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Why Our Youth Want to Lead

Our Leadership in Training Program applicants have inspired us beyond words. Check out why they want to lead!

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National Volunteer Month

Find out ways you can get involved during National Volunteer Month and beyond!

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Camp Fire Alaska Celebrates Earth Day

The Earth is awesome, but we already knew that. What we didn’t know is what our Camp Fire Kids love about the Earth and how they are choosing to celebrate Earth Day!

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Camp Fire Alaska’s Gear Drive

Donate new and gently used clothes for our campers!

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Moving Forward Part Four: School Age Program

Adapting and revamping our jobs to meet Covid-19 guidelines in our School Age Program was a little daunting at first and felt difficult, but after spending some time getting our feet under us, the changes were ok and we got… Read More >

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Moving Forward Part Three: Summer Camp

Between Si-La-Meo, Camp K, and Summer Adventure Camp, a lot of our challenges in 2021 revolved around creating and monitoring the COVID-19 mitigation procedures.

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Moving Forward Part Two: Rural Alaska Program

In 2021, the continuation of a remote distribution model for a second summer was a huge challenge to face. Yet, with the adaptation of delivery into an all-inclusive distribution model, we learned so much about the curriculum and activities we had to offer. 

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The Camp Fire Alaska main office operates on the ancestral land of the Dena’ina people. Camp Fire Alaska runs programing on the lands of the Athabascan, Yup’ik, Chup’ik, Sougpiaq, and Inupiaq peoples. We value and thank them for their current and historic commitment to and protection of this land. We pledge to assist, in partnership, in the environmental stewardship of these lands. We strive to learn more about the history of the Native peoples of Alaska and the historic trauma they have suffered. We commit to being an active ally through activities, actions, and organizational decisions and practices. We understand that this is a dynamic process through which our Land Acknowledgement practices, and statement will evolve as we receive feedback from tribal partners and acquire a deeper understanding of and from the Native peoples of Alaska.