Center Humanity, Honor Identity, Promote Healing & Cultivate Liberation: This Is Transformative SEL

We have talked quite a bit about SEL over the years. This #SELday, Sr. Director of Program Effectiveness, Nikki Roe Cropp, shares more about how we use SEL in our programs and why it is essential to the work we do. We know that kids who have a certain set

Do you want a thriving life? Reflect

Camp Fire Central Puget Sound Reflection isn’t a one-and-done kind of thing. You don’t take a “how-to-reflect lesson” and call it good. Reflection is a skill that grows over time with regular practice until it becomes an unbreakable habit. This critical life skill can be life-changing (no matter your age).

It Matters What You Measure (Pt. 2): Tracking How Youth Grow & Thrive

Camp Fire First Texas In our most recent blog post we talked about what and how we measure Camp Fire progress. Now we’re getting to the really good stuff: Proof Camp Fire is helping kids and teens thrive. In 2017, we served more than 175,000 youth and their families participating in

It Matters What You Measure (Pt. 1): How Camp Fire Investigates Impact

Camp Fire Columbia Numbers last updated Jan, 11, 2018. You know we take being a leader in the positive youth development community seriously. That means regularly trying out new methods, new ideas, and new ways of encouraging kids to be their best selves right now. But how do we figure