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Camp Fire notes 100 years
Published 6:00am Sunday, March 21, 2010Young and old alike stopped for cake at WestRidge Mall Saturday to help Camp Fire USA celebrate its 100th birthday.
“We’ve had a lot of fun today, as we celebrate our centennial,” said Janet Grulke, Camp Fire district director, Fergus Falls, whose Moccasin Valley District includes Camp Fire units in Otter Tail, Douglas and Grant counties. “This also has given us the opportunity to educate people about the objectives and goals of Camp Fire USA.”
The motto this year is, “A Century of Kids — A Future of Leaders, 1910-2010.”
Camp Fire USA was founded a century ago by Charlotte and Luther Gulick, MD, in Vermont, as the first non sectarian organization for girls in the United States. Boys have been allowed to join the organization since 1975.
Locally, those interested in Camp Fire participation can call the Moccasin Valley District Office in Fergus Falls at 218-736-3027. The e-mail address is campfireusamv@juno.com
More about Camp Fire USA
Camp Fire USA is one of the nation’s leading not-for-profit youth development organizations. With national headquarters in Kansas City, Mo., the organization provides all-inclusive, coeducational programs in hundreds of communities across the United States.
Camp Fire’s outcome-based programs include youth leadership, self-reliance, after school groups, camping and environmental education and child care. Serving youth from birth to 21, Camp Fire USA helps girls and boys learn and play side by side in comfortable, informal settings.
The coed programs allow parents to consolidate schedules for both their daughters and sons.
Camp Fire USA takes pride in its long-standing commitment to providing fun programs and services to all children and families in America. They are inclusive, open to every person in the communities it serves, welcoming children, youth and adults regardless of race, religion, socioeconomic status, disability, or other aspect of diversity.
