AT 125! - Camp Dudley

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Other primary themes also emerged in this initial phase of research. “We realized that very few, if any, camps for girls offered team sports, leadership training and a spiritual foundation – all in one,” said Andy. Borrowing some of the successes of Camp Dudley, the idea was to create a girls’ camp using a similar model but adapting it to girls. Bearing all of her findings in mind, Fran continued her search, and in 2004, met Jack and Marilyn Williams at Camp Kiniya on its 135 acre campus in Colchester, Vermont. Helen Van Buren had founded the Camp in 1919, and the Williams had owned and operated Kiniya since 1951.
Kiniya had many traditions of its own, including horseback riding, which was implemented in the early 1930’s, a Big/Little Sister program, the Kiwi celebration, its closing banquet and the beloved awards ceremony which follows the banquet. The girls lived in cabins, hiked into the hills of Vermont and enjoyed music, drama and games, as well as sports like swimming, diving, archery and canoeing. Through the years, the girls’ program had expanded and thrived, adding many more sports, including water-skiing, as well as a dance program and camp craft. Girls continued to flock to the eastern shores of Lake Champlain each summer to enjoy American camping life.
Page 1 and 2: Camp DuDley at 125! THE OTHER FELLO
Page 3 and 4: Andy’s early leaders at Dudley in
Page 5 and 6: In 2002, Dudley’s board of manage
Page 7 and 8: # 14508 Peggy Bolster joined the of
Page 9 and 10: During our 125th year, we were reco
Page 11: The board formed a Girls Committee
Page 15 and 16: After a brief courtship, Camp Dudle
Page 17 and 18: In the midst of merging the two cam
Page 19 and 20: Andy, Davo and Martin Germerroth of
Page 21 and 22: Celebrating that devotion and passi
Page 23 and 24: Robert H. “Bob” Marshall, Campe

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