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Christopher, Hanna and Emma are
the 4th Generation of Lavenson's to be involved with
Kennebec Camps now the Maine Golf Academy. The
Lavenson Family has owned and directed Kennebec Boys
Camp Inc. d.b.a. The Maine Golf Academy since 1985 !
Joel is a Marriage and Family Therapist and Crista is
a Social Worker. Joel's son Christopher and daughters
Hanna and Emma are the fourth generation Lavensons to
be involved with Kennebec Camps established 1907 and
the Maine Golf Academy, started in 1997. Joel's father,
uncles, and grandfather were all involved with Kennebec
over the years as campers, counselors, waiters, and consultants.
Joel's family has been in camping for many generations
and Joel's grandmother Caroline Lavenson owned a prestigious
girls camp in Maine called Tripp Lake Camp for Girls
for 40 years. Both Joel's father and Uncle George Lavenson
dreamt of being in the camp business together and planned
on doing just that until World War II changed all their
plans. George, who was in the Paratroopers and who jumped
on D Day into Normandy never made it back from Europe.
Joel has decided to pick up the fallen standard and live
out their dream for them. George was one of the 101st
Airborne Orginal Band of Brothers immortalized in the
book and HBO mini-series by Steven Ambrose and Steven
Spielberg. His spirit is alive at camp.
Joel developed a unique sports
training technique called Video Sports Analysis, instant
replay for athletes right on the field of play. He worked
with sports psychologists and bio-mechanical specialists
with the Olympic Development Committee. He was a Training
Ambassador and guest lecturer to the US and USSR Olympic
Track Team. He and his training techniques were engaged
to be used with notable sports figures and teams such as:
The Boston Celtics, The New England Patriots, The New England
Teamen, professional boxers, skiers, tennis stars and golfers.
Joel spent many years in Texas were he designed and managed
the Las Colinas Sports Club and Golf Resort which was and
is the home of the PGA TPC Tour stop, the Byron Nelson
Golf Classic and the VOLVO Grand Prix Paine Webber Tennis
Classic. Joel has coached and trained teams and individual
athletes to a high level of success, from elementary school
age to professional level. Joel has worked with the most
successful and dominating atheletes and teams in the sports
world and brings to the Maine Golf and Tennis Academy the
experience, knowledge and high tech training that is the
very newest and most powerful developmental approach for
young athletes.
Joel, Crista, Hanna and
Emma Lavenson
In addition to Joel's background
as an innovator in the field of coaching and training,
he simultaneously pursued his passion in Marriage and Family
Therapy, where he had a private practice with the The Whole
Family Counseling Center, an impactful counseling and support
center for families in Connecticut, specializing in IMAGO
Relationship Counseling, EMDR, Veteran's and Family Constellation
Therapy. Joel teaches Psychology at Albertus Magnus College
in Connecticut.
Crista who has been teaching
writing at Rollins College, to undergraduate and graduate
level students, is also a dedicated artist and calligrapher.
She loves teaching and when she became a support coordinator
for the State of Florida she too simultaneously pursued
love in social work. She currently teaches English, Rehtoric,
Culture and Language at the University of Hartford and
Saint Joseph's College for Women. Crista, who has loved
creating the Golf and Tennis Academy along with Joel, prides
herself in knowing as much as she can about all of the
campers and counselors and even before they arrive . Her
winning smile and affable nature always make everyone comfortable
and she stuns everyone with her memory of how much she
remembers about each person. Joel and Crista now reside
in West Hartford, Connecticut where both run the camp full
time and still pursue the hobby careers on the side, teaching,
writing, training, and consulting.
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Hanna and Emma say" Bring your favorite Dress-Up
Clothes for Fun Nights!"
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