About the Directors
Ron and Sherry Wood
The Board of Directors of Camp Keep-wanee is pleased to announce that the Executive Directorship is in the experienced hands of a dynamic team of Ron and Sherry Wood. Together they bring nearly 60 years of camp experience to Camp Keep-wanee. Ron has directed camps in Vermont and Connecticut before accepting Executive Co-Directorship of Camp Keep-wanee. Sherry began at Camp Keep-wanee in 1987. Together as a team, they began running Camp Keep-wanee in 2004. Every year they boast a waiting list at camp.
Ron and Sherry are both educators and bring to the camp many years of experience in working with the youth of Franklin County. Ron is a veteran Physical Education teacher in the Gill-Montague Elementary Schools. He taught in 3 boarding schools in New England and has vast experience with all ages of youth. Sherry is a veteran teacher with 30 over years of experience both as a classroom teacher and in coaching and teaching teachers. She is a beloved 2nd-grade teacher in Gill-Montague. Sherry is Responsive Classroom Consulting Teacher, a 2018 recipient of the Harold Grinspoon Pioneer Valley Excellence in Teaching Award, and a 2007 Teacher of the Year recipent.
Their understanding of children’s growth and development, along with their commitment to sharing their love of Camp Keep-wanee with their campers, make these Executive Directors outstanding leaders for the camp.