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About Us Philosophy Parent Guide Activities Registration Information |
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Philosophy There are times [in life] that require special places in which to be properly lived. Youth is one of those times, and Eagle Wing is one of those places.  There
are days when Gardner Lake is smooth as glass, begging to be parted by
the quiet stroke of an oar or paddle.
There are other days when it becomes a tempest daring the
intrepid to sail its windswept reaches.
And, then there are times when it is best left to itself. Learning
to know the difference is the stuff of wisdom, and wisdom is best
acquired when we are young and still have guides to protect us from our
inexperience. It is to
provide such guide service, that Eagle Wing has been created.
The
lake is, of course, a metaphor for a host of activities from which
lasting life lessons can be learned.
Whether we are paddling a flat section of the Machias River
looking for moose, or flying through the rapids of the Wigwams, the
lesson is there, just a canoe paddle’s length away: we are neither so
small, nor so great as we think. The
truth lies in the middle, but the middle is not the place we wish to
live. It is only the place
from which we start. The
things that can pull us out of the middle are found in the strangest of
places. They are found in a
simple game of kick the can, played in the black of a north woods night;
in a story told around a campfire under a canopy of stars, which can no
longer be seen from many places; in a debate around the dinner table; or
during a game won or lost on the athletic field.
All these, and more, are the stuff of Eagle Wing.
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Winter Office (December - May): P.O. Box 265 Rocky Hill, CT 06067 Office: (860) 563-2804 Fax: (860) 529-8915 Email: eaglewingcamp@aol.com |
Summer Office (June - November): P.O. Box 230 East Machias, ME 04630 Office: (207) 255-3116 Fax: (207) 255-3255 Email: eaglewingcamp@aol.com
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