Abbott Fenn Druzhba Award

The Abbott Fenn Druzhba Award is a special recognition of an individual, Camp, or Organization, which has made a significant and sustained contribution to International camping.  The endowed contribution for the award was made by Abbott Fenn, a long-standing, active member of the American Camp Association and former owner/director of the Keewaydin Camps in New England, U.S.A. The award is given to those who spread the benefit of the camp experience to improve world understanding.

Criteria:
  1. Any member of the International Camping Fellowship (Individual, Camp, or Organization) is eligible. Current members of the Board are not eligible, although their Camp or Organization may be considered.
  2. The Award recognizes an individual, Camp, or Organization which has made a significant contribution to International camping, such as development of a new Camping Association, development of an exchange program between countries, development of sponsorships for International programs, or other unique or sustained contribution to the ICF Organization.
Nominations and Selection:

Any member of the International Camping Fellowship may make nominations for the award. Deadline for submission is the scheduled ICF Board Meeting for the current year.

The Board of the International Camping Fellowship makes the selection. It is presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Camping Fellowship. Announcement of the Award will also be made in the Country of the recipient, as appropriate. Up to one award a year is given. Note: The ICF Board cannot be responsible for travel expenses of the recipient. Nominations are retained for consideration at any time.

ABBOTT FENN DRUZHBA AWARD RECIPIENTS

1990

Jean McMullan Alford Lake Camp

USA

1999

Artek International Children’s Center

Russia

2000

Minoru Matsuda

Japan

2001

Armand Ball

USA

2002

Bill Bowker

Australia

2003

Charles Pantin, Hilda Carvallo

Venezuela

2004

Jack Pearse

Canada

2006

Irene Hooper

USA

2008

Tetsuo Sakai

Japan

2009

Tamara Truschkovskaya

Russia

2010

Richard Chamberlain

USA

2011

Jose Virgilio Lopez Vergara Y Villarreal

Mexico

2013

Larisa Shilova (Rebyachya Respublika Camp)

Russia

2014

Sako Tanaka

Japan

2016

Jenny Bowker

Australia

2017

Galina Suhoveyko

Russia

2018

Bill Oakley

Australia

2019

Russian Children’s Centre Orlyonok

Russia

2020

Valery Kostin

Russia

2021

Toshio Hoshino

Japan

2022

Linda Pulliam

USA

2023

John Jorgenson

Canada

2024

Phil Lilienthal

USA