Timanews

Announcing our two new Trustees

1/21/2021

It is with great pleasure that we announce the addition of two new Trustees to the Board. Please welcome Jeanette Michael and Bruce Wimberly, both of whom have a long history with Timanous, as you will see below.

Jeanette and Bruce bring important perspectives to the work and deliberations of the Board. Adding their voices and skills reflects camp’s commitment to inclusive and well-grounded governance.

Welcome, Jeanette and Bruce!

Craig MacDonnell, Board Chair

Garth Altenburg, Director

Jeanette Michael

Jeanette is a long-time Operations Manager at New York Blood Center, a community-based nonprofit blood bank. Her connection to Timanous stretches back to 2010 when her sons, Javin and Jaear, started as young campers. Fast forward eleven years and Javin is now a veteran counselor! She lives in Yonkers, New York and enjoys being a mom most of all, but because her sons are now young adults, she has resolved to dedicate her time to helping others, especially children. She is an active member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., a service based organization. She also volunteers in her local neighborhood and is most proud to help with "The Little Library" which sits on a corner and houses free books for anyone in the neighborhood to take.

“Camp Timanous has become a tradition for our entire family and will be a part of us for the rest of our lives. We spend hours remembering the great times. I'm excited to join the Timanous board to help ensure that other families like my own can have the same opportunity and enjoy similar memories.”

Bruce Wimberly

Bruce was a camper and counselor at Timanous, starting as a Hawk in 1976 and staying on as a counselor through 1986. He currently oversees equity strategy at Eaton Vance WaterOak Advisors, a financial advisory firm. He holds a Masters in Business and Education and assisted in the development of an urban elementary charter school. Bruce enjoys coaching youth sports, running, and golfing. He lives on the South Shore of Massachusetts with his wife and three children.

“I have really enjoyed reconnecting with so many Timanous friends and look forward to serving the board in any capacity. Timanous made a tremendous impact on me as a young boy and I know how important a role it can play in shaping lives. It is an honor to serve such a great organization!”

View a list of all members of the Board of Trustees here.

Give the Gift of a Timanous Summer

12/16/2020

Dear Members of the Timanous Family,

We know Timanous is a special place where boys can thrive and grow into responsible citizens, future leaders and compassionate men. In this extraordinary year, when camp, school and so many formative social connections for children have been disrupted by the coronavirus, our role as a place where boys unplug and connect has never been more important.

We are working hard to open safely next summer and are counting down the days until everyone will reunite at Timanous in June. While the financial impact of camp closing in 2020 remains significant, we are committed to expanding our campership program. The ability to serve boys from all backgrounds is critical to our goal of broadening the diversity of our camper and counselor community. Our purpose is also deepened by the social consciousness of this moment, and we are inspired to fulfill our ongoing commitment to enroll campers of color and do more to foster a fully equitable and inclusive community for all.

These efforts will be supported primarily by the Annual Fund for Camperships, which provides the bulk of our tuition assistance. This is our only direct letter appeal for donations to the Fund. Here we continue a tradition established by Johnny Suitor and Jake Congleton over 60 years ago and carried forward most recently by Dave and Linda Suitor.

Helping families provide this experience for their sons is one of our most worthwhile undertakings. Please consider a year-end gift to the Annual Fund for this important summer.

MAKE A GIFT

In body, mind and spirit, we thank you.

Garth Altenburg,
Director

Craig MacDonnell
Board Chair

The 2020 Timanews is here!

12/11/2020

Thanks to everyone who contributed to this year's special edition of the Timanews. We hope it brings back great memories of camp and connects you to your Timanous family in a year when we need it most. Content includes:

A letter from Garth
Photos from Global T-Shirt Day
A recap of 2020 staff work crews
Alumni advice to current campers
"Blast from the Past" - the 1st ever Timanews editorial, written by John H. Suitor!
And of course, everyone's updates

You should be receiving your hard-copy version soon. Or, you can read it right now online:

Participate in a Special Timanews

10/19/2020

Dear Timanous Family,

It’s been a beautiful fall here in Maine, filled with planning and anticipation as we’re hard at work to safely open camp for Summer 2021. Many more campers than normal have already registered early; it’s clear that everyone is excited to come back to Timanous!

I hope that the Timanews serves as a welcome signpost of annual traditions, and brings back memories of your summers at camp. In this unique year, we're inviting you to share something a bit different:

Your personal update; and
A short message for our campers

Responses are due by November 13th. Email us at info@timanous.org with either (or both!) of the above entries.

1. Your personal update:

All of your updates and photos will no doubt exemplify the important ties we all have to the Timanous community, when connections are needed more than ever.

We’d also love to hear about something you learned at camp that helped you this year, or how you have shown or felt the Timanous spirit in your everyday life.

2. A message for our campers:

When campers arrive next summer, it will have been two years since they were at camp. To help bridge the gap, help us provide them a meaningful connection in the offseason by sharing one thing -- a word, phrase, or short sentence -- that shows how Timanous is important to you.

We will share these messages with them in the upcoming Timanews. Your words will be sure to lift their spirits as they look ahead to their time on Panther Pond.

We're looking forward to hearing from you. Thank you for supporting our campers!

Summer 2020: how we stayed connected

8/26/2020

Sharing in the Timanous Spirit from home...

T-shirt Day
June 25th was scheduled to be Opening Day at Timanous this year. Even though we couldn't be together in person at camp, it was incredibly heartwarming to see all of the t-shirt day submissions that poured in from alumni around the world who put on their gear - from all eras - in celebration of their Timanous family.

We had a blast connecting with campers this summer through lots of virtual activities and content, but it was all of you who made their 2020 Opening Day special. Thanks for your enduring Timanous Spirit!

"Timanous remains close to our hearts because of the camper friends and wonderful counselors. Timanous has always provided a great learning experience for boys while simultaneously having much fun."
- from an alum and his son

View all the photos from T-shirt Day here.

Virtual Activities
Our 2020 summer is in the books! While none of us could have imagined not being together in person at the start of the year, we are thrilled that we were able to provide a connection to camp and between each other in this very different summer. Almost every day throughout July we offered some kind of activity, with a mix of familiar Timanous traditions and creative new ways to get together:

Weekly all-camp variety shows
Virtual activities like handicrafts and yoga
Chapel talks
Cabin gatherings
Horse Races
Evening stories
...and more

A Positive Impact
We knew that we couldn't recreate the traditional Timanous experience, but we hoped to bring some of our camp's magic to our campers at home.

As the mother of a new camper said: "Thank you so much for all you are doing to extend Timanous into our lives this summer. They have been a bright spot for our son and a great way for him to get to know camp. I can tell he already feels like a part of it all." An even greater testament came from the new camper himself: "I was gonna go for a half session, now I think I'm gonna go full session next year. Definitely."

We can't wait to see all the campers, new and returning, back at Timanous in 2021!

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