Today I am writing in particular about Dave King, whom former campers and former staff who spent time at Wawayanda/Frost Valley between the years 1958 and 1977 - and beyond - will remember well. He was the first Village Chief of Lenape when Wawayanda moved to Frost Valley. Soon he was the Program Director, and then, for many summers, the Camp Director.
His gripping stories, his ability to know everyone in camp and be on top of seemingly everything, his complete devotion to the values, his powerful devotions, his hilarious antics at all-camp programs, his talent for mentorship - these are all legendary for many FV people across the generations.
Dave was also a member of Frost Valley's board of trustees, and, with his (and our) beloved Shirley, has attended almost every one of the alumni reunions we've held since 1987.
You can read a long blog entry from 2007, the time of Dave's 50th FV anniversary. And you can watch the video of Dave's moving talk at Morning Reflection in the Wawayanda Chapel in 2008.
Dave and Shirley and members of the family will be at camp for the August 17 celebration, along with family and friends of Paul Guenther and Howard Quirk.
If you would like to join us at Frost Valley on Saturday, August 17, please contact Lianne McElhone at 845-985-2291 or at lmcelhone@frostvalley.org. We hope that a number of those whom Dave mentored and guided as camp director will return to help us celebrate him.
More about Paul Guenther and Howard Quirk soon.
