Category Archives: Alumni Updates

Happy new year!

It’s time to make your new year’s resolutions…here’s one:

REGISTER for the HUCKINS TRI-ATH-LOON!

Sunday, June 7, 2015 at Camp Huckins

Join us for this all-women’s sprint triathlon on the shores of Ossipee!

  • SWIM – 1/3 mile
  • BIKE – 10.5 miles
  • RUN – 3.1 miles

Support the Huckins Scholarship Fund!

http://www.huckinstriathlon.com

Swim with the loons, bike beneath the pines and run for the FUNd!

Huckins Hearts -Tri 2014Huckins hearts with our 2014 triathlon swimmers!

Register as an individual or a team.  Ages 15+.  Youth dash, ages 4-14.  Duathlon option.  Participants must raise funds for the Huckins Scholarship Fund.

To register and for more details: http://www.huckinstriathlon.com

 

Thought of the Day – Becca Fallon

“Out here, I’m finally taller than all of those giants I left in that place.”

Today is the last day of Camp. I pack my trunk, listening to the soft harmonies of Kate and Meredith. The real world, the world I ached for at my college graduation just two short months ago now towers over me, threatens to swallow me up. What happens when I drive out of the white gates tomorrow? Will I ever feel as strong, as important, as loved as I do in this haven between pines and lake?

Here, measured by the height of my soul (never better nurtured than by cool night breezes and Ossipee waters), I am tall. Out there, I am a cold 5’5” (on a good day). Among tall buildings and bustling strangers, I have not the intelligence of Hermione, the magic of Glinda or the spark of Tinkerbell. Will I survive in a distant city in a distant country?

Exhale. Of course I will.

I resolve to pack a box, contents:

  • One fairy wand (multipurpose)
  • One postcard from my co, complete with two buttons made in the Craft Shop (Queen Bey and Barack)
  • Two awards commemorating program successes
  • One strip of photographs with my housemates, taken at Big Change, featuring various strange hats
  • Immeasurable Gratitude, Immeasurable Love

You can always carry things with you. Some take up space in a suitcase, and some take up space in your heart. Thank you especially for the latter, Camp Huckins.

–Becca Fallon

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Becca was one of our Program Directors this past summer.  Over her past 11 years at Huckins, she has been a camper, counselor, and CIT trainer.  Becca graduated from Williams College where she received a BA in Anthropology and English.  Becca is currently working towards her Masters in Sociology of the Internet at Oxford University.  Her fairy wand has come in handy on many occasions in England.

Giving Tuesday!

TODAY is #GivingTuesday!

It is an international day of Giving Back and supporting places you care about!

Camp Huckins invites you to join us!

Make an impact.  Make a difference.  Make a gift.

campers3  Every gift to the Camp Huckins Annual Fund supports our mission — providing a fun and safe summer camp experience for girls.  Gifts support our programs, staff, facilities, scholarship, and endowment!sailboat1

BE NELLIE in the world today — and every day!

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Click: Make a gift today!
Call: 603-539-4710
Mail: 17 Camp Huckins Road, Freedom, NH 03836

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Tell your friends!

@CampHuckins  #HuckinsHearts  #CNHAlumni

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The Annual Fund ends on December 31st!  Check to see if your company has a matching gift program.

THANK YOU!

 

Alumni Reflections — Giving Back

Even though it’s been 20 years since I was a counselor in Cabin Q, Camp Huckins still plays an important role in my life. As an alumna, I want to do my part to ensure that Camp has the resources it needs and I was excited to learn that I can give to Camp through the annual United Way campaign.

Giving to Camp Huckins through United Way is easy. Once you determine how much you want to donate each pay period, you can designate that gift to a United Way agency – or agencies, if you’d like to split it between a couple of organizations. In my case, I split the donation between Camp (officially “Carroll County YMCA – Camp Huckins”), the YMCA of Greater Boston and my local United Way’s financial empowerment efforts. My employer, Bank of America, matches my donation, which means Camp receives even more support. Since the money is automatically taken out of my paycheck, the process is seamless.

Colleen and girls 2014Colleen with her daughters (and future Nellie girls!), Lucy (left) and Eliza (right).

I took my daughters Lucy and Eliza to our first Mother Daughter weekend this September. We had a blast staying in Cabin U, making s’mores with new friends and sneaking a golf cart ride with Jody. I loved the fact that Camp still felt very familiar, even though there had been some welcome changes like updated facilities. It takes a lot to maintain such a special place and I am glad to support it. Please join me, whether you make a gift to Camp through United Way, write a check directly to Camp or provide non-financial support. It all counts!

–Colleen Monahan Arons, 1986-1989, 1993

CAMP HUCKINS IS PARTICIPATING IN #GivingTuesday ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2nd. 

JOIN US!  @CampHuckins  #HuckinsHearts  #CNHAlumni  #GivingTuesday

giving tuesday logo2The Camp Huckins 2014 Annual Fund ends on December 31st.  To learn more about giving opportunities, please contact: Amily Dunlap Moore at amily@camphuckins.com or 603-539-4710.

Make an immediate impact!  http://www.camphuckins.com – click “Donate”

THANK YOU!!

Giving Tuesday – December 2nd!

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After Thanksgiving, there is BLACK FRIDAY, then SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY, then CYBER MONDAY and since 2012 GIVING TUESDAY!

Camp Huckins will be participating in this year’s Giving Tuesday effort on Tuesday, December 2, 2014. Last year, over 10,000 organizations in 46 countries came together to celebrate giving and to kick-off the holiday giving season on #GivingTuesday.  We hope you will join us!

Click here: Make a gift to Camp Huckins!

After you make your gift, post a photo, tweet, and let your friends know!   @CampHuckins     #HuckinsHearts     #CNHAlumni        #GivingTuesday

Also, check with your employer about matching your gift! Many corporations have a matching gift program and many companies are joining the #GivingTuesday movement.

Gifts to Camp Huckins support our mission — providing a safe and fun summer camp experience for girls!  Through the generosity and leadership of our alumni, parents and friends, we are able to sustain and grow our excellent programs, facilities, and staff.  Annual fund gifts also support our scholarship and endowment funds.

THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING CAMP HUCKINS!!!

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Thought of the Day- Tatum Mannion

Good morning!

Yesterday, as I sat on the beach at the waterfront, I gave outside area tests and discussed life with Marge. As I walked through the shallow water with timid test takers, and jotted down some of Marge’s anecdotes, I noticed a theme; a theme of fearing the unknown. Some of you know that I have moved back and forth across the country numerous times. I have gone from New Jersey, to Colorado, to Maryland, most recently to Michigan, and who knows what is next? We biologically fear the unknown because we feel as if we won’t be prepared. Although we have all felt those feelings of uncertainty in regard to what lays ahead, let me tell you: there’s no point. There are always people around yearning to help you or take you in, even if they barely know you.

That brings me to Camp. I want you to scan your eyes around this circle. Crazy, right? You probably passed someone who you once barely knew, but who has helped you or impacted your life in some way. And guess what? They’ll always be there.

Camp is Constant, Camp is True, Camp is Forever.

Camp is not going anywhere. So don’t fear what is ahead, because the best has yet to come. Today, I encourage you to meet someone new, try something different, give and receive help, love and be loved, and please at all costs, be a fountain, not a drain.

Have a Nellie Day!

–Tatum Mannion, SC in Cabin I, Chapel Talk given on July 12, 2014 This was Tatum’s 8th summer at Camp. Currently, she is a first-year student at the University of Michigan. At Camp she loves singing Father Abraham with all of her friends and campers, and vespers (though really she loves it all!). Tatum has two sisters who went to Camp, Allie and Kate, and also her cousins, Natalie, Meredith, and Ryan!

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Mother-Daughter Weekend!

It’s almost time for Mother-Daughter Weekend!

In 24 hours, Margi (Rosenthal-who happens to live down my street) and I will be jammed in the car headed north playing our favorite game, pretending that we are campers! What am I packing? Who cares? A warm sleeping bag, all my Nellie Huckins wear (circa 1985), wool socks, and some jeans. Oh, and a bathing suit so we can swim to the island. That about covers it….Camp is the one place where pretenses dissolve and FUN reigns. Oh, but wait, there is something precious that we are bringing…our daughters. Yes, three Nellie girls who are still in the enviable position to go to Camp for 2 weeks every summer, filling their tanks with New Hampshire sun and Ossipee memories, new and old songs, the love of all friendships, and lots of carbs.

So thank you to CAMP for letting us continue this game. This wonderful dramatic play of being a girl again, and feeling big love and letting us bring our girls to experience it together.

— Muffy Pendergast, 1977-1985

Mother-Daughter weekend! (Muffy is on the right.)

Mother-Daughter weekend! (Muffy is on the right.)

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Huckins Is My Space Bar

2014 – A world in which parents run with their children from school to sports, tutoring and music lessons…a world where work and home are often blurred…sometimes we can be seen ‘swatting the air’ from our laptops across the family room trying to signal somehow that we are on a conference call. 2014 is a world in which handwritten has become digitized and media has propelled us into fitting 36 hours of ‘stuff’ into a 24 hour period.

Our lives have become akin to words flowing from brain to keyboard; flying fingers that…if the space bar is not used…would run from one to another…hard to read and harder to understand.  Just as words need a space bar; we do as well.

Huckins is my space bar.

Labor Day Family Camp is the highlight of summer in my house.  It is a time of reflection as we transition from the carelessness of summer to the frenetic pace of school and schedules.  Rather than January, the beginning of September is the hallmark of every new year for the Cassidy household. For us there is no better way to ring in each new year than to be at Huckins; to be as involved as we wish to be with activities, capers and campfires.

Packing for this year’s Labor Day at Family Camp is just as exciting as it was 17 years ago. Crazy Hats, Nellie Wear, and Crazy Creeks will all find their way to my car this week; some are already in there, leftover from girls camp.  And while the activities have certainly changed over the years as my kids have gotten older; the Huckins Spirit continues to call us back and keeps us united.

Favorite family memories over the years include: chocolate chip pudding, giants, elves and wizards; archery; canoeing to Black Brook; ball field lunch, and the talent show.

Don’t forget to hit the space bar.

Thank you to Holly Cassidy for writing this reflection on Camp Huckins Family Camp!

Holly (Crooks) Cassidy, Family Camper 1997-2014, Camper and Counselor 1971-1979

Maddie Cassidy, Family Camper 1997-2012,  Camper and Counselor 2003-2014
Elle Cassidy, Family Camper 1999-2014,  Camper 2008-2014
Camm Cassidy, Family Camper 2003-2014,  Mother/Son Weekend 2011-2014

Camm, Elle and Maddie(L-R) Camm, Elle, and Maddie under the arch their father created!

Elle and Maddie(L-R) Elle and Maddie sailing at Camp!

Women’s Wellness Weekend!

Come to Huckins Camp where the breezes blow,
Come to Huckins Camp where we swim and row,
Come to Huckins Camp where you can…
Energize, Rejuvenate, and Revitalize your MIND! BODY! SPIRIT!

Join us for
Women’s Wellness Weekend!
Friday, September 26 – Sunday, September 28

Women’s Wellness Weekend is a wonderful opportunity to energize your spirits on the shores of Lake Ossipee.  This weekend is designed for you!  Indulge yourself and relax in an unhurried environment in nature…or try new exhilarating activities! 

Have a few days of CAMP HUCKINS FUN!! 

Activities will be planned and offered throughout the weekend, but your input is welcomed and encouraged!  Possible activities include: canoeing, kayaking, swimming, hiking, yoga, fitness training, campfires & s’mores, crafts, meals in the dining hall, singing, massage*, discussions on girls/women & leadership, and lots of laughter!

To download the registration for Women’s Wellness Weekend, click here.    
Please note this is an age 21+, women’s-only weekend. 
*May incur an additional fee.

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