NEWS FROM UMAINE COOPERATIVE EXTENSION
University of Maine Cooperative Extension
5741 Libby Hall
Orono, ME 04469-5741
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 28, 2008
Contact: Susan Jennings, (207) 743-6329, susanj@umext.maine.edu
UMAINE AND 4-H INITIATIVE WILL EXPAND OFFERINGS AT MAINE CONSERVATION SCHOOL
BRYANT POND, Me. —The Maine Conservation School will become the site for the new University of Maine 4-H Camp and Learning Center at Bryant Pond, thanks to collaboration announced today among University of Maine Cooperative Extension, the Pine Tree State 4-H Foundation and the Maine Conservation School. The initiative will enable expansion of the experiential natural resource and outdoor education programs that the Maine Conservation School has offered for more than 50 years.
New school and community programs will be offered in the spring and fall, and plans are underway for further program development. New brochures for the summer program are now available for families. For more information about the University of Maine 4-H Camp and Learning Center at Bryant Pond, call UMaine Extension’s Oxford County office at 743-6329.
For over 50 years, the Maine Conservation School has provided fun and challenging outdoor experiences for youth and adults. This new support from UMaine Extension and the 4-H Foundation will enable the organization to reach more of Maine’s children and families, giving them the skills and knowledge to safely and confidently explore our outdoor heritage.
Pine Tree State 4-H Foundation President Harold H. "Brownie" Brown, who was a UMaine Extension 4-H educator for more than 30 years, said, “This is a place that 4-H has a history with. I remember joining with Lew Berce of Aroostook County in the 1960s to bring 4-H groups to the Maine Conservation School, as well as working with John Marsh from IF&W on the hunter safety program. It will be a goal of the 4-H Foundation to develop an endowment to help maintain the facilities at Bryant Pond, as well as to support the Camp and Learning Center so it can continue to provide the very best educational programs to the youth of Maine and New England.”
The current Maine Conservation School Board of Directors and staff have been working closely with the Pine Tree State 4-H Foundation Board, University of Maine Cooperative Extension staff and the Oxford County Extension Association to plan and implement the merger. The camp’s assets have been transferred to the Pine Tree State 4-H Foundation, as part of the University of Maine’s ongoing comprehensive fundraising campaign, and a review is now underway to determine the new camp staffing plan.
Scholarship Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Joyce Roma, Operations Director
The Maine Conservation School
PO Box 188 Lakeside Drive
Bryant Pond, ME 04219
Phone: 207-665-2068
http://www.meconservationschool.org
Maine Conservation School has scholarships for summer camp assistance.
Bryant Pond, ME – March 17, 2008 – The Maine Conservation School at Bryant Pond has funds available now, leftover from last years ME Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Moose Permit Auction to provide scholarships for our summer camp programs. The 2008 Moose Permit Auction will add an additional sum of money sometime later this spring. We also have scholarships available from L. L. Bean, Inc., Pine Tree State 4-H Foundation and local donors. Other groups have also provided funding in various amounts, and we continue to receive support throughout the season. Please contact our office for current scholarship availability.
For over 50 years, the Maine Conservation School's summer camp and school programs have introduced children and adults to a unique blend of safe outdoor fun, environmental education, and practical outdoor skills since 1956.
For more information visit: http://www.meconservationschool.org
Contact: mcsops@megalink.net
Phone: 207-665-2068
2007 Maine Moose permit auction raises over $55,000 in Conservation Education Scholarship funds. A ME DIF&W press release. April 4, 2007.
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