Bring your camp staff and team members who are already in Maine! Bring your children! Bring your family! Bring your neighbors! Bring your friends! Tickets are a very reasonable $15.28 per person for Section 207. Ticket purchase deadline is Monday May 4.
Tailored to first and second-year counselors and CITs, this workshop is the ideal opportunity for your staff to fortify their pre-season training by taking a deeper dive into managing homesickness, sensitive topics, challenging behaviors, and personal well-being. Facilitated by Dr. Chris Thurber, this three-hour program is a fantastic opportunity to laugh and learn with a diverse cohort of enthusiastic peers who work at other Maine camps.
MSC members will come together for their annual gathering at Migis Lodge on September 25. The post-camp event will offer time for connection and catching up, awards presentations
and, similar to last fall, roundtable discussions about challenges and successes of the summer 2025 camp season.
What is the Business Networking Extravaganza? It’s your exclusive opportunity as an MSC Business Member to personally connect with 100+ camp decision-makers with strong purchasing power! Here’s how the day works: Camp representatives eagerly participate in an educational workshop during the morning, while MSC Business Members set up their displays and enjoy lunch. At 12:30, the Networking Extravaganza begins! Camp owners, directors, executive directors, leaders, and the camp professionals on their teams visit each table, giving businesses the opportunity for face-to face sales. Keep in mind that the camps appreciate “show specials”, which MSC may help to promote. The “MSC Mega Raffle” is held at 2:45 PM, and all must be present to win. Please consider a contribution to the...
Resources: Become a Level Ground Participating Camp: Upcoming Dates: MSC Webinar with Chalmers Insurance STAYING AHEAD – Risk Management Topics for Camps in 2025 with Chalmers Insurance Wednesday, April 2, 2025 10am-11am Nonprofit Circle In-Person Gathering Camp Mechuwana, Winthrop, ME. No cost; includes lunch. Thursday, April 10, 2025 10am – 2pm Supporting Trans & Nonbinary Campers and Staff This Summer (In-person), Center for Grieving Children, Portland; no cost. Wednesday, April 30, 2025 9:30am – 12:30pm DEI Podcast Club: “Parented: Raising A Gender-Expansive Kid.” Wednesday, April 16, 2025 12pm – 1pm
Speaker Presentations Casey Ivanovich, Post-doctoral Fellow & Climate Scientist, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies Colin Holme, Executive Director, Lakes Environmental Association
Maine Summer Camp Winter Workshop Agenda: Summer Camps and Climate Change 9:00-9:15 Welcome / Awards / Sponsor Thank you 9:15-10:45 Speaker Presentations (Click HERE to see their presentations.) 10:45-11:15 Q&A 11:15-11:40 Breakout Sessions facilitated by Education Committee members (suggestions for topics of conversations below) [Coming Soon! Document capturing breakout discussions with resources, links, and notes.] 11:45-12:05 Share Outs 12:10-12:20 Wrap Up from Dr. Ivanovich 12:20-12:30 Thank You to Speakers / Business Extravaganza Info / MSC Announcements
