Read the full newsletter here LETTER FROM SAM KENNEDY In addition to a full-page advertisement from a new local dairy named Round Top, the 1926 Kieve Annual featured the following in an editorial: We have been living in a unique environment—an environment of truth. Here we have been honest, honest to others and true to ourselves. There is no place
Read the full newsletter here LETTER FROM SAM KENNEDY I started every day last summer by dropping my oldest daughter Stella off at Wavus for Kiddie Camp (our adorable toddler day camp for a growing brood of directors’ kids). I’ve participated in nearly four decades of summer camp, and watching Stella fall in love with Wavus last summer showed me
Read the full newsletter here LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR The best day of my summer fell on July 8 when I got to join a Maine Trails cabin on their hike up and down Mt. Katahdin. For fuel the night before, we ate alfredo pasta out of a pot in the soaking rain. The next morning, we feasted on
Read the full newsletter here. LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Springtime in Maine means mud season. And as messy as it is, mud season is always exciting for its promises of regrowth and possibility. At Kieve Wavus Education, the ice on Damariscotta Lake melted by April (a phenomenon called “ice-out” in Maine), our campuses were buzzing with The Leadership School
LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR What a summer it was! In just 52 days, 1,191 campers in 107 cabin groups made lifelong memories at Kieve and Wavus, building inseparable bonds in the Maine wilderness, while 261 counselors, directors, and staff members gave all they had to help those campers grow more independent and resilient. At the end of August, we
LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Thirty-plus years ago, my dad returned home to run what was then Kieve Affective Education. I was two, and my sister Blair had just been born in January. By then, this place had long been home to an undeniable magic. Generations of campers had grown up on Damariscotta Lake, forging a lasting attachment to their
Dear KWE Families and Friends, During my magical Kieve camper days more than 50 years ago, our counselors and directors taught us to always leave our campsites better than we found them. Over these past 32 years at the helm of the first Kieve Affective Education and then Kieve Wavus Education, that lesson resonated with me every single day. The
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Kieve Wavus Education partners with many great organizations as we all work toward achieving common goals. Midcoast Conservancy shot this short film at Kieve in October 2021. Check it out! You’ll see some familiar faces and beautiful foliage at the 12 minute :30 mark!
KWE Families and Friends, We’re fast approaching a series of milestones in the evolution of Kieve Wavus Education. In 2022 Wavus will celebrate its 100th anniversary. Kieve reaches the century mark in 2026. Our camps were once again full of kids this summer after a 12-month pandemic hiatus, our educational programs continue to impact the communities that need us the