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A listing of the individuals who have led the Chester County Council’s summer camping program since 1927.
J.B. Rettew III Staff Member of the Year Award
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This award is given annually to the junior staff member (under the age of 18) who best exemplifies the values of Scouting in his daily activities at camp and has had a positive, lasting impression on the program, scouts and other staff members.
Contributed by Andrew Coe
1990
Pete Mendez
1991
Jacob Carrigan
1992
Mike Berkeihiser
1993
Pete Horvath
1994
Jon DeVirgilio
1995
Eric Baughman
1996
Chip Childers
1997
Christopher “Spud” Truitt
1998
Mark Herman
1999
Bryant Battenfelder
2000
Jimmy Metzger
2001
Alex Musto
2002
Devon Roper
2003
Robert Pryor
2004
Mark Staab
2005
Andrew McDivitt
2006
Kevin Coltrinari
2007
Mike Kassel
2008
Clayton Wilson
2009
Jake Segal
2010
Aaron Sifford
2011
Connor Ritchie
2012
Brian Wilson
2013
Mark Frazier
2014
Jake Zebley
2015
Frank Donley
2016
Carter Miller
2017
Keigan Noden
2018
Michael McGoldrick
2019
Owen Halligan
2021
Xyla Carlson
2022
Stephen Hernandez
2023
Jonathan Lee
2024
Peter Gorman
2025
T. J. Belzer
Camp Horseshoe C.I.T. of the Year Award
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This award is giving annually to 1 or 2 C.I.T.s who best exemplify the spirit of working on camp staff, that of tireless service and dedication to the camp and its program.
Contributed by Andrew Coe
1995
Christopher “Spud” Truitt
1996
Nikhil Abraham, Keith Beigel
1999
Sam Talucci, Mark Rahn
2005
Kyle Freehart
2007
Mike Cavuto, Dan Bussell
2008
Nick Wainwright, Brad Duerr
2010
Bobby Reddy, James Feriello
2011
Christian Miller, Brian Cameron
2012
Tim Blake, Sam Kruger
2013
John German, Jake Zebley
2014
Evan Gutherman, Brendan Layton
2015
Nathan Motel, Scott Farrell
2016
Brennen Kohl, Cole Walker
2017
Jacob Donahue
2018
Ramsay Haartz, Ben Shermer
2019
Patrick English, Bill Purcell
2021
Evan Wagenmann, Xavier Aaronson
2022
Grayson Pitman, Grace Kroon
2023
Camille Bergmaier, Michael Solimeo
2024
Edward Bergmaier, Will Grosick
2025
Ben Goodwin, Matilda Pitman
Camp Horseshoe Heart of the Staff Award
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This award has been presented annually since 2011 to the senior staff member (18+) whose contributions to the summer camp over many years has had a lasting impact on the program and/or other staff members.
Note: This award was previously named the Camp Horseshoe Staff Silver Buckle Award.
2011 – Contributed by Andrew Coe
2011
Paul Bradley
2012
Wade Bastian
2013
Richard Gardner
2014
Galen Gerber
2015
Nick Landis
2016
Christian Miller
2018
Alex Gugliuzza
2019
Josh Taylor
2021
James Page
2022
Mason Tushar
2023
Dave Seace
2024
Shane Johnson
2025
Peter Gorman
Achgeketum Award
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This award is presented to a sensior staff member of the Camp Horseshoe Staff each year who best reflects servant leadership and support of fellow staff members as reflected by Achgeketum: G. Ernest Heegard.
2024 – Contributed by Andrew Coe
2024
Hannah Lamb
Camp Horseshoe Man of the Year Award
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This award honors a volunteer who comes down during the weekends of the summer camping season or during staff week and contributes many hours of service above and beyond the call of duty.
1986 – Contributed by Andrew Coe
1986
G. Ernest Heegard*
1988
Kurt Wolter
1989
Karl “Moose” Winsch*
1990
William R. Hess*
1991
Harold Weber
1992
Alan K. Forssmark
1993
Dave Sherwood
1994
Mike Barnes
1996
Joe Eagan
1997
Andy Smith
1998
Chuck Pilkington
1999
John Boldin Sr.
2000
Rich and Dana Foot
2001
Roy Cole
2002
Jim Battenfelder*
2003
Clarke Green
2004
Bill Taylor
2005
Andrew “Wombat” Walker
2006
Jim Jordan*
2007
Mike Arles
2008
Mark Graham
2009
Matt Lewis
2010
Price Stevenson III
2011
Stuart Watson
William Grubb
2012
David Hohl
2013
Steve “Mookie” Reich
2014
Josh Mateyk
2015
Neil “Bug” Gutherman
2016
Brian Kotzer
2017
Justin Tkaczuk
2018
Eli Kelehan
2019
Jackie Palmer
2021
Dave Seace
2022
Sean Hessler
2023
Dr. David Mellinger
2024
Pete Motel
2025
Gary Miller
*Deceased
Camp Ware Staff Honor Roll
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This award is given annually to the junior staff member (under the age of 18) who best exemplifies the values of Scouting in his daily activities at camp and has had a positive, lasting impression on the program, scouts and other staff members.
1996 – Contributed by Andrew Coe
1996
Mike Green
1997
Jason Shields
1998
Chris Greene
1999
Jonathan Rogers
2000
John Sauser
2001
Don Wehry
2002
Dave Petterson
2003
Jason Hammond
2004
Rob Nicolaides
2005
Michael Barrett
2006
Brian Bostwick
2007
Alex Curtain
2008
Christian Zimmerman
2009
Evan Lambert
2010
Michael McGuigan
2011
Josh Kelly
2012
Sam Moore
2013
Caleb Stevens
2014
Quentin Gray
2015
Jessica Fischer
2016
Kevin Babb
2017
Jared Guhl
2018
EJ Rutledge
2019
Emma Jones
2022
Jackson Shover
Camp Ware C.I.T. Honor Roll
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This award is giving annually to 1 or 2 C.I.T.s who best exemplify the spirit of working on camp staff, that of tireless service and dedication to the camp and its program.
1996 – Contributed by Andrew Coe
1996
Matt Miller
1997
Brian Richardson
1998
Jonathan Rogers
1999
John Sauser
2000
Toby McCabe
2001
Chris Harms
2002
John Kline & Brendon Hurst
2003
Dan Mulligan
2004
Todd Ehlinger
2005
Samantha Doring
2006
Andrew Tulk
2007
Carl Boswell
2008
Luke Smith Jr.
2009
Devin Ernst
2010
Lyndsey Ernst and Ethan Buckley
2011
Susan Rachid
2012
Quentin Gray
2013
Megan Thorbahn & Nick Malcolm
2014
Billy Guhl & Stephanie Robbins
2015
Alex Gomez & Bobby Kiesel
2016
Jared Guhl & Jack Wills
2017
Bryanna Tushar & Erik Linkmeyer
2018
Jack Horvath & Jason Comolli
2019
Elena McFadden & Lauren Tushar
2022
Andrew Learn
Camp Ware Spirit of the Camp
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This award is presented annually to the senior staff member (18+) whose contributions to the summer camp over many years has had a lasting impact on the program and/or other staff members.
2015 – Contributed by Andrew Coe
2015
William “Squigges” McGuigan
2016
Sam Moore
2017
Petra Hester
2018
Daniel Craig
2019
Daniel Diamond
Camp Ware Silver Buckle Award
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This award is presented annually to the senior staff member (18+) whose contributions to the summer camp over many years has had a lasting impact on the program and/or other staff members.
2022 – Contributed by Evan Ellwanger
2022
Loren Luke
Staff Recognition Gallery
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Here are pictures of staff honorees throughout the years.
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