www.kenmontkenwood.com

IMPORTANT KMKW DATES

Summer Address: P.O. Box 548

Kent, CT 06757860-927-3042

Fax: 860-927-4487

Winter Address: P.O. Box 625

Saddle River, NJ 07458845-262-1090

Fax: 845-262-1091

BIRTHDAYS

FORMS DUE

KENWOOD CORNER

KENMONT BROTHERHOOD

CONTACT US

The Spectacle

REUNION PHOTOS

A LETTER FROM THE DIRECTORS

OUR MISSION:

GETTING TO KNOW

RETURNING STAFF

WHAT’S NEW AT KMKW

KMKW RADIO ... 24 /7/365!

IMPORTANT KMKW DATESCamper Health Form Due

Thursday, May 15New Camper Meet n’ Greet (at camp)

Saturday, June 14(More Details To Follow Via e-mail)1st Session Arrival Day

Friday, June 271st Session Departure Day

Thursday, July 242nd Session Arrival Day

Sunday, July 27Rookie Night (for new siblings)

Friday, August 8 - Saturday, August 92nd Session Departure Day

Wednesday, August 20

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A LETTER FROM THE DIRECTORS

Dear KenMont and KenWood Camp Families,

It has been a cold, snowy winter here at camp but the good news is that spring is here. It’s warming up and the snow is fi nally all gone. We truly cannot wait for the summer to arrive as we look forward to warm days under the KenMont and KenWood sun!

We have been spending much of the winter traveling all across the country visiting many of you, which has got us so excited for camp to begin. Before you know it you will be waterskiing in the lake, climbing the Rock Wall and racing Soap Box Derby Cars down the hill.

Start packing your bags because summer will be here real soon!

-Scott & Tom

We carry with us KenMont and KenWood’s traditi ons and memories as a guide to live, share

and connect as part of our community.

OUR MISSION:KenMont and KenWood Camps provide an

experience for campers, family and staff that focus on physical, emoti onal and social

accomplishments.

Our team models a strong sense of character and the ability to accept challenges that help build life skills, independence and personal

growth.

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KENWOOD CORNER

Hey KenWood!

It was so much fun to see some of you at snow tubing in February. I must admit that all the snow has defi nitely gotten to me and I’m at the point that I’m hibernating and avoiding the cold weather. In order to escape, we were lucky enough to take a family vacation to the Bahamas. As I expected, I had two KenWood sightings on my trip. It defi nitely brought a big smile to my face!

I have been spending a lot of my time after school Skyping with new staff members. I’m so excited for you to meet your counselors. They are shaping up to be a great group of women with lots of energy and enthusiasm. Are you ready to match that energy? What are you looking forward to doing most when you get back to camp? I know I’m waiting to get into a kayak and trying to climb the Rock Wall faster than I did last summer. Let’s face it, I couldn’t be slower!!

I hope you’re getting on the website to track the countdown. I know I am! The video keeps me going until I can be with you. Until then...

xo, Deb

KENMONT BROTHERHOOD

How’s it going?

So much has changed since the last newsletter but so much has also stayed the same! We had two more great camper get-togethers. If you were not at our night time snow tubing event in NJ you don’t know what you missed. Seeing campers, staff, parents and Camp Directors flying down the hill on their tubes at Campgaw provided some great entertainment and laughs. Make sure you attend next winter! We also had the pleasure of heading to Maryland to see some of our camp families and to play some games at Dave and Busters. If I do say so myself my free throws were on and I was unstoppable, hopefully that continues this summer on the KM Courts.

Just thinking about how close it is to camp puts a big smile on my face, I hope the same can be said for you! I am looking forward to some great campfires, flagpole, all camp bbqs, North Spectacle Lake, seeing my camp family and just having some great care-free laughs. I would love to hear from you what are you looking forward to?

The KenMont Staff is shaping up to be one of the best staff yet with over 35 returning boys camp staff who are already to get back to the KMB. We have also been hiring some other multi-talented staff that are so ready for the KMB experience and they can’t wait to meet you. If you would like to send me a short e-mail either welcoming the staff or explaining to them what they have to look forward to please e-mail me and I will include it in our next newsletter. Please help me to welcome our staff to summer 2014. (e-mail: tom@kencamp.com.)

My camp countdown is 46 days! WOW how time flies!

Get ready to challenge yourself and to push yourself this summer, all you have to do is KMBelieve!

PEACE. Tommy T

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Mell AbbePeter AdamsAlexa AlterJane BakerAJ Benning

Sarah BermanCarly BidnerHelen BroadNicole Byron

Javier CardonaLemar CarthensDan CasamassaMartha CombsJames Davis

Carol DohertyHowie Eady Jr.

Lee EpsteinAnna Farrell

Jordan FeinerBob Fischer

Liza FishmanRayette FriarJackie Gates

John GuerreroLoni Hammons

Markel HaralsonTony Hewitt

Jenna HirschLeilany Irizarry-Colon MD

Whit IvesDebbie Jagodzinski

Randy KatzJD Kubacki

Lisa LawsonChris Linke

Larry LutnerLiza MaizelBill Mundell

Rachel MurilloRob Murray

Karissa NoonanNoel Paula

Doug PerimanChad Picon

Vivian Quimbaya-WinshipDennis RaffertySandra Ramos

Rob RushSteve Rybkin

Dan Sales Maureen Sales

Sean SeifertLori Smith

Lauren SolinskyKatherine Stein

Kyle SullivanEmily Sussman

Ted SwigartKelly Trumbower

Steven TuckerJoel Vining

Anieka WalkerValerie Weingarden

Jeff WrightJodi Zambell

Lenita AbouchabakeWill Agnew

Lachlan Cahir

Jack GeeMorgan LloydeNate Pettigrove

Karla Gutierrez TenaKevin Guzman

Lalo LopezIrma Lopez Cruz

Andy MontesJose Montoya del Angel

Abby PadillaFernanda Pena

Sue Prisco

Hilario RieppiValerie Rojas

Antonio SimoniHiram Valles Castrejon

Pepe Vazquez MarroquínYamis Yamanaka Buenrostro

Sadoc BenitezOscar Diego Romero Castillo

Edward Davison‘Gilli’ Gilliland

Joey GossJord Hardy

Tom HorneSarah Hulm

Jamie JacksonObi Obanye

Yordy Gerards Jordy Paeper

Petr Salac

Thomas Stubbs

Dennis Orzechowski

RETURNING STAFF

Robi Lopez Irizarry 1st Yoni Benichou 16th

Robbie Yoon 1st Rachel Daniels 16th

Adara Huls 2nd Charlie Fitzpatrick 16th

Lili Kibel 2nd Alayna Dodd 17th

Zachary Berg 3rd Cooper Beitman 17th

Julia Farkas 3rd Daniel Harizman 18th

Ben Halle 3rd Alyssa Hartmann 18th

Sebastian Ross 3rd Avery Baum 19th

Alex Weinberg 3rd Zoe Ehrenkranz 19th

Jacob Foerder 4th Parker Brownell 20th

Molly Markhoff 4th Jacob Hodapp 20th

Guy Milling 4th Jordan Wasserberger 20th

Peyton Nebens 4th Adam Zerman 20th

Theo Hene 5th Sasha Aguilar 21st

Jesse Gabor 6th Fanny Bonamy 21st

Arin Rothschild 7th Abby Salzhauer 21st

Eli Rothschild 7th Kate Severson 21st

Oliver Schneider 7th Natalia Gil de Biedma 22nd

Douglas Friedman 8th Alexis Godoy 22nd

Ethan Hall 8th Noah Hene 22nd

Allie Protter 8th Millie Rushing 22nd

Rachel Tadelis 8th Evan Small 22nd

Sophie Tadelis 8th Leah Thorpe 22nd

Jake Tollman 8th Sam Zamat 22nd

Allie Goldman 9th Molly Ryan 24th

Julie Levey 9th Ryan Hanning 24th

Gerrit Parker 9th Peter Doherty 25th

Dzik Matambanadzo 10th Jake Madsen 25th

Scarlett Rotondo 10th Maddie Hiller 26th

Natalia Fernandez Rodriguez 11th Maya Shaked 26th

Dominic Sales 12th Elle Moshier 27th

Spence Wright 12th Cristina Arbizu Pombo 28th

Guy Harizman 13th Samantha De Chiara 29th

Hannah Berman 14th Loren Pretsfelder 29th

Jack Bilello 14th Sebastian Perez 30th

Dylan Smith 15th Max Rudin 30th

Ben Zenker 15th

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BIRTHDAYS

AprilAS OF APRIL 17, 2014

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE

All camper online forms were due February 21st

If you have not done so already, please submit them ASAP.

Please go to

www.kenmontkenwood.com username: summerpassword: paradise

(all lowercase).

FORMS DUE

REMINDER: The paper health form is also required and needs to be signed by both the parent and the doctor.

The paper health form is due back by May 15th!

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Jess Haas 1st Aiden Horn 16th

William Cody 2nd Jordana Latzman 17th

Kaylie Niv 2nd Ethan Fabro 19th

Evan Weinstock 2nd Olivia Feldman 20th

Henry Kamp 3rd Bronson Cvijanovich 21st

Angelica Miller 4th Ethan Berg 23rd

Max Rosen 5th William McGreevy 23rd

Elissa Adamson 6th Max Schrader 24th

Samantha Elkins 6th Hannah Schrader 24th

Michael Elkins 6th Alex Goldberg 25th

Amanda Green 6th Garrett Kessler 25th

Dori Newman 6th Griffin Cibelli 26th

Ali Rosenfeld 7th Ethan Lichtenstein 26th

Jake Berg 8th Harlee Markowitz 26th

Daniel Goldberg 11th Jack Ortner 26th

Cypie Hubbard-Salk 12th Kaitlyn Papasidero 26th

Zach Nevas 12th Kelly Yadoff 26th

Henry Cody 13th Hayley Barajas 27th

Kevin Dorf 13th Caroline Quint 28th

Olivia Neu 14th Noa Miller 30th

Daniel Solomon 14th Marcus Shaw 30th

Matty Monti 15th

June

Maddie D'Amico 1st Isabelle Miller 15th

Max Weiner 1stCarlo Borromeo Arese Borromeo

16th

Abby Alper 2nd Andie Konigs 16th

Lizzy Combs 3rd Robbie Stankard 16th

Ethan Fingerhut 3rd Jake Halperin 17th

Vanessa Cardaropoli 4th Jake Loeser 17th

Elijah Griffin 4th Cara Sherman 17th

Robbie Lilienthal 4th Annette Hasnas 18th

Ella Tollman 4th Matias Mollin 18th

Ty Abate 5th Matt Turk 18th

J.J. Breakstone 5th Claire DiLorenzo 20th

Samantha Campbell 5th Dylan Hale 20th

DJ Ramos 5th Nicky Israel 21st

Alec Samuels 5th Lu Barrenechea 22nd

Jenna Severson 6th Abby Lefkowitz 23rd

Taylor Gates 7th Jared Brody 24th

Denis Seidaliev 7th Rachel Seiden 24th

Hallie Braunstein 8th Jordana Sulla 24th

Sam Shefrin 8th Alejandro Maqueda 25th

Collin Assil 9th Henry Jaffe 26th

Jordan Assil 9th Max Levine 27th

Becca Salzhauer 9th Tali Schatz 27th

Ryan Gillette 10th Brandon Shapiro 27th

Brady Nebens 10th Connor Zenker 28th

Hannah Larner 11th Matthew Zenker 28th

Kate McGreevy 12th Beckett Jenen 29th

Isabella Malaga 15th Ben May 29th

May

BIRTHDAYS

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24/7365

KMKW RADIO IS LIVE 24 HOURS A DAY,

7 DAYS A WEEK, 365 DAYS A YEAR!Do you want to relive those amazing summer memories? Hear the sounds of DJ Jeff Night, Carnival Day and Roller Skate Night right in the palm of your hand. Download the “Shoutcast” or “Tunein” app on your smartphone, type in KMKW on the search fi eld and enjoy! You will hear tons of summer hits and maybe even some other surprises along the way.

KENMONT KENWOOD SUMMER HITSHere are some songs that might remind you of camp:

Cups (When I’m Gone) – Anna KendrickFeel This Moment – Pitbull ft. Christina Aguilera

Radioactive – Imagine DragonsI Love It – Icona Pop

Clarity – Zedd featuring FoxesCan’t Hold Us – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

Miley Cyrus – We Can’t StopHarlem Shake - Scotty R

Go rock out to the summer of 2013!

Sarah HeneWe are ecstatic about having Sarah run our Arts and Crafts Program at KenWood Camp this summer. She is an all-around artist in every sense of the word. After a successful career in computer animation, she followed her artistic passions and love of children to become an Art Teacher in New York City Public Schools. For the past seven years, she has spent days dreaming, researching, creating, experimenting, imagining, and making her art room the best place to be in school! Teaching allows her to participate in the things about art she loves most that were missing from her professional career; painting, sculpting, drawing, getting messy and just making art! Camp is a special place for Sarah. It’s a laboratory where she gets to try new art projects, a community where she creates relationships with campers and friends alike, and a refuge where she can get out in nature and explore. She is excited to join KenWood Camp this summer to share her love of the arts with our campers. We know our campers will love her enthusiasm, creativity, excitement and friendliness.

Steve Mounser Steve will be a soccer specialist this summer following in his dad’s footsteps. Ian, his father, was a soccer counselor at KenMont and KenWood Camps back in 1997 and he remembers feeling very lucky to have been placed at our Camp. His memories are still vivid of the camp’s beautiful location and great facilities. It was an all-around enriching experience for him, one which he would recommend to his son years later. Steve has wanted to follow in his dads footsteps and spend a summer at camp because of how fondly his dad brags about it being one of the best experiences of his life. He started playing soccer at an early age and was lucky enough to spend a year and a half at the youth academy of York City, a professional football team in the English 4th division. He is currently in his 2nd year studying product design at Teesside University and can’t wait to get to KenMont Camp and teach soccer to all of you!

GETTING TO KNOW

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LIZA MAIZELLiza Maizel is 23 years old and grew up in New Milford, Connecticut where she graduated from New Milford High School. She received a dual degree in Psychology and Spanish with a minor in Math from the University of Rochester. While in college, Liza excelled at Lacrosse as captain of her varsity team and is currently a Math and Spanish Teacher at The Marvelwood School in Kent – Right around the corner from camp! She also coaches soccer, basketball and softball at the school and continues her love for lacrosse coaching the New Milford Youth Lacrosse Program. This will be her fourth year at KenWood Camp where she started as the head of lacrosse back in 2011. In 2012 she ran the lacrosse and volleyball program on girls’ side and in 2013 she took a major leadership role as Girls’ Head Counselor’s assistant. This year she is back and excited to be one of our KenWood Division Leaders.

JD KUBAKIJD was born and raised, and is a through and through, Ohioan. He graduated from Youngstown State University in 2013 with a degree in Middle School Education. As a child, JD attended a number of baseball and basketball camps, but his first sleep away camp was KenMont as a counselor in 2011. He is super excited to return to camp as a Division Leader and see so many familiar faces and also new ones. His favorite camp activity is baseball so get a ball and a glove and he will have a catch anytime! His top KenMont memory was being Color War General of the Blue Romans last year. As a Division Leader, he wants this summer’s campers to take full advantage of everything KenMont has to offer.

GETTING TO KNOW

WHAT’S NEW AT KMKWIn March, Tom and Scott attended the American Camp Association’s Tri-State Camp Conference in Atlantic City, New Jersey and we found this product in the Conference Exhibit Hall. We are so excited to add this activity to our waterfront this coming summer. We can’t wait for our campers to keep rolling, rolling, rolling!

We also added on to our popular skateboard program – Along with Skateboards, Mountain Boards and Digglers we now have the brand new Zippy Flyers! These unique boards create a fun and simple way to enjoy skateboarding just like when skateboarding got started back in 70’s, when everyone rode a plastic skateboard with the newly invented urethane wheels. Skate and Create!

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CONTACT USWe are available for you to contact us at anytime!

Call us: 845-262-1090

E-mail us:Tom - Director and Boys’ Head Counselor

tom@kencamp.comScott - Director

scott@kencamp.comDeb - Girls’ Head Counselor

deb@kencamp.comMichele - Administrative Director

michele@kencamp.com

AS THE WINTER ROAD TRIPS WRAPPED UP, IT WAS GREAT SEEING SO MANY CAMPERS AND STAFF IN

MARYLAND AND NEW JERSEY!

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