UMaine’s Tanglewood Camp Announces New Programs
Contact: Lawrence Hollins, Tanglewood 4-H Camp and Learning Center at (207) 789-5862
LINCOLNVILLE — Tanglewood 4-H Camp and Learning Center, a program of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, is marking twenty-five years of service to Maine youth and adults this summer with two new programs. Eco-Venture offers teens a focus on community action through environmental awareness, and includes a daylong hiking adventure through Camden Hills State Park from Camden to Lincolnville. Counselor Apprentice offers teens 16 and older an opportunity to support the camp’s counselors, take on leadership roles, and participate in the residential camp activities. Tanglewood has provided a camp experience to an estimated 80,000 Maine residents since 1982.
“Keys to the success of the camp have been its breadth of offerings, affordability and accessibility,” says Les Hyde, Extension professor of forestry and environmental education. “This 25th summer for Tanglewood is going to be a celebration for all of our supporters, campers, and staff members that have helped make the camp what it is today.”
Tanglewood’s Day Camp program offers one- or two-week sessions for 6- to 8-year-olds. Residential Camp provides one or two weeks of outdoor-based recreation and education for 8- to 14-year-olds. Older teens enjoy off-site Discovery Expeditions and Leadership Programs.
Tanglewood has two campuses to house its environmentally focused program facilities. The Lincolnville campus, on the Ducktrap River in a beautiful, forested 940-acre section of Camden Hills State Park, was built in the 1930s by the Civilian Conservation Corps as a National Recreation Area. The Blueberry Cove campus, with two beaches and 1,400 feet of Tenants Harbor shore frontage, has its own history as the first interracial, co-educational summer camp in Maine.
For more information, or to receive a catalogue of this year’s programs, call (207) 789-5868.