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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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Artists love of Maine coast shines through
Sandy Crabtree’s love of the Maine coast shines through in her latest holiday card design Sandy Crabtree loves showcasing the rugged Maine coast in her artwork. Her paintings of coastal Maine winter scenes and lighthouses have been featured on Pine Tree Society’s...
Artwork with a very special meaning
Elaine Reed’s artwork holds a very special meaning "It was like Christmas to him.” That’s how Pine Tree Society holiday card artist, Elaine Reed, describes her brother-in-law’s experience at Pine Tree Camp. “It was the high point of Jimmy’s year,” she recalled. “He...
2025 Holiday Cards Revealed
This holiday season, we have four ALL NEW cards for you to choose from. We think you’ll love how this year’s cards range from the whimsical, to classic Maine scenes, to special moonlit moments. For the first time ever, we’re featuring some very special cards created...
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Our Impact
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
Lifelong love of outdoors, friends discovered at Pine Tree Camp
Much of the year you’ll find Enock Glidden out on the trails. As a consultant for Maine Trails Network, he assesses trails that outdoor enthusiasts with disabilities can access. “Basically, I check...
Pine Tree Society’s personalized hearing evaluations change lives
“The best hearing aids are the ones you want, when you’re ready to have them.” That’s the philosophy Dr. Ayris Franklin and her team at Pine Tree Society’s audiology department believe in. That...
Lifelong friendships at Pine Tree Society help adults thrive at Pine Tree Society’s Community Support
Over many decades at Pine Tree Society, Dan, David, Jon and Diana have made friends who are like family. From working together, sharing good times, supporting each other through challenges and even retiring together, it’s been a lifelong journey.