Summer Camps Thriving in the Great Outdoors Research shows that children who attend summer camp are more resilient, confident, competent, independent, and socially connected. Camp Fire’s summer programs give youth opportunities to experience growth through challenge.
Team building activity at Camp Si-La-Meo
• Together, our three summer programs served 1,567 youth in 2013 • 578 youth attended Camp K on Kenai Lake • 521 youth attended Camp Si-La-Meo • 468 youth attended Summer Adventure Program
Allowing Change to Happen “Every week my niece came home talking of new experiences, new things she tried, and all the great counselors that did not baby her but, rather, expanded her inner adventurous child: jumping off a diving board without needing a life vest; saying “yes” to getting in a canoe and even tipping it; allowing others to get close enough to bond with her; a desire to be healthy and take a walk; an imagination and wish to create things from the nature that lay around her. She was more open to embracing nature and respecting it, more open to speaking up and being her own, individual self. Thank you!” – Camp Fire Parent
One of many field trips at Summer Adventure Program
Overcoming Challenges “I love that Camp Fire accommodates special needs children in all its programs.” – Camp Fire Parent
Archery at Camp K on Kenai Lake
Having Fun While Learning “I was extremely pleased with the program. My daughter was having fun and busy, and I wasn’t worried about her at all. She loved it! She’s been to other summer programs and liked them well enough, but you guys knocked it out of the park!.” – Camp Fire Parent
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