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- EIN 93-0386901
- (503) 224-7800
- 1411 Sw Morrison St Ste 300 Portland OR 97205-1945 USA
- www.campfirecolumbia.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Arts & Culture, Arts Education, Camps, Children & Youth, Sports, Youth Development Programs
Mission: To build caring, confident youth and future leaders. Our conviction is that engaged, confident and well-rounded youth today can build thriving communities tomorrow.
Programs: School year programs: camp fire's school year programs partner with schools and families to strengthen student achievement and help youth build assets that lead to success in school, community and in life. In 2014-15 our school year programs served 1,893 youth at 22 primarily under-resourced schools through before-school, in-school, and after school programs in elementary, middle, and high schools. Each program provides academic support, experiential learning, enrichment, mentoring, leadership opportunities, and community engagement. We place a special emphasis on reaching our community's most vulnerable youth-our programs are in 20 percent of all title 1 schools in multnomah county. Our programs are shown to increase student achievement and develop essential youth assets like confidence, motivation, and feelings of connectedness to their peers, school, and community.
summer programs: our summer programs include camp namanu resident camp, a day camp. All of these programs keep youth engaged, exploring, and learning during the out-of-school months. These programs served over 2,469 youth grades k-12 in 2014-15. Summer programming is designed to battle the "summer learning slide" (the loss of learning and skills during idle summer months) while immersing youth in unique hands-on learning that turns the world into their classroom and builds positive youth assets like confidence, motivation, social skills, and civic engagement.