CLIC Summer 2007 Scholarships
Greenland Point Center Conservation Camp
Long Lake, Princeton, Maine
The Chiputneticook Lakes International Conservancy (CLIC) is offering scholarships for two youngsters between the ages 10 and 14 to attend one of four five-day (Sunday thru Friday afternoon) overnight camp sessions this summer (2007) at the Greenland Point Center Conservation Camp (GPCCC), an environmental education and outdoor recreation center in Princeton, Maine. Greenland Point Center is situated on a 64 acre peninsula which extends into Long Lake and is covered with a mature forest rich with wildlife. The camp periods are designed to help students become good stewards of the environment while learning skills to help them venture safely into the Maine woods.
Twelve log or wood-framed cabins blend into the forest and provide warm accommodations for sleeping or other activities. Each cabin is comfortably furnished with bunk beds, single beds, a table, chairs and a bureau. All cabins have electricity and some are handicapped accessible. The main lodge, also handicapped accessible, is a traditional Maine Sporting Camp style building. It houses the dining hall, which seats 80, and features a fireplace. The kitchen facility is large and well equipped. Downstairs there is a multi-purpose class/events room and library with fireplace. There are three shower/bathroom facilities, one located on the lower level of the main lodge, and the others near the cabin circle. All have electricity and hot and cold running water. Meals are prepared in the lodge kitchen by staff cooks and served in the dining hall.
The program is designed to help middle grade students to safely enjoy themselves while venturing into the Maine woods. Included in the program are the following activities: Canoeing and Water Safety, Swimming, Fly Casting, Rifle Instruction and Safe Gun Handling, Animal and Fish Identification, Sailing and Safe Boat Handling, Archery, Wildlife Management, Sportsman Ethics, Woods Survival, Tracking Wildlife, Trapping, Tree Identification, Forest and Water Conservation, Map and Compass Reading
All activities are lead by GPCCC staff who are certified as Hunter Safety Instructors, ARC First Responder, ARC Lifeguards, and IF&W Rifle Range Safety Officers. The following organizations provide guest lecturers to enrich the conservation program curriculum: Penobscot Fly Fishers - Fishing Instructors, IF&W - Safety Coordinators, Wardens and Biologist, Trappers Association - Licensed Trapper, Registered Foresters, Grand Lake Stream Guides Association, Princeton Rod & Gun Club and the Penobscot County Conservation Association
Conservation Camp sessions are offered: June 24-29, July 8-13, July 22-27 and July 29-August 3.
To qualify for a scholarship, a youngster must meet ONE of these criteria: 1) he or she must be a relative of a CLIC member, OR 2) have a CLIC sponsored fish tank in his or her class-room (East Grand, Hodgdon, Houlton & Houlton Christian Academy), OR 3) spend part of the year in the St. Croix Watershed area (Amity to Calais). Finally, each applicant is asked to write a short letter to CLIC telling why he or she wants to go to conservation camp.
Tuition to each camp session is $400.00 per camper and CLIC will pay $300.00 of it¸ so each scholarship recipient, after being awarded a scholarship, must pay the remaining $100.00 as a registration fee.
Applications will be accepted within these guidelines and although there is no deadline, applications should be submitted as soon as possible. To submit an application or for more information, contact Ann Barnes at 207-532-3556 or 207-448-7094 or e-mail questions to pegone @ mfx.net
For more information and to see some photographs of Greenland Point Center, visit the GPCCC Web page at: http://www.greenlandpoint.com/ConservationCamp.htm
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