June 24, 2015 Anna Fisher 2014 was my first summer on staff and I am more than excited to be returning this year to the most challenging and rewarding job I have ever had. Camp Guggenheim has truly changed my life and I hope the campers this summer have the same wonderful experience. Maeve McCullouch This is my second year working at Teen Camp and I am so excited to be back for another crazy, Christ-filled summer! I cannot wait to meet all of the campers that will come through the gate this year and to make lasting memories with everyone. Get ready to Hike, Swim, Praise! Diane Medema I have a sister with cerebral palsy and spent my youth helping care for her, so I decided nursing would make a good career. I graduated from North Country Community College and worked at various hospitals and nursing homes until I married and had two boys. I felt it more important to raise them and stayed at home until they went to school. I then got a job at Head Start as a cook and am able to have time off with the boys. My older boy has an army scholarship at Michigan State and is finishing his first year, and my younger son is in 9th grade. This is my first year working in the summer, and I am thrilled to work with you all at Camp Guggenheim. Looking forward to a fun summer! Kathryn Petrelli I fell in love with Guggenheim back in middle school. I had attended Holy Family School in Malone and through them, a scholarship was offered. The diocese is very helpful if you cannot afford to go to camp. I received a full ride the first summer and my parish aided the next 6 summers. I can personally attest that Saint Andre Bessette parish helps. Thank you Father Joe, Father Tom, Father Bryan Stitt and Samantha Poulin! This upcoming summer will be my first working at Guggenheim, but I hope there will be many more to come! I currently attend Saint Michael's College and am a Dual Mathematics and Religious Studies major. Go Purple Knights!!Leagon Carlin This will be my first summer working as a counselor at Camp Guggenheim, and I am super excited! I know how important the witness of the counselors is to the campers, and I pray that I will be able to have an impact on the faith lives of the campers this year! I'll see you at camp! Ashlee Fairchild I am looking forward to having the role of assistant director this summer and being able to work with the returning staff, as well as the new staff coming in. I believe that bringing both the new and the returning campers closer to God will be the highlight of my entire summer. Emma Knapik She is very excited to spend another season at her second home on the water helping young people along their faith journey as she was helped in her six years as a camper.
Brian Bobak. This is my fourth year working for Camp Guggenheim and I am so excited to come back to hike, swim, and praise with all of our campers new and old! It is going to be a great year filled with God’s grace and even more creativity and surprises. Let’s Go Waterfront!!!
MaryEllen Krah As a sophomore at Boston College, MaryEllen is studying elementary education and math. She attended camp for six years and is so grateful to have the opportunity to spend her summer with the amazing campers and staff of Guggenheim.
Christian Kleb I am very excited as this is my first summer at Guggenheim! The most exciting thing for me is that I get to be in the great outdoors all the while teaching and spreading the gospel to all the campers who come.
Ellen Miner This will be Ellen’s first year as a Guggenheim camp counselor. She went to Guggenheim as a camper for seven years and is very excited to be a part of the staff!
Allison St. Louis My home parish is St. Alexander’s Church in Morrisonville, where I teach 2nd grade religion class. I recently completed my first year at SUNY Plattsburgh, where I’m studying Elementary Education. I can’t wait to start working with and learning from the campers that come through, and I know that this summer will be incredible. God is good… all the time.
John McBride This will be my first summer as camp counselor. I have been a cpamper for seven years and I am very excited to give back to a family that has helped me grow in my Faith and to show the campers how great our God is.
Maura Bobak This will be my second year working at the beautiful Camp Guggenheim. I am blessed to share with campers the joy of Christ. As a camper at teen and family camp for many years, I know Guggenheim to be a place of holiness, joy, and adventure. I am so excited for the campers to experience Camp Guggenheim!
Kelly Donnelly, camp director
Camp Guggenheim has been a huge part of my life, first as a camper, then as a counselor, and now as director; it is an absolute joy to be a part of bringing campers closer to Christ at one of the most beautiful, exciting places in the world! I’m looking forward to a wonderful season! Sarah Coyne (pictured with Fathers Tom Higman and Bryan Stitt)
Matt Conger
In May, I graduated from go to St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with a B.A. in philosophy. I am in school to - God willing - one day be ordained a priest. This is my 3rd year working at camp. I can’t wait for this camping season to get stated so we can have lots of fun and get stronger in our faith all at the same time. The joy and laughter that you get from working at camp make it all worth wild. I hope to see all this summer. Lillia Woolschlager
This will be Lillia’s seventh summer at Camp and her first year on staff. She is ecstatic to work with the Guggenheim team this year and can’t wait to be a part of the incredible enriching experience that camp provides. Joey Izzo
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My name is Anna Fisher. I grew up in West Chazy where I attended St. Joseph's Church. I now study Environmental Planning and Management at SUNY Plattsburgh where I attend St. Peter's Church and Saint John XXIII Newman Center. 
Hi, my name is Maeve McCullouch and I’m from Black River and attend Holy Family Church in Watertown. I am an Economics major with a minor in French at Siena College.
My name is Diane Medema. I was born in New Jersey and raised there until 8 years old when my policeman father decided to bring his family to be raised safer in the Adirondacks. So they bought a motel on the lake in Tupper Lake, and my love for the outdoors and the mountains was born. 
Hello readers. My name is Kathryn and I have previously camped at Guggenheim and I must say, it is one of my favorite places on earth. It is beautiful on its own with the amazing rock face and Saranac Mountain View. Once you add in the supportive staff, great campers and fantastic priests, it becomes unbeatable. 
My name is Leagon Carlin. I am 18 years old and my home parish is St. Peter's Church in Plattsburgh. I am a seminarian of the Diocese of Ogdensburg, which means I am studying to be a priest, and I attend the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, OH. There I am double majoring in Humanities and Philosophy. 
My name is Ashlee Fairchild: I am 22 years old, from Plattsburgh and I belong to the St. John’s Parish. I just graduated from Le Moyne College where I received a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and will be attending SUNY Oswego in the fall for a Master’s degree and Certificate of Advanced Studies in School Psychology. This is my third year on the Guggenheim staff and I am very excited for the summer session to begin. 
Emma Knapik is so happy to be returning to Guggenheim for her second year on staff. She is from Grafton, WI where she and her family are parishioners at St. Joseph Parish. She is currently studying Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development with a minor in Psychology at the University of Minnesota. 
Hi my name is Brian Bobak. I live on Grand Island, NY and I go to St. Stephen’s parish. I just graduated this year from Franciscan University of Steubenville majoring in Humanities and Catholic Culture. 
MaryEllen Krah is very excited to spend her first summer on staff at Camp Guggenheim! She is from Medfield, Massachusetts, where her home parish is St. Edward, but has spent every summer of her life in Schroon Lake, where she is a parishioner at Our Lady of Lourdes. 
Hello, my name is Christian Kleb. I am from Nokesville, Virginia, which is right outside of the great city of Washington D.C. I live in the Arlington diocese and my home parish is Holy Trinity Catholic church in Gainesville. I have previously attended Franciscan University of Steubenville and majored in Communications Arts. 
Ellen has lived in Saranac Lake, New York her entire life. She is a proud parishioner of St. Bernard’s Church. She is going into her sophomore year at Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg, Maryland where she is majoring in History and minoring in French. 
My name is Allison St. Louis ... This is my first year on staff, but I’m no stranger to Guggenheim. Going to camp was always my favorite part of each summer. I had to come back to share the joy, love, and faith that I have experienced at camp with the campers, especially those who have never been before. 
My name is John McBride, I am from Waterbury Vermont. I attend Mass at St. Andrew parish in Waterbury and serve at Mass at the Chapel of the Holy Spirit Located on the Campus of Assumption College. I am a First Year Theology major at Assumption College located in Worcester Massachusetts. 
Hello! My name is Maura Bobak. I am from St. Stephen Parish on Grand Island, New York. I am a junior nursing major at Franciscan University of Steubenville. 
Hi! I’m Kelly Donnelly, the director. I feel incredibly blessed to be directing Guggenheim for my second year. I am a teacher at Seton Catholic in Plattsburgh and a parishioner at St. Peter’s. I grew up in Tupper Lake and graduated from Siena College in Albany. 
Sarah Coyne is 20 years old, majoring in Communications and Psychology at Regis University located in Denver, Colorado as she is going into her Junior year there. This summer will be Sarah’s second year on staff as she has been a camper at Guggenheim since she was 12. Sarah is excited to be returning to Camp Guggenheim because of the amazing campers and such positive environment where she is able to express her love for Christ and see the staff members and campers share their love and being on fire with celebrating their faith. Sarah is excited to be a TV mom this summer. (She is also especially excited for Mass every day, working with Kelly as the Director again, hiking, swimming, praising, and an excuse to eat Oreos at every meal)
Hi my name is Matthew Conger I was born and raised in Ogdensburg New York, My home parish is Notre Dame in Ogdensburg. 
Lillia Woolschlager, 19 years old, is from Croghan, where her home parish is St. Stephen’s Church. Currently a sophomore at the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam, she studies Music Performance and Musical Studies on oboe and piano. 
Joey Izzo grew up in Lake Placid, attending St. Agnes parish. He now goes to Berklee College of Music in Boston and is one semester away from receiving a Bachelor’s degree in Music Production and Engineering. 