| VerShare Community Camp 2010 |
The dates are now set for this year's Summer Camp - July
19-30. Application forms for Counselors, Counselors in
Training, and Environmental Educators will be posted within
a few weeks.
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| VerShare Community Camp 2009 |
In 2009, VerShare presented its 11th consecutive
free summer camp for local children. Because of everything
going on in the economy, we experienced significant
decreases in the funding support we have traditionally
received from foundations. However, other sources appeared, we were able to make some cuts in
expenses, and camp went on.
In fact, both the quality
of the programs and our numbers were higher than ever. Over
100 campers (ages 5 13) were enrolled. When the
counselors, counselors-in-training and grasshoppers
(children of workshop leaders who are too young for camp)
are added in, over 150 local young people enjoyed the
benefits of camp this summer.
For a "camper's eye"
view of camp, see the
online Camp Chronicle
Such a huge endeavor is
successful only because we have so much support from so many
people. We thank you all!!!
Financial Support from Foundations & Organizations
Wellborn Ecology Fund of the New Hampshire Charitable Trust (environmental programs)
Donna Goldberg
& Jack Williams (general support)
Ben & Jerrys (support to buy food)
Childrens Trust Fund (support for Outdoor Leadership Week/CIT training)
Occom Family Fund (general support)
Volunteers for Peace (support for international counselors)
Turrell Fund (general support)
Childrens Literacy Foundation (story telling & books)
Financial Support from Camper Families
Adams Family
Auch Family
Barnes Family
Berger Family
Carroll-Veneziano Family
Crowley Family
Dexter Family
Durham-Loftus Family
Dutton Family
Garduno Family
Gillespie Family
Gary Goodrich & Family
Guenther-Pollard Family
Harley Family
Hostetler-Byrne Family
Hotelling-OConnor Family
Khanna Family
McCoullough Family
Kimberley Reed
Rinaldi Family
Rinehart Family
Robinson Family
Rosalbo Family
Seace Family
Shelton-Kidder Family
Welch Family
Other General Financial Support Came From
Snowshoe-a-thon participants, sponsors, & Snow Angels
Vershire Community Auction donors & patrons
Workshops
Director: Kathy Hooke
Assistant Director: Alison Ellsworth
Camp Cook
Extraordinaire & Solicitor of Food Donations: Pamela
Mainville
Chipmunks
Director: Kathy Young
Workshop Leaders
Exploring
Vershire Lynn Roy
Native American Program Patty
& Matt Manning
Forest Construction
Melisa Mahoney
Art for Young Naturalists
Linda Blum
Exploring Ponds & Streams Richard Jayne
Backyard Camp Kathy Young
Otter Adventure Camp
Director: Bonna Wieler
Workshop Leaders
Fishing & Paddling Greg Johnson, Bonna Wieler
Upper Valley Adventure Carol Post, Bonna Wieler
Groton State Park Greg Johnson, Bonna Wieler
Water Week Heather Wieler
Grasshoppers (child care) |
Bobcats
Director: Deb Barnes
Workshop Leaders
Babysitter Certification Martha Daum
Journalism John Roy
Circus Arts Torsti Rovainen
Archery Kevin Ricker
Explorer Skills Heather Wieler
Knitting Deb Barnes
Swimming Holes Susie Rinehart
All About Bones Dr. Bones (Mike Schmidt)
Water Bugs Richard Jayne
Adventures
& Games Andrea Welch
Block Printing Tracy Gillespie
African Drumming Bitsy Biron, Patrick Alvarez
Introduction to Strings Peter Blum
Raft Building Brigitte Savard, Dawn Crowley
Needle Felting Jen Nelson
Wooden Boats Pat Barnes
Baking with Berries Alison Ellsworth
Go Ahead, Bug Me Kerry Rosenthal
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Laura Bradley
Andrea Harrington
Shania Garrow
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Maija Bradley
Heidi Hoffecker
Ethan
Jayne
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Megan ODell
Mariah Post-Kinney
Joey Waxman |
Jessie Schmidt
Becca ODell
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| Counselors |
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Ellie Crawford-Cripps (head)
Chelsea Davidson
Mojo Hancy-Davis
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Lacey Hudson
Dallas Ricker
Lui Seace
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Storm Stillman
Beth Thresher
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Miranda Williams
Samantha Wolf
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| International Counselors |
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Jiwon Bag South Korea
Giuliana Casu Italy
Yonghwan (Evan) Cho
South Korea
Amjad Habouch Syria
Counselors-in-Training
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Leona Hanemann
Germany
Nancy Nieto Mexico
Hadrien Tissier
France
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Emma Behrens
Susanna Billings
Amos Byrne
Scott Calhoun
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Courtney Goodrich
Eben Holbrook
John Marshall
Eliane Niang-Tremblay
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Sophie Niang-Tremblay
Riley Post
Sam Rossier
Mario Sacca
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Marie Sobeck
JJ Tabor
Jessica Ward
Amber Wolf
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Peter Blum
Simon Brooks (CLiF) |
Ruth Hooke
Aaron Hoopes |
Kerry Rosenthal
Torsti Rovainen |
Joey Waxman |
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Workshop Helpers, Supporters & Hosts
Chipmunks
Exploring Vershire
Annie Hettick, the Mountain School (farm tour)
Janet Taylor, Crossroads Farm (farm tour)
Sarah Adams (pony ride, chicks)
David Hooke, Josh Jackson, & Timo Bradley, Timberhomes
Fred Crowley (farm tour)
Gary Thrasher & Tom (construction equipment tour)
Sarah Wright, Vershire Riding School
Art for Young Naturalists
Suzuki Camp
Backyard Camp
Kurt Rinehart (hiking)
Arlen Schrock (fishing)
Bobcats
Babysitter Certification
Roger Daum
Andrea Herrington
Liba Talula Herrington
Circus Arts
Wellspring School (supplies)
Archery
Jennifer & Emily Ricker
Knitting
Country Woolens (yarn)
All About Bones
Josh Stumpff
Water Bugs
Ray & Peggy Bolash (vernal pool)
Block Printing
Kate Barta
Vanessa Waxman
Lucy Swope
Adventures & Games
Westshire School
Introduction to Strings
Wellspring Families
African Drumming
The Mountain School
Harvey Lavoy
Raft Building
The Mountain School (space, tools)
Steve Ward
Chris Calhoun
Jim Crowley
Donna Goldberg
Timo Bradley
Wooden Boats
The Mountain School (space, tools)
Baking with Berries
Super Acres Blueberries
Kevin, Jennifer
& Emily Ricker (raspberries)
Lynn Roy (pie instruction)
Go Ahead, Bug Me
Phil Yacovella (bees)
Richard Jayne
Bonna Wieler
Journalism
Doug Austin & the Mountain School (space, computers)
Trudy Amber-Dowling (copier)
Otters
Fishing & Paddling
Richard Jayne
Ken Alton (Wilder Dam)
Bonna Wieler
Groton State Park
State Park staff
Water Week
The Mountain School
Kevin Mclean, Hanover Waste Treatment Plant
Treasure Island
Ledyard Canoe Club
Drivers
Deb Barnes
Pat Barnes
Rob Benson
Adam Ellsworth
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Alison Ellsworth
Shirley Collins
Amjad Habouch
Ann Holbrook
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Kathy Hooke
Margaret Loftus
Melisa Mahoney
Dallas Ricker |
Kerry Rosenthal
Collins Twing
Andrea Welch
Samantha Wolf |
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| Kitchen Help |
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Rob Benson
Jeannie Collins & Linda
Deb Davidson
Laurie Demrow
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Gary Goodrich
Jean MacDonald
Jen Nelson
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Bonnie Nunn
Elizabeth Reynolds
Kevin Ricker
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Anna Sykas
Robin Tabor
Collins Twing
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Staff Housing
Behrens Family
Billings-Sacca Family
Kathy & David Hooke
Laurie
Janney
Rossier Family
Bonna Wieler
Tree Cookie Nametags
David Hooke
Josh
Jackson
International Counselor Dinners
Barta Family
Kathy & David Hooke
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Pamela Mainville
Sharon Marshall
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Jean McDonald & Family
Rinehart Family
Lynn & John Roy
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Kandy Seace & Family
Welch Family
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Accounting and Financial Management
Doug Austin
General Supplies
Dartmouth Printing Company
Food Donations
Organizations and Stores
Bethel-U-Save
Food Bank
Hannaford
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Hanover Coop
King Arthur Flour
New York Bagels
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P & C Grocery
Panera Bread
Upper Valley Food Coop
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Upper Valley Produce
Willing Hands |
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| Families & Individuals |
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Elizabeth Auch
Deb Barnes
Leslie Berger
Ann Callahan
Cheryl Calhoun
Anne Carroll
Kimberley Chase
Shirley Collins
Deb Davidson
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Shari & Jeff Dutton
Tracy Gillespie
Chris Goodrich
Gary Goodrich
Donna Harley
Holbrook Family
Sally Hostetler
Cheryl Howe
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Lavoy Family
Pamela Mainville
Sharon Marshall
Carolyn Mesh
Bonnie Nunn
Megan ODell
Keith Paronto
Elizabeth Reynolds
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Kevin Ricker
Anna Sykas
Jess Tarmey
Donnie Thresher
Chris Tullaren
Karl Vitols
Andrea Welch
Kathy Young
& many others!!!
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Special thanks to
The Town of
Vershire for the use of the Town Center Building &
Recreation Field
The Mountain School for vans, computers,
photocopying & space!
The number of people who help out with VerShare Camp
are so great, that we know we have forgotten some of you! We
appreciate all who contribute to making our camp run!
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