How Teens in
Action Works
Learn About…
Above:
The Teens in Action group that worked at the
Lone Star
Council’s main office in the summer of 2002
Camp Fire USA’s Teens in
Action program helps teens, 12-21, make good decisions and develop positive
peer relationships by involving them in high-adventure group activities.
In 2004, the program provided over 200 14-15 year olds with jobs
throughout our community. Overall, the program touches the lives of over
1,000 youth each year.
Members of
this program have participated in many community service projects,
including:
1. The
Road Rules Service
Trip included:
Cleaned up national
parks
Assisted on a farm
Collected and donated
goods to a Battered Women�s Shelter
Cleaned up a Galveston
Beach
Cleaned up Camp
Ellowi
2. The “Haunted House”
helped raise funds for the local United Way.
3. Volunteering at
Plaza Senior Citizen Center.
4. Delivering hand-made
Valentine Cards to Bryan’s House � a place for kids and family
members affected with HIV.
5. Park clean-up
projects as part of Earth Day.
6. Volunteering in the
Salvation Army Soup Kitchen.
7. Delivering hand-made
Holiday Cards to local nursing homes.
8. Conducting a food
drive as part of Camp Fire USA’s national initiative to serve the
homeless.
9. Hosting a Car Wash to
raise money for Leukemia patients.
10. Serving the homeless
at a local shelter.
Several of the youth
work in Camp Fire USA’s KIDTALK
program.
KIDTALK is a free “warmline” for kids to call when they are
home alone and need someone to help them with their homework, to talk to
them when they are scared or bored, or even when they just
need a
friend to tell them a good joke!
Staffed by teenagers from local schools
who have undergone Camp Fire USA’s own personnel training program, the KIDTALK program has responded to over 150,000 calls since it
was first opened in 1987.
Give
it a try at 214 823 5555 !
Camp Fire USA Lone Star
Council 4411 Skillman Dallas, Texas 75206
Telephone: 214 824 1122 |
Fax: 214 824 1148 | E-mail:
[email protected]
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