Tamarack Lodge sits in a peaceful and enchanting forest setting where rustic elegance turns into magical memories!
Listen to amazing live music and dance under a sky full of stars. Perfect for date night or catching up with friends.
The Tamarack Lodge will be host to an amazing Music Fest put on by TheCharityChallenge.net on Sunday, October 2, 2022, featuring incredible music, vendors, raffles, food, and family-friendly fun. The musical lineup includes the region’s hottest bands featuring Red Light, Whiskey Blvd, Ed Peabody & The Big Blue Thang, Big “Dawg” Isaac, Stone County and Nick Casey. Collectively, these bands offer many genres of music, including classic rock, country, rhythm & blues and acoustic. TriCircle will benefit from 100% of the net proceeds!
We have recently had the honor and privilege of meeting the new owner of Tamarack Lodge. Her name is Pamela Potemri. She and her husband Joe not only have an incredible vision for Tamarack Lodge, but also have a purpose in this life that brings meaning and joy to at risk kids, grade 6 to age 22, who, for one reason or another, are not able to succeed in the traditional classroom/school setting. We encourage you to visit their website, learn about what the CT Coastal Academy offers and read some of the incredible testimonials: https://ctcoastalacademy.org/
So, what IS happening at Tamarack, you may ask?? The usual fanfare – weddings, live music on Friday nights, great food, friendly staff, dinners and pub nights, retreats, concerts, festivals, camping and even summer camps. Exquisite safari tents have been purchased and are almost ready for guests to enjoy glamorous tent glamping! Even the existing cabins are being completely renovated, and the main guest house is getting a makeover as well.
In addition to all of the above, something magical is also happening at Tamarack Lodge every day! There is much, much more than the usual goings on! Tamarack Lodge is becoming an extension of Pam and Joe’s program at the CT Coastal Academy in Essex. In a peaceful and enchanting setting, students are offered hands on experiences that focus on learning and self discovery. Certainly, the kids master their academics successfully, but they also learn and build skills in the trades, construction, carpentry, gardening, cooking classes, composting, landscaping, organic farming, even chicken raising!! They restore old furniture and are growing pumpkins to give away to children when Halloween is here. While the academy provides educational, vocational, therapeutic and transitional services to students in Grade 6 through age 22, Tamarack Lodge will extend the unique program offered at the academy. In countless ways, the students of the academy are using their five senses to grow, evolve, build confidence, give of themselves and develop their own purpose and love of life! They are learning to embrace and adore who they really are and how they can have a positive impact on the world around them! They have so much to offer the world!!
When all seems lost in the traditional setting, Pam, Joe and their amazing team offer renewed hope for the young people who would otherwise fall straight through the cracks! Watching as their vision unfolds inspires a sense of awe, co-creation, divine energy and, most of all, hope!
“We need better solutions,” said Ceci Iliff, founder of TheCharityChallenge.net, “and we can learn a lot from the program that Pam and Joe have created. It will change lives and make our community healthier and stronger in so many ways as these amazingly resilient, talented, young people graduate from their program and make their way into the world! We are honored to partner with Pam and Joe as we seek to create real, long term solutions for the vulnerable demographic TriCircle serves. Our mission and vision are perfectly aligned.”