For
Immediate Release:
February 25, 2004
Contact:
Laura J. Seim
Director of Events and Marketing
Telephone: 214 824 1122, ext. 227
E-mail:
[email protected]
CAMP
FIRE USA CELEBRATES 94 YEARS OF
BUILDING CARING, CONFIDENT YOUTH AND FUTURE LEADERS
DALLAS �
March 17
marks Camp Fire USA�s
94th year of providing
America’s youth and families with fun, exciting and
asset-building programs.
In the Greater Dallas area,
Camp Fire US Lone Star Council has served thousands of
children and their families since 1913. Last year, more than
7,000 boys and girls, ages five to 18, participated in the
following programs:
Kids Club,
which provides free after-school programs to families living
in over 20 low-income apartment communities; 21st
Century Community Learning Center, which provides free
after-school programs to youth and their families in 10 DISD
schools; KIDTALK, the nationally acclaimed telephone
�warmline� for kids who are home alone; Alternative
Education, which works with court-referred youth; Community
Family Club, which unites friends and neighbors through
monthly gatherings; Chi Omega Day Camp for low-income
children; summer day camps; and our traditional Club
program. All of Camp Fire USA�s programs and activities are
built upon the national organization�s foundation of seeking
to improve those conditions in society that affect youth.
�Camp Fire
has been an important part of Dallas for four generations,�
said Tim James, executive director of the Lone Star Council.
�As we near the century mark, we plan to continue expanding
our programs to meet the most urgent needs facing our
community.�
For more
details about Camp Fire USA programs or volunteer
opportunities, contact the Lone Star Council at (214)
824-1122, or visit our Web site at
www.campfireusadallas.org.
Camp Fire
USA is one of the nation’s leading not-for-profit youth
development organizations, serving over 735,000 participants
annually. Camp Fire, with national headquarters in Kansas
City, Missouri, since 1977, provides all-inclusive,
co-educational programs in hundreds of communities across
the United States. Camp Fire USA’s mission is to build
caring, confident youth and future leaders. For more
information, visit
www.campfireusa.org.
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Media are
invited to celebrate Camp Fire USA�s 94th
Birthday with us on March 17 at Camp Ellowi in Cedar Hill at
1227 North Straus Road, Cedar Hill, TX 75104. Over 75 boys
and girls in grades K-8, from Camp Fire USA Lone Star
Council�s 21st Century Community Learning Center
program will be participating in birthday activities from 9
a.m. � 4 p.m., including a �Sock Hop� dance.
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| Camp Fire USA is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit youth development organization. The Lone Star Council is a United Way agency. |