Dear Camp Fire Friends, I hope you and your family are staying healthy and taking care of yourselves as we near the end of this unforgettable year. The pandemic has been difficult on all of us, and yet I have been incredibly encouraged by the unprecedented levels of support we have received from our community […]
“Camp Fire Central Puget Sound affirms that Black Lives Matter. We promise to do our best to, and to continue to learn how to, be a part of the work to eliminate structural racism and white supremacy in all of the spaces of our camp and the rest of our lives.” Today is a day […]
While it was a sad, surreal, and incredibly quiet summer at Camp Sealth not hosting campers for the first time in 100 years, as the season changed we were so excited to welcome kids back on-site in a new, safe way! Outdoor Connections was designed specifically to meet the needs of Vashon Island youth and […]
At Camp Fire, we welcome everyone. Today, we’re excited to share two small pieces of a large project. Earlier in the spring, in the wake of unprecedented activism and our program cancellations, our team had an opportunity to devote time into implementing changes we wanted to see. This large project is an overall movement towards […]
Candy Sale by the Numbers Camp Fire youth worked hard this year to beat last year’s candy totals. Through their efforts, about 26,500 boxes of candy were sold this sale! This equates to over $132,000 raised for Camp Fire programs! The Camp Fire office shipped a whopping 675 candy-filled packages this year to locations all […]
The Theme This season’s National Art Experience theme was photography! Our youth spent the past year learning about the history of photography, studying photographic techniques and famous images, and experimenting with different filters, styles, and photo subjects. The theme for the 2020-2021 National Art Experience is paper! Art Entries We had many wonderful photographic entries […]
Dear Friends of Camp Fire, With the heaviest of hearts, we have made the extraordinarily difficult decision to cancel all summer 2029 Camp Fire Central Puget Sound programs. The health and safety of our campers and staff remains the top priority and there is simply too much uncertainty surrounding COVID-19 for us to confidently operate […]
“Help Us Weather this Crisis So Kids In Our Community Have a Place to Heal and Reconnect Together.” Dear Camp Fire Friends: In these uncertain and challenging times, we all need hope and reassurance that at some point, the COVID-19 pandemic will pass, and we can all return to some semblance of normalcy. It will […]
We hope that you are all staying safe and healthy. As our Executive Director recently shared, we encourage you to use this time to connect to each other and hope you find joy in getting active and learning new things together!! We would love to see photos of what you create! Tag us on social media or […]
A Message From Our Executive Director These are trying times like none we have never experienced before. The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing all of us to navigate unprecedented levels of stress and uncertainty, as we change the ways we live and work to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Even as we hunker down at […]