Maine Teen Camp

Maine Teen Camp
Location Porter, Maine, U.S.
Website http://www.teencamp.com
Opened 1984
Operating season June - August
Slogan MTC offers exciting training in art, music, crafts and sports!

Maine Teen Camp is a music, arts and sports camp for teens near Porter, Maine.

History

Maine Teen Camp was established in 1984 by Kris Kamys and Jay & Karen Stager. MTC is located between Trafton Pond and Stanley Lake at the site of the former Camp Hiawatha for Girls (formed in the 1918-20s). MTC is a specialty program for teenagers 13–17, and has a stated goal to provide each camper with a variety of camp experiences, in a safe and supportive environment. MTC promotes a sense of community, friendship, and personal growth and leadership. With 4500 feet of lakefront the camp is almost totally surrounded by water.

Evening Activities include theme dances, a beach party, talent night, coffee house, feature movies, an Independence Day celebration, live band night, The MTC Music Awards, a cabin challenge, casino night, hero hunt, treasure hunt, lip sync competitions, international night, guest performances and, of course, campfires with song!

Winter offices are in Westbrook, Maine.[1]

Maine Teen Camp was formerly owned by Robert Briskin, who died on November 17, 2003.[2]. MTC is currently owned and operated by husband and wife team Matthew Pines & Monique Rafuse-Pines.

References

  1. ^ Marantz, Steven (July 3, 1986). "JOY OF CAMPING RISING LAND VALUES, SPECIALIZATION ALTER ESTABLISHED SUMMER RITUALS". Boston Globe. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BG&p_theme=bg&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EADED8F54328C9C&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved 2008-11-24. "His first day at camp had begun in Atlanta, where it was hot, and ended in a Maine forest, where a cool breeze was blowing. Away on his own for the first time, 13-year-old Merrick Gay stood in the lodge of the Maine Teen Camp, clad in a T-shirt, and shivering." 
  2. ^ "Death Notice - Classified - Robert Briskin". Philadelphia Inquirer. November 19, 2003. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PI&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=102906A8235B0967&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved 2008-11-24. 

External links

Summer camps in the U.S. state of Maine