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THIRTEENTH YEAR INTRODUCTION
As we enter our thirteenth year, we would like to dedicate
this year’s summer programs to our dear dog Sabatchka. Many
of you knew and loved her just as we did. She was present during
many of the camps and expeditions and could always be found
around the camp kitchen, at meal times, or sprawled in the field
basking in the sun. Often, if we were unaware of her whereabouts,
we could always look in the van.As soon as the van door was
open, in she went, layed down on the bench seat and awaited
the departure of the next trip. She always had a smile on her
face and a wag in her tail. She served as chicken watchdog,
camp kitchen pot cleaner and the one responsible for helping
campers who were feeling homesick. I will share a story that
represents Sabatchka’s presence at Kroka. One day last summer
Sabatchka was nowhere to be found.We asked everyone who was
at camp if they had seen her.We all looked everywhere. Someone
thought they had seen her going after one of the vans as it
left for blueberry pick- ing.Another group heading out promised
to look for her.When I returned to camp, after my day out, she
had still not come back nor had she been seen. In the meantime,
one group continued to prepare for their expedition, one group
had already left, another was preparing supper for everyone.To
no avail, I drove into town and stopped along the way at several
houses asking if she had been seen. My next stop was the sheriff
’s department in the center of town, but first I came upon the
General Store and decided to stop.
"Have you seen a black dog with a light brown leather collar?
Very friendly? I asked. “Oh, yes! They responded.“She is so
sweet. She was here all day and is now at the Humane Society.”They
kindly called there for me. It was closed and not to reopen
until 2 days later. I had to go to Boston to visit my mother.
Michael and Emily tried to bail her out, unsuccessfully.When
I returned 3 days later, there she sat, smile on her face, wag
in her tail. One hundred dollars later, back to camp we went.
Once out of the car, all the campers came running.“Sabatchka!”They
all screamed running to hug her. No one asked me how I was or
how my trip to Boston had been.Their dear Sabatchka was back
and all was well.
Sabatchka passed away this past fall. We miss her greatly
and are so grateful for all she did for us while here. She was
in good spirits until the end.The day before her death, with
tail wagging, she went running along behind Brita (our horse)
heading for her beloved walk in the woods.
It has been a year full of change. And although there will
be something missing this summer, we are looking forward to
sharing our new home with you.We have many exciting programs
and can’t wait to see you all.
With warmest thoughts,
Lynne Boudreau
Co-founder
KROKA EXPEDITIONS:
- Develops common sense, awareness and understanding
through sustainable, traditional and wilderness living lifestyles.
- Opens the door to the potential of Spirit in all Life.
- Empowers young people to become capable and confident beings
through working with their hands and participating in adventure
sports.
- Explores universal values, and our responsibility for a
common good through community living experiences.
- Searches for sustainability and an appropriate balance
between the ways of the past and the future.
- Examines the role of the individual in society.
- Is committed to participation for all regardless of one’s
ability to pay.
KROKA CAMP OFFERINGS
Summer camps are divided into four schools:
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Wilderness Living School immerses students
in a living history of ancient skills used by native peoples
around the world going back to pre-Columbus times.While
learning lessons from the past, students explore their meaning
as we search for ways to a sustainable future. |
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Rock Climbing and Caving School offers
exceptional instruction in top rope and multi-pitch climbing,
bouldering and cave exploration, while teaching the art
of wilderness living. |
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White Water and Ocean Paddling School: The
White Water School offers a unique sequential progression
in kayak, tandem and solo canoe instruction. Covering Class
II - IV river running, freestyle paddling, river rescue
and expeditions. The Ocean School offers coastal paddling
in Maine. |
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Day School offers age appropriate wilderness
living and adventure activities for younger students. |
Each school, with the exception of our Day School, offers beginner,
intermediate and advanced camps. The offerings of all schools
are interconnected to form Kroka’s core curriculum, following
a progression that takes students from childhood through adolescence
and into young adulthood.
There are common threads that run through all of our
programs:
- Living with simplified personal needs and possessions
- Putting the interests (needs) of the group before those
of the
individual
- Using locally grown food, working in the Kroka garden, with
our farm animals, and on local farms to supplement our daily
diet, preparing all food from scratch, and cooking and baking
over an open fire
- Working with wood, leather, plants, wool and other gifts
of
the Earth to create our daily necessities
- Singing together as a group
While it is beneficial to take just one or two Kroka programs,
clearly students who return to Kroka for many years, and graduate
from the program, benefit the most. Kroka’s graduates
are
competent and skilled leaders.They share their expertise with
friends and family and, above all, are prepared to consciously
navigate the river of life with confidence and dignity.
A note about teachers: Each program at Kroka
is led by two teachers and, often, one or two apprentices.We
believe that it is very important to have a balanced male/female
presence on all coed trips and pair our leaders accordingly.
In this brochure, programs, for which only one teacher is listed,
additional leaders, will be determined.
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Thank you for creating
such a healing and nurturing place for our children.
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