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Camp Fire USA Central Coast Council
Kansas City, MO, 64106-2197
Phone: 816-285-2010
Fax: 816-285-9444

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Camp Fire was founded in 1910 by Luther Gulick, M.D., and his wife, Charlotte Gulick, as the first non-sectarian organization for girls in the United States.



In 1975, the organization was expanded to include boys. Camp Fire USA is headquartered in Kansas City, Mo.



1910

First meetings of Camp Fire Girls are held in Vermont. Dr. Gulick chooses the name "Camp Fire" because campfires were the origin of the first communities and domestic life. Once people learned to make and control fire, they could develop and nurture a sense of community.



1912

Camp Fire Girls of America is incorporated in Washington, D.C., as a national agency.



1913

The "Blue Bird" program is officially introduced for younger girls and offers exploration of ideas and creative play built around family and community life. In 1989 the "Blue Bird" level will become the "Starflight" level and begins serving both boys and girls.



1918

The first local Camp Fire council is formed in Kansas City, Mo. Beginning in 1977, Kansas City will be the national headquarters for Camp Fire.



1954

The national headquarters adopts a statement calling for greater inclusiveness of all groups within all segments of the membership. Today, Camp Fire USA prides itself in the level of diversity of its members and its programs.



1960

Camp Fire celebrates its 50th anniversary with the "She Cares . . . Do You?" program. During the project, Camp Fire plants more than 2 million trees, builds 13,000 bird houses and completes several other conservation-oriented tasks. In honor of the anniversary, a commemorative stamp is issued and a major conservation effort is launched.



1962

A new program level, "Junior Hi," in which 12- and 13-year-old girls explore new interests as a group and as individuals, is created. The program name will later change to "Discovery" with the inclusion of boys.



The Wohelo Medallion becomes Camp Fire's highest achievement and honor. The Medallion is named for Camp Fire's watchword, "Wohelo," which stands for "work," "health" and "love." Recipients typically spend two years completing projects that foster leadership, teaching, service and advocacy. In 1996, the Wohelo Medallion is renamed the Wohelo Award. Each year, approximately 100 Camp Fire USA youth throughout the nation receive the prestigious Wohelo Award.



1964-67

Through the Metropolitan Critical Areas (MCA) Project, Camp Fire launches a national effort to reach low-income, predominantly urban girls. The purpose of the MCA project is to meet the special needs and promote the healthy social development of these youth and to locate, train and retain neighborhood volunteers.



1975

Camp Fire expands its horizons and encourages boys to participate in all Camp Fire activities. Today, 46 percent of the youth served by Camp Fire USA are boys.



1983

The introduction of the new, coed "Adventure" program for third- through fifth-graders completes the task of program revisions focusing on the inclusion of boys. In this club level, children experience activities focused on the outdoors, creativity, family and community.



1988

Camp Fire introduces "Teens in Action" as a one time social issue campaign to energize the older youth program. Today, Teens in Action, Camp Fire USA's service-learning program for teens, serves over 60,000 teens.



1992

The DeWitt Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund awards Camp Fire a $2.5 million grant. This enables Camp Fire to establish the Champions For Children program, which strengthens the capacity of councils through professional development opportunities for staff.



1995

Camp Fire celebrates its 85th anniversary. Building on the tradition of the campfire symbol, the 85th birthday theme is "A Tradition of Lighting the Way."



1996

The DeWitt Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund awards Camp Fire a $1 million grant that helps bring youth development programs to thousands of young people who live in low-income communities. Through the Extending Our Reach initiative, councils are trained and receive technical support for initiating partnerships within these communities.



1997

Camp Fire and the nation celebrate the first-ever Absolutely Incredible Kid Day® -- a call to action for all adults to communicate through letters their love and commitment to children on the third Thursday of each March.



1998

The Best Buy Children's Foundation awards Camp Fire a generous grant to fund teen initiatives. With Best Buy's continued support, teens across America have been empowered to create and advocate for change in their own communities by participating in national youth forums, web-based town hall meetings and the national teen website.



1999

At the national convention in Seattle, the new mission of Camp Fire is announced, "Camp Fire builds caring, confident youth and future leaders." This mission is leading the organization in the new century.



Learn and Serve America and the Corporation for National Service award Camp Fire a grant to expand its Teens in Action program to reach over 105,000 teens by 2003. To date, 38 Camp Fire councils have received over $300,000 through this grant.



2000

Camp Fire celebrates its 90th anniversary as one of America's leading youth development agencies and conducts a nationwide search to find the oldest living Camp Fire member.



Camp Fire introduces the "Community Family Club" small-group model, designed to provide parents and other caring community adults the opportunity to interact positively with children and teens.



2001

With over 600 million people being reached by the special event since its inception, Camp Fire honors the fifth annual Absolutely Incredible Kid Day® with professional football superstar Jerry Rice serving as the event's national spokesperson.



Camp Fire USA launches a new brand and introduces a national theme line, "Today's kids. Tomorrow's leaders." This theme line helps succinctly define Camp Fire USA for America's families.



At the national convention in Fort Worth, Camp Fire USA debuts newly revised curricula for small-group programs serving grades K-5. The 52-week deep curricula are designed to build social skills and academic competencies.



2002

Camp Fire USA conducts a system-wide launch of the Community Family Club (CFC) program, complete with the new Community Family Club Operations Manual offering steps to launching CFC, supporting materials and six meeting plans.



2003

To further its commitment to inclusiveness, Camp Fire USA begins translating its new curricula for small-group programs into Spanish. The Spanish-language, 52-week deep curricula for grades K-5 are designed to build social skills and academic competencies within Spanish-speaking communities.



Details

Camp Type:
Day  Residential 
Year Established:
1910
Gender:
coed
Age of Campers:
5 to 16 years
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