Application for Off-Season Programming

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We appreciate your interest in hosting a group on Three Mile Island during our off-season. Three Mile Island has a long history of providing a haven from the complexities of modern day life. Our campers willingly trade the amenities of today's technologies for the opportunity to be in closer touch with the natural surroundings. Programs offered during our off-season will appreciate and honor these opportunities.

A successful off-season program will be in sync with Three Mile's vision and mission, will bring with it a management team and crew that has the experience and capacity to function in a setting with limited facilities, and will involve campers who relish what the island has to offer. Although the island has electrical power in some of the areas (Main House, Dock area), being able to function "Off the Grid" and following the principles of minimal environmental impact is key to hosting a successful program.

For that reason, we ask all applicants to familiarize themselves with TMI's Purpose, Vision, and Mission (below), and then review and complete the Guidelines and Application for Off-Season Use. This exercise will help all parties determine whether there is a good fit between the proposed program and Three Mile's capacity to host it.

• TMI Purpose....historical tradition blending with present innovation

But not only should the natural beauties of the island be protected and no work of man allowed to mar; but campers also should live as close to nature as the rules of hygiene and reasonable regard to comfort will allow. Golf and fine clothes should be tabooed; early hours, camp costumes, and simple fare should be the rules. Canoeing and swimming, fishing and sailing, tramping and climbing, resting and communing with nature should be the order of every day. Briefly, the island camp should never become a hotel, but remain a camp, pure and simple, where club members may find rest and live as close to nature as possible.

--founder, AMC member Roswell Lawrence

• TMI Vision...it is here that we evaluate the best fit

Three Mile will support the AMC mission by being:

• A Model of Voluntary Simplicity
• A Leader in Experiential and Place-Based Environmental Education
• A Haven where Families and Individuals can Experience the Natural World Together
• An Exemplary Volunteer Managed Facility
• A Partner with the Local Community in Preserving and Protecting the Lakes Region
• A Source of Recreational Opportunity and Spiritual Renewal

• TMI Mission...we will further develop our camper days by using these key points to guide us

Three Mile Island Camp will feature:

• dedication to the ongoing goal of living "as close to nature as...reasonable regard for comfort will allow," using state of the art low-impact technology with best practices in place regarding environmental impact
• an environmental education program which utilizes TMI's setting to teach campers to live lightly on the land, not only at TMI but also at home, and to understand the environmental issues facing the Lakes Region
• an atmosphere where children, parents, grandparents and friends share fun, love and spiritual attachment to their natural surroundings, and where new campers are invited to adopt TMI's philosophy of commitment to and stewardship of the land
• a strong, engaged volunteer committee actively responsible for the well-being of the Island
• a volunteer program which engages those who visit the island in its success, thereby guaranteeing a stable and healthy future for TMI
• a partnership with local organizations such as the Lakes Region Conservation Trust and the Loon Preservation Society

• TMI Considerations

As groups present proposals for the use of TMI, careful consideration will be given to programs that include staff who understand the above and have a strong connection to the TMI community recognizing the values and beliefs of TMI and its history.