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Just a note to thank you first and foremost for the wonderful experience you and your staff at Kawanhee provided our son, Gabriel. He grew not only physically, but also emotionally. He is today a much more mature boy than the one I left in Maine in July. Thank you again for such an enriching experience and for all your patience and kind words for us “first-timers”.

Viola and Tony Casellas

Guaynabo, Puerto Rico

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Why Kawanhee?

Camp Kawanhee is a residential summer camp located on the eastern shore of Webb Lake in the Town of Weld, nestled among the Appalachian Mountains of western Maine. In operation since 1920, Kawanhee welcomes boys ages 7 to 17 from all corners of the United States and abroad. Kawanhee is committed to a broad-based camp program, offering an evolving and rich mixture of enduring traditions and innovation…of intentional learning and spontaneous, unbridled joy. Operating Kawanhee is the sole mission of the George & Raymond Frank Foundation, a Section 501(c)(3) charitable organization.

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I just want to tell you how grateful I am for your help in making Kawanhee happen for Matt this year, and for your watchful eyes over him this summer. He had, without a doubt, the most wonderful summer of his life. Kawanhee was everything you told us it would be, and more.

Susan Wilson

Westerville, Ohio

The Camper Experience

Leadership Development

Leadership development is woven into every camper’s experience. Through daily activities, group challenges, and community responsibilities, campers of all ages are encouraged to build confidence, practice teamwork, and develop strong communication skills. The program fosters personal growth and a sense of responsibility, helping every camper discover their potential as a positive influence within the Kawanhee community.

Friendships to Last a Lifetime

And most importantly, where boys make enduring and honest friendships, daring to embrace their new-found brothers and their quirky summer community. It’s no wonder that camp friendships often last long after a camp career has given way to college, a livelihood and a family of one’s own.

Explore the Possibilities

Kawanhee gives boys some distance from their identities back home and at school, allowing them to catch their breath and create a vision for the bigger picture of their lives. It’s why we do camp, and why we so fervently believe that boys of the 21st century need such a place more than ever. Our shared goal is to return campers to their lives back home more confident and resourceful, eager to pitch-in, having made fast friends with people from all over, and having developed a broader and deeper sense of what is possible.

Check In, and Check Out

Where boys check their cell phones at the door and instead lift their eyes to infinite possibilities around them. Where they come to know, or are reminded, that star-gazing from a sleeping bag in the casual company of one’s friends is more satisfying than any text message or YouTube video. Where there is nothing virtual about the exhilaration of mountain biking in Maine’s backwoods.

Step Outside the Box

Kawanhee is a place where trying out new things and pushing beyond the familiar are celebrated, and where life-changing interests take root.

I want to express my gratitude again for allowing Robbie to have such an incredible experience this summer. He was able to learn so many new things and had such a great time doing it. He really came home a different person. All of the lessons he was taught at Kawanhee have stuck with him and he is definitely a more mature and responsible young man! He constantly talks about Kawanhee and his many experiences there. He cannot wait to go back and he has already decided he will one day be a counselor at Kawanhee.

Michelle Savacool

Chatham, New Jersey