Pine Tree Society Blog
Dysart’s breakfast with Santa benefits Pine Tree Camp
What: On Saturday, November 30 Dysart’s on Broadway is hosting Breakfast with Santa to benefit Pine Tree Camp. Bring your camera, meet Santa, have some breakfast, decorate cookies and get in the holiday spirit. Kids eat free. Adults $10. All proceeds benefit Pine...
Welcome to Our Barn
Let it goat, let it goat, let it gooooaat! Winter, we goat this. With a little help from our facilities assistant, Peter Halligan, our famous goats Oreo, Dunkin and Stewart are settled into their new barn at Pine Tree Camp where they will be snug during the winter...
Watch: Pine Tree Camp’s barn raising in under two minutes
Thanks to the Burger-Roy Family Charitable Trust and Campbell’s True Value, on Saturday, September 28, 2019 Pine Tree Camp became home to a brand new barn, built through a traditional barn raising with a group of volunteers. Watch the barn be built in less than two...
Nothing but powerful, positive experiences with Pine Tree Society
“She has had nothing but powerful, positive experiences with Pine Tree Society since the beginning. The solid foundation they provided helped her to be who she is today. Pine Tree Camp, wow, that’s the icing on the cake.” Kate’s mom, Deborah, recently shared this with...
Pine Tree Society holiday card artist featured by Courier Publications
One of the artists of this year's Pine Tree Society holiday cards, Marieluise Hutchinson of Cushing, was recently featured by Courier Publications. Read the full news story at this link. Her paintings have been featured on our holiday cards seven times. This year,...
Pine Tree Camp opens facility for use by non-profit organizations and increases impact
To many, Pine Tree Camp is known as a summer camp. What might not be so widely known is that Pine Tree Camp is open all year long. About 10 years ago, Pine Tree Camp began offering retreat opportunities, providing the ability for similar organizations to use the...
Elsmere BBQ fundraising night for Pine Tree Society
Do good while dining out! On Tuesday, November 5, head to Elsmere BBQ in South Portland and enjoy a great meal and help Pine Tree Society at the same time. From 4-9 p.m., Pine Tree Society will receive 8% of all food sales, including take out. Location: Elsmere BBQ...
Cards for a cause
This year, Pine Tree Society went back to its expansive holiday card archive to offer a special, limited edition rerelease of customer favorites featuring beautiful paintings by two celebrated Maine artists: Sandy Crabtree of Bath and Marieluise Hutchinson of Cushing....
Something I can’t do anywhere else
“I don’t want to do something I can do anywhere. I want to do something I can’t do anywhere else.” That’s how one of our counselors described why she chose to work at Pine Tree Camp this summer. Our assistant camp director, Mary Schafhauser, couldn’t agree more. ...