Defining Photos of 2025
As 2025 draws to a close, we’re excited to look back on a few of the defining photos from Pemi’s 118th summer. Our summer theme in 2025 was “joy,” and looking back on these shots I’m reminded of all the fun that our campers and staff had as we spent time together living simply and […]
Defining Photos of 2024
With 2025 just days away, we’re excited to look back on a few of our favorite images from 2024 – a year filled with Pemi traditions, milestones, and firsts! Pemi’s 117th summer saw boys join us from 24 states and 8 countries for 3, 4, or 7 weeks of friendship, growth, fun, and adventure, all […]
2024 Newsletter #6
Today’s newsletter comes from Charlie Malcolm, assistant director, long-time athletic director, and coach of many of our soccer and baseball teams. Enjoy! Over the last thirty-plus summers, I’ve provided a recap of our Tecumseh Day each year with a different thematic lens. Over the years, we’ve explored the day through photos, the day of a […]
Cans from Campers Program Receives National Award
New Orleans, LA – February 6, 2024 Camp Pemigewassett is proud to announce that our Cans from Campers initiative has received a 2024 Eleanor P. Eells Award for Program Excellence from the American Camp Association. Cans from Campers founder and Pemi Board member Dottie Reed, former director and Pemi shareholder Tom Reed, Jr., Pemi director […]
2023 Newsletter #6
Camp Pemi and our friends from Camp Tecumseh on Lake Winnipesaukee have engaged in a spirited competition for over a hundred years (1908!). It is an experience that every Pemi veteran remembers and has sometimes generated legendary performances from our young athletes and teams. The Mess Hall vibrates each summer with a growing series of […]
Karl Grafton See – October 2, 1970-September 9, 2022
Karl Grafton See, consummate Pemi boy, counselor, and lifelong friend, has died in Duxbury, MA of cardiac arrest. Karl was born on October 2, 1970 in Brunswick, ME and raised in Duxbury, attending Duxbury schools. He graduated from The College of Wooster and delighted in modeling with gusto each letter of the Wooster song in […]
Update from Pemi’s DEI Committee
Today’s post comes from Lisa Heller, a current Pemi parent, member of the Pemi Board, and the chair of our DEI Committee. Lisa is mom to enthusiastic Pemi camper Jackson, who started his career in J1 in 2016. She believes strongly in the value of volunteerism and has served on several local Brooklyn and national […]
Camp Traditions: Fourth of July
Camp Pemigewassett Newsletter # 2 (2021) There were a few times in the past week when we might have been forgiven for thinking we were out on the heath with King Lear, aptly remarking that “the rain it raineth every day.” Nevertheless, spirits have remained high, even as the occasional thunderstorm rumbled its bellyful—largely owing […]
September at Camp Pemigewassett
Enjoy a walk through Camp Pemigewassett in early fall