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Wake Robin, in partnership with Champlain College, hosted three fascinating courses of inquiry during this past fall. This new experiential learning series, INQUIRE, addresses today’s hot topics through modern perspectives and the life experiences of each participant. Fall 2011 INQUIRE sessions were free and open to all Wake Robin residents, their family members, and priority depositors. The Spring 2012 series is out with new and exciting offerings. Click here for details.
For more information about INQUIRE offerings, facilitators, contact Krista Malaney, Program Coordinator at
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or phone 802.264.5107.
is a compilation of stories from Wake Robin residents, sharing their experiences from the World War II era. It is a snapshot from the lives of 65 contributing authors who describe life at that time from the vantage points of military service, medical care, the home front, life in Europe, and overseas duty after the war.
One Wake Robin resident escaped 1930s Germany as a young Jewish refugee, then went on to become Dean of Students at Mount Holyoke College. Another was an Army doctor so shaken by what he saw when liberating a concentration camp that he spent forty years making house calls, day and night for patients in rural Vermont.
This book is a gift from "the greatest generation" to their children, grandchildren, and all future generations. Many of these memories have not been previously told, even to their families. The book is available for purchase using the enclosed
Residents at Wake Robin have been harvesting honey here in the community for three years now. (Check out our July 26 BLOG post!) Our head beekeepers loaned Eva Sollberger, 7 Days writer and videographer, a beekeeper's suit and introduced her to their hives, and the process of extracting honey. See them all in action!
On a sunny day in mid March, Eva Sollberger, writer and videographer for Seven Days newspaper came for a visit to Wake Robin to get a lesson in syrup making. Residents at Wake Robin have been maintaining a sugar house in the woods behind the Community Center since 1998, when resident Ed Wheeler organized local high school students to help build the structure. He installed the equipment, attracted a team of fellow residents, and soon they were in business. Every spring, residents tap more than 100 trees for sap, boil it down and strain about 26 gallons of maple syrup. Usually there is plenty to sell in Wake Robin's the Corner Shop - and of course for the annual pancake breakfast.
Take a look at Eva's video and see the group in action, collecting, boiling and sampling their work.
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