sw way may 2011 - Southwoods

Southwoods Way
ISSUE NINTEY-SIX SPRING 2011 MAY 16TH, 2011
Lights, Camera, Action!
Southwoods Takes to the Stage in Summer 2011
It’s hard to believe camp is just around the corner! We couldn’t
be more excited to unpack our SW gear into our cabins once
again, and then unpack your gear into your cabins! The
countdown is definitely on - first session is only 40 days away,
and second session starts in just 68 days. There’s no doubt this
summer will bring some excellent adventures and plenty of
surprises. Before you know it, you’ll be wearing tribal
colors and cheering for your team at tug, doing some last
minute practice for Airband, and warming up your voice
for play tryouts!
Speaking of plays, the Southwoods Playhouse is going to be
rockin’ with some classic productions this summer! Lower
Camp will be performing Free
to Be You and Me, and
IN THIS EDITION Upper Camp will take on Little
Shop of Horrors.
Camp Corner
Web “In-sites”
S’more Camp
A Note From Scott and Andrea
The Southwoods Scene
Deep Thoughts
Who’s Who: SW Staff
Welcome Back
Reminders
Hohman’s Happenings
Things I Learned At Camp
The Healthy Way
Southwoods Unplugged
Southwoods Scrapbook
Birthdays
Free to Be You and Me is a collection of poems and songs originally
performed by celebrities like Diana Ross and Michael Jackson. The message
of the play is a long time camp mantra - be yourself and you can achieve
anything!
Little Shop of Horrors is the story of a struggling flower shop that gains
popularity when the florist grows a Venus Fly Trap that eats blood instead of
plant food! Excitement and drama ensue as the florist must
balance love, work, and a carnivorous plant!
We’re all in for a treat this summer, so warm up those vocal
chords, and start working on your monologues, Southwoods!
We can’t wait to see your star performances!

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Web “In-Sites”
Your kids are getting ready to “unplug” at camp this summer, but you can see what they’re up to by doing
just the opposite! The Southwoods Summer Website is a great place to check out photos, videos, daily
news updates, and menus from camp. Here are some tips to help you navigate the Summer site:
Logging in:
•Access the Summer Website at: http://
summer.southwoods.com or by clicking the
“Summer” link on the Southwoods homepage.
•The username and password will be sent to you in
the June 1st mailing. Once you have logged in,
you’ll be able to send camper emails and access
camp photos, videos, etc.
Viewing and Purchasing Camp Photos:
•To view and buy photos, click on the
“Photos” icon. On the following page, reenter
the password (same as the Summer
site log-in).
•Once in the SmugMug Gallery, simply
click the files you would like to view. When
you find one you want to buy, select it and
choose the size you want. Add it to your
basket, and checkout when you’re ready!
Southwoods
S’more Camp
Friday, July 29 - Monday, August 1
Emailing your camper:
•To email your camper, enter the
Summer site (see above), and simply
click on the “Email Camper” icon on
the menu at the top of the page.
•Enter your camper’s first and last
name, and cabin name. The office
staff will let you know the name of
your child’s bunk when they arrive
at camp.
•As long as your email is sent by
10AM, your child will receive it the
same day you write it. Emails sent
after 10AM will be printed the following
day.
S’more camp is a great opportunity for
kids going into 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grades
in September, and who are planning to
attend Southwoods in 2012, to get a taste
of what’s to come by spending a fun-filled
weekend at camp this summer!
Contact us ASAP to register!
www.southwoods.com/smores.htm
914-214-8780
S’more campers will:
•play games with our Trek staff
•live in cabins
•tube and swim in the lake
•try out all our facilities and do all kinds of activities
including tennis, and gaga
•sing campfire songs
•catch frogs
•make lots of friends
•and so much more!
All in one amazing weekend!

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Hello Southwoods
A Note From Andrea & Scott
We always start to get excited this time of year, but the energy and excitement around the winter office has grown 100% since the
flood of forms began to come in. It’s easy to get excited as we look at pictures and read the great information you’ve provided us
with on your camper and parent information sheets. We smile as we read all of the activities our campers are looking forward to
perfecting, or trying for the first time this summer. We smile partially because we can’t wait to help them achieve these goals, but
also because we know that our elective schedule gives them the opportunity to do so. We provide campers with the time and
guidance they need to try everything we offer, if they choose to do so!
While we love knowing what our campers are excited about, we also love to know any information that our parents feel will help
us facilitate a great summer for their children. Coming to camp not knowing anyone, or never having water skied, or worried
about liking anything we serve for dinner - all of these concerns are very normal! Even our returning campers can have some
doubts leading up to arrival day (We call it the “Sophomore Blues” when a child anxiously remembers something that was tough
for them last year). We are here to guide both you and your child through their Southwoods experience this summer, so we
thought we would share some ideas that might be helpful for both of you.
First, make sure you are confirming to your child that you know you have chosen a safe, fun place for them to go to camp. You
selected Southwoods because you know they will have a fantastic time, and because we offer all the things they are looking
forward to doing. Also share that you have spoken with us, and that Andrea and I, and all the Southwoods Staff will take great
care in making sure they have a fun and safe summer. If they are returning campers, remind them how they felt on Parents’ Day
last year, as they showed you around camp and introduced you to all their friends and our staff. Your calm and assured words that
they are going to have a great time, and that we can handle anything that comes up, send a clear message to them that you are
committed to this experience.
Watch the camp video with them again. Go online and check out the website, pointing out all the things that you know they are
going to love to do once they get to camp. If your child expresses concern about not knowing anyone at camp, remind him/her
that making new friends is one of the best things about the summer camp experience. Many of our new campers are coming
alone and do not know anyone yet, and just like your child, everyone coming to Southwoods this summer - new or returning - has
a desire to make new friends. Be sure to express your confidence in your child’s ability to do this, as well as our ability to help
them do this. You can also explain that our bus leaders begin facilitating these new friendships the minute the bus pulls out of the
parking lot, and we don’t stop helping them make friends until they leave at the end of the summer. Again, telling your child
about your partnership with us, and your confidence in our skill and ability to help your child with each of these steps is very
important in setting the stage for a positive start.
Some campers, even after getting all of this advice, may still be nervous until they get to camp and truly see that they can do it.
The end of the summer brings many proud moments when campers realize that even though they may have missed home, they
made it through the summer and they actually had fun! In order for that to happen, though, campers must come to camp
knowing that it is your expectation that they complete the summer and have a fantastic time. Please don’t make promises about
picking them up early, or speaking with them every day. Campers that have heard these “promises” tend not to make the same
effort to have fun, get to know other campers, and participate. Your
positive encouragement and unwavering confidence that they will succeed
really help campers come to camp believing that they will be fine.
Once your child is at camp, send letters, emails, or faxes. While it is
important to share what you are doing, try not to emphasize activities that
will make your child feel that they are “missing out” on some special family
fun. Please feel free to send pictures, newspaper clippings, or funny things
you think they will enjoy. This connection to home is sometimes all a child
needs to feel better. Remember, big gift packages are not what they need.
These do not make a child feel better - what they do is make others feel
bad!
Lastly, it is also possible that a child who you expected to be very homesick
may not experience any of these feelings at all. They still love you! Rest
assured that you have made a wonderful decision to send your child to
Southwoods. We look forward to seeing you on Parents’ Day.
Our Mission Statement...
Southwoods is committed to empowering children. Our goal is to build confidence and self-esteem by
reinforcing positive human values. We achieve that goal through cutting-edge programming implemented by a
carefully selected and fully trained staff whose investment in children, like our own, is unparalleled.

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The Southwoods Scene
Your Source for Camper and Alumni News!
Julia Foodman has had an exciting spring! Her all-girls Hockey team,
the Ridgefield Lions, roared into 2nd place in the State League
Championship! She also earned a coveted role in the high school
production of The Music Man, as a middle schooler! Break a leg, Julia!
Brian Loomba was selected to be the co-captain of the Ardsley
Middle School boys lacrosse team!
The Tobin girls are on the fast track to
success! Jessie (left) will be attending
Marist College in the fall. She is thrilled
to be spending her entire freshman year
studying art at their campus in Florence,
Italy! Rachel is finishing her junior year at
UAlbany with a major in psychology/biology.
She recently took first place in her first
show with the UAlbany Equestion Team.
Erica Sklar was recently recruited to play lacrosse for her
first choice school, Villanova University, and will be
playing lacrosse and attending the nursing school in
September 2012. We couldn’t be prouder, Erica!
Jacqueline Verge (right) and her
friends performed for a good cause;
they sang and danced to Katy Perry’s
“Hot ‘n Cold” in “Operation Smile” - a
production at the high school to benefit
the Clef Foundation. We can’t wait to
see some of those moves at the talent
show!
Keeping up with the Topper girls is no easy task! Katie is a freshman at
Stanford in Palo Alto, California and will be spending most of the summer teaching
English at a school in Thailand. Becca is in 10th grade and plans to spend 2
months this summer at Oxford in England studying psychology. Last but not
least, Lizzy is in 6th grade and will be participating in a fine arts program in
New England.
Deep Thoughts
by Jessica Strasser
It’s still strange to me that summer starts
in May now. The day after I finished my
final exams, I went straight home, and
the summer had started. It’s going to be
an exciting summer; I’m glad to see my
friends from high school and eat home-cooked meals again. But
I’m most excited to start working at Southwoods, five years after
my last year as a camper.
I went to Southwoods as a camper for five years, from
Upper Junior to Upper Senior. I remember being so nervous that
first night, but slowly, I threw myself headfirst into camp life. I
would try things that I’d never had the chance to experience; I
remember frog catching above the soccer field and sorting out
CDs to play during Radio. I fell in love with a lot of the activities
I did while at Southwoods. For example, I learned how to knit
during a week-long elective; my needles are with me all the time,
and I’m still working away at various scarves in different designs. I
also developed my love of Theater at Southwoods, getting the
opportunity to be in incredible productions and even playing a
dream role (Adelaide in “Guys and Dolls”). I met some of my
best friends at Southwoods, and those months in the Adirondacks
were always anticipated well before they occurred.
I knew that I wanted to be a counselor at Southwoods
as soon as I was old enough. I looked up to many of the
counselors I met throughout the years; they were always so
selfless, helping my fellow campers and myself out with whatever
we needed. I always dreaded saying goodbye to my counselors,
and I feel as though I learned something about myself through
every counselor that I met during my camp years. I went with my
parents last year to pick up my brothers at camp (they’re current
campers) and I was struck by how much I missed camp. I had so
many good memories stored up, and physically going back was
something I had needed to do for a very long time. I am pumped
to finally be a counselor! I keep thinking about driving up,
meeting my fellow staff members and the campers, and all of the
amazing adventures in store, and it’s such a thrill. This is
something I’ve wanted to do since my first year at Southwoods,
and I’m finally living out my dream!
The Anderson girls are bringing their A-Game this spring!
Lindsay is playing lacrosse, and is on the varsity crew team at
her school and having a blast. Ally is not only playing lacrosse
for her school but is swimming for the Makos YMCA of Western Connecticut. Show ‘em how it’s done!
Porter Burns (right) has had a very full year! He’s been involved in both cross country and track and field
teams at school, and manages to squeeze in some weekend skiing. Porter traveled to the windy city of
Chicago over Thanksgiving break. He flew to Chicago with his family and then took the Amtrak train across
country to San Francisco. He spent two full days on the train, sightseeing and enjoying the view from the
train, and he went to San Antonio to the Riverwalk and visited the Alamo. Quite the experienced traveller!
We can’t wait to hear the details!

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The Isvy’s are jet-setting all over the world this spring! Jordan spent a week in Portugal with his soccer team to train and
play some matches. Camille, who is studying at UCL in London, spent some quality time with friends at University of
Pennsylvania for Spring Fling! Happy travels, guys!
Erica, Max, and Sasha Beinhacker (left) spent February vacation skiing the Haute-Savoie Mountains in
France. Max learned to snowboard, and Erica and Sasha worked on their ski skills. We hope we get to see
you show off at our next Winter Weekend, guys!
SW alum and Arts and Crafts director Robin Miller sends regards from Rome, Florence, and
Greece! She is winding up her spring vacation from Cork University (Ireland) in London just in
time for the Royal Wedding! Hip Hip Cheerio!
Ethan Ruoff (above)
earned his first
degree black belt
this March! Maybe
we’ll get a sneak
peak at the Talent
Show this summer!
Ethan Ehrenberg had a great spring break
in London and road tripping in Spain! He
met up with Nolan and Brandon Young in
London and the boys rode the London Eye
together (right) after a enjoying roast
beef, yorkshire pudding, and treacle
tart! Once home, Ethan and Nolan got
back to their usual activities, as a great
pitching-catching battery for their
baseball team, the Greenwich Village
Little League Majors Division Mariners!
James Prestopino recently performed in his high school production of
Beauty and the Beast as a hat seller, and a shrimp cocktail! We will
definitely miss you in the SW Play house this summer while youre on
your Super Senior trip, James!
Mazel tov to Dani Sotland,
who recently celebrated her
bat mitzvah with some
Southwoods friends by her side
(above)!
Daniel Peterson is tearing it up on the tennis court at Great Neck Middle School, where he plays on the school team.
Keep serving aces, Daniel - the Southwoods Tennis Tournament is coming up sooner than you think!
Tara Shenker's All-Star Cheerleading team,
the Jersey All-Stars, are on fire this year
with back-to-back wins at All-Star
Challenge National Competition as Junior
Level 2 Super Division Champs, and US
Finals Junior Level 2 East Division Champs
in Virginia Beach (left).
Congratulations to Sydney Barest, who passed her pre-preliminary figure skating tests in
January, and performed a solo skating program in an exhibition show in March (right)! Sydney
also co-starred in a local production of The Wizard of Oz as the Scarecrow.
In January, Zoe Winston participated in the Robbins Lane Winter Band and Chorus
Concerts. This is her first year playing the clarinet and she was asked to join the 5 th
grade band (right)! Zoe and her family visited Carlo’s Bakery in Hoboken, NJ. We hope
you told Buddy we say hello!
Congrats to Jake Fox! Jake plays left wing on his Bantam Travel Hockey
Team, and with his help, the team made the playoffs where they emerged as the
Champions in the Chesapeake Bay Hockey League (left)!
Sean Heller was delighted to be invited to participate on his high
school tennis team, as a 7th grader! Keep up the good work, Sean!
Alex Greene recently won the opportunity to have a photograph she took
exhibited in a juried show at the Fairfield Museum and History Center. She
also participated in a community service trip to Ecuador where she had an
opportunity to help local families in need (right).

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Southwoods
Leadership
Team
• • •
2011
Rachel Albinder
LIT Director
Hometown:
Brookville, NY
Years at
Camp: 10
Bio: A
graduate of
Ithaca
College,
Rachel is back for her 10th
summer at SW to kick off our LIT
program! With experience as a
camper, a CS, and a GL, Rachel is
the perfect one for the job.
Emilia Bohac
Waterfront Director
Hometown: Lexington, MA
Years at Camp: 14
Bio: Emilia is a skilled teacher, who
has been training our waterfront
staff since Southwoods opened. As
a PE Teacher, her experience is
extensive and we feel lucky to have
her back as our Waterfront Director.
Hometown: Bala
Cynwyd, PA
Years at Camp:
10
Bio: When it
comes to SW,
Emily is a lifer!
She spent 5
summers as a
camper, has worked as a CS, GL,
and is looking forward to another
summer as an HC. Emily spent a
great winter learning the ins and
outs of the SW office.
Emily Drucker
Asst. Girls Head Counselor
Glen Ford
Trek Director
Hometown:
Dundein, New
Zealand
Years at
Camp: 7
Bio: In his 5th summer as Trek
Director, Glen brings a great
knowledge of Southwoods and the
Adirondacks. His love of caving is
contagious, so get ready to get
excited!
Marc Harmon
Athletic Director
Hometown: Floyds Knobs, IN
Years at Camp: 1
Bio: Marc has a Masters Degree in
Physical Education from Murray
State, where he played on the
baseball team. Marc’s passion and
experience make him an exciting
addition to the SW leadership team!
Hometown: Winchester, KY
Years at Camp: 4
Bio: Lauren is a Murray State
graduate, who has become a familiar
voice on the
other end of the
phone for our
families and
staff. Lauren is
the year-round
staff
coordinator,
and summer
program
director.
Lauren Hohman
Program Director
Hometown:
Schroon
Lake, NY
Years at
Camp: 13
Chris Howe
Maintenance Director
Bio: Chris is a longtime fixture at
SW! Rain (or snow) or shine, Chris
works at camp year round,
building, fixing, and keeping
Southwoods beautiful. He expertly
manages our winter and summer
maintenance teams.
Andrea Hunt
Office Manager
Hometown: Victoria, Australia
Years at Camp: 3
Bio: We’re very excited to have
Andrea back to run the SW office
for her 3rd summer. Andrea
spends the rest of the year working
as a Customer Service
Administration Officer in Australia.
Johnny Reinke
Hometown:
Blue Springs,
MO
Years at
Camp: 6
Bio: Johnny
comes into his
6th year at SW with a degree in
Education from Missouri State. He’s
worked with everyone at camp from
LJBs to USBs, and he will be an
outstanding HC for our Junior Boys.
Asst. Boys Head Counselor
Sarah Markowitz
Medical Director
Hometown:
Minoa, NY
Years at Camp:
5
Bio: Sarah is a
mainstay in our
Safe Haven!
For her 5th
summer
running, she
will work with our physicians to
manage the excellent care of our
campers and staff.
Hometown:
Prince
Edward
Island,
Canada
Years at
Camp: 6
Jenny Taylor-Whitehorn
Media Director
Bio: During Jenny’s tenure at SW,
she’s coached archery, been a
videographer, a GL and an HC. We
can’t wait to see where her creativity
and extensive SW knowledge will
take her this summer as our Media
Director!
Laurel Muldowney
Asst. Girls Head Counselor
Hometown: Rochester, NY
Years at Camp: 4
Bio: A graduate of SUNY Buffalo with
a degree in Anthropology, Laurel is a
household name among our LC girls!
After working at SW as a CS and GL,
we can’t wait for her to return as the
Lower Camp girls HC!
Hometown:
Schroon
Lake, NY
Years at
Camp: 3
Lisa Welch
Food Services Director
Bio: Lisa is
back for her
3rd summer
in the SW kitchen, and we can’t
wait to see what she cooks up this
year! There’s no doubt that 2011
will be another delicious summer!
Hometown: Paducah, KY
Years at Camp: 7
Bio: Shaun is a longtime SW
favorite, back for his 4th year as an
HC. He teaches
middle school
biology in KY in
the winters, and
he can’t wait to
get back to
camp to work
with our Inter
boys!
Shaun Rathgeber
Asst. Boys Head Counselor
Hometown: Washington, DC
Years at Camp: 10
Bio: In his 10th summer at camp,
Mike is definitely another SW lifer!
He’s been a basketball director, GL,
and SS trip leader, and he returns to
us for
another
great year as
the Senior
Boys HC.
Mike is
currently a
Mike Whitehorn
Asst. Boys Head Counselor
law student
at U of

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Group Leaders & Super Senior Staff: 2011
Sarah Abel
Group Leader
Hometown:
Auckland, New
Zealand
Years at
Camp: 2
Bio: Last
summer Sarah,
joined us as a
canoe
specialist on our Trek staff, and after
a winter of traveling, we can’t wait
to have her return to us as a GL!
Jamie Beckham
Group Leader
Hometown:
O’Fallon, MO
Years at
Camp: 3
Bio: A
graduate of U
of Central
Missouri with a
degree in
Mathematics, Jamie has been at
SW for 2 years as a cabin specialist.
He’ll be a strong addition to our GL
team this summer!
Jonny Drucker
Group Leader
Hometown:
Bala
Cynwyd, PA
Years at
Camp: 10
Bio: Jonny
is a SW old
timer, and
long time lover of camp, with
experience as a camper, CS and
GL. He is a graduate of the U of
Pittsburgh with a degree in History.
Ashley Gannon
Group Leader
Hometown:
Harrington, DE
Years at
Camp: 2
Bio: Ashley is
a 2009
graduate of U
of Delaware
with a major in English Theater
Production. She joined SW in 2010
as a cabin specialist, and this
summer we can’t wait to have her
be back as a GL.
Rachel Gilbertson
Group Leader
Hometown:
O’Fallon, MO
Years at
Camp: 3
Bio: Rachel
has been a
strong leader
at SW during
her 2 years
as the Head
Lifeguard She is excited to join us
as a GL this summer! She’s a
Elementary Ed and Early Childhood
Ed major in MO.
Lucy Hunter
Group Leader
Hometown:
Warrington,
England
Years at
Camp: 4
Bio: Lucy is
heading
back across
the pond to
join us for her another fabulous
summer as a SW GL. She’s been
an all-star tennis specialist, as well
as a CS, and we’re expecting big
things once again in 2011!
Alex Mitchell
Group Leader
Hometown:
Beaver
Creek,
Canada
Years at
Camp: 3
Bio: Alex
attends the
College of
Commerce
Business and Mgmt. in
Saskatchewan. She’s been an
exceptional cabin specialist, and
we’re very much looking forward to
having her back as a GL!
Ryan Offerman
Group Leader
Hometown:
Evansville, IN
Years at
Camp: 4
Bio: Ryan has
been an
outstanding
member of
our Trek staff for the past 2
summers, and a noteworthy CS
before that! We can’t wait to have
this U of Southern Indiana Bio
student back as a GL this summer!
Emily Pedevilla
Group Leader
Hometown:
Avon, IN
Years at
Camp: 3
Bio: It’s hard
to find people
as passionate
about SW as
Emily, and we
have some pretty passionate
staffers! Emily has been a lifeguard
and a CS, and she’s counting down
the days until her first summer as a
GL!
Charlie Rogers
Group Leader
Hometown:
Murray, KY
Years at
Camp: 3
Bio: An
Elementary
Education
major at
Murray State,
Charlie is
coming back to SW for his 3rd
summer! He’s been a CS for 2
summers , and will bring some big
energy to our GL group!
Brandon Sabin
Group Leader
Hometown:
Byron Center,
MI
Years at
Camp: 2
Bio: Brandon
studies
Business
Management
at Cornerstone University. He
joined the SW staff last summer as
a fantastic cabin specialist, and is
back for a second summer, joining
our GL squad.
Jordan Tangedal
Group Leader
Hometown:
Plentywood,
MT
Years at
Camp: 3
Bio: Jordan is
a graduate of
Montana
State
University with a degree in Film. He
was an outstanding asset to the
cabins he’s lived in over the last 2
years, and we’re happy to have him
back as a GL this year!
Hometown:
Columbus,
OH
Years at
Camp: 8
Bio: Cole’s
tenure at SW
began in 2002.
He’s worked as
a CS, a GL, and the Program
Cole Everett
Super Seniors
Director, and he can’t wait to get on
the road with our Super Seniors.
Cole is a teacher in Brooklyn during
the winter months.
Hometown:
Lexington, KY
Years at
Camp: 8
Bio: Aleah has 8
years of SW
Aleah Ford
Super Seniors
experience, in a variety of different
positions and leadership roles! She
has been the Waterfront Director, as
well as the Office Manager. This
summer, she’ll take to the tour bus,
co-leading our SS trip!
Hometown:
Victoria,
Australia
Years at
Camp: 5
Gary Hunt
Super Seniors
Bio: Gary is
another
member of our staff who seems to
have done it all! Gary worked as
our Waterski Director, Operations
Director, and is entering his second
summer on the SS trip!
Hometown:
North
Caldwell, NJ
Years at
Camp: 8
Bio: Becca is
a 2011 U of
Wisconsin
graduate with
Becca Rosenberg
Super Seniors
a degree in Interior Design. She’s a
former camper who has worked as a
CS and a GL, and she’s looking
forward to heading out west with the
SS!

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Welcome Back!
We can’t wait to welcome these awesome past
Southwoods staffers and campers back to their
summer home in 2011!
Sarah Abel
Eric Albertson
Rachel Albinder
Matt Bayer
Jamie Beckham
Donna Better
Emilia Bohac
Marco Butturi
Jarrad Chester
Andy Craig
Joey Daly
June Dennette
Evan Donnelly
Emily Drucker
Jonny Drucker
Claire Dunlap
Cole Everett
Aleah Ford
Glen Ford
Jordan
Frechtman
Ashley Gannon
Rachel Gilbertson
Sam Goldman
Doug Kauffman
Dennis Kelley
Laura Hagon
Adam Hammerman
Lauren Hohman
Bob Howe
Chris Howe
Lucy Hunter
Briana Lucarelli
Sarah Markowitz
Rob Meyer
Robin Miller
Alex Mitchell
Laurel
Muldowney
Ryan Offerman
Gary Peacock
Emily Pedevilla
Shaun Rathgeber
Mindy Rausch
Johnny Reinke II
Charlie Rogers
Becca Rosenberg
Brandon Sabin
Renee Sevcik
Tess
Shacknow
Jim Sharkey
Al Shkursky
Evan Shore
Jeff Stern
Jessica Strasser
Jenny Taylor-
Whitehorn
Jordan
Tangedal
Rob Thomas
Eloralee Todd
Ramona Walsh
Lisa Welch
Mike Whitehorn
Ben Yahalomi
Reminders:
Book your Parents’ Day hotel ASAP!
For suggestions, check out
www.southwoods.com/forms.hmtl
Did you order your Southwoods
clothing yet?
www.cloz.com
Important Dates:
Schedule Camper Calls
on or after June 6
Session 1:
6/26 - 7/21
Session 2:
7/24 - 8/18
We’re Moving to Camp!
The Southwoods Office will be moving to
our summer address on May 23rd.
Direct all mail and calls to:
Southwoods
532 NYS Route 74
Paradox, NY 12858
Phone: 518-532-7717
Fax: 518-532-0266
that watermelon is actually a vegetable? It is from the botanical family
Cucurbitaceae and is most closely related to cucumbers, pumpkins and
squash. The watermelon is composed of 92% water and early explorers
often used hollowed out watermelons as canteens.
Don’t forget to
mail, fax, or
email any
missing forms
in ASAP!
The
Southwoods
Desk...

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Hohman’s Happenings
Hey Southwoods!!
Can you believe how quickly the winter months went by? Summer is almost here!!! In the
midst of talking to staff and planning exciting special events and activities for this summer,
I catch myself daydreaming about kayaking, Rainbow Warriors, the zip line, Panic, Costume
Ball, Carnival and just being in the Adirondacks. There’s SO MUCH to look forward to!
To help express my excitement for the summer, I have created a PROGRAM acrostic below…
Probably going to have more fun than you ever thought possible!
Ridiculously fun electives like: water ski, rocketry, woodworking, tennis, and photography.
Ongoing Tribal competition (hope you are practicing your Tribal cheers ahead of time!)
Great friendships will be created!
Really good chance you will see Jordan Fretchman’s Tom Cruise impression.
A reasonable amount of chipwiches will be consumed this summer!
Memories will be made that will last a lifetime!
Southwoods 2011 is going to be incredible! I cannot wait to see all of your smiling faces come off the bus
on arrival day. Just a couple weeks away…see you soon!!
Lauren Hohman
Staffing Coordinator/Program Director
Things I Learned at Camp
I went to camp pretty much on my own. My brother was with me, but once he realized he
could pull off a decent British accent, and I wasn’t going to play along, he more or less
disowned me, and I didn’t particularly mind. We went about our friend-making and
adventure-having, and we waved hello across the bunkline when it was convenient. We
exchanged the occasional “Have you gotten a package yet?” or “Do you have enough
blankets?” - typical big sister, little brother stuff - and we managed to have what we felt were pretty
independent experiences.
After that first Parents’ Day, we loaded into the car (decked out in a fabulous family set of rain ponchos). We
looked at each other across the back seat, and realized that we had the exact same concern: What are we
going to do for the next 11 months until we can come back to camp?
For the first time in four weeks, we had just become the only people in each others’ immediately accessible
lives who could even begin to understand what it felt like to be nominated for a fuzzy. For all six hours of our
drive home to Philadelphia, we regaled our parents with a never ending list of mutual memories - people, and
places, and songs from the summer that we’d never even known we had in common.
What we both learned that summer was the value of a shared experience. At camp, we took for granted that
everyone offhandedly knew terms like “airband” and “free play”. In fact, it often felt like there was a general
understanding of everything at Southwoods. When we got home, we quickly realized how difficult it was going
to be to explain camp to our school friends, and we also realized that that was ok. It made our camp friends
even more important to us, and they still are! Even as a staff member, as I continue to make new camp friends,
my old bunkmates are still - and will always be - the only ones who “Remember when...”.
Emily Drucker
Assistant Girls Heead Counselor

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The Healthy Way
Pizza Roll-ups
Ingredients:
1 (8-inch) whole-wheat flour tortilla
2 tablespoons prepared pizza sauce (or make your own!)
12 baby spinach leaves
3 tablespoons shredded part-skim mozzarella
Feel free to include any other vegetables or flavors your
family likes!
Picnic season is here at last, and this healthy lunch
idea is a fun do-it-yourself addition to any outing!
Make it with the kids, and let them come up with
creative side dishes to complete the meal.
Instructions:
Place tortilla on a plate and spread pizza sauce over it.
Top with an even layer of spinach and sprinkle cheese on
top. Microwave on high for about 45 seconds, until the
cheese is melted. Carefully roll the tortilla up, and let
cool for 10 minutes before slicing into pieces.
Southwoods Unplugged
Make some time to turn off the TV this spring, and practice
Plant Pals{ }
gardening and crafting all at once!
Materials (makes 1 Plant Pal):
• One 9 or 12 oz plastic cup
• 1 - 1 1/4 cups of potting soil
•1 tablespoon of grass seeds
TIP: To speed germination, soak the seeds
in water overnight before planting!
• Decorations (dot stickers, markers, ribbon, etc)
Instructions:
1. Fill the cup halfway with soil. Divide the remaining soil
half, then stir grass seeds into one of those halves.
2. Spoon the seed-filled soil into the cup, then top it with the
remaining soil. This top layer should be about 1/8 to 1/4 inch deep. Water the soil well.
3. Decorate the cup with stickers and markers. Finally, leave the plant in a warm, sunny spot to sprout.
Water as necessary to keep the soil about as wet as a damp sponge.

Scrapbook: Highlights of 2010
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The best is yet to come!

Southwoods
PO Box 201
Granite Springs, NY 10527
Sam Wenger 6/2
Max Beinhacker 6/2
Cody Gerard 6/3
Taylor Gerard 6/3
Kyle Nordheimer 6/3
Michael Sherman 6/3
Maxwell Newman 6/4
Matthew Gallatin 6/5
Vasily Streshinsky 6/6
Evan Lazarus 6/6
Lucas Rhodes 6/8
Jordanna Roman 6/8
Alexa Bren 6/9
Say Wah Htoo 6/10
Aubrey Weinstein 6/10
Lindsay Gelles 6/11
Adam Gross 6/12
Rachel Change 6/12
Jake Glantz 613
Dayna Weissman 6/14
Matthew Rothman 6/14
Michael Arturi 6/14
Phoebe Montgomery 6/15
Brian DeLong 6/15
Macy Miller 6/15
Garrett Backer 6/16
Jose Llado 6/16
Manuel Llado 6/16
Daniel Peterson 6/18
Ruby Klingsberg 6/18
Mohamed Tomota 6/19
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Julia O’Brien 6/19
Matthew Sussman 6/20
Alex DeForge 6/21
Danielle Morton 6/22
Emily Silverman 6/23
Nikki Egna 6/23
Connor Wise 6/23
Emma Thomas 6/24
Ethan Simmons 6/24
Perry Wasserman 6/25
Kayla Kanner 6/25
Rachel Abraham
Micaela Haas 6/26
Julia Carp 6/28
Sophia Berkowitz 6/28
Samuel Goldman 6/28
Jacqueline Laret 6/29
Julia Foodman 6/29
Andrew Ehrenberg 6/30
Huge Cottu 7/1
Alison Verp 7/2
Sophia Pappas 7/3
Ally Kuhn 7/3
Andrew Walker 7/10
Rachel Serko 7/10
David Spiritos 7/11
Ben Goldman 7/12
Matthew Loebel 7/12
Giulio Filippi 7/14
Margaux Spriet 7/15
George Keiter 7/17
Mikey Cahn 7/18
Kate Runsdorf 7/22
Caroline Hoyt 7/23
Matthew Segal 7/23
Lauren Kotin 7/24
Noah Silverman 7/25
Marcus Shacknow 7/25
Sabrina Slagowitz 7/25
Jenny Entin 7/26
Paige Sklar 7/27
Noah Kasten 7/27
Alex Rahmanan 7/27
Sarah Koppelman 7/27
Alex Cohen 7/28
Logan Horn 7/28
Caela Wheeler 7/28
Suzie Zubkoff 7/30
Caroline Kelson 7/31
Jack Tolso 7/31
Jack Lazarus 7/31
Zoe Winston 8/1
Jack Prill 8/1
Emma Warshofsky 8/1
Khaled Salam 8/2
Sophia Jacobs 8/4
Caleigh Barber 8/6
Emma Satty 8/6
Madison Lee 8/7
Neal Gurland 8/7
Ryan Nordheimer 8/8
Matthew Ackerman 8/8
Lorenzo Filippi 8/11
Oliver Clement 8/11
Benjamin Gunderman 8/12
Cassie Guerin 8/13
Matthew Coleman 8/14
Sydney Moses 8/14
Mia Blackman 8/16
Laura Cardillo 8/16
Bradley Leventhal 8/18
Abbey Silverman 8/18
Maura Schlaff 8/18
William Steinberg 8/19
Casey Tilles 8/20
Sarah Fried 8/21
Savva Antimony 8/22
Zachary Gibbs 8/22
Avery Kayle 8/23
Matthew Wachter 8/23
Vaughn Trestan 8/24
Rachael Adelson 8/26
Jordan Shedroksky 8/26
Jane Shuster 8/26
Laura Pollack 8/27
Justin Shedrofsky 8/28
Lexi Kauffman 8/28
Daniel Weisbard 8/29
Ariana Bitton 8/29
Ainsley Simmons 8/30
Max Kreppel 8/31
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