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Pine Tree Camp
Contact: Adria King, Donor Relations Director // 207-386-5915 aking@pinetreesociety.org
2024 Dysart’s Snowmobile Ride-in and Pine Tree Camp Egg Ride Weekend
Hermon, Maine (January 4, 2024) – On Saturday, February 3rd, spectators at Dysart’s on Coldbrook Road in Hermon will welcome a parade of legendary Pine Tree Camp Egg Riders at the 51st Dysart’s Snowmobile Ride-In for Pine Tree Camp.
The famous Pine Tree Camp Egg Ride continues the over 50-year tradition of Celebrity Egg Riders stuffing raw eggs down their snowmobile suits before the ride. Each egg represents a $50 pledge in support of Pine Tree Camp and its mission to serve Maine people with disabilities.
This year’s celebrities include:
John Gibbs, Ski-Doo Ambassador
Kris MacCabe, Maine Game Warden
Meredith Steele, TikTok Babiesofsteele
Jared “Jedi” Baker, Maine Cabin Master
Matt “Dixie” Dixon, Maine Cabin Master
Al Swett, Maine Snowmobile Association
Ethan Levesque, TikTok TheMainahMan
Jake Warn, SledTRX
Austin Witham, Penobscot Snowmobile Club
Jenna Lawrence, SledME
JR Mitchell, Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce
Timber Tina Scheer, “Survivor” Castaway and Great Maine Lumberjack Show
Sandy Patrick, Go Northeast Snowmobiling
Tim Davis and K-9 Marek, TikTok K9 Deputy Marek
Lauren Gasaway, Portland Sea Dogs
Mary Dysart Hartt, Dysart’s
Dawn Willard-Robinson, Pine Tree Camp
Bradley Thibodeau, Lifelong Pine Tree Camper
Ian Stuart and James Theberge, “Welcome to Maine”
This year’s Ride-in Weekend also includes: a live WABI-TV5 telethon, fundraising auction, poker run and radar run organized and hosted by the Penobscot Snowmobile Club.
All proceeds from the Dysart’s Snowmobile Ride-in and Pine Tree Camp Egg Ride directly benefit Pine Tree Camp’s Open Door Fund. Since 1945, Pine Tree Camp has welcomed all who could benefit, regardless of their ability to pay.
Schedule:
Thursday, February 1: Live WABI-TV5 Telethon & Dysart’s Spaghetti Dinner
5:00pm at Dysart’s Restaurant & Truck Stop, 530 Coldbrook Rd, Hermon, ME
Friday, February 2: Live and Silent Auction
6:00pm at Morgan Hill Event Center, 82 Morgan Hill Lane, Hermon, ME
Saturday, February 3: Pine Tree Camp Celebrity Egg Ride and Poker Run
9:30am at Dysart’s Restaurant & Truck Stop, 530 Coldbrook Rd, Hermon, ME
Sunday, February 4: Penobscot Snowmobile Club Radar Run
Noon at the Penobscot Snowmobile Club, 795 Bog Rd, Hermon, ME
Egg Ride / Poker Run Check Points on Saturday, February 3:
10:00am – Start: Dysart’s (530 Coldbrook Road, Hermon)
10:45am – Stop 1: Levant Hungry Hollow 76’ers Snowmobile Club (34 Hodgson Road, Levant)
11:30am – Stop 2: Carmel Snowmobile Club (210 Hampden Road, Carmel)
12:15pm – Stop 3: Penobscot Snowmobile Club (795 Bog Road, Hermon)
Note: Egg Riders stuff eggs into snowmobile suits here
12:45pm – Finish: Dysart’s (530 Coldbrook Road, Hermon)
Note: Egg Riders de-egg here
For more information: https://www.pinetreesociety.org/events/snowmobile-ride-in/
This year’s sponsors include: Dysart’s, Quirk Auto Group, WABI-TV5, Sappi, Bangor Tire Company, Carmel Electric, Bangor Truck & Trailer Sales, HUB, Norway Savings Bank, Danforth’s Down Home Supermarket, Chase Toys, BDS Waste Disposal, Inc., 201 Power Sports, Morgan Hill Event Center, Signography Graphics, Machias Savings Bank, Shin Pond Village and Moosehead Trail Powersports.
More about Pine Tree Camp: Established in 1945, Pine Tree Camp is Maine’s only American Camp Association-accredited camp for people with disabilities. Every year, hundreds of Maine children and adults with disabilities arrive at Pine Tree Camp in Rome and their lives are transformed. Year-round, campers experience freedom and independence by actively participating in outdoor activities like kayaking, boating, swimming, fishing, hiking, biking, archery, snowshoeing and even ice-fishing thanks to Pine Tree Camp’s 285-acre, fully-accessible campus on North Pond. Full tuition assistance is available. No camper has ever been turned away due to their ability to pay.
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