe Ludcke FoundationDavid and Jennifer MehrJack MyerJim QuiveyGeorge Santoni and Mary Beth WinnDavid and Susie SheltonGeoffrey Stanbury

In Memory of Kay AllenStewart Stout

In Memory of Jimmy KleinMrs. Elaine Klein

In Memory of Katrina StoutAnonymousJudy BarrettRoy Call and Barbara CrossLauren CallaghanJudy, Larry, Sam, and Louie CohenGeoffrey Cronin and Ann Fischer-CroninDan Cross-CallJoanna Cross-CallPaula Damm, Emily, Lisa, and Michael

DworkinTom and Toni Delaney and the Delaney

FamilyDillon DePalmerThomas and Kathleen GerstleyElizabeth GrayJoan and Louis GuzettiBruce and Eileen KlockarsMary Jane McNallyWilhelmina and Tim MoyerJoan Myers and Thomas BoyerPeter MyersRichard and Judy PavlikFlo PerkinsThe Portoni FamilyJim QuiveyRidge High School Child Study TeamRidge High School Sunshine ClubHeidi and Pete RobertsonChristine and Gary StlukaStewart Stout

SCOTT ANDREWS FUNDMrs. Carl W. AndrewsJoan Baldwin and Geoffrey, Margaret,

and Chloe RossanoAdam and Meredith BordenMelissa JencksDr. and Mrs. Richard L. RayBetsy and Lee Robinson

BEEBE FAMILY FUNDChris and Charlotte BeebeScott and Laura BeebeMerrill Lynch

SHERYL A. BLAIR FUNDSheryl A. Blair*Ann and Richard BurnhamLucy W. HullNicole Kokolakis and David Borden

Kamden R. KopaniBlair Justin Reich and Elsa Olivetti

In Honor of Jesse ReichMr. and Mrs. Scott W. Seelbach

BART AND MEL CHAPIN FUNDBart Chapin III and Lucy W. HullThe E. Barton Chapin, Jr. Family

CHEWONKI SEMESTER SCHOOLBOOK FUNDAnne Macleod Weeks and Jedediah M.Weeks

ERIN CUMMINGS SCHOLARSHIP FUNDAldrich, Perkins, Mulcahy & Heap, LLCGarth and Heather AltenburgJanice AmatucciAnthony Aufiero and Cathleen BuckleyJoseph and Carmella BasileEv BeliveauBoy Scouts of Chatham, New JerseyMegan BrownlowJeanne BurnsKail CadmanL. CitizenHadley T. ClarkFlorence CocinoWilliam and Barbara CornishRobert and Loyda CullLois CummingsMark, Casey, Chris, and Kerry

CummingsPenny, Scott, Andrele, Katherine,

Samantha, and Jake CummingsGeorge and Peg CurchinHenry and Eunice DalakHenry DeagelisJohn and Donna DuffySean Duffy and Sara WoodLiz FarrellBenjamin and Laura FederRichard and Elizabeth FleetEdward and Rose FreemanF. W. and Cordelia FullerLeo and Kathleen GarrityLeo and Marie GarrityRobert and Ruth GarrityRichard and Heather GigliottiGingras, Collister, Babinski and Co.Nathan and Erika GouldBernard and Valerie GratzerDavid and Deborah GrayMary Jane GruppusoD. Suzy GummWeldon and Patricia HaleBooz Allen HamiltonLinda and Bill HansonJames and Marie HardebergT. L. and Regina Hartman, Jr.HeadHunter IIIStephen HenneseyHoffman-La Roche, Inc.Cynthia HrebenakLucy W. HullMaurette HunterMrs. Izsa’s Afternoon KindergartenCarol and Skip JamesTim JamesThomas and Kathleen KelehanKathleen KnezovidJim and Jeanne KurtzDon and Dot LamsonJohn Lapilusa and Susan Stutz LapilusaJohn LeeJoyce LehmanAnne and Seaver LeslieRobert and Cheryl LeverichAlfred and Ann LongoThe Lowe Family: Terri, Randy, Tess,

Kate, and KristinaChristopher B. LoweDarren and Patricia LoweGregory and Laurie LoweMary LoweMatthew Lowe

Patricia LoweRandolph and Teresa LoweMaine Community FoundationEugene MalinowskiElizabeth S. MaltbyAnthony Mazzocchi and Dolores DiLorenzoMichael and Karen McElgunnTrish McLeodDean and Diane MettamJohn and Julianne MeyerholzMatthew and Joan MonahanLinda Morisette and Henry RinkerMaureen MurrayKaren NiroDavid and Margaret NorrisPark Lake School PTAPartners in EducationMegan PhillipsPinch Brook Ladies Golf LeagueRalph and Rita PolitiRoger PridhamJim QuiveyDonald and Mary RaabRalph and Marion RennoDonald and Merryl RichardsRobert and Barbara RichardsChris Riley and Aimee ReiterDillard and Cathy RogersBeth RundquistPaul and Joan RuoppBill and Joan SartorisJacqueline SartorisFrank and Mary SaulEllen SchroederRobert and Mildred SheridanThomas and Margaret SheridanMr. and Mrs. William H. ShineCarl and Margaret SkidmoreThomas and Norma SparnoPaul and Nancy StoverJeremy and Kelsie TardifJoseph and Beverly TaylorDick Thomas and Karen DilleyKathy and Ed ThompsonLorraine TregdeJames and Sally TrenchRandy and Francis TripuckaLeon and Lola TurnerJohn and Carol WayKatie and Erik WestSue West and Scott AndrewsKate C. Wilkinson and Peter W. StoopsPeg Willauer-TobeyJonathan and Marianne WilliamsWiscasset Middle SchoolWiscasset High SchoolBill, Elizabeth, Emily, and Andrew Zuehlke

JENNIFER BOOTH DOLAN FUNDNick and Mary BoothWilliam and Mary Dolan

TIM AND MARGARET ELLIS FUNDKeith AusbrookPeter CollinsTim and Margaret EllisMr. and Mrs. Warren M. LittleNeil and Suzanne McGinn

In Honor of Benjamin EldredgeSusan and Linc Eldredge

In Honor of Bertram HaineMichael and Alicia Ferragamo

THE ELMORE FAMILY FUNDAndrew and Laura ElmoreBob and Bee Elmore

CAROLYN GEBBIA FUNDAnonymousAlex and Terry BerardiAlexander BerardiMarc Bourgoin and Marjorie BuckleyWilliam Brislin IIIJohn ColeCharles and Kathleen GebbiaLee Huston

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Gayle MoroneyMichael Pagnotta and Ann PompeaJohn and Shaye Robbins

GENERAL ENDOWMENTAnonymousAimee AngelTina HartellAlison B. HopcroftGregory HornerKen Hudnut and Dana CoyleEmily A. IzensteinMelissa JencksBrooksie Koopman and Mark EatonLily LawrenceLee and Peter LockwoodJosh and Becky MarvilSteven Melamed, Jr.Nicholas MorrisonJim PaughS. Chartey QuarcooJoshua RuzanskyHenry H. SnowAtina WhiteWiscasset High School

In Memory of Nathan ChandlerWilliam W. Motley

In Honor of Harrison BramanJamie B. Braman

In Honor of David CutlerJosh and Liz Cutler

In Honor of Alex MelamedGeoff Stanbury

SCHOLARSHIP FUND FOR GIRLSPROGRAMSAnonymous Advisor to the San Francisco

FoundationCharles and Irene HammHilary and Ken HolmThe Ludcke FoundationCaitlin ScottJasmine W. SmithKate C. Wilkinson and Peter W. Stoops

SCHOLARSHIP FUND FOR MAINE GIRLSSusan Bell and Philip HartBart Chapin III and Lucy W. HullThe Debley FoundationThe Forns Charitable Trust in Memory of

Joseph, Mercedes, and Gloria FornsLynn HarrisonSam and Patricia HorineMaine Community Foundation

BILL AND MARDI HUDSON FUNDRobert and Mardi AbuzaDave and Kate HudsonDon Hudson and Phine Ewing

MARVIL AND EVANS FAMILY FUNDWilliam* and Lucretia EvansJosh and Becky MarvilRebecca Marvil and Brian Smyth

MATT RODMAN FUNDAnonymous (2)Paul H. ArthurNeil C. BlochJeanne BurnsElizabeth I. ByrneClaire Dahill and Craig SmithTim and Margaret EllisJoan MansfieldSusan L. Mansfield and Cantwell Clark VLydia Rodman and Listo FisherMariellen Rodman and Joseph AlfonseOliver and Cynthia RodmanStephen B. RodmanMr. and Mrs. Robert B. ThomasJoanne Van Voorhis Kate C. Wilkinson and Peter W. Stoops

PHIL SCHEPPS FUNDBarbara Cottrell and Lee Schepps

MAINE COAST SEMESTER SCHOLARSHIP FUNDAnonymous (2)Wallis AdamsHilary BestFrances Hollis Brain FoundationNancy Brain and John and Jamie WatsonSarah and Tim CowanKevin B. Darcy and Stephanie PrischPatsy DentHolly HaywoodSteve and Debby JencksMarsha Lenz and Peter JonesThe Ludcke FoundationBeth and Stephen MorrisLydia Peele and Jay SecorRobert Pindyck and Nurit Eini-PindyckRebecca and John TinsleyEdie Aloe TrainaThe van der Werff Family

In Memory of William EvansPeter and Cindy Trueblood

In Memory of Sam MaierRoger BerlePolly B. BurkeAlthea CariddiFloyd and Julia ChamblissSue and Dave ClarkCarolyn S. DixonRoann EnrightNicholas and Barbara FowlerJames and Pamela GrumbachJohn Halla and Christine HansenGeorge and Cheryl HigginsCharles Kettenring and Esther SchiedelMichelle LammMaine Council Child and Adolescent

PsychiatryBarton and Gay MarksFrederick and Avis MillerChris O’ConnorPauline PinkosJoseph QuinnElinor and Dan RedmondJames C. Smith and Constance HanleyPatricia A. Thompson-Egbert

In Honor of Chelsea PompadurMartin Pompadur

SEMESTER 42 SCHOLARSHIP FUNDLori Ann BrassPeter and Barbara GuffinJames and Victoria MacmillanNonami FoundationBob and Nancy PercyJohn and Cindy PhinneyNick and Lauren SpiliotesSusan StecklerLeonard Weiner and Kathryn KellyBarbara Wiener

In Honor of Susan M. WestAmrit and Gary Kendrick

SPIESS FAMILY FUNDBank of AmericaGary and Betsy Spiess

ROB STONE FUNDMartha Calhoun and Richard KramerPeter Farnum and Courtney SeymourKaren Jennings and Ted WeberBob and Cindy Stone

FUND FOR TEACHINGAND THE ENVIRONMENTPaul CrowellBrooksie Koopman and Mark EatonThe Ludcke Foundation

THE WILLIAM B. AND ANNGENETTE G. TYLER FUNDRoger B. TylerMr. and Mrs. William B. Tyler

ANNUAL APPEALGifts received between September 1,2008, and August 31, 2009

Unrestricted GiftsAnonymous (20)Anonymous Advisor to the San Francisco

FoundationWilbert and Joan Abele Susan R. L. Abrahamson Aetna FoundationHans O. And Jennifer J. AlbeeMark and Ingrid AlbeeRead and Jo Anne AlbrightJackie and Julius AlexanderJohn and Karen AlexanderLibby and Robert AlexanderE. Davies AllanCharlie and Melynn AllenMr. and Mrs. Douglas F. AllenElizabeth Lindsay AllenJohn and Lee AllenNick AllenJoe and Nobuko AllmanAmgen FoundationKarrie AmslerT. R. AmslerVirginia AmslerHalle AndersDavid and Lynn AndersonNathalie and James AndrewsJoseph AngyalMidge and David AyarsChris BaggPatricia and Peter BaggCharles and Rosalie F. BakerEdward Baker and Anna Van HeeckerenLauri Gibson Bandhu and Vivek BandhuSandy BandhuBank of AmericaAndy Barker and Ana RuesinkEd and Sally BarkerEdward P. Barker, Jr.Christopher and Molly BarnesMr. and Mrs. Paul D. BarnettThe Barry FamilyGregory M. Barry and Donna L. Sorkin

Richard and Mary E. BarthRichard Barth and Wendy KoppKerri and Richard BartlettEmma BasseinJonathan H. and Elizabeth L. BatesPeter and Kristine BatesMrs. Robert C. BatesDale and Judy BauerMaureen S. BayerThomas P. Beal Jr.Alana BeardStephen C. BechtelJudy and David BeebeScott and Laura BeebeDavid K. BellDonald S. BellMeredith BenedictNancy and Arnold BennettSteve and Cathy BergerJudy and Ennius BergsmaAdam BerinskyHelene BerinskyTom and Cindy BertocciAlfred B. BigelowChester and Ann Billings, Jr.Ralph P. and Nell M. BlackRobert and Sharon BlakeDaniel Blitzer and Joyce FraterPeter and Susan BluhmAnne BoothNick and Mary BoothRufus Cole BotzowEd and Susan BowditchPenn and Maria BowditchWilliam P. BowditchJohn W. Bracker and Rachel CountrymanCarl BridgeGeorge and Barbara BridgeTed Bridge-Koenigsburg and Leslie

McConnellCatherine V. BrighamConnie BrownNorman G. BrownRufus Brown and Thomasine BurkeBarrie Brusila and Mitch KihnMr. and Mrs. Samuel W. Bryant IVThomas D. BullSteve and Nancy BullockJohn H. Burbank, Jr.Robert and Nancy BurkeMathilde K. BurnettSusan and Franklin BurroughsHelen T. BurtonSam and Carolin ButtrickSusie and Sted ButtrickElizabeth I. Byrne

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Paul Calello and Jane DebevoiseRonald and Elizabeth CampbellDr. and Mrs. Gerald CanfieldKelly CanfieldCarnegie Corporation of New YorkLanny and Nancy CarrollAlbert, Stephanie, and Gregg CarvilleMr. and Mrs. Laurence CasperHarry CastlemanJoan CaveAdan Celis-Gonzalez and Gloria MadridJoAnn Cephas and Kumambazua FurahaTom and Barbara ChadwickChalmers Insurance AgencyChip and Nancy ChandlerStephen Chang and Susan OpotowBart Chapin III and Lucy W. HullMargaret H. ChapinThomas and Katherine ChappellDick and Francie ChaseCatherine ChomiakJosh ChouRon and Kristine ChristensenMary CleverdonDon and Alida CoatesThe Coca-Cola CompanyPanee and Jaed CoffinRuth Cohen, MD, and Leonard and Ben

HindellConstance CohnDavid Colbert and Ellen MoonSamuel and Leslie ColemanThe Coleman FoundationPeter CollinsThe Community Foundation for the

National Capital RegionKatherine and Douglass Compton, Jr.Frank Conkle and Ann SheaMichael Connolly and Jamie SternMr. and Mrs. John ConynghamArt and Cici CookKate and Seth CoonWinsor R. CopelandBruce CornuelleJean F. CornuelleRichard CoursenSheila M. CoyPaula Craighead and Michael SaucierAlan and Lorna CrichtonTim Croak and Kevin HoganCaroline and Todd CrockerLisa Crockett and Patrick HassettMrs. Norman C. CrossSally S. CrossHelen and David Crowell Fund of the

Community Foundation of New JerseyJames and Deborah CrowellPaul CrowellPeter and Patricia CrowleyNelson and Anne Crowther, Jr.Richard CrutchfieldCaite CutlerJosh and Liz CutlerMelvin S. Cutler Charitable FoundationSamuel C. DahnertTony DallJoan and Bob DalyWilliam J. Dana and Emily L. BoocheverMr. and Mrs. Peter M. DavidsonLile H. DeinardTed and Jen DeinardElizabeth Delude-DixJohn G. DentPatsy DentRobert Deutsch and Melody MaurerKatharine DickersonPaul and Laura DillonJason R. DoddCharles W. H. DodgeCleveland H. Dodge Foundation, Inc.Laurence P. Dodge IIJohn and Joal DonovanTom and Margaret DowningElinor F. DownsMr. Albion C. DrinkwaterMr. and Mrs. Edward M. DuaneMaura K. DudleyChristopher and Holly Hock Dumaine

Andrew DumschDaniel DuncanJeremy C. DuntonElizabeth M. DykePeter S. EastmanJeffrey and Marguerite EberleMichael EganWendy and Tom EichlerDiane and Barrett EisenstatDiane F. EisenstatSusan and Linc EldredgeTim and Margaret EllisDr. Francisco J. de Echegaray EspadaLara EttensonRev. and Mrs. John D. EusdenFrederic A. and Elizabeth S. Eustis Bruce EvansLucretia W. EvansNicholas Evans, Jr.Suzanne B. EwingRear Admiral and Mrs. John N. FaigleRoy and Joanne FarmerPete Farnum and Courtney SeymourRobert and Nancy FarnumPaul Faulstich and Margot DownsSusan Feibelman and George TurnerFerry Beach Ecology SchoolAveril and Rol FessendenMaturin and Carolyn FinchSteve FinucaneAndrew and Elda FisherJane Fisher and Pier ConsagraThe Flavan FamilyForrest FleischmanNed and Elizabeth FordWells Fargo FoundationJanet Fowle and Sky WentworthJames FowlerNorthrup and Carole FowlerRichard Frantz and Jennifer FoxJohn and Ann FultonJohn and Carol GadsbyWendy Gamble and Carl KuehnLaurence GarceauLeon and Emily GarnettCapt. and Mrs. William G. GatchellSeth Gelblum and Orren AlpersteinJerome and Susan GentileHelen, Larry, and Laurance GeorgeLarry GeorgeArt and Grace GershkoffChandler Gifford, Jr.Susan and John GillespieJim and Susan GilliesElizabeth B. GilmoreThe Ginko FoundationGlaxoSmithKline FoundationG. Carson GloverGeorge and Elizabeth GloverWendell H. GoddardSelmah GoldbergK. C. Golden and Kristi SkanderupRichard Goldman and Linda HermansAndrew GoodbandFrederic Gooding, Jr.The Clark Goodwin FamilyEmily GoodwinGoogleJeffrey* and Vivian GordonRudolf and Dorothy GrafMary M. GrahamRebecca and Mark GrahamMr. and Mrs. Kenneth GrantBernard and Anne GrayHarold and Donna GraySam and Gerry GraySean GrayJessica Montgomery Green and Greg

GreenMeredith GreenSharon N. Green and Alan P. KnoerrStuart H. GreenTheodore GreeneGordon and Anne GrimesDavid and Joan GrubinBrooke GuthrieErika GuyJames Hadley

Karl and Alexa HaeusgenBill and Sally HaggettPeter and Sekyo HainesEric and Sandi HakansonFrannie HallGordon and Linda HallSarah HammettAnne and Steve HammondScott M. HandMr. and Mrs. Richard C. Handford, Jr.Hubert Harber, Jr.Sam and Betsey HardingJoan and Douglas HardyDamon and Beth HarmonSally HartMr. and Mrs. Charles C. Harwood, Jr.Susan H. HaskellLiam HassettWhitney and Elizabeth HatchJudith E. HazenLane Heard and Margaret BauerBrannon HeathEliot and Katrinka HeherCaleb and Rebecca HemphillDavid and Sandra HemphillDavid HenryKay Henry and Rob CenterRoy M. Henwood and Nancy R. KuhnKaren Herold and Mark IsaacsonBill Hetzel and Jennifer NieseGeorge and Marilyn HetzelWilliam B. Hetzel, Jr.Melissa Hewey and Alan ChebuskeNicholas and Bibiana HeymannThomas C. HildrethJames G. HinkleMonica Hirsch, Nora and Burke BattelleDon and Barbara HodgesMr. and Mrs. Ronald P. HoganBob and Laura HoguetHilary and Ken HolmMr. and Mrs. Charles H. HoodGurdon W. HornerSteven HorowitzCarolyn and Charles HosleyRobert G. HoustonChris Hoy and Marice PappoSamuel HuberDan Hudnut and Lynn SheldonDon Hudson and Phine EwingCharles and Louise HuntingtonStephen and Caroline HydeThe Hyson FamilyIBM CorporationTim IngrahamBrad and Cathy IrwinEmily A. IzensteinPaula and Barry IzensteinRichard JacksonSam JacksonWilliam M. JacksonMeghan JeansMichael and Rosemary JeansSteve and Debby JencksOtis M. JerniganCynthia Weed JohnsonPaul and Mary JohnsonMr. and Mrs. A. Robert JohnsonRima JolivetRachel JollyJanet JonesWendy E. JordanJulia D. Judson-ReaPhilip and Gretchen JurgeleitAaron Kadoch and Camille KadochMichael and Stasia KahnSarah KanagyBob and Deborah KanterHannah KapellJeffrey H. Kapell and Alexandra Pollard-

KapellDonald and Edna KaplanDavid and Martha KarrickFrederick KaudersKim Kaufman and James MalinSteve Keane and Marie Corbin-KeaneKeewaygin Fund at The Boston

Foundation

Eugene Keilin and Joanne WittyPeter KeiserKen and Martha KellerScott Keller and Laurie JohnsonColeman W. KennedyRichard C. and Anne S. KennedyAtwater Kent FoundationJames and Mary Emily KerneyEdith M. KerriganHenry KettellBruce KidderBrigitte and Hal KingsburyJanice C. KirbyDerek and Lisa KirklandEllen KlainChris, Sue, Eric, and Catherine KlemMike and Claudius KlimtConstance R. KniffinJill KomuraBrooksie Koopman and Mark EatonInger KristiansenBrandon and Jackie KulikJohn Kurtz and Ellen ManoblaDan and Esu LackeyKevin Lake and Sallie Deans LakeBlair LambDon and Dot LamsonLand America FoundationMr. and Mrs. Edward LandriganLane Construction CorporationGerrit LansingTed Larned and Terry LehnenCharles LaRosaElizabeth LathropDarcy LatkinLatkin Family FoundationAmy Y. LauPeter and Linda LeahySusan and Richard LeavittCarl and Sandra LehnerJ. Griffin and Linda P. LesherPeter and Kathleen LeslieRick Leslie, Laura Ornest, and Harrison

Ornest-LeslieSeaver and Anne LeslieRichard and Lynda LevengoodSara and Shai LeviteThe Lewin-Krulwich FamilyJeffrey W. Lewis and Nancy C. McLaneSally LewisCol. and Mrs. Seymour W. Liebmann

(Ret.)Anne LightbodyC. Susan LinkLinda and Nick LinsmayerJoel Lipsitch and Abbie MelnickSusan and Ian LipsitchJamie and Carol ListerTimothy F. LittleMr. and Mrs. Warren M. LittlePhil and Sally LochnerAbagael LongLonza Rockland, Inc.Mr. and Mrs. George Lovejoy, Jr.Lorraine S. LowellJon A. LundAndrew LussenMichael Lustick and Barbara RicklerRobert C. LymanMimi and Jack MacNeishThe Maine Float Rope Co.MaineShareDavid Major and Patricia HartStephen L. Malcom and Martha BarrettJames MalinElizabeth MaloneTom and Susan MannJohn and Claire MannheimValeska and Erik MartinJosh and Becky MarvilRebecca Marvil and Brian SmythVera MasquelierBill MayherBob and Anne McAlaineDave and Patt McBaneMr. and Mrs. Grant McCargoKate McClainBlair McConnel

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Paul McDermottNancy and Derek McDonaldB. J. McElderryKatrin McElderry and David CursonBernard and Patricia McElhonePatrick D. McElhoneJohn S. McFarlaneSusan and Frank McGintyJohn and Mary Jane McGlennonThe McGraw-Hill CompaniesAngus and Barbara McIntyreJim and Jane McIntyreJon and Sherrie McKennaThomas McKeonTed and Judith McMillanTorrey McMillanJohn and Karen McWhorterCol. and Mrs. G. S. Meader, Jr.Elizabeth MehrPatrick MehrRick and Bunny MelvoinBarbara Mensch and Mark EvansMerrill LynchFritz MichelDavid and Diana MilichAl MillerRichard Millington and Nalini BhushanAlexa MilroyKevin and Mary MilroyTim and Liz MitchellMolly MithoeferPam, Mike, and James MonacoTom MontgomeryRichard and Risa MoonFrancine, Malcolm, and Andy MooreGordon and Betty Moore FoundationMr. and Mrs. Jeffrey MorbyMichael MorenoPeter and Catherine MorosoffDavid Morrison and Mary FlemingJon S. MorrowDuryea and Margaret MortonRachel and George MullenLeonard C. MulliganMartin J. Mullin, Jr.Theodore H. and Mary Eugenia MyerSusan and Sam MygattWilliam Nathan and Susan RossEric NelsonLynn and Trudy NelsonThe New York Times Company FoundationGary NielsenBronda and Al NieseKirk Niese and Michaela GoldfineBarry and Ellen NigroshJulie A. NisbetJoshua C. NissChristiane Northrup, M.D.Charlie and Karin NoyesElisabeth H. NullGeoffrey and Clare NunesChris and Cynthia OatesPhilip B. ObbardJohn and Karen O’BrienBeth and Bob OllwertherChelsie and Sandy OlneyRobert OlneyPatrick and Sandra O’NeillDick and Judy OpsahlJohn Orestis and Barbara CrowleyKelsey Orestis and Jonathan AdkinsWilliam and Julie OrtonMr. and Mrs. Eugene J. O’SullivanWilliam and Lindalee OswaldRosetta PackerDaniel T. PalenStanley PanetskiLea R. ParsonLee PattersonDr. and Mrs. David PearsallDr. and Mrs. Kenneth R. PeelleMarianne PeiKaren PelkeyKeating and Kim PepperDavid L. PerdueScott and Kathy PerkinsKaty PerryDaddi and Letizia Pescetto

Scott PetersonPfizer FoundationYates and Marisa PharrAlex, Helen, Amy, and Graham PhillipsElizabeth and Jan PiersonRobert and Margaret PinskyJeanne PintoChris and Dottie PittLouisa PittDr. and Mrs. James PorterfieldEsmeralda PratDavid and Lise PrattMr. and Mrs. Harold I. PrattNick and Sara PrattAlex and Lili PughJeffrey PurvinDr. Stephen Quarcoo and Dr. Reneida

ReyesDonna and Kieran QuinnMary L. QuintonBeth and Fred QuiveyPeter and Melanie RandGene and Nancy RaymondJamie and Julia ReaJoan and Fitzhugh ReadCharles and Suzanne RebickElinor and Dan RedmondJay and Amy ReganLibbet and Andy ReganPatrick ReganBlair Justin Reich and Elsa OlivettiConstance V. ReichJesse and Alene ReichSteven D. Reich, MD, and Constance E.

GonczyElizabeth ReichheldMartin and Margaret ReickHelen Haskell Remien and Cam RemienCat ReppertSusan and Peter RestlerBege Reynolds and John SweekDavid and Krista ReynoldsSarah RheaultZoe Richards and Joshua, Silas, and

Rosalie BrownFred and Inge RichardsonKen RileyJefferson and Deborah RinkC. Emerson and Delia RobertsRichard and Margaret RobinsonJosie RodbergCarmen and Carlos RodriguezJohn and Nancy RogersWarren and Helen RoosJohn and Carolyn RosenblumBetsy and David RoweHunter RowleyMark and Anne RowleyLeslie RowsonLeo Pierre Roy and Perry RussellJames and Jami RubensMr. and Mrs. Lewis Rumford IIIMorgan and Jo Ann RussellThe Rust FoundationLee RustDavid and Paula Saaf-FlackArden and Ira SaligmanCotty and Susan SaltonstallShirley R. SandersMargaret SayvetzShirley W. Scaife*Jonathan SchachterJoel and Audrey SchaeferStephanie Titus SchleyPaul Schmiege and Constance DueverCaroline SchoppJeffrey SchwartzPriscilla SchwartzRupert ScofieldCaitlin ScottFred and Darcy ScottJoseph R. Scott, Jr.Leslie B. SeagraveJoe SeibertJoseph and Caitlin SelleKatherine and Robert W. SelleVirginia M. and Edward M. SermierAndrew C. Sewall

Joanne M. SharpePatrick ShawJulia Sheridan and Chris DevlinE. Carolyn ShubertFay and Bill ShutzerJeremy and Carolyn SiegelMarvin and Nancy SiegelRebecca SiegelDr. William Siegel and Dr. Suzanne

JohannetMr. and Mrs. John C. SiegenthalerMichael SilbermanDavid Silverberg, Ronne Hoffman, and

Laura SilverbergJoe, Amy, and Scott SimontacchiElizabeth Bedker SimpsonSarah M. SincerbeauxAlison P. SmithEdward P. Smith and Francis PierceIsabelle de Trabuc SmithJohn E. Smith IIMary Minor C. SmithHenry H. SnowRonald and Sharon SnowAlexander SonnebornScott Spencer and Mary CookGary and Betsy SpiessRebecca SpiroDavid and Janis SpivackWalter and Sue StaffordJudith Stames-HamiltonSusan Stanger and Mitchell NemethTobie StangerRebecca StanleyLinda StearnsMartha StearnsMatthew J. StewartRoberta StothartGene Strassburger and Phyllis KaitzerowRandall and Francesca StrattonFrank and Nancy StroutLouise Ingalls SturgesAlbert D. and Emily B. Sturtevant Hubertus and Evelyne SulkowskiStephen and Teri SwansonCharley Sweet and Ronnie FischerStephen and Sally SwensonDavid W. SwetlandSears Swetland Family FoundationDavid Tapscott and Gail EpsteinJeffrey TarboxLizzy Tarr and Karl BergerPeter TashjianHarriet and C. Powers TaylorRichard TchenMei Su Teng and Clarion Heard

Kaz Thea and Kurt NelsonFriends of Thomaston Public LibraryDavid and Martha ThompsonMr. and Mrs. Walter G. ThompsonRuth C. ThorntonTiffany and Co.Karin Tilberg and David ShiahJoan P. TilneyEdward Tittmann and Amy F. RogersRobert Tittmann and Evangeline SardaErnest Tollerson and Tink LeefmansThe Tooker FamilyThe Trenkelbach FamilyDebora W. TuckMr. and Mrs. William B. TylerWilliam B. Tyler, Jr.Dixie UffelmanMary C. Van BuskirkGeorge and Sue Van HookMark Vandersall and Laura MendelsonGenell VashroAnn Veronica HandprintsLillie Vitelli and Don MansiusPeter von Ziegesar and Hali LeeDavid WadeAdele and George WailandHelen and Mo WaiteArleon S. WaldronPhilip WalesCaroline WalkerJohn Warren and Laura Appell WarrenReina and Will WarrenJim and Tricia WassermanJay, Sam, and Max WechslerMatthew, Sinclair, and Julia WeeksDaniel Weiss and Amy BlairLaura K. WellesJim and Julie WellingtonAnne W. WellsBenjamin B. WellsMatt WerrbachEdwin and Mary WestBob WheelerTed and Betsy WheelerChristopher White and Andrea BarnetRobert and Marina WhitmanBeth WigginsAnn and Douglas WilkersonPeg and Tom Willauer-TobeyAndy and Deb WilliamsSally B. WilliamsSarah Fiske Williams and Jack WilliamsStephen Williams and Lisa ReeceDavid and Susan WillisJohn Willis, Jr.Jack Wilson

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Marcia E. WilsonNat WilsonZinnia WilsonDavid B. WingateLewis and Harriet WinterKen WiseEllis WisnerFanny Witting da PratoMr. and Mrs. Vito Witting da PratoAlan and Helene WolffDamaris WollenburgRobert and Karol WollenburgKathy WoodGeorge and Chandler WoodlandKim Woodle and Joanne DownsStu and Rachelle WorkRichard WortleyAmy Young and Carl FarringtonDanielle C. Young and Roderic M.

MelansonJohn and Regina YoungmanRobert and Barbara YoungmanTom and Susan Zysk

In Memory of Sheryl A. BlairAlice Tobin Zaff

In Memory of Ray CarterNancy Leeson

In Memory of William JayneMr. and Mrs. Kennon Jayne

In Memory of Shirley MarcusBeth and Jeffrey Mendel

In Memory of Harlon MorseCynthia and William LockePeg Matsen

In Memory of Shirley ScaifeMargaret BaillieJoan W. Leslie

In Honor of Jack AlexanderAnonymous

In Honor of Ben CrossPolly and Brock Reeve

In Honor of Jennifer DahnertJonathan and Susan Sachs

In Honor of Andrew and Ann GookinMarcy and Dave Gookin

In Honor of Will HeinitshMonte N. Parsons

In Honor of Frederick KaudersWeld and Molly Henshaw

In Honor of Tyler LewisThomas Lewis and Ailene Robinson

In Honor of Wendy LovingerJay Lovinger and Gay Daly

In Honor of Amy MendelBlanche and Leonard Lewis

In Honor of Elsa OlivettiMary Jane Wallace

In Honor of Bob OlneyElana Toscano

In Honor of the Wedding of MalinPinsky and Kristin Hunter-ThomsonAnonymous (3)Benjamin H. BryantJames and Joan HunterSarah KlainJennifer Marlow and Dana SpringmeyerElizabeth S. MygattElizabeth PringleBrian SchilmoellerBarbara Trotta

In Honor of Geoffrey StanburyJay and Lisa Stanbury

GIFTS OF GOODS AND SERVICESE. Davies AllanDavid and Dede BennellEarl and Bonnie BrackerMrs. E. Barton Chapin, Jr.Virginia A. Eddy, M.D.Green Living ProjectBenjamin D. HudsonAnthony KingGordon RichardsonKaren RobbinsLawrence and Becky StrattonWiebke and Steven Theodore

Gifts Restricted forSpecific PurposesIN SUPPORT OF CAMP CHEWONKI FOR BOYSCarlos Celis and Cecilia RiveroStephen Farneth and Elizabeth RintoulClarke and Ellen Hogan

IN SUPPORT OF CAMP CHEWONKI FOR GIRLSAnonymous (2)Martha BarkleyElise Brown and Martha PiscuskasDr. Julia G. KahrlKali LightfootTeens to TrailsMoyra TraupeAnn Veronica Handprints

IN SUPPORT OF THE CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATIONAnonymous (3)Nancy and John AbbottJenny and Lawrence FriedlDon Hudson and Phine EwingNeil and Suzanne McGinn

IN SUPPORT OF MAINE COASTSEMESTERAnonymousCarol and Mark AloeJohn Atchley and Linda SloaneRon Barab and Benita BairdMickey and Marty BaumrindHenry and Susan BristolRachel BristolCharles and Jennifer BrittonCourtney ClinkscalesDaria de KoningJohn and Jane Katz FieldNina FinkTom and Emily HaslettKendi IrwinRichard Krantz and Kathryn DeaneShepard Krech IIIDavid LiebmannWendy LovingerThe McClean FamilyNorman and Sara NelsonTim and Francine O’BrienKathy and Steve ParkerErin B. QuinnAndrew and Heather SidemanLorraine SorrickJonathan H. Sprogell Rebecca and John TinsleyBeth and Tracy TruzanskyRichard C. and Barbara C. Van Dusen

Family Fund

In Honor of Carolyn TaylorThe Ward Family

IN SUPPORT OF SUSTAINABLITYPROGRAMSBoreal Centre for Bird ConservationGordon Hall IIINeil and Suzanne McGinnDavid Panich

IN SUPPORT OF TRAVELING NATURALHISTORY AND CONSERVATIONPROGRAMSBath Savings InstitutionEunice T. CoxNeil and Suzanne McGinnJohn and Katherine SkroskiJudy Stone and Randall Downer

IN SUPPORT OF WILDERNESS TRIPSAnonymousJames BalogPeter and Tracy Russell

In Memory of Robert SeawardJanet Seaward

In Honor of Greg ShuteAnonymous

VOLUNTEERSMaile AllNathan ArnoldDonny AubinPete BoucherFred CichockiJohn EastmanPhine EwingJoanna FisherMaggie GrahamStuart GreenbaumHelen HessMax HinkleySaer HustonFranklin JamesElaine KeyesGeorge MasonRoz McLeanChris MeixellAnnie NixonRobert NixonChris PiehJerry PiehTim PiehTim SchmittHeidi ShingletonIan StrachanJason Thatcher and the Wyoming

Seminar StudentsCourtney VashroMaxeen Wyatt

THE CHEWONKICIRCLEThe Chewonki Circle honors those whogive $1,000 or more annually toChewonki.

Anonymous (24)Robert and Mardi AbuzaJackie and Julius AlexanderJohn and Judith AlexanderLibby and Robert AlexanderE. Davies AllanGarth and Heather AltenburgJim and Kim AmbachNathalie and James AndrewsMr. and Mrs. Reed P. Anthony, Jr.Margaret ArthurKeith AusbrookEdward P. Barker, Jr.Marty and Mickey BaumrindChris and Charlotte BeebeScott and Laura BeebeJoanne BelkSamuel Belk and Sherry ThornburgWarren and Susan BellDavid, Chris, and Lisa BenemanJosie and Tony BlissJohn and Carol BoocheverNick and Mary BoothNeal and Winnie BordenFrances Hollis Brain Foundation

Nancy Brain and John and Jamie WatsonNorman G. BrownMathilde K. BurnettAnn and Richard BurnhamSusan and Franklin BurroughsSam and Carolin ButtrickMr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Cabot, Jr.The Virginia Wellington Cabot

FoundationAdan Celis-Gonzalez and Gloria MadridThe E. Barton Chapin, Jr. FamilyThomas and Katherine ChappellCynthia and H. Martin ChomiakThe Coleman FoundationSamuel and Leslie ColemanKevin ConnorsJane B. Cook 1992 Charitable TrustLydia and Joe CotterLee and Anne CottonBarbara Cottrell and Lee ScheppsJudith Lapkin Craig and John CraigHelen and David CrowellPaul CrowellLois CummingsMark CummingsJohn and Daphne CunninghamWilliam J. Dana and Emily L. BoocheverKevin B. Darcy and Stephanie PrischPaul L. M. DavisRon and Gil DavisThe Debley FoundationMr. and Mrs. Joep de KoningJeremy and Sherrie DelinskyThe Dow FamilyElisabeth C. DudleyPeter S. EastmanMark Eaton and Brooksie KoopmanJeffrey and Marguerite EberleMrs. William D. EberleJon Edwards and Nancy FoxSusan and Linc EldredgeMr. and Mrs. David M. ElliottTim and Margaret EllisBob and Bee ElmoreFrederic A. and Elizabeth S. EustisLucretia W. EvansRandy Ezratty and JoAnn CorkranStephen Farneth and Elizabeth RintoulFredric J. Figge IIThe Forns Charitable Trust in Memory of

Joseph, Mercedes, and Gloria FornsWendy Fox and Al LarkinRichard Frantz and Jennifer FoxDavid GilliesThe Ginko FoundationThe Harry L. Gladding FoundationThe Clark Goodwin FamilyFrank Governali and Terry Ann ScrivenBernard and Anne GrayTheodore GreeneJenn, Jay, and Taylor GudebskiGordon Hall IIICharles and Irene HammLynn HarrisonSusan H. HaskellRobert and J. Ross HendersonRoy M. Henwood and Nancy R. KuhnKaren Herold and Mark IsaacsonBill Hetzel and Jennifer NieseWilliam B. Hetzel, Jr.Nicholas and Bibiana HeymannJane HeywardThe Hogan FamilyHilary and Ken HolmThe John and Mildred Holmes Family

FoundationMr. and Mrs. Charles H. HoodAlix W. HopkinsMrs. DeWitt HornorThe Hoyle FamilySamuel HuberSherry HuberDave and Kate HudsonDon Hudson and Phine EwingJames and Joan HunterRobert H. and Gayle IngersollMelissa JencksSteve and Debby Jencks

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Jockey Hollow FoundationCynthia Weed JohnsonWendy E. JordanDr. Julia G. KahrlChristopher P. KaudersFrederick KaudersEugene Keilin and Joanne WittyAmrit and Gary KendrickColeman W. KennedyImad and Hulda KhalidiBrigitte and Hal KingsburyJanice C. KirbyDerek and Lisa KirklandChris, Sue, Eric, and Catherine KlemThe Knauss FamilyRichard Krantz and Kathryn DeaneShepard Krech IIIDon and Dot LamsonLane Construction CorporationElizabeth LathropNancy LeesonCarl and Sandra LehnerBob and Carol LeoneSusan and Ian LipsitchJamie and Carol ListerMr. and Mrs. Warren M. LittleLee and Peter LockwoodEthel M. Looram FoundationValerie and Stephen LoringJay Lovinger and Gay DalyJames and Victoria MacmillanMr. and Mrs. Greg MaddingMaine Camp OutfittersJohn and Claire MannheimJosh and Becky MarvilRebecca Marvil and Brian SmythKatherine McAlaineDevereaux McClatcheyThe McClean FamilyJoyce and Hugh McCormick IIINeil and Suzanne McGinnJoshua McHugh and Hilary EastonDavid and Jennifer MehrBarbara Mensch and Mark EvansFritz MichelLauren MillerMrs. Stanley R. MillerStanley R. Miller FoundationAimee Clark MorlandDavid Morrison and Mary FlemingArthur Myer and Shuka WadaDavid Nachman and Amy SchulmanNew Hampshire Charitable FoundationNonami FoundationPeter and Kristin NordblomNorthwest PointKathryn A. OberlyChelsie and Sandy OlneyRobert OlneyKevin O’Neill and Terri McBrideOrchard FoundationFerdinand and Sibylle Pacher-Theinburg

Benedict T. Palen andLeslie Hammer-Palen

The Mark Pasculano FamilyRichard and Lynne PasculanoAlyssa Pei and Neal SondheimerJohn and Cindy PhinneyMrs. George B. PierceRobert Pindyck and Nurit Eini-PindyckMartin PompadurMr. and Mrs. Harold I. PrattDonna and Kieran QuinnJay and Amy ReganBlair Justin Reich and Elsa OlivettiSteven D. Reich, MD, and

Constance E. GonczySarah RheaultBetsy and Lee RobinsonOliver and Cynthia RodmanJ. Paul RodriguezSusan T. Rodriguez and Charles F.

LowreySandra and Ed RossPaige RuaneJennifer and William RuhlThe Rust FoundationRoseanne and James SaalfieldAnne SawyerGrace SchlesingerThe Schwarz and Jelin FamilyFred and Darcy ScottJoseph and Caitlin SelleAndrew C. SewallFay and Bill ShutzerJohn E. Smith IIMary Minor C. SmithOtey Smith and Nancy EganBen SpiessGary and Betsy SpiessNick and Lauren SpiliotesJonathan H. Sprogell Walter and Sue StaffordMartha StearnsMr. and Mrs. James StewartEric and Lisa StocletStewart StoutBenjamin SvensonDavid W. SwetlandSears Swetland Family FoundationTeens to TrailsMei Su Teng and Clarion HeardDoug ThomasJoan P. TilneyThe Townley FamilyDavid and Lynn TreadwellElisabeth and David TreadwellMeredith B. Trim and James L. RoboPeter and Cindy TruebloodRoger B. TylerMr. and Mrs. William B. TylerThe van der Werff FamilyRichard C. and Barbara C. Van Dusen

Family Fund

Joachim Von KlitzingThe Wallace FoundationJohn Warren and Laura Appell WarrenAnne Macleod Weeks and Jedediah M.

WeeksMatthew, Julia, and Sinclair WeeksJim and Julie WellingtonTed and Betsy WheelerHeather and Bill WhiteJean T. WilkinsonKate C. Wilkinson and Peter W. StoopsCharles and Anne WilmerdingRobert and Anne Wright WilsonJeffrey and Victoria Wilson-CharlesTed and Beck WintererWiscasset Family MedicinePhilip Woollam and Tina Freeman

THE OSPREYSOCIETYThe Osprey Society comprises people whohave included Chewonki in their estateplanning. Please let us know if your nameshould be on the following list.

Anonymous (3)John and Lee AllenMrs. John L. AllenGarth and Heather AltenburgDr. David S. Barrington and

Dr. Cathy ParisDavid K. BellChester and Ann Billings, Jr.Susan and Harold BurnettElizabeth I. ByrneLindsey CadotMrs. E. Barton Chapin, Jr.Chester W. CookeDr. Peter Blaze CorcoranMr. and Mrs. Norman C. Cross, Jr.Dr. Raymond CulverSuzanne R. CulverPaul L. M. DavisEleanor I. DruckmanTim and Margaret EllisBob and Bee Elmore

Rev. and Mrs. John D. EusdenLucretia EvansRichard Frantz and Jennifer FoxSusan and John GillespieMr. and Mrs. Charles B. Gordy IIMr. and Mrs. Kenneth GrantJenn and Jay GudebskiGlenn Gustavson and Pam MortenMrs. Alison A. HaganGordon Hall IIIWilliam B. Hetzel, Jr.Hilary and Ken HolmDon Hudson and Phine EwingSam JacksonLaura Staehle JohnsonChristopher P. Kauders Frederick KaudersDan and Esu LackeyCraig M. LambMr. and Mrs. David R. LambMr. and Mrs. Warren M. LittleJosh and Becky MarvilRebecca Marvil and Brian SmythMargaret MathisJohn and Mary Jane McGlennonAngus and Barbara McIntyreTed and Martha PasternackJohn I. QuimbyGene and Nancy RaymondAlan Y. RobertsMrs. James A. Ross, Jr.Mr. David SchurmanFred and Darcy ScottMr. and Mrs. David W. SculleyMr. and Mrs. Scott W. SeelbachJoseph and Caitlin SelleGeorge and Sue SergeantMr. and Mrs. Henry L. SmithMartha StearnsDick Thomas and Karen DilleyRuth C. ThorntonMr. and Mrs. William N. ThurmanMr. and Mrs. William B. TylerArleon S. WaldronEd and Claire WeiserAmy Young and Carl Farrington

THANK YOU!Chewonki is proud to be amember of MaineShare,working with 36 othernonprofit organizations tobuild a bright future for the people of Maine and our natural environ-ment. The 20th anniversary of MaineShare is a celebration of the beliefthat everyone can be a philanthropist. MaineShare makes it easy fordonors to give a few dollars a week out of their paycheck and direct it tocauses they care about. Since its founding in 1989, MaineShare has raisedand distributed $2.68 million for social change in Maine, with the mostcommon gift being $52, or $1 per week. For more information, pleasevisit www.maineshare.org or contact Chewonki’s Development Office.

Is your name missing? Gifts listed in this report were made to the Pathway to the Future Capital Campaign between May 1, 2006, and September 15, 2009, and to the Annual Appeal betweenSeptember 1, 2008, and August 31, 2009. Gifts made to the Capital Campaign after September 15, 2009, and to the Annual Appeal after August 31, 2009, will be listed in the next Annual Report.

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Introducing…The NewChewonki LogoThe Chewonki logo with theOsprey in the “C” is officiallygoing into retirement aftermore than a decade of use,and the new logo, crafted bydesigner Matt Ralph ofPortsmouth, New Hampshire, is officially being launched withthe mailing of this Chronicle.We hope you like it!

Don Hudson, when askedabout the history of Chewonki’slogos, said there is little infor-mation other than copies of oldpromotional brochures. “We donot know who drew many ofthose early images,” said Don.“However, I can confirm thatthe Osprey in a ‘C’ was used onbanners going back to the1930s and was clearly drawn or influenced by Roger Tory Peterson.”

Matt Ralph, whose design company is also producing Chewonki Semester School’s viewbook, rendered the newOsprey from a photograph of the weathervane on the Barn. Matt spent days last summer poring over archives inthe Chewonki library and said the recurrence of the Osprey in brochures, clothing, patches, and equipment convincedhim that the bird deserved prominence in the new logo.

The logo will begin to appear on Chewonki’s letterhead and brochures over the next several months. Moreimportantly, it is available now on water bottles, sweatshirts, and coffee mugs. Consider sharing them with familyand friends for the holidays! To place an order, simply go to www.chewonki.org/store.

Alexander Peskind, a current Semester School student from the Riverdale Country School in New York City, is allsmiles over the new Chewonki logo. Photo by Lauralyn Ctizen.

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