Pine Tree Society Blog
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
This is what I like to do
“I do a little bit of everything,” that’s how Teresa Davis describes her day. She’s a Direct Support Professional at Pine Tree Society focused on providing the support people need to live independently. “From helping with chores to doing errands to paying bills and...
Career Open House
“Every day is different, but every day I go home knowing that I have made a big difference.” Pine Tree Society invites you to grow with us. We are looking for new team members who want to use their talents to help Maine people with disabilities discover lives of...
Remembering Greg Ouellette
"Carve your name on hearts, not tombstones. A legacy is etched into the minds of others and the stories they share about you.” —Shannon L. Alder Through his years leading Pine Tree Camp and then Pine Tree Society, Greg Ouellette made a transformational impact on the...
Every child deserves to experience the magic of summer camp
“When he was born, he was diagnosed with cancer and we knew then he would be paralyzed from the waist down.” That’s the story Elizabeth, mother of now six-year-old Kellen, recently told us. She remembers thinking, “We’re in the middle of Maine, there’s not going to...