“I have lasting memories of the many experiences I have had at Camp Susan Curtis. Camp helped me develop into a productive member of society.”
"Your program is terrific! Thank you for having my son there.”
“When I come to camp, all the stress, all the tension…everything from the outside world leaves my body. Its just about the woods and being at Camp Susan Curtis.”
"Thank you so much for offering this to kids who might not otherwise be able to have this experience.”
“Camp Susan Curtis gave me a resource deep within myself that I will draw on for the rest of my life.”
"I am grateful for the last five years. Because of your camp, my daughter’s outlook on life has broadened. Thank you so much for giving her the things I couldn’t have given her on my own.”
“ When I was a camper, there were counselors that helped me out, and I looked up to them. Today, I try to be that person for another kid.”
"At camp I found out that my life mattered and that I was important.”
“ I am grateful for the last five years. Because of your camp, my daughter’s outlook on life has broadened. Thank you so much for giving her the things I couldn’t have given her on my own.”
"I love camp at lot! I love playing soccer, hiking, swimming and fishing!”
Technology
TECHNOLOGY - Susan Curtis programs use computers and technology creatively at both campuses to serve the educational needs of disadvantaged Maine children and youth.
Film-Making - each student-camper in this Arts & Technology Education Center session is given a disposable digital video camera; under guidance, they film their experiences throughout the session, edit them with digital video editing technology, and receive DVD copies of their collective works. In addition, special projects are undertaken each year. In 2008, local filmmaker Mike Dana worked with student-campers to create a video art piece and integrate it into their final performance. The session concluded with a multi-disciplinary performance as a visual and theatrical expression of what campers had experienced throughout the session. 
Digital Photography - In 2008, we expanded our photography training at the Arts & Technology Education Center to teach the art of digital photography and assist student campers in pairing words with images; this adds valuable technological lessons, as well as an important element of visual expression. Student-campers are given digital cameras and learn about the history of photography, art and writing inspired by the Maine landscape. They work to pair their photographs with their writing as a visual expression of their words. This effort encourages them to consider the conceptual elements of their images and writing, and how they present their thoughts to their audience. The mediums we offer provide our student-campers with new and dynamic modes of expression. Their work inspires conversations and connections with peers, and represents another successfull effort to facilitate the healthy self-expression and personal growth of the youth with whom we work.
Graphic Design - In 2009, Graphic Design is being added to the curriculum at the Arts & Technology Education Center. Student-campers will learn design principles and purposes, in theory and application, through the use of design software and online resources. Instruction will include an introduction to web design as well as development of a graphic design portfolio.
Financial Literacy and Literacy - A library and computers at each campus facilitate access to online financial/literacy games and activities that make learning fun and relevant. We use activities and on-line resources such as JumpStart Reality Check programs on financial literacy and www.eun.org which has educational and fun computer games such as "Road Trip to Savings", as well as career and college choices information. Our literacy program uses activities from thinkfinity.org consortium partners like read/write/think.org. Use of computers to promote literacy is exciting and relevant for young creative minds in an increasingly technological world. Training helps ensures "that...children from low-income households are not at a disadvantage in situations where technology is used in the school." It also helps "them take advantage of the many opportunities that technology opens during the learning process." (ASHA).