Winter 2009 Volume 70 #2Published in the interim between camp seasons

by the Farm & Wilderness FoundationThe INTERIMill

ustra

tion

by P

rill H

inck

ly

The F&W Farm ExpandsFarming has been important at Farm & Wilderness since our founding. Our small farm has served the summer and school year programs, providing participants with the experience of growing food and tending animals (including the unusual experiences of hand-milking a cow and harvesting chickens). This winter we have been planning for an exciting expansion of our farm production. Starting with the upcoming season, the farm will now be run as a year-round business with a focus on feeding the camps and education through food production. Instead of lending a hand on a mellow homestead, kids will be participating in a working commercial farm. We are challenging ourselves to provide a significant percentage of the summer’s food for the camps. The big changes include...

Dairy: Our dairy herd will have three milking cows, whose milk will be pasteurized on site and delivered to the Plymouth camps. This will hopefully cut our milk purchasing costs by a third. You can meet the herd on the website. All interested campers will get a chance to work with our own milk to make cheeses and yogurt.

Chickens: Tamarack Farm, Indian Brook and Timberlake will again be raising and harvesting their own broiler chickens for Food Day. By

continued on page 3

QuestersFiona Robins (Questers ’08)

As my sister took the scissors to my head and slowly cut off my foot and a half of dirty blond wavy hair, I wondered what my friends would think. I wondered whether it was worth it. Is cutting off seven years of long hair worth the 18 days of being in the woods?

Experiences shape and change us every day, whether we are aware of it or not. Experiences change our being and make us who we are. It may be one encounter or hundreds that have a lasting effect on how one thinks, expresses oneself and sees the world. I had one of those experiences this summer at Saltash Mountain Camp’s Questers Program. Questers is a camp with six boys and girls who go out into the wilderness

to hike, canoe, and rock climb. The adventures, the friends, the way of life, and the values changed me.

The first day I was nervous as I met my new counselors, Mark and Tierney. I walked into a beautiful, completely wooden three-walled

Inside InterimThe Strategic Plan, p. 6Hilda and Charlie Mason, p.9A cartoon! p. 5

continued on page 8

Farm Manager Chantal with Smudge the boar and Harriet the sow. We’re hoping Smudge and Harriet’s friendship leads to piglets this summer

Interim Winter 2009 page 2

Letter from PieterGreetings from Wintery Vermont,

Let me jump right into things and tell you how thrilled I am about the Farm & Wilderness Strategic Plan, which we introduce on page six of this Interim.

As we head into our 70th Anniversary there is much to be proud of. Alums from the 1940s could visit F&W and recognize the basic camp experience as no different than their own. They would see that the key F&W practices of playing, farming, living in the wilderness, and joining together as a community have endured and thrived. The Strategic Plan is a huge step toward ensuring that F&W can continue offering that same experience into the future. In creating a sustainable organization, we will continue to create a sustainable world.

The strategic planning process allowed us to harvest the wisdom of many who know and love F&W and to ensure that this wisdom is carried forward to create a sustainable organization. The Strategic Planning Committee took the input of a wide range of community members, including staff, alumni, parents, and the Board. You will see the basic outline of the plan in this Interim; the detailed plan includes measurable goals and outcomes that will be guiding the staff and board for the next three years.

We have already begun implementing the Strategic Plan on the ground, with great results. In the past year we have rebuilt five cabins, replaced almost all the wilderness trip gear, improved health facilities, made better use of farm produce, and restructured the staff. It’s gratifying to see early successes. For example, in 2008 our incidence of camper illness dropped over 80%, and our trip evacuations dropped 85%.

Ultimately the outcome of the Strategic Plan is that our campers are safe, have joy in their lives and carry that joy into the world. We look forward to creating that joy for at least 70 more years.

All my thanks to those who helped Farm & Wilderness in this process, and especially to the Strategic Plannning Committee.

Warm Regards,

About the InterimThe Interim is the newsletter of the Farm & Wilderness summer camps. We welcome submissions from everyone. You may submit writing, drawings, cartoons, photographs, or other work. We may edit for content or space. Editor Becka Warren is happy to answer any questions and help you with submissions. To submit your work to the Interim, email interim@farmandwilderness.org OR postal mail to

Interim Farm & Wilderness263 Farm & Wilderness RoadPlymouth, VT, 05056.

You can receive the Interim electronically instead, if you wish; just let us know.

Spring 2009 Interim: The theme will be camp! Letters from the Directors, F&W stuff, updates on animals and buildings....

If you get too lonely for camp between Interims, visit the website at www.farmandwilderness.org for news and photos.

An Indian Brook Pioneer candidate meets her goal of chopping down a tree with an ax, one stroke at a time. (Chop by chop the fattest tree, can be felled, can be felled....)

Interim Winter 2009 page 3

2009 Enrollment Notes Given the economic decline of the past year, we were concerned that summer camp enrollment would be low for 2009. We are pleased to tell you that as of this writing the camps are enrolling at the usual rate, and some programs are already full. We recommend sending in your applications promptly!

Please consider calling the registrars if your child is moving up to a new F&W camp this summer and your family is puzzling over which program to choose. Registrars Linda and Sam know all the camp programs and can help with your decision. Get in touch: linda@farmandwilderness.org, sam@farmandwilderness.org, or (802)422-3761.

Give the Gift of... Camp!We have many campers whose extended family and friends have made their F&W summer possible. As summer plans start taking shape, considering contributing toward a child’s tuition. Call the Admissions Office to learn more.

Bring a Friend and Sit Comfy!Each year, we are asked how new campers find F&W. Our research has shown that the majority seek us out due to recommendations from the F&W community –be it past or present campers, staff or alums. We honor the efforts of these folks by providing the new campers with the kind of memorable camp experience that has sustained the F&W community for the last 70 years.

This year we want to celebrate the efforts of our volunteer recruiters with a tangible thank-you gift. Starting in February, we will be collecting the names of all those cited on new campers applications as being responsible for the campers enrollment. Each family or individual will be enrolled as a member of the F&W Welcoming Committee. They will also receive a Crazy Creek chair emblazoned with the F&W Logo and the words “Widen the Circle.” We will have a lifetime limit of one chair per family or individual regardless of the number of campers they are responsible for bringing to F&W, but we encourage you to keep a tally on your chair. The chairs for the participating campers will be presented at camp this summer.

For those of you who have widened the F&W circle, we thank you for sharing F&W with your extended families, friends, and neighbors. Your efforts fill our camps and hearts.

next spring we will have about 25 laying hens and 75 pullets, with fewer eggs for the first part of the summer until the pullets start laying. (Did you guess that ‘pullets’ are young hens?) The Barn Day Camp will be incubating chicks for us this year.

Pigs: We have one sow that is being bred to farrow (have babies) in late May. We hope she will have lots of piglets for all the camps to enjoy.

Goats and Sheep: Two goats and six ewes are pregnant with spring babies. All camps will have opportunities to milk goats, and the sheep will be travellers throughout the Plymouth camps, helping to maintain pasture. They will also provide wool for felting, dying and spinning.

Syrup: We are cleaning up the “sugar bush” (grove of maple trees) to prepare for maple sugaring in March. Look for syrup ordering after April 25 via the website or by calling the office.

Veggies: The garden production will be geared toward supplying the camp kitchens. Tamarack Farmers will be harvesting, processing and delivering food for all the lower camps. We have a goal of replacing a quarter of our purchased produce with produce from our own gardens. We will be planning summer menus that can make use of local produce whenever possible (our own or that of area farms).

Work Projects: Work projects will have an important role to play in expanding what the farm can do. Ideas on the drawing board include chicken tractors (just picture those little chickens driving their own wee tractors...chicken tractors are movable coops that allow birds to help cultivate the garden), cold frames and water catchment systems.

Campers: Campers have always played an active role in the barns and gardens here. This year as the farm expands and the farm-kitchen connection solidifies, experiential opportunities for kids will grow, and we will all learn more about the farm and how it sustains us. We are excited, and hope that all those who visit over the summer will come see the barns and gardens.

Indi Bjornsson (BDC ’99-00, IB ’06, SAM ’07-09), daughter of Program Director Kate O’Neill, greets the goats at winter Barn chores (5°F!).

continued from page 1

Interim Winter 2009 page 4

Welcome Back to Kurt and Chantal

Chantal Deojay was the F&W farmer from 2001-06, and all the living beings at F&W are very glad to have her back as the Farm Manager. Be-fore rejoining F&W, she worked at Upwey Farm in South Woodstock as the Animal Health/Care Coordinator, and she is an inspector for the

Vermont chapter of the Northeast Organic Farming Associa-tion. Chantal has a BA in Sustainable Agriculture from Sterling College. She runs Macora Farm in Woodstock, VT, with her partner Mike Hewitt and their daughters Mackenzie and Cora.

D. Kurt Terrell has rejoined F&W as our Chief Development Officer. Kurt grew up a Quaker in Southern Ohio on his family’s 250-acre farm, attending his local meeting and spending summers at Camp Celo in North Carolina. Kurt’s father and uncle were both Tamarack Farm counselors in the ’60s, and in recent years his stepchildren

Elby and Grace have been at F&W. He graduated from Earlham College majoring in Politics. Most recently, Kurt was the Director of Annual Giving and Officer of Philanthropy at World Learning in Brattleboro, VT. Before that, of course, he was F&W’s Director of Development from ’02-07, and served from ’96-02 on Earlham College’s Alumni and Development Staff. We are thrilled to have Kurt back at F&W to work with key stakeholders to secure the philantropic resources necessary to implement F&W’s strategic plan. He lives with his wife, Eden, in Brattleboro, where they enjoy lap swimming, bicycling and working on their home.

From the Archives: A 1959 New York Times photo of haying at Tamarack Farm, whose caption includes, ‘“Most of its six buildings were put up by campers.....’”

From the Archives: Kicking back in a hammock at Timberlake.

Battle Blanket, a Flying Cloud game. The object is to pull (or push) others so that they step on the ‘“blanket” (the piece of fabric in the middle). Players go “out” as they step on the blanket or if they let go of their neighbor’s wrist. Eventually the contest is winnowed down to one victorious, strong- shouldered person.

Interim Winter 2009 page 5

What is Happening at F&W in the Winter?It’s quiet. We can’t hear the Day Camp singing, and we don’t get to join Indian Brook for lunch. Our School Year Programs have wrapped up. Still, we are all busy. The Resource Staff are building and fixing cabins and sharpening tools. On the farm, we are caring for all our pregnant animals and planning the gardens. The year-round camp directors are travelling around to House Parties, spreading the F&W word and planning next summer’s trips. SAM director Jeff is also plowing the plentiful snow. Linda and Sam, the registrars, are enrolling kids for next summer (are you one?). Other office staff are raising money for Camperships, hiring counselors (are you one?), balancing the F&W checkbook after all the summer activity, and of course putting out the Interim.

After work we all get to enjoy the activities of a Vermont winter: skiing, snowboarding, ice skating, hunting, fishing, and home projects such as cooking for friends, sewing, visiting with family, playing music or games.... In other words, it’s a lot like summer. Only colder.

The Ferris Wheel stands above a cresting wave of snow. Come on up and surf the hillside....

Cartoon by Anastasia Pulak (SAM ’08)

Kate O’Neill, Program Manager, at winter chores (with Indi, p.3) gives cow matriach Morning Solstice a rub.

Interim Winter 2009 page 6

A Strategic Plan for the Farm & Wilderness FoundationIn October 2008, the Farm & Wilderness Board of Trustees unanimously approved F&W’s first formal strategic plan, the Strategic Plan for Sustainability.

The Strategic Plan for Sustainability provides a road map for delivery of Farm & Wilderness programs for the next three years. The plan recognizes the rich history, uniqueness and potential of F&W and aims to utilize our strengths. It is a plan to meet the challenges of today and tomorrow, so that we are able to positively impact children and young people for years to come. As F&W enters its 70th year, we feel fortunate to have the opportunity to assess and make plans for a sustainable and effective future.

The assumptions, core strategies, goals, and objectives of the Strategic Plan for Sustainability reflect our mission. It may sometimes seem as though the Plan states the obvious. In a way this is the point – to confirm that the Board, staff, and stakeholders agree on the obvious. Operating without a Strategic Plan means an organization might be at the whim of the loudest voice or the hot new trend. The Strategic Plan gives us a structure within which the staff and Board will make sound decisions based on our shared history and the mission.

The Strategic Plan for Sustainability defines commonly held assumptions and core strategies. These are that F&W must:

affirm the relevance and need for our mission and programs in the world today•

refine and strengthen our current programs•

attract and retain talented professional staff and educators •

maintain a balanced operations budget by reaching full enrollment.•

Out of these assumptions come three goals that will move the organization forward in a more robust and profound manner. The goals are detailed on page seven.

Commitment by the BoardBy approving the Strategic Plan for Sustainability, the Board of Trustees is fully committed to achieving the Strategic goals, and ensuring that the leadership, management team, year-round, and summer staff of Farm & Wilderness have the materials, capacity and discipline to be successful.

Farm & Wilderness is grateful to members of the Strategic Planning Committee for the focus, commitment and care that went into developing the approved plan. The committee included Pieter Bohen (Executive Director), Dusty Clitheroe, David Snyder, Jeffery Anne Tatum, Polly Williams, and Tom Williams (Clerk).

The committee appreciates the input they received from a wide range of sources: the 2001 Future Search visioning process, a 2005 draft strategic plan, and significant input from the the 2007 Anti-Racism Team retreat, 2008 Board of Trustees, camp directors, year-round and summer staff.

ThE STRaTEgIc PlaN FoR SuSTaINabIlITy

Interim Winter 2009 page 7

Goal One: To assess, refine and grow our programs to best manifest our principles and to serve more children and young people. We will meet this goal by having:

A diverse, inclusive community •

Program curriculum that is coherent, measurable •and attainablePrograms that are fully enrolled, so that our im-•pact is as broad as possible.

Goal Three: To build a sustainable organization and infrastructure. We will meet this goal by having:

A reduced local and global footprint •

Facilities that inspire and promote programmatic •effectivenessA balanced operating budget•

Plans and funding for the next decade of physical •infrastructure improvement.

Goal Two: To build a culture of leadership, accountability and good will. We will meet this goal by having:

Excellent teachers, educators and professional •staffClear organizational policies, processes, systems •and rolesA replicable model of community-based leader-•ship at all the camps.

ThE STRaTEgIc PlaN FoR SuSTaINabIlITy

Interim Winter 2009 page 8

cabin with a huge porch overlooking a serene lake, claimed my bunk bed that was covered by a mosquito net and nervously met my five new cabin mates— my fellow Questers and my best friends for the next 25 days. After two days of being at Saltash Mountain Camp, our group took off to the Adirondacks. We got all of our gear and started on our 18 day trip of canoeing, hiking and rock climbing.

How one lives in the woods and lives in normal society are so completely different. Every day we woke up at six in the morning to canoe for five hours, to continue our ten-hour trek or to climb a rock face. My mind and body were constantly sore, my blisters were constantly throbbing and my backpack and clothes were constantly wet because on our trip it rained every day. But through all of this adversity, I was happy. I continued to sing my heart out every day, give hugs and make jokes because I love being in the outdoors with amazing people who share that same interest. I enjoyed being completely immersed in nature without any technology distracting me. I could listen to the trees, be kept up by loons and watch clouds pass overhead. I discovered that you don’t need modern technology to entertain you or make you feel complete, all you need are people who love you and accept you for exactly who you are.

The loving atmosphere at SAM put me at ease from the moment I entered into it, and gave me a place where I could pursue being myself. On the last night at Saltash Mountain, as we gathered around the warm dancing fire, Becky told the family that “the magic of SAM camp is that you can be yourself here. Even though when you go back home you might back-paddle a bit, the real you will still be inside, because now you know who the real you is.” From my experience at Farm & Wilderness I learned everything I need to know about the outdoors, I have made friends for life who have seen me at my worst and my best, I have gained a huge amount of self confidence, learned that kindness is the best way to make and keep friends, and learned that I can challenge myself to be the best I can possibly be. And lastly, I realized that cutting off all of my hair on July 19th was worth every strand, because it is a drastic physical change that represents the drastic internal impression that SAM Camp had on me.

Questers continued from page 1

Making Your Own Strategic PlanFeeling the need for a game plan in your life? You may wish to try your hand at making your own Strategic Plan. First you start with an evaluation of your entire existence….

No planning process is complete without an acronym, so start by identifying SWOT- Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats. S and W are internal to you, such as “I’m great at spelling” or “I’m shy on the phone.’ O and T are external, like, “My job will pay to send me to the conference,” or, “There is an economic crisis.” Brainstorm with friends and family (your own board of trustees!) to add to the SWOT list.

Once you’ve gathered all your SWOTs, look them over and decide upon your objectives. An objective is a specific thing you would do within a year, with a measurable outcome. “I’m going to hike more” is a vague objective, so to make it measurable you might say, “I will go hiking five times this year.”

After you’ve decided on some objectives, it’s time to make some goals. A goal is a larger aspiration that is attainable over a period of years – five to ten years, or in the case of F&W, three years. Goals need to be –acronym!- SMART. Specific, Measureable, Attainable, Realistic, and Timely. “I’m going to hike more” might become “I will finish the Long Trail before I turn 30.”

By starting with the evaluation of your entire existence, you are sure to take the whole picture of your life into account when making this important plan. Structure will set you free! Go for it!

From the Archives: These TLers’ boats seem to have shrunk during the outing. Another reason to always wear a life jacket.

Thanks to SAMmers Ana and Fiona for sharing their summer memories with us, and thanks to Indi for letting us document her hard work at cold chores. If you have written or drawn anything about your F&W experience, we’d love to see it and share it with Interim readers.

Questers News Flash! The ’09 Questers will go to Maine. They will canoe from Moosehead Lake to Baxter State Park, where they will start hiking and eventually summit Mount Katahdin!

Interim Winter 2009 page 9

The Mason Legacy at F&WIn 2008, Farm & Wilderness received a generous bequest from the estate of F&W parents and supporters Hilda and Charles Mason, Jr. We want to publicly acknowledge and thank Hilda and Charlie, and their extended family, for this gift. We also want to share a little about this remarkable couple with the rest of the F&W community.

Hilda (1916-2007) was raised in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains. Her grandparents were freed slaves, and Hilda’s mother was educated at a school for the children of freemen started by two Quaker sisters, so the family had a long Quaker connection. A teacher and school principal, Hilda had both Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Education, and many honorary degrees. She was involved in civil rights and union struggles in Washington, D.C. from her early career.

Charlie (1911-2006) was a sweet and gentle man whose paternal ancestors had arrived on the Mayflower. In the academic arena, he earned three degrees from Harvard University in the 1930s: a Bachelor of Science in Engineering and Applied Sciences and two Master’s degrees, one in Engineering and one in Applied Physics. Nearly 40 years later, in 1971, he earned a doctorate in law from Howard University. He worked for the Civil Service Commission and the US Naval Research Laboratory. Charlie was also a civil rights activist and spent many hours in demonstrations and on picket lines.

Hilda and Charlie met at All Souls Unitarian Church in Washington, DC in 1957 and married eight years later.

“Charlie was a train buff. His shirt pocket was always stuffed with train schedules,” former F&W Executive Director Len Cadwallader remembers, “and he had most of them memorized.” So it was a natural thing for Charlie to serve on

the DC transit Board, where he was instrumental in getting the DC subway system installed. Len describes Charles Mason as a “consummate (behind the scenes) politician” who advocated tirelessly with the federal government to get the funding to make the DC subway state-of-the-art. He avidly followed the construction of the system and, as someone who was himself visually impaired, made sure it was accessible to anyone living with a disability.

Hilda, in the meantime, was serving on the DC City Council. “Which meant,” as Len Cadwallader astutely put it, “she had to be accountable to all the many factions in a town that loves politics, but not its politicians.” Yet Hilda was singularly beloved in the city. She was a tireless advocate for schools and schoolchildren, which earned her the local title “Grandmother of the World.” Hilda was also intensely interested in fostering world peace, working for passage of a nuclear weapons freeze and sponsoring legislation to prohibit the transport of nuclear wastes through the District.

Over the years, Charlie and Hilda sent many children to camp at F&W: nieces, nephews, and the children of neighbors and friends. What Jack Hunter most remembers about the couple, who attended all the F&W reunions in DC throughout his tenure as Executive Director of F&W, is how deeply they cared for each other and “how much they loved those kids!” The Masons were very enthusiastic about F&W, and knew the founders, Ken and Susan Webb, well. The Masons had a farm in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom where they spent their summers, and so had the opportunity to be a regular presence at F&W’s Fair.

Farm & Wilderness is proud to be associated with and remembered by this remarkable couple, whose life work focused on diversity and a sensitivity to inclusion of those at risk of being forgotten, the advancement of education (not only formal academics but the kind of experiential learning at which F&W excels), a dedication to public service, and the unstinting pursuit of peace and justice. Through their bequest, the Masons continue their work of helping to sustain these values and to cultivate them in future generations of young leaders.

F&W is grateful to Charlie and Hilda for demonstrating their commitment to F&W and its mission by making this gift. In celebration of the Mason gift, F&W is launching a “Legacy Circle” as a way of recognizing, celebrating and encouraging others to make gifts for the next generation of young F&W leaders. If you have already decided to include F&W in your estate plans or would like information on how to do so, please contact Kurt Terrell,Chief Development Officer, at 802-275-8936 or kurt@farmandwilderness.org.

Interim Winter 2009 page 10

What We Are Doing

Deborah Reik (IB ’65, ’68, staff IB ’71), Ellie Levinson (IB ’96-00), and Amanda Levinson (IB ’98-04) write, “Amanda is in her sophomore year at Haverford College. She discovered that her fellow choir member, Conor Weiss, is the son of Fritz Weiss, who was at TL with her uncle, Jon Reik. Also, Conor’s aunt, Ellie Weiss, was at IB with Amanda’s mother, Deborah. And Conor’s cousins, Ellen and Anna Carvill, were counselors at IB when Amanda and her sister Ellie were campers. Two degrees of separation in the F&W world.”

Peggy Robison Espinola (IB ’46-47, ’49, TF ’51, parent IB & TF) writes, “I am still working part-time as a clinical social worker, enjoying visits to my grandkids Max and Sam (whom I hope will follow their mother Robin and Uncle Steve and ‘Grampy’ to F&W) working for Democrats, and enjoying a new career-let as a singer-songwriter with a CD out (see cdbaby.com/cd/pegespinola). Memories of IB and TF (SeWoCa) are among my best. Had a great visit from Jan [Larson Lehmann] this year.”

Norm and Winifred Williams (TF ’56-64, Director TF 65, BOT, parent TF) write, “Norm’s book has been published (2008): Ghandi’s American Ally; How an Educational Missionary Joined the Mahatma’s Struggle Against Untouchability. www.iuniverse.com.”

Nicholas Kuvach and Karen Freede write, “Keegan Kuvach (TL ’96-00) is an artist working in Amherst, Mass. Kyla Kuvach, (IB ’01-03, TF ’04-05) is a student of literature, history, and writing at Hampshire College in Amherst, Mass.”

Donald Andrew writes: “Erin Andrew (SAM ’96-97, TF ’99, staff SAM ’06-07) is working in Barcelona, Spain, as an international health medical anthropology researcher after graduating with an MPhil in Developmental Studies from the University of Cambridge in England. Sean Andrew (FC ’00-02, staff FC ’06) is returning to Santa Clara University in Silicon Valley to complete his undergraduate degree after studying and traveling in India for five months.”

Daphne Makinson (Asst. E.D. of F&W ’92-95) is now Chief of Operations & Finance at DC Habitat for Humanity “where over a hundred single parents and a dozen couples are building equity and stable lives in decent affordable houses with their children.”

Lynn Keller (IB ’62-66, TF ’67, IB staff ’70, ’72) writes, “I’m an English Professor at the University of Wisconsin - Madison where I specialize in contemporary US poetry with a new emphasis on environmental criticism. I’m active in land stewardship and prairie restoration efforts in Wisconsin. And I’m pleased that one of my two wonderful children, Joe Carlsmith (Mountain Sound) (BDC ’94-97, TL ’00-04, TF ’05, FC staff ’08) is carrying my love of F&W into the next generation.”

Frank Lamson (staff TF ’91, ’93-94; camper parent) just came within 100 miles of completing a through-hike of the Appalachian Trail. Just before reaching Katahdin [in Maine], he popped off a couple of shoulder tendons in a fall, so he’ll finish the AT next summer, post-surgery and lots of rehab.

News from the George School alumni magazine: Among the faculty recognized recently for 25 years of service to the school was Carter Sio (SAM ’72, TF ’74) who teaches woodworking and design. “In the wood shop and with his advisees, Carter is known as a teacher who both inspires students and cares about them as individuals,” said Nancy Starmer, Head of School.

Kate Inman (IB ’63-66, TF ’67, SAM staff ’77) writes, “Hi, all! I stay busy teaching women’s studies and sociology classes online for the University of Wyoming and cross country skiing when I get a chance. Sister Lee (Inman) Feinstein (TF ’63-64, IB staff ’65) and her husband Paul; brother Richard Inman (TL ’62, TF ’63-64, SAM staff ’66) and his partner Heidi and I got together, as we do every year, for Thanksgiving. Greetings to all and happy holidays! Love, Kate.”

Congratulations to Adria Goodness (SAM staff ’00-01)and Brent (James) Goodness (SAM ’01) on the birth of their twins Ailiyah Elise (6 lb 4 oz, 18.5 in) and Ephraim Aiken (7 lb 2 oz, 20 in) on December 17th, 2008. Welcome, Ailiyah and Ephraim!

Interim Winter 2009 page 11

In Memoriam: Alan Christian Crew (3 July 1942—30 October 2008)

Alan Crew passed away very unexpectedly but peacefully on October 30 in Montpelier, VT. He was a psychologist, teacher, singer, Peace Corps volunteer and staff member, poetry lover, music lover, and devotee of Ken Webb and F&W. His involvement with F&W covered more than 50 of his 66 years, as a camper, counselor, co-founder of Friends of Farm and Wilderness, member of the Board of Trustees, and the parent, brother, and uncle of other campers. A memorial service and celebration of his life will be held at the camps the afternoon of Saturday, May 23, 2009 (which coincides with the Spring Planting Weekend). His family has requested that donations be made to the F&W Campership fund in lieu of flowers. To sign up to receive details of this event as they are finalized, please send email to: alancrew-memorial-subscribe@yahoo.groups.com.

Old Fair T-Shirts WantedWe need your old F&W T-Shirts. Our F&W archive is meticulously maintained by Jack Hunter, and our vintage t-shirt collection has some gaps. If you have, and are willing to part with, t-shirts from any of the following years, please send them to the office, care of Jack H. We would like them to be washed, with the design visible, but otherwise we welcome them in any condition. Missing years: ’76, ’79-84, ’87-88, ’96-97, ’02-03.

Legacy Giving for F&WWould you like to learn how to receive guaranteed income for life and support F&W at the same time? Have you ever thought about including F&W in your will or estate plans? If the answer is yes to either of these questions, please contact Kurt Terrell, Chief Development Officer at (802)275-8936 or kurt@farmandwilderness.org to learn more about F&W’s Legacy Giving Program.

Our Own Maple SyrupThis March we will be tapping and sugaring our maple trees. Fabulous Farm & Wilderness Organic Maple Syrup will be available for purchase in late April, via mail order or for pickup at the office. Quantities will be limited, as the trees only have so much sap to give. Please contact Janet Stocker (janet@farmandwilderness.org) in the main office after April 25th for prices and sizes.

We mentioned the passing of Mounir Sa’adah last Interim, but included no photo. Here is Mounir in the ’40s, in what we presume is a traditional Lebanese costume, and he looks as though he is telling a young girl’s fortune at Fair.

Non-Profit OrgU S Postage

PAID Permit No 2

Plymouth VT 05056

Upcoming F&W dates...

Ice Cutting Weekend February 13-16Spring Planting Weekend May 22-25Camp Begins July 1Fair August 15Harvest Weekend October 9-12

Spring Planting 2009! Come spend Memorial Day Weekend in the Plymouth Valley. We will plant a significant portion of the summer gardens, work on cabin building, dance, eat, husband our many animals (lots of babies!), and enjoy the breathtaking beauty of the Vermont spring. Register for Spring Planting via the website, or through Janet Stocker at the office: janet@farmandwilderness.org, 802.422.3761.

Ice cream (see churn on bottom right) and baby goats are just a few of the many pleasures of Spring Planting Weekend.