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Summer Wrap-up 2011Volume 29, No. 3

Happenings from Horizons

Joinus for our

Fall Reunion

Horizons campers, counselors and friends – there's still time to register for our fantastic annual Fall Reunion on Halloween weekend, Friday, Oct. 28 through Sunday, Oct. 30. We’re planning a wonderful weekend, with lots of activities and plenty of time to share memories, relive those great times at Horizons, and catch up with camp friends and staff. Join us for pumpkin carving, wagon rides, high ropes, hiking, horseback riding, the Polar Bear Plunge for hearty souls (!), campfires with s’mores, a Halloween Extravaganza, stories, skits and other camp favorites.

The per-person cost for the weekend is $130, which includes meals, lodging and all activities (bring your own sleeping bags, pillows and towels). We’re also offering an optional shuttle service from Fair Oaks Mall for $70 round trip.

For more information or to register for our Fall Reunion, please visit our web site, www.CampHorizonsVA.com. Hope to see you there!

This past summer Camp Horizons hosted 566 campers from 13 different countries and 16 different states, including two campers from the Czech Republic – Veronica and Krystof Tichy. They continued a family tradition by coming to Horizons – their dad, Karel Tichy, was a counselor here in 1992.

U.S. campers came from Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Florida, Georgia, West Virginia, New York, Indiana, New Hampshire, Illinois, New Jersey, Ohio, Massachusetts, South Carolina, Colorado and North Carolina, as well as Washington, D.C. International campers represented the countries of the Ukraine, Germany, Spain, Singapore, France, Austria, Netherlands,

UK, China, Italy, Venezuela and the Czech Republic.

New this year, campers enjoyed First Tee Golf introduction, Water Aerobics, the “Boot Camp” fitness program, and Comic Book and Board Game making. Explorer campers enjoyed the North Fork Valley Canopy Tour in addition to the Via Ferrata, both at Nelson Rocks Outdoor Center in West Virginia, as optional activities.

Equestrian Camp, at the beginning and end of the summer season, celebrated its 2nd season with 18 young riders attending.

Leadership campers, here for four weeks of summer, received specific training in lead-ership, team building, group dynamics, con-

flict resolution and more. Leadership camp-ers lived with younger campers, and helped lead programs and activities, in addition to enjoying special activities just for them! Leadership campers for 2011 were Sam Kane, Aude Buchmuller, Marshall Edmunds, Ted Diamond, Megan Niewold, Kara Grosbach, Erin Walsh and Julia Howard.

Thanks to all campers and parents who have completed the on-line survey at: www.surveymonkey.com/s/CH2011 about your camp experience. If you have not done so, please complete the survey and share your comments, suggestions and ideas. Your feedback is invaluable as we think about ways to make Camp Horizons even better.

The Director'sCorner

. . . and to our behind-the-scenes staff

Fall is in the air here, and it's time to look back at our sum-mer, remember all the great times, and begin to plan for next summer.

For us, Summer 2012 will have special meaning – it marks the 30th anniversary of the founding of Camp Horizons. While we haven’t finalized details yet, we have set the date for our 30th anniversary Staff Reunion. Mark your calendars for Labor Day weekend 2012!

This past summer was the inaugu-ral season of Camp Up with People, a new performing arts camp for teens that's a partnership between the international Up with People and the Horizons Learning Foundation, work-ing with Camp Horizons. The camp attracted teens from 12 different coun-tries, who were united by their interest in song, dance, community service and global citizenship. We’re proud to be a part of this great new summer camp program, and look forward to seeing it grow in years to come.

In addition to hosting our summer campers, we were pleased to share our great facilities and programs with the 20th annual Mid-Atlantic Burn Camp for young, burn survivors; Operation Purple for kids whose military par-ents either are or have been deployed; Special Olympics; Camp Dragonfly for children who have lost someone they love; and many other groups throughout the year.

Save this date: Oct. 28-30 for our Fall Reunion. We have a busy week-end of fun activities and special events planned. Hope to see you there!

John HallLife is for Living!

Colombia, South Korea, New Zealand, Hungary, Denmark and the United States of America. U.S. staff members were from the states of Virginia, North Dakota, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey and New York. Twenty-six were returning staff members, and 12 were former Horizons campers.

A special thanks to our directors, head counselors and activity leads who did a superb job of ensuring camp ran smoothly and the season was an outstand-ing one. In addition to Directors John Hall, Kim Betts, Lori Ostrem and Chris Coventry, support staff included Head Counselors Hannah Dunn, Marshall Tuck, Jenny Walker and Adam Whitehall, and Activity Leads Roy Macias, visual arts; Jake Bogdonoff, performing arts; Anna Buchanan, equestrian; Devin Hall,

aquatics; Bill Enkhbayar, sports; and Amanda Williams, outdoors.

While our counselors and program directors were perhaps the most visible of our camp staff, many folks worked tire-lessly behind the scenes to make sure that camp ran smoothly. A special thanks to you all, our unsung heros, for the great support you provided to ensure the suc-cess of Summer 2011.

Our talented dining services crew, headed by Food Service Director Steve Herrmann, included Brad Branner, Cheyenne Harsell, Josh Howdyshell,

Thanks to our incredible 2011 staff. . .Our wonderful summer camp season

here at Horizons wouldn’t be possible without our talented, enthusiastic group of summer counselors and support staff. Their fun-loving attitude, talents and obvi-ous love of children shown through in all this team of 50 diverse, young adults did this summer. Our staff represented the countries of England, Northern Ireland, Mexico,

Laura Hyatt, Edward James, Kay Kibler, Makenzie King, Ingrid Maki, Szonja Meyer, Sara Popkins, Emily, John-Paul and Lydia Selwood, Fiora Szanto and Diane Tinnell.

Facilities staff included Brent Yoder, facilities director; Kenny Betts, facilities manager; Carl Davis, Leslie Michael, Bill Blessing, Jose Cardozo, Jesus Garcia, and Daniel Hisey, facilities; Tom McNeilus, Dexter Beyer and Tom Hall, drivers; and Connie Flick and Doris Kent, housekeep-ing.

Awards recognize outstanding Horizons staff

CH Circle recognizes six new members

Six awards were given out to deserving staff members at our end-of-the-summer banquet. The staff nominated individuals who went beyond the norm in their

counseling duties for each of these awards.

Shelley Davis Award

Leadership AwardThis award recognizes staff members who worked tirelessly this summer, often behind the scenes, and did not always get the recognition they deserved.

This award, created in memory of coun-selor Shelley Davis, who worked here from 1998-2000, and passed away in 2004, recognizes staff members who exemplify Shelley's spirit, enthusiasm, energy and love of camp.

This award recognizes up-and-coming leaders who have demonstrated leadership throughout the summer.

Susan Davis & Daniel Batters

Alice Latham & Paul Jones

Olivia Clarke & TJ Kirk

Camp Horizons Circle, an alumni group created to acknowledge and reward the ongoing commitment of staff members to Camp Horizons and its beliefs, philosophies and programs, welcomes six 2011 inductees: Jenny Walker, Liz Heilbronner, Grace Corapi, Chris Jett, Yoon Jin Kang and Roy Macias. This year's Circle inductees come from the USA, Mexico, South Korea and Northern Ireland.

Circle recognizes staff members’ long-term commitment to Camp Horizons and to the campers and fellow staff members who are here each session. CH Circle represents the circle of life, friendship and loyalty that is created and sustained here at

camp. CH Circle symbolizes our concept of “We are many, we are one.”

To be eligible, staff members must successfully complete three full summers at camp.

Congratulating new CH Circle members are Executive Camp Director John Hall, left, and Kim Betts, director of administration, right. New Circle inductees are, left to right, Jenny Walker, Liz Heilbronner, Grace Corapi, Chris Jett, Yoon Jin Kang and Roy Macias.

Unsung Hero Award

Camp Up with People!Inaugural season of international performing arts camp huge success

Camp Up with People’s inaugural season was truly an international event, with 54 campers representing 12 dif-ferent countries and 10 different states. The performing arts camp, a partner-ship between the international Up with People and the Horizons Learning Foundation, working with Camp Horizons, held two three-week sessions. Twenty-five campers attended the first, and 29 campers attended the second.

The camp focused on four areas: performing arts, leadership, service and culture (global citizenship). During each session, campers performed ser-vice projects for the Salvation Army, the Shenandoah Volunteer Farm, and Eastern Mennonite High School as a way of giving back to their new com-munity.

The bulk of campers’ time was spent with the performing arts, culminating with a capstone performance at EMHS at the end of each session that was attended by Camp Horizons campers as well as guests from the community,

family and friends. Campers also had plenty of time to experience traditional camp activities at Camp Horizons. CUWP campers enjoyed horseback riding and the low challenge courses, and were a part of the weekly talent shows at Camp Horizons. CUWP campers also traveled to Nelson Rocks Outdoor Center in West Virginia to experience the exhilarating Via Ferrata climbing challenge and the beauti-ful North Fork Valley Canopy Tour, took a trip to Washington, D.C., and stayed with host families while visiting the city. But perhaps the most important aspect of CUWP was the connections this group of diverse young people made with each other, creating new friendships that span the globe.

A special thanks to the CUWP staff: Tim Lane, USA, camp director; Martin Brennan, USA, cast manager; Emma Nissen, Sweden, camp representative, education coordinator, music coordinator, counselor; Chris Pierno, Canada, camp representative, education coordinator, technical coordinator, counselor; Kyle

Chan, USA, dance captain, counselor; Lotte Van den heuvel, Belgium, dance captain, counselor; Samantha Gonzales, USA, food service, lifeguard, counselor; and Chiara Mari, Switzerland, food ser-vice, Swap Shop coordinator, first-aid/medical, counselor.

Also assisting CUWP were Lynne Morris, show director/producer; Bill Welsh, music director; Humberto Alabado, show director assistant; Charlotte Lane, vocal coach and sound technician; Peder Nielsen, lighting/sound support; and Sergio Campos, music assistant/counselor.

Dates for the 2012 Camp Up with People are: Cast A: July1-21; Cast B: July 22-Aug. 11. Cost for each three-week session is $2,600 and includes meals & lodging, transportation to and from Dulles International Airport, activities and pro-gram materials, performance production costs, field trips and service projects.

For more information visit www.CampUpwithPeople.org. Also, fol-low us on Facebook.

Thanks to our great returning campers!2 years

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Julia Bannatyne, Asia Barnes, Olivia Beach, Sophie Beach, Rian Bigsby, Grace Bloom, Quin Bloom, Tania Bock, Alex Bourjaily, Vanya Bourjaily, James Bradshaw, Rachel Bree, Bit Brown, Tommy Brown, Paul Brown, Aude Buchmuller, Izzy Burden, Hanna Burfield, Zac Carling, Jacob Cody, Christian Cognigni, Peyton Cooper, Peighton Cornetto-Macintosh, Drew Crum, Catherine Czajka, Lindsey Davidson, Connor Day, Julia DeBrosse, Sophie DeLeo, Will Dennis, Kerry Ellis, Ben Emley, Daniel Ernst, Alec Federman, Maia Federman, Madeline FitzGerald, Carolyn Fusca, Jacqueline Harriot, Julian Hayes, Alex Holberger, Alex Hunter, Casey Huntington, Cody Huntington, Katie Hyre, Kendall Ivey, Julianne Jaegle, Amanda Jaffray, Ryan Jenks, Nora Keely, Yasmina Khartami, Anna Kunysz, Grace Kunysz, Mae Kunysz, Morgan Kunysz, Emma Kushner, Matt LaRosa, Emma Larson, Kennedy Lee, Anouk Lucas, Elena Marshel, Derek Martin, Alex Matechak, Brenna McIntryre, Zach McIntyre, Dana Mendoza, Danika Mendoza, Ashley Morris, Caroline Nelson, Andrew Norville, Matti Oursinsiri, Molly Oursinsiri, Kyra Owens, Juan Pablo Palacios, Mina Parsons, Chris Pilaro, Finn Pilaro, Tristan

Pilaro, Carmen Renzi, Ralphy Renzi, Adam Reyda, Brooke Reynolds, Kathryn Ryan, Annie Ryhanych, Connor Salzman, Logan Salzman, Arianna Schmid, Ben Schrock, Thana Schrock, Hallie Scotland, Farris Sepulveda, Ryan Shepdard, Klajdi Shima, Jack Shuford, Miles Simpson, Andy Slayton, Brooke Stanley, Morgan Starnes, Emma Stevens, Caroline Stricker, Ian Suddarth, Shayna Tamburo, Danny Torres, Marco Toselli, Johanna Trout, Shelby Trout, Lilly Turner, Marcus Tweed, Katherine Vannicola, Alejandra Vernet, Kate Vorder Bruegge, Hailey Wallis, Eliot Ward, Lila Washa, Lydia Watkins, Emily Whitaker, Olivia Whitaker, Carson Whitney, Tristan Williams, Clark Zimmerman.

William Altschul, Nicole Anderson, Sean Anderson, Branden Arnold, Savannah Balducci, Avery Bass, Adam Benmhend, Sophia Benmhend, Matt Biller, Victoria Boner, Erin Christoph, Lily Emley, Nikita Fillacier, Zoe Fillacier, Colleen Fowkes, Tim French, Cece Garner, Emily Golden, David Hallem, Jake Hallem, Sid Hallem, Claire Harkins, Kevin Harkins, Jacob Hudson, Elana Hutner, Isabel Incorvati, Jovanny Jadacky, Sophie Juola, Maya Keely, Liana Keesing, Conor Kelly, Max Krauthamer,

Paul Kristen, Graham Liggan, Palmer Marsh, Bradley Martin, Evan Mata, Jack Matechak, Conn Mehigan, Andrew Miller, Elizabeth Miller, Zachary Miller, Matthew Miller, Joe Novosel, Diya Nuxoll, Honora Overby, Katie Petway, Aidan Piccioni, Dylan Piccioni, Connor Riggs, Leslie Rondon, Matthew Rondon, Faye Russell, William Schaefermeier, Joseph Schanuel, Jerod Singer, Valerie Speigelthal, Abigail Thomas, Michael Thomas, Annie Washa, Ben Watkins.

Stephen Bauer, Matt Dearborn, Mac Haight, Anna Jorgensen, Lisa Kolgan, Mario Lovewell, Josh McGhee, Emilie Pratt, Nate Rudman, Nick Rudman, Quin Tamburo, Jack Watson.

Aspen Billow, Will Brown, William Clarke, Madison Edmunds, Nathan Jester, Callie Smith.

Chloe Berry, Mia Berry, Marshall Edmunds, Kara Grosbach, Sam Kane, Claire Lorenzetti, Katya Maslova, Erin Walsh.

Memories Words really can't capture the fun, friendship and non-stop action of Summer 2011 at Camp Horizons. But pictures can! So enjoy our scrapbook of summer memories.At Camp Horizons, we are many, we are one!

Run, jump, kick, score . . . Sports at CH!Run, jump, kick, score . . . Sports at CH!

life’s special eventslife’s special eventslife’s special events

Add some adventure to your life. . .Add some adventure to your life. . .Add some adventure to your life. . .

with off-camp excursionswith off-camp excursionswith off-camp excursions

Via Ferrata. . .Canopy Tour. . .Caving. . . Canoeing. . .Rockclimbing. . .SCUBA. . .Tubing!

Alumni News, Views and Happenings

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1980s 2003Alison Inconstanti (1983), a coun-

selor our very first year, is a tour guide and photographer at Sony Studios in Los Angeles, Calif.

Traveling from Sweden, Markus Erikson Amanto (1994-1996), wife Filippa, and children Aminda and Rafael visited Larry Swenson (1991-1995) in Lake Park, Minnesota this summer. Larry also ran into camper Palmer Marsh (2008-2011) at Fair Hills Resort in Minnesota.

Jen Laffey Anderson (1993), husband Jeff and big brother Jack welcomed baby Ryan on Aug. 24 in Pennsylvania.

Rob Daniel (1996-1998) and wife Michele wel-comed baby Scarlett in June in Australia.

The Erikson Amanto family visits with Larry

Swenson.

Jack with baby brother Ryan

Chrissy Burrough (2002) and Josh welcomed daughter Piper in July in Washington state.

Christy Turner Hughes (2001-2002), husband Chris and big brother Lucas wel-comed baby Isaac in June in the UK.

Claire Angell (2001-2003) is travel-ing the world for a year. So far she has visited India, Nepal, Mt Everest Base Camp, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, New Zealand and Chile.

Asciak Gundogdu (2001-2003) and Tara Volkan were married in August in England.

Naomi Sandler Gunter (2003) and husband Jeff welcomed son Quinn in July in Maryland.

Carly Kostakos (2003) graduated from the University of Baltimore Law School. Celebrating with her are, below, back row, left to right, Ashlee Droscher (2000-2003), Barbara Kostakos (2003), Carly, Claire Mitchell (2003), front row, Dr. Steve Martin (2002-2007, 2009), and Dan Schaser (2002-2005).

Alex Moore (2002-2003) is an actor living in London. He has appeared in film

and commercials includ-ing ESPN, Guinness, Green Zone, Captain America, and Batman: Rise of the Dark Knight. His current projects include Dark Shadows,

Claire at the base

camp of Mt.

Everest.

Snow White and the Huntsman and World War Z. He recently ran into Alistair Newby (2003-2004) at a bank in London and saw Danny Horsley (2003) on a bus in England! Check out his website site at www.alexomoore.com.

Rachel Sheeres Gelb (2004), husband Dana, big sister Adah and big brother Austin welcomed baby Aaron on Sept. 1 in Virginia.

Congratulations to Vera Elliott (2004) and Bryan Fantinelli (2004) on their engagement!

Dave Hilton (2000, 2001, 2003, 2004) and Emma Young were married in July in England.

Nicole Luvison (2003-2005) and Brenton Forshey were married in September 2010. They moved to Seattle, Wash., where she is an ESL instruc-tor at the University of Washington.

Steve Thompson (2001-2005) and Annie Metzger (2005) were both in Costa

Rica at the same time and had a mini-Horizons Reunion.

Traci Schewene (2003-2006) and hus-band Josh Cannon welcomed a son, Riley in August in Wisconsin.

It’s another Camp Horizons marriage! Lindsey Whittaker (2006) and Nick Searle (2005-2006) were married Aug.

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Keep up with ourgrowing CH family

We love to hear from our ever-growing Camp Horizons family, so keep in touch. Let us know what's happening in your life and who of your Camp Horizons friends you keep in touch with. Stop by for a visit, drop us a line or e-mail us to update your address, send information or share any alumni news. Please send news and photos to [email protected]. Also visit our Alumni Page on our web site to see if you have contact information for any of the staff listed there.

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Alumni News . . . continuedContinued from Page 1520 in Berryville, Va. They had a second reception in England on Aug. 26. Carolyn Harvey (2005-2007, 2009) and Pierre Court (2005) attended.

Lindsey Whittaker and Nick Searle.

Philip Tyrrell (2007-2008) is a sol-dier in the British Army based in Bulford, England. He recently represented the Army in snowboarding in Austria. Philip is engaged to Elizabeth Wilkins.

Maxie Keeler (2009) studied at the University of Cape Town, South Africa this summer. She vol-unteered with an organization that did tutoring and computer training,

and met up with David Beaumont (2007-2009) at Signal Hill in Cape Town.

Beckie Bintrim (2005, 2006, 2010) just finished nine months of teaching English in Brazil, and is working on her Master’s degree in Latin American studies at NYU.

Beckie in Brazil.

Roy Macias (2008, 2009, 2011) is back in Mexico working as a babysitter and doing graphic design work.

Alice Latham (2010-2011) and sever-al other staff, Jonathan Galbraith (2008-2010), Stacey Kavanaugh (2010), Claire Grove (2008, 2010), David Snowdon (2005, 2008, 2010), Lucy Mathews (2009-2010) and Graham Hollingdale (2007-2010) had a reunion in the UK recently.

Amanda Heaton Williams (2010-2011) and Rayce Williams (2010-2011) have just landed in Changchun, China where they will spend a year teaching English at a university.

Devin Hall (2008-2011) and Graham Hollingdale (2007-2010) took a road trip from Virginia to Maine this spring, stopping at Ben & Jerry’s in Vermont.

Start planning for our30th reunion!

We know it seems far off, but we've already set the dates for the Camp Horizons 30th staff reunion & celebration! Mark your calendars for Labor Day weekend 2012. Also, if you have any pictures of the early days of Camp Horizons, please send them to us.

Thanks for the great summer…. . .

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