The Love Boat: Rolling River Couples
Love is in the air this Valentine’s Day at Rolling River!
Meet these couples who set sail on the “Love Boat”
Lauren and Heath Levine
- When They Met: Summer 1998
- How They Met: Hanging out in the Galley at the end of the day while waiting to leave camp
- Positions When We Met: Heath Group Leader, Lauren Counselor
- Favorite thing about being a RRDC couple: That our daughter is the first official Rolling River child!
- Current Status: Married with 2 children- Alexa and Sari
Heather and Andrew Perlow
- When They Met: Summer 1999
- How They Met: Through friends and working as counselors
- Positions When We Met: Andrew Lifeguard, Heather Assistant Counselor
- Favorite thing about being a RRDC couple: We love Rolling River for bringing us together!
- Current Status: Married with 2 kids who are Rolling River campers- Olivia and Lucas
Ali and Matt Rothenberg
- When They Met: Summer 2004
- How They Met: At Staff Orientation, Ali walked down the stairs from the Main House and Matt was under the Main Tent with his family friend who also worked at camp. Matt leaned over to his friend and asked who Ali was. His friend replied, “Don’t go near her, that’s the Camp Director’s daughter.” That year, Ali and Matt were Navigator Counselors together but were not friends yet. They officially became close friends while working as 3rd grade Head Counselors in the Mariner Division.
- Positions When We Met: Ali Navigator Girls Assistant Counselor, Matt Navigator Boys Assistant Counselor
- Favorite thing about being a RRDC couple: We have amazing camp memories together. Our friends are our family and watched us grow as a couple. There are so many stories that we can share together and we can do that with our kids now!
- Current Status: Married with 2 kids and a dog- Cole and Blake
- When They Met: Summer 2004
- How They Met: On the camp bus through RR friends, they officially met on Bus 19!
- Positions When We Met: Evan Mariner Boys Assistant Counselor, Brooke Mariner Girls Assistant Counselors
- Favorite thing about being a RRDC couple: Rolling River is like a landmark frozen in time. We met there, we got engaged there, we took our wedding photos there. To be able to go back and see everything as it was is what makes being an RRDC couple so special!
- Current Status: Married
- When They Met: Summer 2004
- How They Met: They started hanging out at snack time while Josh was eating multiple popsicles meant for the campers
- Positions When We Met: Amanda Mariner Girls Assistant Counselor, Josh Athletics Counselor
- Favorite thing about being a RRDC couple: We loved the food so much we named our first daughter after the Head Lunch Counselor Charlotte!
- Current Status: Married with 2 girls- Charlotte and Remi
- When They Met: Summer 2008
- How They Met: The year Lisa started working at camp, she was going into her Junior Year at Cortland. At her interview, Mark told her that his son was also going to Cortland and that they should meet. That summer, Lisa worked as an Athletics Counselor. Whenever the Athletics team had free time, they would have a half court shot contest. Lisa must have had an impressive shot because that was the first time Jon came to talk to her. The rest is history, and Lisa has been beating him in half court shot contests ever since.
- Positions When We Met: Lisa Athletics Counselor, Jon Navigator Assistant Counselor
- Favorite thing about being a RRDC couple: Our favorite thing about being a RR couple is that we both get to spend every summer enjoying camp together. Not every couple’s life is camping so it’s pretty awesome that we are both in it together, especially with a growing family. It’s going to be amazing to watch our own children grow up at Rolling River.
- Current Status: Married with a son Rylan and dog Ziggy
- When They Met: Summer 2013
- How They Met: Shannon’s brother Chris Russo, who also worked at camp, introduced Shannon and James at Staff Orientation
- Positions When We Met: Shannon Navigator Assistant Counselor, James Athletics Counselor
- Favorite thing about being a RRDC couple: We are so grateful for the lasting friendships we made at Rolling River! We love being able to celebrate the milestones we reach as a couple with our Rolling River family.
- Current Status: Married with a new puppy
Ricki Harwin and Chris Russo
- When They Met: Summer 2015
- How They Met: Ricki’s 11 year old cousin was Chris’s camper at the time and Chris bribed him with a Gatorade to introduce him to Ricki at the bus in the afternoon
- Positions When We Met: Ricki Mariner Head Counselor, Chris Navigator Head Counselor
- Favorite thing about being a RRDC couple: Going against each other during Color War….still a sore subject
- Current Status: Engaged
Kristen Bedics and Jon Cisario
- When They Met: Summer 2018
- How They Met: Set up by Navigator counselors Ally and Alex
- Positions When We Met: Jon Navigator Assistant Counselor and Kristen Skipper Assistant Counselor
- Favorite thing about being a RRDC couple: Love that our friends have been able to see their relationship grow from when we first met
- Current Status: Dating
