Meet the Man Behind Our Logo
When Pine Tree Camper, John W. Conner, passed away in 2017 at the age of 86, there were two really important things in his life that his family wanted to pay tribute to: the Shriners Hospitals for Children and Pine Tree Camp.
“A lot of what he wanted to do, was able to do, and did do was because of Pine Tree Camp and Shriners Hospital,” his son John D. Conner recalled.
He was diagnosed with polio during the Great Depression and Pine Tree Camp was where his doctors recommended he go each summer. It was during one of those summers that he designed the iconic Pine Tree Camp logo. Since that time, John’s emblem has been a positive symbol for the thousands of campers who drive down the camp road each summer and have their lives forever changed.
When John W. was in his early 80s, his daughter Victoria brought him back to Pine Tree Camp so they could walk the grounds together. He was using crutches and it brought to mind an old photo from when he was 10 years old standing with crutches on that very same lawn. It is a memory that will stay with her forever.
“My Dad was very proud of his years at Pine Tree Camp. My visits with him to the camp over various stages of our lives really demonstrated how much the camp did for him as a young man and the great impact it had on him his whole life.”
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