by Tami Burke | Sep 30, 2024 | Adults, Children, Communication Pathways, Impact Stories
communication and lifelong friendship Kaylie and Teagan have been friends since elementary school. As recent graduates, they are able to stay in the transition program at their school until they turn 22 years old. At which time, they’ll start the next chapter of their...
by Tami Burke | Sep 30, 2024 | Impact Stories, Pine Cone, Pine Tree Camp
“There’s so much to enjoy at Pine Tree Camp and Liam just loved it.”That’s how his mother, Maryann, describes his experience. Liam came to Camp Pine Cone for the first time and had such a good experience, his parents extended him from one session to three full weeks...
by Tami Burke | Sep 30, 2024 | Communication Pathways, Impact Stories, Pine Tree Camp
This summer, Linda Bonnar welcomed Speech-Language Pathology students from the University of Vermont (UVM) and Emerson College to Pine Tree Camp to experience firsthand as campers and their families learned how to use their alternative and augmentative communication...
by Tami Burke | Jun 27, 2024 | Community Support, Impact Stories
Bridget said she didn’t like bowling. Or swimming. She consistently responded to sit uations by saying “No.” Her Community Case Manager, Christa, recalled, “Once she started going to Pine Tree Society’s Community Support Program, she went from refusing to do anything...
by Tami Burke | Jun 27, 2024 | Early Learning Center, Impact Stories
“One of the big things I really like about the Early Learning Center is they take their time and are very on top of what my boys need. They don’t let anything fall through the cracks.” That’s how Brittney describes her experience with Pine Tree Society’s Early...
by Tami Burke | Jun 26, 2024 | Impact Stories, Pine Cone
“He was comfortable being there.” That’s all it took for Luka’s big sister, Ilyana, to know Pine Tree Camp was going to be a special place. Luka is five years old and this is his first summer at Camp Pine Cone. “Back in 2021, Luka was...
