Here we go…Birch Rock 2022- Season 96!
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Mother Nature and McWain Shores combined seamlessly for the picture perfect day! Summer warm temperatures and refreshing crisp waters of our private pond provided the perfect combination to welcome 82 […]
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Last Full Day of Staff Week
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Today was the last full day of staff week. The CIT’s are back from there short soirée in the Maine woods and camp is looking beautiful. This morning we had […]
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The C.I.T. Trip to Baldface
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We arrived on a stormy sunday afternoon, some by plane, and some by car. All with a purpose: to step into the role of C.I.T. (Counselor in Training) We flew […]
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What Is Your Why?
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As we come to a close on staff week, we at Birch Rock believe that reflection on the work that has been, the work that is being done, and the […]
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Back On The Hillside
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Aaaaaaand just like that we are back on the hillside. To return to Birch Rock Camp is to, once again, immerse oneself into the earth’s natural beauty. This morning while […]
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A Hero in Everyone’s Eyes
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Faster than a speeding bullet in Lake McWain, able to leap tall cabins in a single bound—that was Pete Haas. A hero in everyone’s eyes, Pete is remembered as the consummate […]
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Teen Mental Health
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What do you think about independence for children? And have you tuned in yet to the Japanese reality TV show Old Enough!? A hit show for three decades in Japan, […]
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Birch Bark Spring 2022 Edition
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The Birch Bark, Spring ’22 edition, is here with a tribute to Janice Walker, our treasured Camp Lady. As is traditional in the spring, college-bound Birch Rockers share their essays […]
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Tougher, Calmer and More Resilient
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What do Birch Rockers and the ancient Stoics have in common? Remarkably similar philosophies, it turns out! First century philosophers like Seneca and Epictetus can teach us how to become […]
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JUST LIKE HEAVEN
A Reflection on Birch Rock Camp in the 1980’s
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To be at Birch Rock in the 1980’s was to have one foot in the past and another in the future. In many ways, it was still the Birch Rock […]
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