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Camp Fire Alaska - An innovative leader in youth development since 1913

5k+

YOUTH SERVED YEARLY

100+

YEARS IN ALASKA

94%

CAMP FIRE YOUTH FEEL HAPPY AND SUPPORTED

86%

KIDS TRIED THINGS THEY HAD NEVER DONE BEFORE

 

Our Mission

Every child will have the opportunity to discover the best in themselves and others in a fun, safe learning environment.

 

Our History

Camp Fire was founded as a national organization in 1910 and started operating in Alaska in 1913. One of the first youth organizations in the state, today we are a leader in youth development and the largest licensed provider of school-age childcare in Alaska.

 

Our Programs

Camp Fire offers affordable, high-quality programs, professionally trained staff, activities and events that are appealing to youth, and a fun, safe place to experience it all.  We serve more than 5,000 youth every year before and after school, during school breaks, all summer long, and across rural Alaska.

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January 20, 2025
  • Program and Office Closure | MLK Day Holiday - No School January 20, 2025
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February 17, 2025
  • Program and Office Closure | Presidents Day - No School February 17, 2025
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February 26, 2025
February 27, 2025
February 28, 2025
  • Full-Day Program | In-Service Day - School Closure February 28, 2025
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March 7, 2025
  • Program and Office Closure | In-Service Day - School Closure March 7, 2025
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March 10, 2025
  • Camp Fire Alaska's Spring Break Camp March 10, 2025 - March 14, 2025  
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March 11, 2025
  • Camp Fire Alaska's Spring Break Camp March 10, 2025 - March 14, 2025  
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March 12, 2025
  • Camp Fire Alaska's Spring Break Camp March 10, 2025 - March 14, 2025  
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Camp Fire Alaska News
January 15, 2025

Rewind 2024

Rewind 2024 - Camp Fire's top 12 moments of 2024 | Camp Fire Alaska | Graphic featuring a young girl in braids walking to a natural lake. Another child already plays in the water in an inflatable tube. In the distance, mountains can be seen.

  Click here or the image below to view the 2024 Rewind now!     Did you enjoy our Rewind 2024? Check out our other recent blog posts, “Storytelling Through the Camera Lens” and December’s “Staff Spotlight 2024” entry! In… Read More >

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December 20, 2024

Storytelling Through the Camera Lens

2024 Camp Fire Alaska Blog Graphic | Social Media - Thumbnail | Storytelling Through the Camera Lens_ 2048x2048p

One of Camp Fire Alaska’s goals this year was to increase the quality of our storytelling content through well-captured images. To accomplish this, we hired Nicole Richmond, a professional photographer with years of experience capturing single and group portraits. Throughout… Read More >

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December 19, 2024

Best of Alaska: Camp Fire Wins Big

Camp Fire Alaska - Graphic | Best of Alaska - Camp Fire Wins Big

  This year, Camp Fire won big at the Anchorage Daily News Best of Alaska contest. This ranked competition has Alaskans vote for their favorite local businesses. Thanks to your votes,  Camp Fire won in two categories – Platinum for… Read More >

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Our Promise

Young people want to shape the world.

Camp Fire provides the opportunity to find their spark, lift their voice, and discover who they are.

In Camp Fire, it begins now.

Light the fire within

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..  (v2)