Camp Fire USA builds caring, confident youth and future leaders.

Description:
Camp Fire USA is one of the nation's leading not-for-profit youth development organizations, currently serving 735,000 children and youth annually. Camp Fire USA, with national headquarters in Kansas City, Mo., provides all-inclusive, coeducational programs in hundreds of communities across the United States. Founded in 1910, Camp Fire USA's outcome-based programs include youth leadership, self-reliance, after school groups, camping and environmental education and childcare.

Serving youth from birth to 21, Camp Fire USA helps boys and girls learn - and play - side by side in comfortable, informal settings. Our coed programs allow parents to consolidate schedules for both their daughters and sons.

Our programs include but are not limited to:
Camping * Clubs * Childcare* Self-Reliance * Service-Learning * Community Family Club

Five essential elements derived from the mission statement and core values drive every program we offer:

We are youth-centered.
We engage the family in fun and outcome-rich activities.
We are welcoming and inclusive.
We build youth and adult partnerships.
We provide service to others.

History:
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. We are inclusive; open to every person in the communities we serve, welcoming children, youth and adults regardless of race, religion, socioeconomic status, disability, sexual orientation or other aspect of diversity.

Contact people:

Judy Stump, Executive Director, (610) 856-1487, (email) Kristy Hinnershitz, Media Development, (610) 856-1487, (email) Cathy Fritz, Program Director, (610) 856-7250, (email)

Office fax number: (610) 856-1487

Address:

172 Hartz Store Road Mohnton, PA 19540 (See a map)

Web Site: http://www.campfireadahi.org