Show camp fire girls inviting all aills between 7 and 18 years F fun una unx filled billed program aims at devel of abilities and rounded personality by MARY mally E PENNOCK so youre a camp F fire ire executive people say to me when I 1 answer their what do you do query lets see arent they the little girls who light fires with only one match and fry eggs on hot rocks and I 1 smile indulgently and have to admit that they have been known to do both things but that those two examples hardly typify camp fires activities its like saying that the red cross has something to do with bandages it camp fires field of activity Is broad seeking to give a girl an opportunity port unity to try many things and so to find herself the philosophy ot of the program is that girls learn by doing and it if you were to glance through the book of the camp fire girls you would notice the long list 1300 of things that girls may do to earn honors notice membership DRIVE SEPT IS 15 TO NOV 39 30 annual membership drive ol of tho the camp fire girls extends from sept 15 to nov 39 30 slogan this year ts Is theres fun jor for everyone E everyone in camp fire A summary ol of the organizations aims camp fire girls dvork for world friendship their program is based on democratic ideals it builds for or happy home life community service service and better citizenship through seven lively crafts camp fire girls have jun fun make friends friend sl and develop their skills and talents the word do not know these honors aye are grouped in seven differ tnt nt fields home craft health camp nature mature business hand craft and citizenship exploration into these fields has meant the discovery of a vocation to many girls A star study session of her nature group at camp started one minneapolis girl on a hobby bobby that finally led her to the position of curator at new yorks hayden orium we have no promises take no oaths in camp fire F ire because we know that promises are sometimes broken A girl expresses her deslie desire to follow the camp fire law which is worship god seek beauty give service pursue knowledge be trustworthy hold on to health glorify work be happy the camp fire law Is really a philosophy of life and a beautiful one I 1 think you will agree A camp fire girl said to me recently miss pennock the camp fire law is so lovely it is almost like poetry they join johi for the fun girls of course do not join camp fire because it Is good for them a character building agency they join because it is fun because it fills tor for them a need of belonging to lo a group together with from 6 to 20 other girls they have an lenity to do things which they cannot not do alone they make their own plans run their own meetings I 1 have bave seen more than one president of ct an adult group who could learn something from a camp fire group president about parliamentary procedure these days when we are all thinking so seriously about making democracy work camp fire groups A 4 1 1 A camp fire girl left Is if from 10 to if 15 through the seven avay crafts sir she becomes become well equipped to t handa varied tailed A blue bird Is if ft a junior member between 7 and 11 10 years old id through a program of games storytelling story telling simple empl hand band craft and war service ervice blue birds learn to t work and play with other children they become reliably reli rel lable abl while having fun horizon Club clobbers clubbers bers right are of f senior high and junior college axe age development vocational tudy study and community service eirls pre lire part horizon clobbers clubbers Club bers for adult society are getting a first hand experience in democracy workshops ot of democracy is a term that has been given to camp fire groups girls are not dictated to by their leader they learn to examine suggestions and ideas critically to think things through sensibly to make their own decisions credit to Volan volunteer teer leaders we who work professionally in camp fire take little credit for its accomplishments all credit Is due to the tireless and loyal devotion ot of its thousands of volunteer leaders and the men and women in each community who make up its local councils they serve the girls ot of their community through the camp fire program because they believe in youth and because they too have tun fun do not net think that all the benefits fit revert to the girls A minnesota guardian telling what grand times she was having working with her group of camp fire girls wrote my former classmates now grown heavy and dull look at me and say my but you get younger and nicer looking all the time I 1 never have time to wonder about whether or not it Is true that lite life begins at 40 1 sometimes the old woman that I 1 really am stands aside asid a and looks at me that Is guardian of camp fire and I 1 laugh until my sides ache to think how camp fire has cheated old age it sounds like fun it it is fun and there is a place for you in the camp fire picture if you love and understand girls youth needs you now and camp fire can give you the tools with which to serve your opportunity is as close as your telephone to call your local camp vire fire office or your paper and pen to write national headquarters at 88 lexington avenue new york 18 16 new york and about those eggs fried on hot rocks you can be associated with camp fire a long time and never learn leam that trick I 1 never have |