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In the News (Thu 12 Nov 09)

  
 Disciples Home Missions Church Life: civic youth organizations
Camp Fire USA "builds caring, confident youth and future leaders" through programs of informal education, opportunities for youth to realize their potential and to function effectively as effectively as caring, self-directed individuals responsible to themselves and to others.
Camp Fire USA was founded in 1910 with the guiding principle that young people's participation in adult-guided activities would lead to their acquiring the life-enhancing skills needed to be successful adults.
Camp Fire USA believes that spiritual development is essential to a healthy, wholesome personality and recognizes the importance of organized religion and of religious teachings in the lives of youth.
www.homelandministries.org /CivicYouth/CampFire.htm   (310 words)

  
 Campfire usa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
CampFire USA invites kids to sit around the camp fire at one of the several...GoCityKids Tip: CampFire USA receives the majority of its funding from the...
Camp Fire USA is offering a day camp for ages 6 to 18 from 9 am to 3:30 pm July28 to Aug. 1 at Camp Sealth.
Campfire USA Family Day Workshops, races, and other good, clean fun Events :Cultural 5586 West Highway 76 (Shepherd of the Hills) Branson, MO...
www.photoalbumdesigns.com /campfire+usa.html   (927 words)

  
 Camping Magazine: Research Reveals the Assets of Camp Parents and campers give their opinions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Campfire USA has made available a council-developed package titled "Camp Fire Boys and Girls Outcomes Measurement Tool Kit." Tested in 2000, these surveys and procedures were developed by a local council in cooperation with its United Way chapter and are part of a research project that is specific to Campfire USA.
Campfire USA has moved on to the next step in this project and is consolidating national data.
Finally, Campfire USA is seeking funding for a longitudinal study to determine the accumulation of assets and outcomes in participants' lives as the result of long-term involvement with Campfire USA.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1249/is_5_74/ai_80194449/pg_2   (818 words)

  
 Camp Fire USA Heartland Council
Camp Fire USA challenges parents and youth to build character, adopt strong values, develop positive life skills and exercise responsibility to family and community.
Camp Fire USA, with national headquarters in Kansas City, MO, provides coeducational programming for approximately 629,000 participants annually, through 125 councils in 41 states and the District of Columbia.
While there is great variety among Camp Fire USA councils nationally, all Camp Fire USA participants share a Law and a Motto.
www.kc-campfire.org   (374 words)

  
 Campfire Usa - Campfire Usa Items and boys camping Ideas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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www.camping-resources.info /campfire-usa.html   (402 words)

  
 TheOmahaChannel.com - Julies Diary - Julie's Diary: Feeding Their Minds
Each Friday, Campfire volunteers deliver more than 100 backpacks to the school, each filled with two kid-friendly meals like ready-to eat pasta or stew, pop-top canned fruit and vegetables, tiny boxes of cereal and healthy snacks.
Campfire USA has after-school programs in nine area schools, so their relationship with children was already established when they developed the weekend food program.
Back at the Campfire headquarters at 38th and Harney streets, a food pantry is quickly taking shape, with shelves lining a kitchen and loaded with single serving supplies.
www.theomahachannel.com /juliesdiary/3822104/detail.html   (622 words)

  
 Campfire USA-GF-About   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
These clubs are a safe place for children to get involved in service projects, work and play together, and discover their strengths and interests.
Campfire kids learn responsibility, respect for the environment, & understanding of themselves and others.
Camp Fire USA's co-ed programs allow parents to combine schedules for both daughters & sons.
www.campfirencmc.org /CFUSAAbout.htm   (111 words)

  
 Campfire USA Wathana Council   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Camp Fire USA was founded in 1910 to offer girls encouragement and training to become confident, effective leaders.
Camp Fire USA has remained steadfast in its commitment and mission to help youth of all backgrounds develop positive self-esteem, self-confidence and leadership skills, while evolving with the changing needs of the community.
Camp Fire USA strives to provide programs that empower youth from diverse backgrounds and communities to realize their full potential and to function effectively as caring, self-directed individuals responsible to themselves and others.
comnet.org /campfirewathana/campfire_about_us.html   (130 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Ashes taken from a campfire are sprinkled into the flames of the next campfire.
If more than one Scout/Guide brings ashes to the campfire, the lists are combined and the dates and places of all campfires are recorded and passed on.
Will anyone with campfire ashes please come forward and join me. (Wait for others) The ashes I spread into this campfire carry memories of past campfires dating back to ______ I will now charge these ashes to the campfire.
www.gsusahd.org /forms/asheshistory.doc   (513 words)

  
 Sheila - GTCUW   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Most of the staff are college students or graduates, so they're young enough to be able to relate to the kids, but old enough to be responsible and positive role models.
CampFire USA camps have day programs for the younger children who don't want to stay overnight, and camps for children who are comfortable spending time away.
For more information of CampFire USA programs, contact Marchel Lea at 651-632-9184, or visit the CampFire USA website.
www.unitedwaytwincities.org /stories/Sheila.cfm   (277 words)

  
 Browse Agencies
Camp Fire USA Balcones Council's mission is to build caring, confident youth and future leaders.
Our Mission is, "Camp Fire USA builds caring, confident youth and future leaders." Our Vision is, "Camp Fire is this community's choice for building caring, confident youth and future leaders; We provide every youth an opportunity to build key assets, experience success, care for our environment, and have fun." (more)
As the first nonsectarian, interracial organization for girls in the United States, Camp Fire USA takes pride in its long-standing commitment to providing fun programs and services to all children and families in America.
www.volunteersolutions.org /org/by_letter_C_5.html   (564 words)

  
 Campfire USA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Camp Fire USA, Inc. is a non-profit public benefit corporation which has served youth nationwide since it's founding in 1910.
San Antonio Council is a chartered council of Camp Fire USA, Inc. It's territory extends from the east side of the San Gabriel Valley into the west end of San Bernardino County.
Our Purpose: The purpose of Camp Fire is to provide, through a program of informal education, opportunities for youth to realize their potential and to function effectively as caring, self-directed individuals responsible to themselves and others; and as an organization, to seek to improve those conditions in society which affect youth.
www.campfireusamsac.org   (142 words)

  
 Home
The Metropolitan Chicago Council is one of 120 local councils of Camp Fire USA, one of America's premier non-profit youth development organizations.
In 2001, we became Camp Fire USA to reflect the national appeal of our programs and to recognize the wide range of ages we serve.
Camp Fire USA Metropolitan Chicago Council was founded in 1912 to help children grow up in healthy, age-appropriate ways in the urban, suburban, and rural environments of Cook, Lake, and McHenry Counties.
www.campfirechicago.org   (328 words)

  
 Music News - USA Songwriting Competition
USA Songwriting Competition held an exclusive showcase at Club Passim on May 23 2002, Thursday - 8.00pm through 11.00pm.
USA Songwriting Competition sponsors the Club Passims's "Cutting Edge of the Campfire" on the Memorial Day Weekend (from May 24th through May 27th, 2002).
This is the second year that USA Songwriting Competition has been sponsoring this event.
www.songwriting.net /newswire49.html   (370 words)

  
 Huber Heights - News & Updates
The Greater Dayton Area Council of Campfire USA celebrated the grand opening of their Community Family Center at 4301 Powell Road, Huber Heights Wednesday, May 18.
Stewart Smith, Campfire USA National CEO, Jim Pierce, Huber Heights City Manager, and Danetta Graves, Montgomery County Dept. of Jobs and Family Services Director praised Keith Harrison, Executive Director of the Greater Dayton Council and his staff for their hard work and dedication in refurbishing and re-opening the center.
The Campfire USA Community Family Center provides a broad array of daily after-school enrichment, family, and recreational programs and services designed to promote and improve individual and family self-sufficiency.
www.ci.huber-heights.oh.us /news.html   (591 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Campfire, USA program is an outstanding program- however, it also is not scouting.
Generally an example of how the programs are distinguishable is the extensive use of outdoor skill programming by scouts versus the general appreciation of the outdoors by the Campfire, USA program.
We do not mean to suggest anything negative about the Campfire USA program, just stating the obvious- it is just not scouting.
www.godlessgeeks.com /LINKS/ChangeScouting.txt   (709 words)

  
 News & Events   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Those who want to escape the heat and spend summer days swimming, dancing, playing basketball and performing plays, can do so at Campfire USA -- just as soon as the nationwide organization's West Oakland center gets some more volunteers.
Campfire USA's summer program aims to teach kids how to resolve situations non-violently and achieve the various life goals they set for themselves, Martin said.
"We don't want to be a mirror image of that, we want to set a tone of consistency where the adult ally is committed and there for them." During the first two weeks of August, Campfire USA also will host a day camp for kids from 9:30 a.m.
www.oaklandnet.com /government/parks/news/061803a.asp   (436 words)

  
 Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Camp Fire USA is one of the nation’s leading not-for-profit youth development organizations, serving over 650,000 participants annually.
Camp Fire USA’s mission is to build caring, confident youth and future leaders.
By design, Camp Fire’s programs, including small group experiences, after school programs, camping and environmental education, child care and service learning, build confidence in younger children and provide hands-on, youth-driven leadership experiences for older youth.
www.korrnet.org /campfire   (99 words)

  
 Home
Founded in 1910, Camp Fire USA's outcome-based programs include youth leadership, self-reliance, after school groups, camping and environmental education.
Camp Fire Girls were in Tulsa as early as 1912.
Green Country Council received its charter in 1938 and today serves girls and boys in 22 counties in northeast Oklahoma.
www.tulsacampfire.org   (59 words)

  
 Grill Thing - The best camping utensil for cooking hot dogs or marshmallows over a campfire   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The days of losing hot dogs or marshmallows to the perils of the campfire are over.
The solution is a unique Swedish campfire cooking utensil called "Grill Thing." When you cook with this campfire roasting stick as your hot dog or marshmallow holder, your food stays put!
In the USA the single unit in a tube carries the low suggested retail price of $2.99, the 2-Pack $4.99.
www.clever-camper.com   (208 words)

  
 Mahoning Valley/Northeast Ohio Camp Fire Council
The Camp Fire USA Northeast Ohio Council services youth in Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Mahoning, Medina, Portage, Summit and Trumbull Counties.
The Camp Fire USA Northeast Ohio Council accomplishes this mission by providing the best environmental education, in-school, preschool and club programs addressing the community needs of youth in Northeastern Ohio.
The purpose of Camp Fire is to provide through a program of informational education, opportunities for youth to realize their potential and to function effectively as caring, self directed individuals, responsible to themselves and others; and, as an organization, to seek to improve those conditions in society which affect youth.
www.cboss.com /campfire   (404 words)

  
 THE CAMPFIRE ASHES   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Tradition has it that wherever scouts gather and a campfire is lit, that each Scout is offered the opportunity to take a little bit of the cold ash with him when he leaves.
Ashes taken from a campfire are sprinkled into the flames of the next.
When more than one scout brings ashes to the same campfire, the lists are combined with the dates and places of all campfires recorded.
www.scouting200pa.org /files/BSA_Cub_Scout_Pack_200_Ashlist.html   (860 words)

  
 4th Orleans Campfire Ashes
Leave the campfire circle in silence or by softly singing the final song of the evening.
As the campfire burns low and the program winds down, hold a short and simple closing ceremony.
The campfire chief steps forward, raises his arms and offers a few closing words or a little verse.
4thorleans.rpmdp.com /CampfireAshes/CampfireAshes.html   (996 words)

  
 Campfire USA Wathana Council   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Volunteer and staff positions are available at all of the Camp Fire USA Wathana Council locations.
These locations include the Southfield and Monroe offices, Camp Wathana in Holly, and various community locations throughout the 9 county area of Southeastern Michigan and Northwestern Ohio that we serve.
Individuals can help in setting the direction of the Wathana Council and working to ensure an internally stable, financially strong and well recognized organization continues to grow to meet the needs of youth in our communities.
comnet.org /campfirewathana/campfire_jobs.html   (324 words)

  
 Ashes Ceremony History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
DIRECTIONS: Ashes taken from this campfire are sprinkled into the flames of the next Scout campfire you attend.
If more than one Scout brings ashes to the same campfire, the lists are combined, the dates and places of all campfires are recorded and passed on.
USA -- USA Flag Retirement Ceremony and Troop 110 Court of Honor, June 1, at Garin Park, Hayward, California
pages.sbcglobal.net /trochee/ashes.html   (1229 words)

  
 Camp Fire USA Northern California   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Camp Fire USA is a national coed youth development agency serving boys and girls from kindergarten through high school.
Through educational opportunities, Camp Fire USA builds caring, confident youth and future leaders.
Providing nearly a century of service to America’s youth and their families, Camp Fire USA offers inclusive, coeducational programs in hundreds of communities across the United States.
www.humfire.org   (267 words)

  
 CAMPFIRE USA CAMP WASEWAGAN
The new Camp Fire USA for boys and girls is looking for all former Camp Fire kids.
Camp Fire USA Foothills Council is looking for alumni and Camp Wasewagan attendees to help preserve Camp Fire in the San Fernando and San Gabriel valleys.
Camp Wasewagan is celebrating its 66th year serving youth and the Camp Fire family.
www.burbank.com /campfire.shtml   (200 words)

  
 CampFire USA Eastern Massachusetts Council
Camp Fire USA collects personally identifiable information from website visitors only through our forms.
For this reason, the information request form may not be submitted by children younger than 13.
Camp Fire USA pledges never to sell, rent, trade, or disclose your information to any other party, except as required by law.
www.mindspring.com /~nawaka/nawaka/privacy.htm   (228 words)

  
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In this way, the fellowship and spirit of past campfires are passed on to participants at current events.
It is traditional that only those present at a ceremonial campfire carry away ashes from the ceremony.
When you add ashes to the campfire, you should say something to the effect of: “We carry our friendship with us in these ashes from other campfires with other comrades in other lands.
www.nega-bsa.org /doc/chattahoochee20031014082529.doc   (398 words)

  
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May the joining of the dead fires with the leaping flames symbolize once more the unbroken chain that binds scouts and guides around the world with greetings from scouts of the United States everywhere.
The next morning, when the ashes are cold, they are stirred and each scout takes some along to mix with his next campfire.
If more than one scout brings ashes to the same campfire, the lists are pooled with the dates and places of all campfires recorded and passed on.
home.paonline.com /troop202/History/ashlist.txt   (1778 words)

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