How can we bring young people into a sense of belonging that’s rooted not in pressure or performance—but in joy and celebration? We believe joy is more than a fleeting feeling. It’s a signal that you are safe. That you are seen. That you belong. And that’s where thriving starts. And in June, as we […] The post Joy as Power: How Camp Fire Creates Spaces Where All Youth Can Belong & Thrive appeared first on Camp Fire.| Camp Fire
How do various staff members at camp support youth and contribute to their well-being and sense of belonging? We talked to CITs, camp cooks, and facilites management staff to learn their roles in camper well-being and belinging.| Camp Fire
This post is written by Niya McCray-Brown, Director of Community Engagement and Partnerships at Mental Health America Mental Health America and Camp Fire were founded a year apart, and our missions have more in common than you would expect. Our commonality is that we disrupt stigma and make space for those who feel excluded and […] The post It’s Mental Health Month – Shifting from Awareness to Action appeared first on Camp Fire.| Camp Fire
“Go touch some grass.” It’s a phrase often tossed out as a joke or jab when someone’s online too much or getting worked up over something that doesn’t matter. But what if that phrase held more truth than we realize? In the face of a growing youth mental health crisis, parents, educators, and practitioners are […] The post More Than an Escape: The Outdoors as a Frontline Solution appeared first on Camp Fire.| Camp Fire
Enjoy this snapshot of Camp Fire’s impact. Growing up is hard, but Camp Fire makes it better by connecting young people to the outdoors, to others, and to themselves. Thank you for all you do to help make this work possible, for Lucy and the 102,000 others like her. It matters.| Camp Fire
As we get ready for Earth Day, we’re curious how our community is responding to environmental challenges in an everyday way. It’s easy to feel powerless in the face of dire headlines about climate change impacts and the need for huge systemic changes. We started looking for examples of what everyday environmental action could look like…and found Kazumi.| Camp Fire
Nikki Roe Cropp, Director of Youth Safety & Well-being for Camp Fire National Headquarters—writing to talk about a serious and critical trending abuse risk at youth programs and K-12 schools nationwide and how you can help us mitigate this risk before sending your kiddo to camp this summer.| Camp Fire
This year for Absolutely Incredible Kid Day®, we have a question for every single adult out there: How will you let the young people in your life know how important, unique, quirky, thoughtful, kind, creative, inquisitive, and loved they are? Not for what they do, or how they perform, but for the incredibly cool human beings that they ARE.| Camp Fire
This year for Absolutely Incredible Kid Day®, we have a question for every single adult out there: How will you let the young people in your life know how important, unique, quirky, thoughtful, kind, creative, inquisitive, and loved they are? Not for what they do, or how they perform, but for the incredibly cool human beings that they ARE.| Camp Fire
