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Honoring Emily Swan: A Legacy of Loyalty
Last December, Emily Swan fully retired from Pine Island after more than 30 years as the camp’s Business Manager. This was a woefully inadequate job title; Emily seamlessly handled everything from finances and payroll to logistics and endlessly frustrating regulations. Her attention to detail touched every aspect of camp life, both during the summer and throughout the year.
No Need for Sports Camp!
Pine Islanders Find Athletic Success in the Real Worldby Sumner FordPine Island is far from a sports camp; indeed, our lack of competition is one of our major selling points. For campers and...
A Bulkhead for Bulk Workers!
Since the foundation of Pine Island’s illustrious Leadership Training Internship Program, its staff of rising high-school seniors, known as LTIPs, have been semi-nomadic, living in a variety of...
Just Another LTIP
The job of an LTIP, as anyone who knows will tell you, is work. Long, arduous, sometimes pouring-rain work, which tends to focus everyone on the task at hand. Any apprehension I might have had about...