by pinetreeso | Jul 12, 2018 | Uncategorized
“I’d go back in a minute,” Joan McDonough just turned 83, and that’s how she feels about Pine Tree Camp. “It was home to me almost every summer.” She starting going in 1946, just one year after camp first opened, and went every year until 1951. “I had curvature of the...
by pinetreeso | Jul 7, 2018 | Uncategorized
14 years ago, Linda Bonnar, Director of Communication Pathways at Pine Tree Society, founded Camp Communicate, a retreat designed specifically for children who are non-verbal and who use computerized devices to communicate. Being the only one in school who uses a...
by pinetreeso | Jul 6, 2018 | Uncategorized
“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...
by pinetreeso | Jun 29, 2018 | Uncategorized
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...
by pinetreeso | Jun 28, 2018 | Uncategorized
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...
by pinetreeso | Jun 25, 2018 | Uncategorized
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...
