The Town of Hanson purchased Camp Kiwanee from the Camp Fire Girls for $185,000 in July 1979. The town has maintained the facility as a family campground and function center financed through town funds, facility rentals, and the various special fundraising efforts by the Friends of Camp Kiwanee and countless others. Albert C. Burrages beloved summer retreat The Needles is now and will hopefully remain a part of the lives of future generations of Hanson residents.