“I didn’t like the path I was going down. I wasn’t making good choices and I wanted a fresh life and people I could count on.” Julie is 42 years old and lives with intellectual disabilities. Since she decided to turn her life around, she’s never looked back. That’s where Pine Tree Society’s Home and Community Support Programs came in to help Read More ›
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Local news coverage of Camp Communicate 2018
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 Read More ›
Ladan Iman
"Working here made me change my entire career path." 22-year-old Ladan Iman from Auburn has been working at Pine Tree Camp for the past four years. She started out as a counselor and has worked her way up to staff liaison, where she assists campers and their families/caregivers whose personal care needs exceed those that can be provided by camp Read More ›
Accessible treehouse and nature trails
Wednesday, June 27th "I've never been in a treehouse until now." Pine Tree Camp gives people with disabilities the opportunity to immerse completely in nature. In 2010, Pine Tree Society partnered with The Treehouse Guys—a non-profit organization formally known as Forever Young Treehouses— to build the first fully accessible treehouse in Read More ›
Marie Preston’s Spirit Lives On
Marie Preston was the second Executive Director of Pine Tree Society – or Easter Seals as it was known -- and was instrumental in establishing Pine Tree Camp in 1945. Her son, Jim Preston, was eight years old at the time and recalls that it was after the war that his mother became executive director. Newspaper articles from the time reveal Read More ›
Overnight Camping
June 21, 2018 "I wish I could stay here forever." "I wish I could make a friend." Every session campers have the opportunity to sign up for an overnight camping experience at the breathtaking southerly shore of North Pond. At the end of free swim, the campers and their counselors head over to the campsite where they make their own Read More ›
Pine Tree Society staff and Pine Tree Camp staff working together
Wednesday, June 13th After nearly two weeks of intense staff training, Pine Tree Camp officially opened its gates yesterday. Before the first session of Pine Tree Camp even begins, 60 staff and counselors from all over the world participate 13 jam-packed days of training with topics ranging from camper care and lifting and transferring to Read More ›
Pine Tree Camper counting down the days
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 Read More ›
FOX 22 ABC 7 Bangor joined us for the Paddle for Pine Tree Camp
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 Read More ›