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U.S. #2163
1985 22¢ Camp Fire, Inc
 
Issue Date: October 7, 1985
City: Chicago, IL
Quantity: 32,500,000
Printed By: American Bank Note Company
Printing Method:
Photogravure
Perforations:
11
Color: Multicolored
 
The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 1985 as “International Youth Year.”  The organizations commemorated on each stamp in this set of four are dedicated to the physical and mental development of youth. This stamp honors the Camp Fire, Inc. program.
 

The Camp Fire Girls

1960 Camp Fire Girls stamp
US #1167 – This stamp honored the 50th anniversary of the organization’s informal creation in 1910.

The Camp Fire Girls were formally established on March 17, 1912.  Inspired by the Boy Scouts, it was one of the first such programs created for girls in the US.

The Camp Fire Girls owe a large part of their founding to Luther and Charlotte Gulick.  In 1907, they opened a camp for girls, Camp WoHeLo, on Lake Sebago in Maine.  “Wohelo” was a word Charlotte invented from the first two letters of the words “work,” “health,” and “love.”  They operated the camp for a few years and soon started getting requests to create an organization for girls around the country.

So, in March 1911, Dr. Gulick arranged a meeting “to consider ways and means of doing for the girls what the Boy Scout movement is designed to do for the boys.”  Then in April the Boy Scouts of America issued a statement that they would soon have a scouting group for girls as well.  That year, Gulick’s group, which had been named the Camp Fire Girls, began plans to merge with the Girl Scouts of America and the Girl Pioneers of America.  However, they encountered a series of disagreements and the merger didn’t materialize.  The Camp Fire Girls of America was then officially incorporated as a national agency on March 17, 1912.

1960 Boy Scouts stamp
US #1145 – The Boy Scouts were a major inspiration for the Camp Fire Girls.

Later that year, Juliette Gordon Lowe proposed merging the Camp Fire Girls with her Girl Guides of America.  But the Camp Fire Girls were a larger group by that time, and they declined.  By the following December, membership was estimated at 60,000, with many of these girls attended associated summer camps.  They also created the Bluebird program that year to offer programs to younger girls.  The Camp Fire Girls published their first handbook in 1913.

1962 Girl Scouts stamp
US #1199 – The Camp Fire Girls and Girl Scouts nearly merged in 1912.

During World War I, the Camp Fire Girls supported the war effort.  They sold over one million dollars in Liberty Bonds and $900,000 in Thrift Stamps.  They also provided aid to French and Belgian orphans and earned honors for food conservation.  After the war ended, the first local Camp Fire council was established in Kansas City, Missouri, where the national headquarters would later be located.

1985 Camp Fire stamp
US #2163 was issued as part of a block of four stamps for International Youth Year.

In 1960, the Camp Fire Girls launched their “She Cares… Do you?” program.  During that year they planted over two million trees, built 13,000 bird houses, and performed a number of other conservation related projects.

1960 Camp Fire Girls Classic First Day Cover
US #1167 – Classic First Day Cover

By 1974, the Camp Fire Girls had 274,000 members in 1,3000 towns across the country.  In 1975 they opened the group up to boys as well, re-naming themselves Camp Fire Boys and Girls, or simply Camp Fire.  Today Camp Fire services more than one million children and their families through their variety of programs.  It continues to teach children outdoor activities and leadership skills.

1985 Camp Fire Colorano Silk Cachet First Day Cover
US #2163 – Coloranno Silk Cachet First Day Cover

Find out more from the Camp Fire website.

 
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U.S. #2163
1985 22¢ Camp Fire, Inc
 
Issue Date: October 7, 1985
City: Chicago, IL
Quantity: 32,500,000
Printed By: American Bank Note Company
Printing Method:
Photogravure
Perforations:
11
Color: Multicolored
 
The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 1985 as “International Youth Year.”  The organizations commemorated on each stamp in this set of four are dedicated to the physical and mental development of youth. This stamp honors the Camp Fire, Inc. program.
 

The Camp Fire Girls

1960 Camp Fire Girls stamp
US #1167 – This stamp honored the 50th anniversary of the organization’s informal creation in 1910.

The Camp Fire Girls were formally established on March 17, 1912.  Inspired by the Boy Scouts, it was one of the first such programs created for girls in the US.

The Camp Fire Girls owe a large part of their founding to Luther and Charlotte Gulick.  In 1907, they opened a camp for girls, Camp WoHeLo, on Lake Sebago in Maine.  “Wohelo” was a word Charlotte invented from the first two letters of the words “work,” “health,” and “love.”  They operated the camp for a few years and soon started getting requests to create an organization for girls around the country.

So, in March 1911, Dr. Gulick arranged a meeting “to consider ways and means of doing for the girls what the Boy Scout movement is designed to do for the boys.”  Then in April the Boy Scouts of America issued a statement that they would soon have a scouting group for girls as well.  That year, Gulick’s group, which had been named the Camp Fire Girls, began plans to merge with the Girl Scouts of America and the Girl Pioneers of America.  However, they encountered a series of disagreements and the merger didn’t materialize.  The Camp Fire Girls of America was then officially incorporated as a national agency on March 17, 1912.

1960 Boy Scouts stamp
US #1145 – The Boy Scouts were a major inspiration for the Camp Fire Girls.

Later that year, Juliette Gordon Lowe proposed merging the Camp Fire Girls with her Girl Guides of America.  But the Camp Fire Girls were a larger group by that time, and they declined.  By the following December, membership was estimated at 60,000, with many of these girls attended associated summer camps.  They also created the Bluebird program that year to offer programs to younger girls.  The Camp Fire Girls published their first handbook in 1913.

1962 Girl Scouts stamp
US #1199 – The Camp Fire Girls and Girl Scouts nearly merged in 1912.

During World War I, the Camp Fire Girls supported the war effort.  They sold over one million dollars in Liberty Bonds and $900,000 in Thrift Stamps.  They also provided aid to French and Belgian orphans and earned honors for food conservation.  After the war ended, the first local Camp Fire council was established in Kansas City, Missouri, where the national headquarters would later be located.

1985 Camp Fire stamp
US #2163 was issued as part of a block of four stamps for International Youth Year.

In 1960, the Camp Fire Girls launched their “She Cares… Do you?” program.  During that year they planted over two million trees, built 13,000 bird houses, and performed a number of other conservation related projects.

1960 Camp Fire Girls Classic First Day Cover
US #1167 – Classic First Day Cover

By 1974, the Camp Fire Girls had 274,000 members in 1,3000 towns across the country.  In 1975 they opened the group up to boys as well, re-naming themselves Camp Fire Boys and Girls, or simply Camp Fire.  Today Camp Fire services more than one million children and their families through their variety of programs.  It continues to teach children outdoor activities and leadership skills.

1985 Camp Fire Colorano Silk Cachet First Day Cover
US #2163 – Coloranno Silk Cachet First Day Cover

Find out more from the Camp Fire website.