Gamma Phi Beta and Camp Fire USA
Since 2002, Gamma Phi Beta International
Sorority has collaborated with Camp Fire USA
(at the local and national level) to send deserving girls to camp.
In 2006, Gamma Phi Beta chapters nationwide
along with supplemental funding from the Gamma Phi Beta Foundation raised $90,000 to send more than 350girls to camp.
Locally, Orange
County collegiate and alumnae chapters (along with supplemental funding from the
Gamma Phi Beta Foundation) donated over $8,000 to the Orange County Council in 2006.
In addition, Gamma Phi Beta chapters can
work with their local Camp Fire USA Council’s after school programs and be involved with Absolutely Incredible Kid Day.
(See www.campfireusa.org for more information.)
Camp Fire
USA and the Orange
County Council
The mission of Camp
Fire USA is to build caring, confident youth and future leaders
through co-educational programs that strengthen the individual, family and community.
Camp Fire USA
has five nationally developed youth development programs that are delivered through 145 local and statewide councils and community
partners across the nation. Programs are specific to community need and some may not be available in all communities.
Camp
Fire USA core programs:
Camp Fire USA Orange County Council (www.campfireoc.org) has been inspiring the personal development of the county's youth since 1956.
The agency provides comprehensive high quality programming to more than 10,000 children, youth and families across Orange
County each year, without regard to sex, religion, race, ethnicity, language, sexual
orientation, mental or physical disability, or economic status. The Orange County Council offers programs within five delivery
systems:
