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The croo of Madison Spring Hut was the 2002 winner of
the Latchstring Award presented at the OH Cabin during the
End of Summer Party festivities at the end of the third week
of August. Each summer the Latchstring Committee of the
OH Association presents the award to the croo which seems
to best demonstrate the philosophy of “mountain hospitality
for all” first attributed to Joe Dodge. Selecting the winning
croo is usually a difficult process because of the high caliber
of all the individuals hired to staff the huts. In fact, on any
given night during the summer, each of the hut croos is
probably at some point providing the best guest experience
in the system. But most years, it seems that there are two or
three huts where the chemistry among croo members vis-àvis
the hut guests really seems to come together consistently.
After going through guest comment cards, discussing
committee members’ visits to the huts, and getting a little
feedback from management, the committee eventually
discovers a few things that make the winner stand out just a
little more than the other finalists. In 2002, the Madison
Croo stood out for such things as preparing food and drink
and taking it to a volunteer trail adopter who was working in
the area. When a guest’s dog became injured, they volunteered
to carry the animal down the mountain. They averted
a potentially dangerous situation by offering food and
lodging to an under-equipped group of young people and
their leaders. And, last but not least, they put on a stupendous
Mad Fest Party to relieve the mid-summer doldrums of
their fellow hut croos. Congratulations to the 2002 Madison
Croo of Emmy McQuaid (HM), Carter Wilding-White
(AHM), Mason Herring, Mac Cook, John DeCoste, and Lara
DuMond (Naturalist)!
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