Happy Halloween!We’re stirring up all kinds of

fun at Appel Farm these days, but what we’re missing is YOU! We

can’t wait to be together again this summer! In the meantime, we are thrilled to share the first Appel Core of the season! A new edition of the Appel Core will be posted to our website again in January, March, and May, before campers take over this summer.

This issue is packed with exciting updates, stories, and memories from last summer. Find out who was right, was it Head Counselor Sarv? Hear all about Laura's idea of fun, and her "nostalgia-saturated advice" for current campers. Start getting creative with ideas for Appel Farm 360 Events & Projects, and connect with us!

Most importantly: join us here at camp for the Camp Reunion on Sunday, November 10! We will be having all sorts of fun and we want YOU to be a part of it. Campers, staff, alumni, friends and family are all invited! Keep in touch with us all year long, and before we know it summer will be here again!

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Cara CorradettiCamp Relations Director

Julia Weekes Programs & Creativity

Director

Jess CookAssistant Camp Director

The Camp Team:This fall, we bid farewell to our beloved Camp Director Tracy

Power. After five years at Appel Farm, Tracy is returning home to be with her family and pursue new and exciting career goals. We wish Tracy all the best in this new path of her life’s journey and she will always be #appelfarm4life!

We are thrilled to introduce you to a new member of our camp team. Joining Camp Directors Julia Weekes and Cara Corradetti will be Assistant Camp Director Jessica Cook. Jess joined us this summer as the Lead Counselor for our Little Appels, and brought so much kindness and leadership to her role. She fell in love with the cornerstones, core values, and overall Appel Farm "feel".

Learn more about Jess and her impressive background in psychology, education and music in this Appel Core!

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“It wasn't like that all,” my aunt Charlotte asserted with absolute certainty. We were talking about my father and my dog Sammy, fourty years earlier. Sammy. I remembered, had stolen an entire steak from the kitchen table and my father had kicked him before he had a chance to run off.

“Your father would never do that,” Charlotte continued. “He yelled at the dog which was enough.” I didn’t remember whether Charlotte was visiting us at the time, but she seemed so certain of what she had remembered.

My aunt and I were discussing something that had (or hadn’t) happened forty years earlier. We both had a long time to reconstruct our memories.

Charlotte was my youngest and most favorite aunt. She was eighteen when I was born and was more like a big sister to me. My father, on the other hand, was eighteen when Charlotte was born. She idolized her big brother.

My perceptions (and memories) of my father were very different from my aunt’s. I had my mother to myself for the four years my father was away in Europe healing the wounded from and in the battlefields of World War II. He returned as a war hero but, to me, he was a strange man who tried to give me orders. I was, after all, three years old when I had seen him last.

My memory was having my mother and my grandmother to myself for four years when this stranger came in and took over. I still cringed at the memory of this overpowering man storming into the room in a rage and kicking my stupid dog.

“It wasn’t like that at all,” my aunt Charlotte repeated, interrupting my day dream. “Yes it was. I remember. He kicked Sammy.” I repeated as if repetition would make it more true.

Charlotte adored my father. He was her powerful big brother, the doctor

of the family who devoted his life to healing. He was extremely handsome. (He was once mistaken for the actor and heart throb Cary Grant by none other than my mother). In my aunt’s eyes he could do no wrong and certainly would be incapable of kicking a helpless dog.

But I was certain that my memory was right. As certain as she was that she was right. Who was right? Then, in a flash, I realized I had been doing that from the time I began to speak—or maybe even earlier. There was a right and a wrong to everything, I thought. The world was divided into rights and wrongs or good guys and bad guys. Think of it. The whole world is divided into those of who think we are right and the others (whoever they are) are wrong. This is true from the crusaders to me and my aunt Charlotte.

This is true for two campers getting into a heated argument. It is as

Who Was Right?

Sarvananda Bluestone has been a college professor, published author, and profess ional psychic. In addition he has been the Head Counselor and a Theater Director at Appel Farm for 32 summers, though he took a summer off last year, he was

here in spirit!! He originally came so that his daughter,

Hira, could come as a camper, and these days, his granddaughter, Lucy is a camper!

Olde Time Photo Booth

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old as human beings have been around. But we have the opportunity to change our human conditioning. We can do this at Appel Farm. That’s the beauty or our summer “hot house." We can support each other to find new ways of relating. We can lovingly approach each other as people who live inside of their own skin and see the world differently than we do. We don’t have to worry about who is “right” or who is “wrong." We can accept other memories whether personal or even (especially) historical.

Turns out my aunt Charlotte was right. (And so was I).

Learn more about Laura's work at https://www.takecontrolinitiative.org.

FEATURED ALUMLaura Bellis

1. When were you at camp?

I went to Appel Farm from 2001 to 2006.

2. What was your major and what were some of your minors?

Theater Tech Major, Creative Writing Minor (and I really can’t remember what else.)

3. What was camp like when you were a camper and what are some of your favorite memories?

Camp felt like this idyllic, creative wonderland of people (both attendees and staff) being our most authentic, weird selves. Some of my favorite memories are of the spaces in-between activities: being moderately mischievous with friends, early morning conversations on a picnic table, wandering around the “Bunny Trail,’ eating chocolate chip cookie dough on Beach Day. Notably, I’ll never forget one of the counselors, Jeff Peck, reenacting all of the movie Spaceballs with kitchen utensils over the course of several meals. Also, every year I looked forward to conversations with Sarvananda Bluestone… I could spend hours listing people at Appel Farm who’ve left a positive, indelible mark on my life

4. Where are you living now, and what are you doing for work and fun?

I live in Tulsa, Oklahoma, having moved here via Teach For America after I graduated from Oberlin College (I went there, in part, because some of my counselors had). I’m the Executive Director of the Take Control Initiative, a

nonprofit that works to remove barriers to access for contraception through education, free clinical services, and data/policy initiatives. My other full-time work is community organizing, especially around ending over-policing, police brutality and racial profiling. As part of this work, I co-facilitate a grassroots research and advocacy group; some of our work and recommendations were recently cited in a report from Human Rights Watch. I currently serve as Chair of the Human Rights Commission of the City of Tulsa. My idea of fun is literally going to city council committee meetings, I can’t quite explain it, but it feels to me how I imagine some people feel about the Super Bowl.

5. How do you think you were influenced by your Appel Farm experience?

Aside from 5 years of teaching junior high in a Title I school, I have to say that going to Appel Farm was the most transformative experience of my life. I was a fairly unhappy kid who felt isolated, and every summer at Appel Farm I had the opportunity to be somewhere that gave me a complete sense of belonging. I still have friendships from Appel Farm, and they’re some of the most phenomenal people I know and they do such incredible work. I think having the space to loudly be myself,

surrounded by some of the most hilarious and compassionate people I’ve ever met has helped me feel confident in who I am today and never feel alone in any endeavor.

6. What advice or suggestions do you have for present day Appel Farm campers?

My nostalgia-saturated advice to any current camper is to absorb every experience you can while you’re there and know that you may only get to be at Appel Farm for a short time, but that it’s more than a place; you can carry the memories and people with you. There’s pockets of the rest of the world like Appel Farm that you can either find or create. And, as Frederick Douglass said “Agitate, Agitate, Agitate!”

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APPEL FARM FOR LIFE!

Appel Farm 360: Full Circle Arts & Learning

360° of creativity, kindness, and confidence that we ignite in all of our children

360° degrees from a small farm, alive with music to the arts education leader in South Jersey360° degrees around the whole wide world,

bringing people of all ages, backgrounds, and cultures together in our inclusive community, celebrating each

person for exactly who it is that they are

This is our theme for our 60th Anniversary! To celebrate this historic anniversary, we will be hosting Appel Farm 360 events and projects: epic collaborations, creative and heartfelt expressions of love in the Appel Farm spirit in every art form!

Tiny Art: Big Impact was the first Appel Farm 360 Project. Sixty members of our community contributed tiny 3" x 3" canvases to create a much bigger art show for our 60th Anniversary Kick-Off. We hope you will all visit us, and see this tiny art in our Office, where it will be permanently installed.

Stay in touch with us to learn about Appel Farm 360 Events and Projects, or reach out to propose a new idea! 24-hour music festival featuring only camp alumni? Epic group art project? Dance-a-Thon? Setting a new world record? World-Wide Friday Night Concert? Our creativity is limitless!

Author: R. Allan ChristiansonTitle: "Crowns"

• 3" x 3",• Acrylic, acrylic remnants & Gorilla

Glue on canvas

In recognition of: John Goffe Rand

In 1841 John G. Rand invented the tin paint tube, thus making paint portable. This furnished an important tool to newly emerging impressionists and painters ever since.

During painting, in tightening the cap on the screw top, a residue, a remnant is created. I call these "Crowns."

Crowns make this painting.

Dedicated to Will Christianson

Tiny ArtBig Impact 360

Appel Farm

Full Circle Arts& Learning

Jess Cook, Assistant Camp Director, comes to Appel Farm with an impressive background

as an educator and musician. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology

from Muhlenberg College. In college she ran music groups, sang at Madison Square Garden, worked with marginalized communities on their music programs, and more.

Though she is brand new to the Appel Farm team as Assistant Camp Director,

she is no stranger to summer camp. Originally from the Philadelphia suburbs,

Jess spent more than ten years at sleep-away camp as a camper, CIT, and counselor. Since

college, she has worked with children of all abilities and ages in both recreational and educational settings.

In her free time, Jess sits on the Board of Directors for Simon's Heart Foundation and sings jazz and blues in the Philadelphia area. Jess looks forward to incorporating her background in music, education, psychology, and non-profit programming with her knowledge of and passion for summer camp and sharing it all with us at Appel Farm.

Join Us!an evening with

Friends of Appel FarmWe would like to invite all of our Alumni and friends back to camp! We’ll gather for a wine and cheese social, catch up with friends, and then join the audience for one of our longest standing traditions...

Join us for a Friday Night ConcertJuly 10th & August 7th

Want to help us turn these events into Appel Farm 360 Projects? Get in

touch at jquinn@appeflarm.org!

Please save the

date for our biggest two 60th Anniversary Celebrations!

60th Anniversary Alumni Reunion:

August 21-23, 2020

60th Anniversary Gala: September 26, 2020

Jess

Cook

COLOR GUARD CAMP INTENSIVEInstructors &

Designers from top WGI, DCI, DCA

and Scholastic Color Guard Programs

New Camp Program! With program design, coordination, and instruction led by World Class Drum Corps, Winter Guard, and Marching Band Creative Designers Louis Hellinger and Matt Hurley, Appel Farm's new Color Guard Camp Intensive delivers differentiated instruction based on skill level for equipment technique (flags, rifles, and sabres), contemporary/lyrical dance, and leadership-character building. Our approach will ensure every camper feels more confident and skilled to go back to their home guards better than ever! Campers will work toward learning a routine to share with families at the end of the session.

Spread the word about this new program to all your

color guard friends!

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CONNECT! Stay in touch with Appel Farm! Connect with us on social media, tag Appel Farm, and use our favorite #appelfarm4life!

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6 campers from Session 2 Bunk 18 are coming to Camp 2020, and it’s about time you signed up too! Register today!

Session 2 Bunk 18

Campsick?Camp Reunion on November 10th!Join us for the Camp Reunion on Sunday, November 10th, right here at Appel Farm! Register on the camp website, or call us at 856-358-2472!

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Did you know that, Dan ie l G i t t l e r

i s g o i n g o n t o u r w i t h WAITRESS as the Associate Conductor?

Do you know about Fami l y

Arts Camp and the scholarships we offer to

2nd generation campers every summer?

Do you know that our next Alumni Reunion is on August 21-23, 2020?

If you answered no to any of these questions, we need your updated contact info!

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Refer a Friend!

Our community is made up of young artists, many of whom learned about us from peop le l i ke you, who know and love Appel Farm.

If you know any creative kids who might be a good match for us, we would love to introduce ourselves and tell them all about Appel Farm!

Help us ignite creativity, kindness, and confidence in the children in your life! Be an ambassador, and refer a friend today!

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