Compiled by Louis Levin
This month, I have two news items to share with you about camp: alongside my new co-worker, Jason Yale, we will be hiring and assembling the Camp Nebagamon staff for 2023!
First, we are so excited to bring on Jason as a member of our year-round staff. Jason will be working part-time for camp during the winter in support of his role during the summer as Trip Director. Many of you know Jason well, from his time as a camper, counselor, trip staff, and as trip director, and should be familiar with his phenomenal skills out in the wilderness, and his passion for and expertise in child development. Outside of Nebagamon, Jason has lots of experience leading tripping programs – he was the National Program Director for Big City Mountaineers, a non-profit that provides outdoor experiences for disinvested youth, and the Director of Outdoor Education at the Dunn School, a boarding school in Los Olivos, CA. After 20 summers at camp, Jason is joining our team to hire the 2023 trip staff, line up our wilderness permits for the summer, and plan and execute a phenomenal year of camping trips for our campers next summer!
Which brings me to the second piece of news – Jason and I are going to work together to hire the 2023 staff! Personally, I am really excited to take on this aspect of planning for camp. I have always loved keeping in touch with camp people, chatting on the phone, and hearing about all the cool things our camp community is up to during the off-season. And so far, hiring has felt exactly like that. I find myself asking folks “What are you up to this summer?” all the time, and now I can help those folks see the best answer to that question is “working at Camp Nebagamon!” Already, I’ve been holding interviews with new applicants, and chatting with returners from 2022 (and earlier!), and it’s been really fulfilling to get to show people why I love working at camp, and why they will too. And so, this is really all to say: we’re hiring! Come join our amazing team in 2023, and help us change campers’ lives. Jason and I are so excited to talk to you!
I have a slew of news to share with you this month as well – you can share more news with me via email at [email protected]!
IT MAY INTEREST YOU TO KNOW… Daniel Brick is running cross-country and playing basketball in Kansas City – he’s pretty fast, just like Sam Montag, whose cross-country team won the Georgia High School Association state championship! A few other notable showings in high school athletics include Chase Herbert, the fullback for his state-tournament qualifying football team, Alexander Averbuch’s 10-0 season on his football team at Montgomery Bell Academy, and finally, Eli Zelvy’s water polo squad finished 5th in state! Along with his brother, Aaron Zelvy is playing water polo too, with some lacrosse mixed in, and Nathan Eiserman is playing soccer and basketball – what a smattering of sports in Cincinnati! We’ve got all sorts of athletes in Atlanta – Cameron Louie plays tennis and spends a lot of time shredding the trails on his mountain bike, as well as his involvement with his local chapter of BBYO. And here’s another unique one – Sam Vincent in Nashville has taken up CrossFit. In Memphis, Sam Cohen is competing for the MUS swim team, Riley Kaminsky is scoring goals on the soccer pitch, Max Levy is splitting time between his wrestling team and his robotics club, Ben Hackney is rucking, scrumming, and mauling on his local rugby team, and Eitan Kaminsky is gaming at home! We’ve got some musicians in Memphis too — Holden May is belting out tunes on his saxophone in his school band, and Kosten Goldberg did a summer tour with his School of Rock band! In St. Louis, Bernie Goldstein is playing on two soccer teams, club and for his school, Griffin Scissors is swinging a club and a racquet on the golf course and the tennis court, and he rallies often with his brother Dylan, also an avid tennis player. And rounding out our athletes, Patrick Meehan is a defensive back and the kicker for his football team.
Congratulations Joel and Stephanie!
IN THE WHERE ARE THEY NOW DEPARTMENT… Brian Bauer’s (Nashville, 1998-2000, ’02-’03) company Bauer Entertainment was nominated for Entrepreneur of the Year by the Nashville Business Journal. Jeffrey Burnstein (Glencoe/Atlanta, 2005-’10, ’12-’14) is working in commercial real estate with the Bridge Investment Group. Ben Montag (Atlanta, ’12-18) is studying sports management and playing baseball for the Rice Owls. Rand Shapiro (St. Louis, 1965-’69, ’71-’75, 2008-’11, ’13-’15) is a homebound teacher in St. Louis, educating students who cannot attend school in person. Edgar Rothschild (Nashville, 1962-’66) just finished a 450 mile bike tour of Sicily (that’s 724km!), and Jonathan May (Memphis, 1994-’98, 2000-’06) recently completed a half-Ironman triathlon. Andy Cohen (St. Louis, 2004-’10, ’12-’21) started a new position as Sales Manager for the Ritz Carlton, St. Louis. Michael Deutsch (Atlanta, 2006-’11, ’13-’14, ’16-’18) is a Data Analyst with Ernst and Young. Brothers Spence Myer (St. Louis 2002-’07, ’09-’12, ’14) and Jackson Myer (St. Louis 2004-’09, ’14) were both inducted into the MICDS Hall of Fame as hockey players. Sam Rezaei (Chicago, 2011-’15, ’17) is walking across the country from New York City to Los Angeles to raise money for unhoused Chicago residents. He is almost finished with his journey – you can track his journey and donate on his Instagram page here.
WEDDING CONGRATULATIONS GO TO… Ben Deutsch (Atlanta, 2002-’07, ’09) and Sophie Koff (Scarsdale, NY).
IN THE BIBS AND DIAPERS DEPARTMENT… It’s a boy, Cooper Sircus Rivkin, for Joel Sircus (Chicago, 2001-’07, ’09-’10, ’14) and Stephanie Rivkin.