Kieve-Wavus News Spring 2013 - Camp Kieve

Kieve Veterans CampHi Everyone! By the time youread this we will be wrappingup another fantastic year of VeteransCamp programs. We had a great timelast fall at the Wavus Camp for ourtwo, “End of summer,” camps andthen moved the operation over toKieve for Vietnam Veterans, WomenVeterans, and this Spring’s FamilyCamp.Community volunteers continue tosupport our programming and enrichour activities for veterans. This seasonwe welcomed local Veteran-Poetswho read some of their work duringVietnam Camp. The following day,writer and poet Gary Lawless, ownerof Gulf of Maine Books in Brunswick,led a well-attended afternoon poetryworkshop. On Thursday eveningour guests read some very movingpoems they had written during theweek. Another new activity thisseason was fly-tying. DamariscottaRealtor and Veterans Camp volunteerPeter Christine coordinated fly-tyingexperts from the Kennebec Chapterof Trout Unlimited, L.L. Bean, andcommunities surrounding Kieve-Wavus. It was a great time for allinvolved!Over the past four years we’ve had somany wonderful volunteers like localacupuncturists and massage therapists,special programming leaders, andcommunity members that just want tohelp out any way they can. I thought Iwould highlight a few of them who’vebeen with us for many years:Alan BaldwinIf you’ve spent any time at Kieve thenyou’ve met Alan Baldwin. Alan cameto Kieve in June 1966 where he says hefelt that he’d found his rightful home.After returning to camp each summerhe eventually met Mollie, who wasthen the camp nurse. Alan and Molliewere married in the Kieve chapel in1972.They settled in DamariscottaMills, raised two daughters, andjust recently celebrated their 40 thanniversary. In 1999 Dick Kennedyinsisted that Alan acquaint himself22with the Kieve pottery shop where he’sbeen a fixture ever since. In additionto owning/operating his framingshop in downtown Damariscotta,volunteering at the 9/11 Family Camp,and mentoring legions of summercampers, Alan has been a volunteerat Veterans Camp since its beginning.Amongst his duties he manages thepottery firings, recycles clay, andshows avid young (and old) pottershow best to achieve ceramic success.Of his time as a volunteer, Alan says,“The Veterans Camp and the 9/11Camp have become an important partof my life.”David PatchDavid, a 25-year Navy veteran, enlistedin 1961, graduated from the US NavalAcademy in 1966 and served twentyyears aboard various naval ships.Following his military career, Davidbegan a career with small businessesand ultimately, in partnership withothers, launched eight technologystart-ups (most in the defense sector).David retired from his second career in2011. A resident of Boothbay Harbor, hebecame acquainted with Kieve-Wavusin 2010 while island-camping off of thecoast of Maine. A group of campersand counselors came ashore and inconversation spoke about Kieve-Wavusand its programs. Later that fall, Davidstopped by and was introduced to DickKennedy who told him about ourVeterans Camp. David is currently onthe Kieve-Wavus Advisory Board andas a Veterans Camp volunteer you’llfind him lighting the fire in Innisfree,raising the flag before breakfast,pushing plates through the washeror talking to campers. Of his timeas a volunteer, David says, “Havinghad three deployments to Vietnamduring the war era and several otherspost-Vietnam, I think I have a uniqueunderstanding of the difficulties ofreturning home after being gone for ayear at a time.”Sharon Morrison, RNSharon hails from Boston and hasworked as a nurse with Boston’sHealth Care for the Homeless Programfor the past fifteen years. From 2004to 2009 she served as a member ofthe faculty of the National HealthCare for the Homeless Council whereshe designed curriculum and taughthealth care providers nationwideabout the unique health care needsof the homeless. She’s the author