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Information Nights in Brooklyn and Manhattan
This fall and winter, we invite you and your friends to join us for Information Nights and at the homes of Pine Island Camp families in Brooklyn and Manhattan. Meet Director Alex Toole, learn what it’s like to be a camper…
I’m a bona fide trippin’ fool | Don’t swim in no swimming pool
Trips are a big part of the Pine Island experience. We send out more than 30 hiking and paddling trips each summer, and those who love them have been dubbed “trippin’ fools” (listen to “I’m a Camper at PIC” for context).
Applications Open for 2027!
Pine Island is different. Every summer we build a unique community, one that draws on and is enhanced by the talents and energy of every one of our campers and staff.
Fishing for Patience
What do you learn when you learn to fish at Pine Island? You learn to tie a surgeon’s knot, and how to cast from shore and from a boat…