Winter Zoom Series: Bringing Pinewoods History to Life
December 14, 2024
Join us this winter into spring 2025 to celebrate our Centennial by exploring the rich history of Pinewoods Camp. In February we will go back to the days of Girl Scout Leadership Training Course at Pine Tree Camp under the auspices of Helen Osborne Storrow. In March we will get to know our post World War II stewards of Pinewoods: the Conant Family. In April we will explore our 1975 transition to the non-profit we are today in “Becoming Pinewoods Camp, Inc.” Read on for details and register now for each session!
Helen Storrow, Pinewoods Camp, and the First Girl Scout Training School
Ruth (Walsh) Wright Collection Girl Scout National Leader Training School, 1919, Pinewoods Camp, Long Pond, Plymouth, MA. Compliments of: Girl Scout Museum at Cedar Hill
Tuesday, February 25, 2025
7:00 pm ET
With Francine Edwards
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Explore the complex connections between Boston philanthropist Helen Storrow, Pinewoods Camp, and the First Girl Scout Training School in the early 20th century. Mrs. Storrow was a progressive-minded woman with a vigorous interest in the benefits of all health-giving activities, especially camping, folk dancing, singing, swimming, gardening, and hiking. With help from the archival treasures of the Girl Scout Museum at Cedar Hill in Waltham, MA, we will journey into the past to learn more about Mrs. Storrow and her amazing legacy to Pinewoods Camp and the Girl Scouts.
Francine Edwards
Bio
Francine Edwards, one of the co-founders of the Girl Scout Museum at Cedar Hill, spent eight glorious summers during the late 1940s and early 1950s at Camp Four Winds on Long Pond. She was a camper, kitchen worker, and eventually waterfront counselor teaching swimming, boating, and canoeing. A current museum volunteer, Francine has special interest in Helen Storrow and the early history of Girl Scouting in Massachusetts.
The Conant Family and Pinewoods
Family photos from the Conant Family Archives. Compliments of: David Conant
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
7:00 pm ET
With David Conant
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David will share stories about his family’s long relationships with Helen Storrow, Pinewoods, and the Long Pond community. See pictures and movies from the family archives spanning from the beginnings of camp and the Girl Scout Leadership era, to the current era.
David Conant
Bio
As a member of the Conant family, David has spent time at or next to Pinewoods his entire life. He is involved in both the Camp and Pond communities. He was a member of the grounds crew in the 1970s, a PCI board member for 15 years, and has attended many sessions of Campers Week. He is an active Morris dancer, following in the footsteps of his father and grandmother.
Becoming Pinewoods Camp, Inc.
PCI’s tree logo, drawn in 1975 by Frank Edwards for the first Pinewoods Post.
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
7:00 pm ET
With early board members and Bill Abbott,
attorney for the Conants and PCI
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Jeff Warner and Genny Shimer, members of the first PCI Board, in Ampleforth c. 1972. Photo credit: Suzanne Szasz
In the sale of the century, the Conant family sold Pinewoods Camp to a newly created non-profit: Pinewoods Camp, Inc. (PCI). As Pinewoods celebrates our Centennial, we also celebrate our 50th anniversary as an independent non-profit. We are pulling together a panel of special guests – major players in the forming of PCI. Join us for stories and anecdotes, and maybe the chance to ask your burning questions, with 50 years of perspective.
Participants:
Gillian Stewart, Moderator, and Panelists Bill Abbott, Bob Erenburg, Jeff Warner, Jim Morrison, and Tom Kruskal.