by PIC | Jun 25, 2024 | PIC News
Dear Friends of Pine Island Camp, Our 2024 season is about to begin! On Friday, June 28, we’ll welcome a terrific group of boys from fifteen states and three countries to Pine Island. We’re excited to share the next six weeks with them! Each day at Pine...
by PIC | May 25, 2024 | Events, PIC News
Pine Island’s annual Sloan Critchfield Memorial Boat Maintenance Workshop is a volunteer event that brings alumni, campers, parents, and friends together to honor the memory of Pine Islander Sloan Critchfield by working to preserve our fleet of wooden boats. Dozens...
by PIC | Mar 20, 2024 | PIC News
“Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you,and the storms their energy, while cares will drop away from you like the leaves in Autumn.” -John Muir...
by PIC | Feb 27, 2024 | PIC News, Pine Needle
Alex and his fiancée, Emily Radziwon We are excited to welcome our Incoming Director, Alex Toole! Alex officially joined the PIC team earlier this month. He will work closely with Outgoing Director Sumner Ford through the coming months, and they’ll both be at...
by PIC | Jan 23, 2024 | PIC News, Pine Needle
Monte Ball performs The Lion Hunt at the Final Campfire, circa 1985 Montague G. Ball, Jr. November 18, 1938 – January 17, 2024 It is with sadness and a deep well of gratitude that we bid Montague G. Ball, Jr. a final farewell. Monte died in hospital near his home in...
by PIC | Dec 5, 2023 | PIC News
I think that no experience which I have today comes up to,or is comparable with, the experiences of my boyhood.-Henry David Thoreau Dear Pine Islanders, Boyhood is a precious season. Before sending my sons to Pine Island, I thought a lot about what boys need,...
