Articles in the ‘Alumni News’ Category

Alumni: New Field Apprentice Program

For those of you who have been on a Deer Hill Expeditions (DHE) course before, are interested in facilitating similar experiences for others and are looking to gain the experience and education you need to work as an outdoor leader, we have an exciting new option for you. This summer, Deer Hill Expeditions will be …

More Magic! Remembering DHE

This is a guest post from Allison Dobscha, from Portland, OR, who attended our Wilderness Leadership program this past summer. Thank you to Allison for putting her experience into such lovely words. When people ask me what I did over the summer, my answer seems to change every time. I’m not quite sure how to …

Journey of a Leaf

We were happy to receive a beautiful poem from Julian Mullins, who was a participant in an 8-day San Juan River trip and Navajo service project that we ran for the Eugene Waldorf School in May. Julian is clearly an imaginative and talented writer, having previously won a gold medal for the state of Oregon …

Join Alum's DH Rally!

Deer Hill alumnus, Brad Crescenzo, (River & Mountain 2000 and Multi-environment Challenge 2001), is organizing an awesome driving “rally” across the Southwest in celebration of, and to raise funds for, the Deer Hill Foundation. Brad, who was recently graduated from Colorado College, has been putting a ton of work into planning and publicizing the event, …

DHE Survey Shows Satisfaction

Christopher Hohman, of Santa Rosa, jumps into the Colorado River this summer Something happened recently that gave all of us at Deer Hill a thrill of pride. Last week we received the results from the Summer Search Foundation’s survey of Deer Hill participants. Summer Search is a wonderful organization that seeks out talented young leaders …

Alum helping others with TV

We were delighted to hear from AC 91 alum Alison Fast recently. She sent us a lovely email that reminded us why we do what we do. Dear Deer Hill staff (Doug & Bev & family): Almost 20 years after my experience with Deer Hill, it remains a shining light and inspiration for the work …

Life on "the Rez"

Sunset over the famous Shiprock, seen from the Chuska Mountains in the northern Navajo Nation, with Sleeping Ute Mountain in the background. Photo: Richard Malcolm/DHE. My name is Wendy Manus McCreight. I am a South Jersey girl who first came out to Deer Hill in high school as a participant in 1997 and again (for …

Deer Hill and The Tandana Foundation

Deer Hill alumni and field leader Anna Taft works on intake for a medical clinic in Ecuador’s remote highlands with the Tandana Foundation Anna Taft, an alumni and longtime Deer Hill leader on our adventure summer camps, wrote this piece about how her Deer Hill experiences shaped the development of a non-profit organization, The Tandana …

Adults: Raft the Green River with us in 2010

River Trip for adult alumni, parents and friends – May 2010 Hello from Deer Hill! I would like to personally invite you to join us on our Green River trip next May. We are gathering a group of 15-20 friends of Deer Hill – adult alumni, parents, Foundation supporters and so on – to join …

A Camper Writes: Costa Rica Summer 2009

Naya Herman, of Acton, MA, checking out the “Poor Man’s Umbrella” in the Cloud Forest of Costa Rica Below is a letter we received recently from Costa Rica Exploradores 09 camper Naya Herman. Having recently returned from a visit to Costa Rica to connect with the environments and activities our participants experience on this program, …