Pine Tree Society Blog
“You can always be who you want to be at Pine Tree Camp”
Tonya Reeves has been coming to Pine Tree Camp for the past 10 years. She says she remembers what it was like to come for the first time. She said, "I was a very scared, very timid, little girl looking for a place that can accept me for who I am." She says she found...
What Pine Tree Camp symbolizes to me
"Pine Tree Camp symbolizes love, and friendship and freedom." That's what Session 2 camper, Paul Ryan told us when we asked about the t-shirt he designed during Arts and Crafts. "The rainbow symbolizes everything wonderful. Bright colors are just happy and free." If...
Paddling with a purpose
The drizzle stopped and skies cleared just in time as more than 150 paddlers set out from Evergreens Campground in Solon for a dry, cool, seven-mile kayak trip down the Kennebec to North Anson. They were paddling for a purpose with a goal to raise funds to support...
Counting Down The Days to Pine Tree Camp
Every June, hundreds of people head to the Kennebec River to paddle with a purpose. One of those paddlers is 15-year-old Tristan Bouchard of Farmington. He’ll be there early, volunteering to help direct traffic. Then he and his family will hit the river for the...
Spring chicks kindle wonder and curiosity at the Early Learning Center
It all started with a discussion about caterpillars and butterflies, spring, new growth and changes in the environment. One child expressed interest in watching eggs hatch and the next thing we knew, the Early Learning Center was incubating 10 chicken eggs! We have...
Just one click can help send people to Pine Tree Camp
Cast your vote before May 31 to help Pine Tree Camp win a $4,000 grant! Pine Tree Camp is a finalist in the Summit Natural Gas of Maine 2017 Community Giving and Sponsorship Program. http://summitnaturalgasmaine.com/community-sponsorship/ This is an easy one-click...
Pine Tree Society Appoints Marc-Aurele to Board of Directors
Pine Tree Society recently named Jim Marc-Aurele to its board of directors. Marc-Aurele has a BS in Occupational Therapy and an MBA. As the Director of Materials Management at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick, he is an experienced leader with a reputation for...
The Early Learning Center: Focus on Social and Emotional Development
Today, we are celebrating social/emotional development. Children develop and practice self control, self concept and social competence when they become part of a classroom community. All of that can be very confusing! "Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% of how we...
The Early Learning Center: Focus on Creative Arts
When I'm getting all dressed up, setting the table, caring for the babies, Don't get the idea I'm "Just Playing". For, you see, I'm learning as I play; I may be a mother or a father someday. When you see me up to my elbows in paint or standing at an easel, or molding...