On February 2, 2019 we will hop on our snowmobiles for the 46th annual Dysart’s Ride-in to benefit Pine Tree Camp.
The Dysart’s Snowmobile Ride-in to benefit Pine Tree Camp features a variety of community events including the not-to-be-missed Q106.5 Celebrity Egg Ride, all to raise money for Pine Tree Camp. All proceeds go directly to Pine Tree Camp’s Campership fund.
A big thank you to Dysart’s for being our title sponsor and helping to make this event a success, as well as Q106.5!
In October, two new members were appointed to our Board of Directors.
Craig A. Mason, PhD is a Professor of Education and Applied Quantitative Methods at the University of Maine. He specializes in Developmental Epidemiology and Biobehavioral Informatics. As a member of the Board, he also serves on our Program Committee. Visit his website to read more about his research and publications.
Leo A. Soucy, a Maine native, is the Vice President of Bath Savings Trust Company, with over 28 years in the investment management and trust industry. In addition to being a Board member, he joins our Finance Committee. Learn more about Leo here.
Welcome Craig A. Mason, PhD and Leo A. Soucy to Pine Tree Society’s Board of Directors!
Pine Tree Society and Spurwink are pleased to announce the 11th annual Southern Maine Autism Conference! The conference is designed for parents and family members of children with autism spectrum disorders, as well as their educators and other service providers.
Save the date: Saturday, March 16, 2019
Requests for proposals to present as well as applications to exhibit are now available.
Visit www.maineautismconference.org for more information.
Questions? Contact Stevie Bonnevie by email or phone at 207-386-5915.
Local news station WABI5 visited Pine Tree Camp during the final children’s session of the 2018 summer.
News anchor Emily Tadlock spoke with camper Casey and his mother Teena.
“He is packed about four days before we go,” Casey’s mother laughed.
Watch to hear the impact Pine Tree Camp has had on Casey and Teena’s lives here.
FOX 22 ABC 7 Bangor and WABI5 both came to Pine Tree Camp on Thursday, July 5 to see what Camp Communicate is all about.
Linda Bonnar, Director of Communication Pathways at Pine Tree Society, founded Camp Communicate 14 years ago. It is a week of summer camp dedicated to non-verbal children who use augmentative and alternative communication devices.
FOX 22 ABC 7 interviewed Carolyn Sweet, the mother of camper Jaclyn. Listen to Carolyn and Jaclyn’s experience here.
WABI5 spoke with Wayne and Kathleen Parker, parents of camper Kaylie Parker, about the impact Camp Communicate has had on their daughter and family. Watch their story here.
Camper Kylee Thorndike can’t wait to drive down the dirt road to Pine Tree Camp this summer.
FOX 22 ABC 7 Bangor spent time with Kylee’s family to talk about their experience at Camp.
“Everybody is normal,” said Don Thorndike, Kylee’s father. “No one is treated differently.”
Learn more about why Kylee returns to Pine Tree Camp year after year here.
Support campers like Kylee today!
On June 2, over 200 paddlers took to the Kennebec with their kayaks and canoes to raise money at our 22nd Annual Paddle for Pine Tree Camp.
FOX 22 ABC 7 Bangor interviewed camper Tristan Bouchard and Pine Tree Society’s Chief Development Officer Erin Rice.
“I really like Pine Tree Camp,” said camper Tristan Bouchard. “We do a lot of great stuff there.”
“That experience really impacted him in a big way so he got some friends together and they paddled down the Kennebec,” said Erin Rice, the chief development officer for Pine Tree Society. “It was super grassroots at that point – I think it was only like 10 people.”
Watch the full segment here.
Recently, camp director Dawn Willard-Robinson and Tyler Cary from Pine Tree Society sat down with Craig Colson on FOX 22 ABC 7 Bangor to talk about the Paddle for Pine Tree Camp on June 2.
“Pine Tree Camp in Rome is really a magical place where children and adults with disabilities can get a great summer camp experience just like anyone else. But of course it takes money to run the camp and that’s why people will soon take to the water. They’re getting ready for the annual Paddle for Pine Tree Camp,” said Colson.
Watch the full segment here.
Get more information and register for the Paddle here.
Pine Tree Society, a statewide organization serving Maine children and adults with disabilities, recently named Joseph Drago to its board of directors.
A native Vermonter, Drago graduated from The College of the Holy Cross with a BA in Political Science. and completed an MA in Political Science at Wichita State University. He served six years as an Air Force officer and flight crew member. Following active duty, he completed the Professional Accounting Program at Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management and became a CPA. He spent eight years with Ernst and Young in Chicago and twenty years as a C-level corporate officer in a variety of growing firms and non-profits. He completed his career in the Air Force reserve as an Air Force Academy Admissions Officer.
His volunteer service includes positions on Boards of Directors of community service organizations, and as a volunteer to his local parish and alma mater. In 2017 he received a certificate in Philanthropy and Non-Profit Organizations from Northwestern University. He is a member of The Union League Club, Council on Global Affairs (Chicago), the CFO roundtable and the AICPA.