by Gareth Robinson | May 15, 2025 | Children, Early Learning Center, Impact Stories, Uncategorized
Successful Week of the Young Child at Pine Tree Society’s specialized preschool In April, Pine Tree Society’s specialized preschool celebrated the Week of the Young Child, an annual celebration sponsored by the National Association for the Education of Young Children ...
by Gareth Robinson | Apr 30, 2025 | Impact Stories, Pine Tree Camp, Pine Tree Camp 80th Anniversary
80 Years After: Kathy McMahon – Camp Memories from the 1960s At 71 years old, Kathy McMahon’s memories of Pine Tree Camp go all the way back to 1959 when, as a five year old girl, she stepped foot at camp for the very first time. “I was young but I could tie my...
by Gareth Robinson | Mar 31, 2025 | Impact Stories, Pine Tree Camp, Pine Tree Camp 80th Anniversary
80 Years After: Geraldine Mishou – Memories from the 1950s When Geraldine Mishou passed away in 2022, one of the most important legacies she wanted remembered was her connection to Pine Tree Camp. As a girl, Geraldine had polio and spent summers at camp making...
by Gareth Robinson | Mar 7, 2025 | Children, Impact Stories, Pine Cone, Pine Tree Camp
Camp gave him a lot of confidence Sebastien’s first time staying overnight at Pine Tree Camp, his parents were a little nervous. They thought he might have a tough time. “We were there 15 minutes and he already ditched us,” his father, Marc, laughed. “We set up his...
by Gareth Robinson | Feb 13, 2025 | Impact Stories, Pine Tree Camp, Pine Tree Camp 80th Anniversary
80 Years After: Janice Fournier – Memories from the 1940s “When I started going to Pine Tree Camp, we stayed in log cabins and were there all summer long.” The year was 1947. Janice Fournier had cerebral palsy and Pine Tree Camp was her home away from home every...
by Tami Burke | Dec 5, 2024 | Impact Stories, Uncategorized
Our founders were visionaries. 80 years ago they saw the benefits of creating a place where Maine kids and adults with disabilities could experience no barriers on North Pond. They could have had just that one vision. But they saw more. Their vision included a...
