2026 Newsletter #2
Hello from Pemi! As I write, on Tuesday, July 7th, the heat wave of last week feels a distant memory already. It’s an overcast and even slightly chilly day here at Pemi, but our program continues in full swing. The last week since the first newsletter has been jam-packed with both routine and special events, […]
2026 Newsletter #1
Hello and welcome to Pemi 2026! A brief programming note up front here: This is the first of our weekly newsletters for the 2026 season. Most weeks they’ll be published on Tuesdays, though occasionally they’ll come out Wednesday instead. Today’s comes out on a Wednesday to maximize the amount of fun details to share. In […]
2026 Pemi Staff
Welcome to the 2026 Pemi summer – our 119th! Throughout the summer we’ll send out a weekly newsletter detailing the goings on here at camp, with an effort to share as much of the spirit of Pemi as we can with all of you at home. In this first installment, I’m thrilled to introduce you […]
Letter Writing at Pemi
In many ways life at Pemi hearkens back to older eras, offering campers opportunities to engage in timeless boyhood rituals. Some of these traditional rites of passage carry on outside of Pemi just like they always have: hiking Mt. Washington, casting a line into the lake at twilight, waking up early to go birding, or […]
Pemi 101: Campfire
If you asked 100 Pemi alumni to name the place in the world they most associate with natural serenity, I’d venture that a sizable percentage of them would name Pemi’s Campfire Circle on Senior Beach. It’s a spot that holds special meaning for generations of Pemi campers and staff thanks to both its stunning physical […]
2025 Newsletter #8
Hello Pemi Community, Hard as it is to believe, it’s now been just over seven weeks since the Pemi 2025 summer wrapped up – the length of the full camp session. I suspect I’m not alone in feeling like the time from closing day until now seems far shorter than the camp season itself did. […]
2025 Newsletter #7
Greetings from Pemi! Somehow we’ve already arrived at the last week of the summer. Next week you’ll receive the season’s final newsletter that details all of our end-of-season festivities along with some wrap-up thoughts on Pemi’s 118th summer. Today’s newsletter will be a relatively brief effort, as I try to squeeze it in while also […]
2025 Newsletter #6
Hello from the Shores of Lower Baker Pond, We’re in the midst of another warm, beautiful stretch of weather here at Pemi, with the sun expected to be shining all week and temperatures sitting in the 80s for the next several days. As I write Pemi campers are out waterskiing, paddling on canoes and kayaks, […]
2025 Newsletter #5
Greetings from Wentworth! It’s been another busy and fun stretch here at Pemi, with the programming continuing at pace and the boys enjoying everything camp has to offer. We’ve had beautiful projects created down at Art World and in the wood shop, sublime performances at campfire, boys zipping across Lower Baker Pond on Sunfish and […]
2025 Newsletter #4
For those just starting to read our newsletters for the second session, a quick programming note at the top: Newsletters are written and sent out weekly, mostly on Tuesdays, though occasionally (like this week) the rhythm of camp can delay the newsletter until Wednesday. You’ll get a brief snippet included in the body of an […]
2025 Newsletter #3
Hello from Pemi, At the top here, and following up on Kenny’s communication earlier this week, I’ll begin this week’s newsletter by again acknowledging the pain and sorrow that all of us in the Pemi community feel for the families, camps, and everyone impacted by the recent flash floods in Texas. As Kenny said, the […]
2025 Newsletter #2
Greetings from Wentworth! It’s been quite a week here on the shores of Lower Baker Pond, as the Pemi season continues at breakneck pace. Not only have the boys and staff been all over the place, but the weather has been doing. During the last seven days, we’ve gone from nearly 100º temperatures with mandatory […]