Though we’re unable to gather around a campfire in person this summer, Pine Tree Camp will deliver a remote summer camp experience for Maine people with disabilities. All campers need is a spirit of adventure, an Internet connection, a mobile device or computer and a free Zoom account. Pine Tree Camp will provide the rest. “Our mission is Read More ›
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Pine Tree Camp to You
Our Campologists have taken everything campers have come to love about Pine Tree Camp over the past 75 years – friends, activities, the outdoors, discovery and exploration – and created Pine Tree Camp to You. Pine Tree Camp to You was developed by a team of year-round and summer staff as well as volunteers including alumni, camp professionals, Read More ›
Cabin Challenge for Pine Tree Camp
Calling all Pine Tree Camp campers, staff and alumni! We know you love Pine Tree Camp and here is your chance to show it – while showing the world why YOUR CABIN is the BEST! Join your favorite cabin’s Virtual Paddle for Pine Tree Camp team led by some very familiar faces. All you have to do is join your favorite cabin team online. Your Read More ›
WABI5 News: Pine Tree Camp’s alternative programming for the summer
WABI 5 talked with Pine Tree Camp director, Dawn Willard-Robinson, to learn about the innovative programming in store for Maine people with disabilities this summer at Pine Tree Camp. WABI TV5 reports that Pine Tree Camp has made the decision to cancel all traditional camp sessions, but has taken the unique approach of a virtual "Pine Tree Camp Read More ›
Pine Tree Camp announces summer camp plan for 2020
We have a saying in the camping community: 10 for two. Ten months of planning and preparation for two months of incredible summer programming. And now, we have a new saying: one for 75. One summer of being creative in how we connect and engage in order to preserve and continue the traditions of Pine Tree Camp for the next 75 years. After Read More ›
Virtual connection reduces isolation of Maine people with disabilities
It’s almost like we haven’t left At this point in time when we’re all coping with the effects of social isolation, Pine Tree Society’s Adult Support Services team has launched remote programming to engage their clients in maintaining connections with friends, building healthy habits and independent living skills and staying focused on personal Read More ›
Sadie: Pine Tree Society’s Early Learning Center is her special place
Thriving. Confident. Role model. That’s how her parents describe their five-year-old daughter Sadie. That wasn’t always the case. “She had a hard time with anger and emotional outbursts,” her mother, Heather, recalled. “She had a tough time building empathy and relationships. She wasn’t able to express herself. She’s completely Read More ›
COVID-19 consequence: Emergency funds needed
I don’t normally make requests like this, but these are desperate times. COVID-19 is already hurting Maine people with disabilities and their families in countless ways – and we are quickly working to respond. Would you please make an urgent gift to help? I just got off the phone with our Early Learning Center Director. She is concerned about Read More ›
75 Years of Pine Tree Camp…and counting
It was forward thinking The year was 1945. Like all Americans, the lives of Maine people had been shaped by the Great Depression, two World Wars and the effects of debilitating diseases like polio. The typical Mainer lived on a farm or worked in a local mill or factory. Against that backdrop, Pine Tree Camp began. Polio was very common Read More ›