Rich Deering - Revision history

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Director Years

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Summers of 2002-Present

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	In 2007, Rich started up the Decade Club. Anyone in their 10th summer at camp was honored and awarded a Decade Club vest during one of our Sunday dinners.		In 2007, Rich started up the Decade Club. Anyone in their 10th summer at camp was honored and awarded a Decade Club vest during one of our Sunday dinners.
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		+	=== Summers of 2008-Present ===
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		+	At this point, with so many summers under his belt, Rich wears many hats for Birch Rock. Ultimately, the fact is he still finds himself down on the waterfront teaching swimming where he himself learned as a camper. He continues to be an important link between the old brc history and the new legends that are present and future leaders.
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		+	Rich has been recognized with one of the grandest honors at Birch Rock, a special plaque on the wall in the lodge for his many summers of service to the Rock.

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 Also, during the summer of 2000, Rich, with help from Mike Mattson, along with Camp Runoia Director Pam Cobb and their Trip Leader Todd Erler developed a new coed trip program for BRC's older campers.  This was the Maine Wilderness Adventure program which started up in 2001.  In 2001, Roxie, Rich's dog, arrives on the scene.
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 [[image:MikeMRichDRock.jpg|thumb|Rich & Mike with Kiko & Roxie 2007]]
 With so much growth and positive momentum it was time for a slight shift in roles and responsibilities.  Although the Deering/Mattson team stayed together, Richard redirected much of his energies to the external camp community as the camp's new Alumni Director.  He focused on fundraising and development as the camp started up a major campaign:  A Call for Character.
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 Not including his membership with the American Camping Association, Rich has spent much of his recent camp years getting to know the camping industry all over the state.  His interest in Maine youth camping in general motivated him to become the President of the Maine Youth Camping Association in 2007.  Rich has developed strong relationships with many Camp Directors in the state and has called upon those connections a number of times to the benefit of Birch Rock.
-At this point, with so many summers under his belt, Rich wears many hats for Birch Rock.  Ultimately, the fact is he still finds himself down on the waterfront teaching swimming where he himself learned as a camper.  He continues to be an important link between the old brc history and the new legends that are present and future leaders.
+In 2007, Rich started up the Decade Club.  Anyone in their 10th summer at camp was honored and awarded a Decade Club vest during one of our Sunday dinners.
 == Rich's Summers at the Rock ==

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 [[Image:Mike&Rich.jpg|thumb|left|Mike & Rich]]
 [[Image:MikeandRich2019.jpg|thumb|left|Mike Mattson & Rich 2019]]
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 [[Image:RichD1.JPG|thumb|left|Rich and Roxie]]
 [[Image:Swim81.JPG|thumb|Waterfront Staff 1981]]
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 Rich stepped up into the Camp Director role in 1996, and he continued the up hill march that Brad had started in helping BRC grow.  Rich noted that there was very little documented history over the past decades and new camp regulations and external expectations had to be put in place.  With the help of the beloved and giving Brewster Family and Trustees,years of BRC history and records were gathered from files, photos, equipment, etc. and organized to help build the camp foundation and launch the community for the next century.  Although it was a supreme and daunting task, Rich spent much of 1996 reaching out to to the past Birch Rock Family, so that the present community could be stronger and preserved.
 He also started to connect with the other camps and researched returning Birch Rock to accreditation status with the American Camping Association (ACA).  Rich hired [[Mike Mattson]] as a year round employee at the end of the summer of 1996.  The plan was for Birch Rock to be visited in the summer of 1997 and there was much work to be done.  Under Rich's leadership and diligence, and with the assistance of a few of the key staff members, the ACA standards book was prepared, along with all the other on campus manual and we would master the accreditation visit.  The Birch Rock staff that summer was top notch, as always.
 Thanks to all that hard work and the extra efforts to come over the next few summers Birch Rock was beginning to grow.  After the summer of 1998, Rich reported continued growth and the Board of Trustees endorsed the change of the program season from 6 weeks to 7 weeks.  In 2000 a new cabin, [[Owl's Perch]] was built with beds for more campers.  This new cabin pushed Birch Rock passed the 100+ campers per summer mark.