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Donate to our Chair-ity Auction
The Chair-ity Auction for Pine Tree Society is coming this October. If you have an old wooden chair, stool, small bookcase or end table gathering dust, donate it to us and watch it become a masterpiece auctioned off to support our mission. Email a photo of the piece you’d like to donate to Breeze Kidder at bkidder@pinetreesociety.org.
Board Spotlight: Meet Casey
We are delighted to shine a spotlight on Board Member and Finance Committee Chair, Casey Karlsen. Casey has been a part of our Board of Directors since 2023, and he uses his financial literacy skills to ensure Pine Tree Society’s resources create maximum impact on our community. Check out this conversation with Casey to learn more.
Big goals require big hearts
We’re on a mission to raise $90,000 to match our Board’s incredibly generous challenge. Your contribution is doubled instantly to provide essential services for Maine people with disabilities. There’s no better time to increase your impact. Your donation will be matched dollar for dollar up to $90,000. Let’s hit this goal together! Thank you for your support.
Limited space: Camp for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing youth
Dirigo Experience is a unique five-day overnight summer camp August 17 – 21 that brings Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing youth together for immersive outdoor adventures. Many Deaf youth have never had the chance to meet another peer their own age. Dirigo Experience actively creates a community for campers.
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Camp through the camera’s lens
80 Years After: Pine Tree Camp through Gareth Robinson’s lens Not only did Gareth grow up at camp, he never left. At 28 years old, he’s never missed a summer and, as the son of Pine Tree Camp Director, Dawn Willard-Robinson, for him, Pine Tree Camp is much more than a...
Then and Now – Kristin Selwood
Celebrating 80 Years of Pine Tree Camp: Then and Now - Kristin Selwood In June, Kristin Selwood of Winthrop, smiled as she posed for a photo at Pine Tree Camp to recreate a cherished image from her youth when she first came to camp. Now 58 years old, she started...
Artwork that’s a first for Pine Tree Society
For the first time ever, this year, Pine Tree Society selected holiday card artwork created by a Pine Tree Camper. Sophia Wooten moved from Ohio to Maine with her family and fell in love with Pine Tree Camp and…moose! “We don’t have moose in Ohio so it’s a real treat...
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Communication Pathways
Providing a full range of Speech/Language and Assistive Technology services for children and adults
Community Support
Developing skills for healthy, socially connected lives
Case Management
Providing support, resources and individualized solutions
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Impact Stories
Pine Tree Paddlers for Pizza: Teaming up for a cause they believe in
Every June, Pine Tree Society Direct Support Professional, Deb Cote, and her family paddle the Kennebec River with one purpose in mind: to raise money for Maine people with disabilities to...
Pine Tree Society to expand to offer audiology testing to infants
Hearing loss is the most common birth defect in the United States. According to the National Institutes of Health, two or three of every 1,000 babies are born with a detectable level of hearing loss...
Pine Tree Society’s Interpreting Services partners with Ogunquit Playhouse to provide American Sign Language performances
Pine Tree Society has partnered with Ogunquit Playhouse to provide American Sign Language (ASL) for select performances of every show this season. These ASL interpreted performances are made...