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80 years after: Marie preston's spirit lives on
Marie Preston was the second Executive Director of Pine Tree Society – or Easter Seals as it was known then — and was instrumental in establishing Pine Tree Camp in 1945.
“It was a huge undertaking,” her son, Jim Preston, recalled. “She had to raise a lot of money and it was an enormous amount of work to get things running.”
Jim and his father, Burton Preston, worked together to get the cabins ready the first year. Most of the kids had never been away from home. They came to camp with mobility issues stemming from polio, farm accidents and other physical challenges.
When the gates opened that first year, 75 campers arrived.
BIG NEWS! THE MAINE CABIN MASTERS RENOVATED OUR RECREATION HALL
Pine Tree Camp kicks off its 80th anniversary year by revealing a secret….the Maine Cabin Masters renovated our recreation hall and theatre space!
The completed project will be unveiled on the Monday, February 3 episode of Maine Cabin Masters titled “Curtains Up! Theatre for Extraordinary Campers” airing at 9:00pm on the Magnolia Network.
“The new space is truly incredible,” said Pine Tree Camp Director, Dawn-Willard Robinson. “They created a space where our campers can let their talents shine. They took our goals for theatre, music and arts programming and brought it to life in ways we could have never imagined.”
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Pine Tree Society’s mission is to provide Maine children and adults with disabilities the opportunities and the means to create better lives for themselves and their families.
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– Respect and Inclusion
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Meet Liam: He’s a Pine Tree Camp kid for life
“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...
Pine Tree Society provides students hands-on experience with assistive technology
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...
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