April Fool’s Day
From Juanita: Determined FOHI neighborhood volunteers plowed through the 10” snow to stuff, seal, and stamp 7500 envelopes as part of our first-ever fund drive.
Year: 2011
Summer programs nearly full
From Erica Van Etten: We are at 94% enrollment, with 48 Audubon chapters and other organizations sending scholarship recipients or representatives to Hog Island this year.
Steve Kress wants you … to volunteer
From Steve Kress: There are still some opportunities to spend time on Hog Island this summer as a FOHI volunteer. If you have not already signed up, I hope you will join us.
Hog Island Update: February 2011
A call for volunteers Part of FOHI’s commitment to making the Audubon Camp at Hog Island a sustainable venture is to provide volunteers to help with opening and closing the camp and then to help
A call for volunteers – 2011
Part of FOHI’s commitment to making the Audubon Camp at Hog Island a sustainable venture is to provide volunteers to help with opening and closing the camp and then to help during the program sessions.
February progress report
From Juanita Roushdy: As I sit here watching the snow falling and clinging to the trees — and the serenely beautiful white landscape — it reminds me that it has been a while since my last communication, so here’s a synopsis!
The memorable second choice
From Ethan Dawe: Nearly 30 years later I still recall my first glimpse of Hog Island across the mist shrouded bay as I was dropped off on the shore with the other kids. It’s seemed like another world, and it was.
Maine group rallies to save island birding camp
From BoatingLocal.com: Three-hundred-acre Hog Island on Maine’s Muscongus Bay has been losing money for years and was on the brink of new ownership until a dedicated group of birders called Friends of Hog Island (FOHI) intervened.
Hog Island Update: January 2011
Early bird registration ends at midnight tonight If you have been thinking about signing up for Audubon Camp in Maine summer programs on Hog Island, now is the time to act. All adult programs are
Early bird registration ends at midnight January 15
If you have been thinking about signing up for Audubon Camp in Maine summer programs on Hog Island, now is the time to act! All adult programs are filling fast and the teen program is wait-list only. And, the earlybird discount ends at midnight this Saturday (January 15th). All registrations made online or postmarked by the 15th qualify for this discount.