INTRODUCING THE KITA CENTER
OUR FUTURE "HOME FOR HEALING"
The KITA organization has been renting facilities throughout Maine since its establishment in 2013. In 2021, we embarked on an ambitious journey of building our future home in order to offer more programs, serve more people, and provide more permanency.
On this property as "The Kita Center", we remain steadfastly committed to our mission of upstream suicide prevention, championing healing through intentional connection.
But first, we need your help.
CAMPAIGN GOAL: $7,050,000
OUR PROJECT
The project was split into 2 phases for completion. Upon full completion, the 28.5-acre property situated on Loon Pond in Acton, Maine is expected to include:
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The Kita Commons Dining
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Kitchen
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Medical Cabin
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Bathhouses
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Group Therapy Cabins
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Staff and Retreat Cabins
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Outdoor Playing Fields
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Bunk Cabins
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Art Cabin
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Outdoor Pavilions
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Welcome Center
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Nature Education Building
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Waterfront
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Firepits
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Walking Trails
NAMING OPPORTUNITIES
Numerous possibilities exist at our future home for donors or sponsors interested in having their name, or a memorial dedication, at the Loon Pond property.
Contact Sydney Mosher at smosher@campkita.com for more information, or secure your opportunity today.
A PLACE FOR HEALING, HONORING, AND CONNECTION.
Rendering provided by Sebago Technics shows full scope of the campus--inclusive of both phase 1 and 2.
Light Fixtures are installed and light the new ADA pathway between the art cabin and future Kita Commons Dining Hall
Beach outside the Family Cabin is ready to welcome guests.
Rendering provided by Sebago Technics shows full scope of the campus--inclusive of both phase 1 and 2.
Progress Photo Gallery
LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The word 'Kita' is an Abenaki-Penobscot word for “listen”. The Loon Pond land which has long served as a site of meeting and exchange among indigenous peoples for thousands of years and is the home of the Abenaki People. KITA honors, recognizes and respects these peoples, especially the Abenaki, as the traditional stewards of the lands and waters on which we gather today. In that spirit, today we will begin by acknowledging that we are guest in this land. We need to respect and help protect the lands within our use
While we build our resilience through community, it is important to us to reflect on a greater future of inclusivity. Land acknowledgements are a way for us to reflect upon the duality of our work— while we work within our team, our community, and with our campers to promote greater inclusivity and abolish inequities.
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The Kita Center is proud to support Abenaki Helping Abenaki, Inc.