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2006 Annual ReportCAMP FIRE USA ALASKA COUNCIL

It was an exciting and fulfilling year at Camp Fire USA. In September we moved into a larger, more efficient and cost-effective administrative office that will provide long-term stability for our core programs. We are deeply grateful to all who helped make this move possible, and would especially like to thank Steve Fishback and Don McClintock, who served as true stewards for this project.

Growth also occurred in Camp Fire’s programs. A new collaboration with Central Lutheran Church, the Municipality of Anchorage and ML&P resulted in a new community center program in the West Fairview neighborhood at Central Lutheran Church. A new school age child care program started at Polaris K-12. We completed a second year of working with Anchorage middle school students through our service learning program, helping them gain a greater awareness and sense of community through initiating, planning and executing service projects. Camp Fire visited 15 rural villages in 2006, providing swimming and cold-water survival training to more than 700 youth. Our day camp, Camp Si La Meo served a record number of youth through the summer with diverse programs that taught canoeing, swimming, and many other skills. Camp Kushtaka continues to provide the only residential, co-ed, non sectarian camp accredited by the American Camp Association in Alaska. Groups of dedicated volunteers deserve special thanks for their efforts to maintain and improve our beautiful location on Kenai Lake.

We are proud to continue the work of building caring, confident youth and future leaders. And we are thankful for the many partnerships we enjoy with individuals, families, organizations, and our community. It is through this support that Camp Fire continues to thrive.

Barbara Dubovich Blythe Campbell CEO President

A Message from the CEO and President of

Camp Fire

Our MissionWe build caring confident youth

and future leaders.

Board of DirectorsBlythe Campbell, President

Ken Lord, 1st Vice President

Diane Jung, 2nd Vice President

Sara Pate, Secretary

John Rodgers, Treasurer

Barbara Dubovich, CEO

Debra Caldera

Joe Darnell

Ray Dinger

Mark Fryer

John Gliva

Jack Grieco

Robert Harris

Matt Kolesky

Eunice Long

Mary Louise Molenda

Tessa Rinner

Barbara Rosetti

Dianne Toebe

Program Fees61%

Grants31%

Other 1%

Candy Sales 1%

United Way 3%

Individualand

CorporateContributions

3%School AgeChild Care

60%

Administration21%

Service Learning1%Kushtaka

Development 1%

Rural Alaska 1%

Camp Kushtaka 4%

Day Camp 4%

Center Programs 6%

Relocation2%

Statement of Financial Position – December 31, 2006

Audited financial statements for the year ending December 31st, 2006, were prepared by Mukunda, Cottrell & Co., Certified Public Accountants.

2006 Revenues: $5,973,953

AssetsCurrent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $962,160Long-term . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,077,875Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324,349

Total Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,364,384

LiabilitiesCurrent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $220,078Deferred Revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,208Long-term . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35,348

Total Liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $267,634

net Assets $2,096,750

2006 expenses: $4,652,672

Camp Fire USA acts as a trustworthy organization that ensures experiences which are safe, secure and dependable.

School Age Child Care ProgramLicensed school age child care programs help working families and keep kids safe while providing them with learning experiences and meaningful opportunities for involvement and membership. Each day 1,200 youth attend before and after school programs at 29 school-based sites in Anchorage and Fairbanks.

“As a parent, what Camp Fire means to me is that all the worries aren’t there any more; who are my children playing with, where are they playing and who is caring for them. They’ve given us support with all three of our children. The staff members are outgoing, they’re positive, they love kids and it shows, it absolutely shows. I see my kids learning to think and become more confident because the Camp Fire staff doesn’t just tell them what to do, but they’re guiding them and helping them make choices. That’s where the core values of Camp Fire really come through.”

– Betsy Goudreau

Betsy Goudreau with her youngest son, Mitch.

“Camp Fire has allowed my husband and me to continue working, but

it’s really more than that. It has become our family.”

Camp Fire USA embraces diversity and inclusiveness in all of its endeavors.

Community Center ProgramCenters are located in low-income neighborhoods and provide youth with a safe and protected place to play, an extra measure of adult attention, additional help with homework and opportunities to explore interests. Centers are free of charge to all youth and approximately 250 children participate daily.

Anchorage locations: Fairview Recreation Center, Loussac Manor, Central Lutheran Church

Fairbanks locations: Spruce Park and Birch Park

“My children are the most important thing in my life, and with Camp Fire’s help I have been able to work full time and build a stable future for them. As a single mother, balancing work and child care is really difficult. You can’t work unless you know your children are in a safe place. Camp Fire’s community center at Loussac Manor was there for my children every day. They were not only safe, but they were loved, cared for and treated with respect. They got help with their homework and had fun with their friends. Gracias de lo mas profundo de mi corazon – Thank you from the bottom of my heart.”

– Josephina Mora Josephina with her four children and new neighbors in their recently purchased first home.

“Gracias de lo mas profundo de mi corazon.”

Camp Fire USA builds caring relationships.

Summer CampsSummer camp is a unique environment where children broaden their horizons, connect with the natural world and learn how to operate as part of a group. Camp is a safe, fun and inclusive community with caring adults who provide guidance as campers are challenged to learn new skills, make new friends and gain new levels of self-confidence. More than 1,000 youths attend camp each summer.

Camp Kushtaka is an overnight camp on Kenai Lake in Cooper Landing, serving campers ages 7 to 17.

Camp Si La Meo is a day-camp program in Anchorage, located on the campus of Alaska Pacific University, serving campers ages 4 to 13.

“I think camp is good for kids because it is not only safe, and not only fun, but it’s emotionally stable and free of prejudice and cliques. It’s a place where you get to discover yourself. I’ve usually followed most of my life, but as a Counselor in Training at Camp Kushtaka I discovered that I could be a good leader. You don’t know what kind of leadership skills you have until you actually get a chance to lead other people. What I learned is that keeping an open mind, being patient with yourself and others, and having the ability to empathize are the skills you need to be a good leader.”

– Orion Thiele, age 17 Counselor in TrainingOrion with a young camper

at Camp Kushtaka.

“I discovered that I could be a good leader”

Camp Fire USA provides outdoor programs which foster competence, stewardship, and joy with the natural world.

Rural Alaska ProgramThe Rural Alaska Program teaches swimming and cold-water survival skills to children and teens who live in communities along Alaska’s coasts and large rivers. In addition to water safety, the program focuses on developing healthy life skills and includes recreational activities such as crafts, games, hikes, camp outs and youth community service projects.

In 2006 Camp Fire visited the following communities: Amber, Aniak, Chenega Bay, Chuathbaluk, Crooked Creek, Grayling, Hughes, Kaltag, Kiana, Kongiganak, Koyukuk, Nulato, Point Hope, Shageluk, South Naknek, Tatitlek

Kongiganak sits on the Kuskokwim River, just above Bristol Bay. It is a wild and beautiful Yupik community where boardwalks and plywood mark their place on the tundra. As soon as we landed we were invited to a feast of ugruk (bearded seal) and rice. The children were so excited, and for 14 days they never left our sides. Their curious eyes followed us everywhere and their hearts and hands were ready to learn what we came to teach. Whether it was tundra tag or learning the help and huddle, the enormous energy the kids brought to Camp Fire was an indication to me that we were in the perfect place, doing an amazing thing.

– Rural Program Staffer

“Their hearts and hands were ready to learn what we came to teach.”

Camp Fire USA provides Alaska’s youth with positive experiences which promote healthy life choices.

Camp Fire USA strives toward excellence through innovation.

Champions for Children SocietyThe Champions for Children Society was inaugurated at the first annual Champions for Children Breakfast in 2002. This fund-raising breakfast is an annual appeal to the community for direct financial support of the Alaska Council’s programs and services. Society members have each made a five-year pledge at the $1,000, $5,000 or $10,000 level annually.

$5,000 LevelBlythe Campbell*

$1,000 LevelAnonymousCarol ComeauCindy Coulter & Rich TolbertMyrna DeCota*Irma DeSmetBarbara Dubovich*Christina EubanksSteve & Jan FishbackBarbara Fleek*Heather Flynn

Saul FriedmanKathy GatesMary Geddes & Kevin McCoyPeter GianniniJack & Nancy GriecoGovernor Walter & Ermalee HickelJon & Marnie Isaacs*Diane JungKip KnudsonEunice LongJacquie Luke*Debe MahoneyKatherine MartinEric McCallum

Don McClintock & Joanie ClearyDennis McMillian*Connie MerrillJill Pasewalk & Cynthia Hull*Barb & Bill RosettiSharon SchoonmakerCatherine SmithSpenard Builders SupplyCarla StephensonRobert Stinson*Sunrise InnWal-Mart Foundation

*Charter members

2006 Breakfast Sponsors

Camp Fire USA operates quality programs which reflect best practices.

$995,000State of Alaska &

Municipality of Anchorage

$250,000 +Rasmuson FoundationState of Alaska

$100,000 +Alaska Housing and

Finance CorporationUnited Way of Anchorage

$20,000 - $74,999ML&PPaul G. Allen Family

FoundationWild Salmon on Parade

$10,000 - $19,999ConocoPhillipsWells Fargo

$5,000 - $9,999Anchorage Home Builders

Care EndowmentBPDokoozian Construction

LLCMarnie & Jon IsaacsNorthrim BankUnited Way of the

Tanana Valley

$1,000 - $4,999Acordia of Alaska, Inc.Alaska Democratic Party

Anchorage RegionAlaska Railroad

CorporationAlyeska Pipeline Service

CorporationAnchorage Downtown

Rotary ClubCIRICoca-Cola AlaskaJames CrockettFirst National Bank

of AlaskaFlint Hills ResourcesThe Fred Meyer

Foundation

Mark Fryer & Wanda Seamster

Mary K. Hughes & Andrew Eker

Dave Kolesky & Barbara Demarco

John Lohff*Ellen Maling*Marion Stroecker Weeks

Charitable FoundationEric McCallumArt & Alanda Mitchell*NANA Development

CorporationRobert Scher*Tesoro Alaska Company

$500 - $999Anchorage Hillside RotaryChugach Electric

AssociationDon & Lorelei Cuthbert*Suzanne Holmes &

Mike PannoneChristine JohnsonRon & Alicia JonesCraig KingMary Klebs*

John P. McManamin*Victor Mollozi &

Vicki Williams*Sara & Scott PateJim & Muriel Richardson*Soroptimist International

of Cook InletRobert Stinson*T & M VenturesAlison TillDianne ToebeTotem Ocean Trailer

Express, Inc.Umialik Insurance

Company

$250 - $499Dennis AbarrJeanne AndersonDennis Berry*Troy Bowler &

Ivy Spohnholz*Lindsay BuschCamp Fire USA

National HeadquartersDeb CiceroJoseph DarnellNan Elliot*

Alice Galvin & John GlivaKathy GatesBrian & Betsy GoudreauGeorge & Nancy HaleyRobert Harris Paul HernandezDebby & Don HudsonJames HuettlAngie Kaltschnee*Shirley KeithWendy & Warwick KingMatt Kolesky*Denis LeBlancShane & Jennifer

MattinglySusan Metcalf*Charles MichaelJo MichalskiSheila Miller*Kimberley Reynolds*John RodgersBrian Shelton-KelleyNathan ShreiberSherrie Simmons*Jackie SteevesGeorge SullivanTina Tomsen

Friends & SupportersCamp Fire’s mission is to build caring, confident youth and future leaders in Alaska. Our dream is for every child in Alaska to be loved, cared for, and to have every opportunity to reach for their very best. We deeply appreciate, and would like to thank, the following people and organizations who share our dream and have invested in the work of our agency.

$100 - $249Tam Agosti-GislerMeredith AhearnJane Ahern*Vanessa Alao-MacLeodAT&T Community

Giving ProgramCheryl BaileyNadine BakerMerten Bangemann-

JohnsonPam BarkeleyTheresa BarnardJohn BertinoWayne & Mary BodenSpring BolingJean BrownBob BundyTheresa BurekJanelle CaddellDebra Caldera*Megan & Rod Carlson*Jan Y. Cawvey*Mariko ChurchillBrendan & Codie

Costello*Paula CottonGlenn Cravez*Robert, Judith & Whitney

CrottyDr. Todd CurzieRobin Dern &

Michael Frieser*Robert DoehlLainie Dreas

Rebecca & Michael Driscoll

Pam & Peter Dunlap-Shohl

Stephanie EklundRaymond EllisMike FlaniganFrancis Gallela*Mike & Berta GardnerHattie GardnerMary GeddesFredricka GiljeScott & Yvonne

Goldsmith*Danelle GouldDahna GrahamHagans Ahearn & WebbLesa HallBonnie HardyCecilia Harmon*Marcia HastingsCathy HeckenlivelyHenry MelbourneLeslie HiebertDiane HoffbauerLaura, Amanda & William

HortonKurt HulteenKami HutchinsJustine JohnsonKurt JohnsonRandy JohnsonLora & Nels Jorgensen*Kathy Keck*Heather Kendall

Rob KinnearSusan KlimowMary KnopfNatalie Knox*Meera Kohler*Grace KruseKay LahdenperaRoxann Lamar*Jim LamsonJo Lamson*Landye Bennett

Blumstein LLPJames LanierMargaret Larson*Suzanne LittleSusan LoosKen Lord*Greg Lyall*Sally Mead*Christy MillerAlice MohrDebbie & Kamal NarangNancy NolanJulie OsgoodConnie & Kerry OzerJim ParkerRobin PfannstielBobbi Ramos Olson*Rich RapuzziBarbara RosettiCatherine Sammis-

GelstonMartha Schoenthal*Lynne SevilleStephen Shaeffer

ShareCatherine SmithThelma Snow-JacksonRobert & Sandra

Swanson*Taylored RestorationWendy ThonNancy ToneLaura TrawickiURS Corporation Jim VailMaria-Elena Walsh*Linda Anna WebbWendy WeberSharon WeddletonBill WielechowskiAnn Wilkinson*Deborah Williams*Susan WilliamsMelisa YaleKathi YeotisChristina Zafren

Up to $99Alaska Museum of

Natural History LeAnne AllgaierBrian AndersonJohn AndrewsAngela AstleJulie AyresMarylin BackusJason BaerNate BaerAlan Bailey

Lynn BarrettElizabeth BarryChristi BellJim & Karen BenningJohn Bernitz*Dan BlantonVanessa BlouchBonnie BoedekerDebbie Bogart*Anna BohallAmy BombassanIrene BortnickBarbara BowermanGeoff BoydaRebecca BrandtElizabeth BrennanSusan BrowneMonte BudahlSheri BurettaDebra CalderaBlythe CampbellBrent CarlsonMartin CarltonBernice CarmonPolly CarrMichele ChampionAnn CothronChiquita CothronSally Russell CoxNella DavisTeofila DeLeonLorie DilleySheli DodsonTrudy DooleyLouise Driscoll

Margaret DugganCrystal Enkvist*Lois EpsteinChris FarrandLetitia FickelTony FrielElizabeth FunkAnne E. GoreDavid GottsteinJean GrantierPatricia GrayPatricia GreenCarolynn GreeneRaymond GrubbBarbara HallDavid HallColleen HarringtonJM HendersonBarbara HenjumKathryn HomanRuth Ann JenningsJo Ann JohnsonDeborah Johnston*Joel JonesMichael J. JonesRebecca JuddDiane JungMonica KaneSusan KernesDawn M. KimberlinByrce KobrinKen & Peggy KugelAleacia LandonNora LeonardColleen Libbey*

Billijo LinkStephanie LongPanu LucierAdrienne LugoPatricia Lynes-HayesSandra MartinezRichard MauerMary MayerMark & Debra McAlisterRobert McFarlandJan McGilliavaryDick MclaLwainAndrew MeltzerTom MorganJoyce Mucha &

John Allen David MushovicMichelle MeyersGinger NishimotoSheryl NortonElena NovitskyOcean View PTAHolly OrhnErik OstbergJerry OuztsNelson Page*Paragon Design

AssociatesRebecca ParkerMerri PenningtonJackie PflavinEllen PryerPatty RafterLeeAnn Reicks*Carter Reves

Wilson RiceJanice RidgewayJeannie SatoPatti SaundersJennifer SchmitzDoug SchrageRoland ShanksDavid SkittRev. Lisa SmithRed SmithJune SobocinskiL. SolomonMarleanna SotoScott StairKim StanfordJane StraightKara Thrasher-LivingstonLisa TownsendShirley Valek-WilsonIngrid VarenbrinkBill & Dixie WaddellBernie WashingtonMaikell WatkinsChristy WeaverMary WeissDick WellsDaren WilliamsEsther WunnickeKen Zafren

* Denotes payment on a multi-year pledge.

In-Kind ContributionsACSAlaska DigitelApplebeesArctic RoadrunnerBarbara DubovichBlockbuster VideoCarrsClear Channel RadioDokoozian ConstructionDon Jose’s Mexican

Restaurant & CantinaDon McClintockECI/HyerEric McCallumFred MeyerJoAnn & Darrell JohnsonKaladi Brothers CoffeeKiwanis ClubLarry Moore and

AssociatesNew Sagaya MarketsPatti JuddPDC, Inc. Consulting

EngineeringSarah BixbySteve Fishback, AIATotem Ocean Trailer

Express, Inc.Tres Chic Salon & Day Spa

United Way of Anchorage DesignationsJennifer AdamsMegan & Rod CarlsonChiquita CothronJoe DarnellMelissa FoutsElizabeth FunkSuzanne HayesBrian HilmesLinda KuminSherry LaneKaren MitchellCandace NorrisKenneth Rice &

Jacquie Luke

United Way of the Tanana Valley DesignationsDouglas & Marcell Colp

Legacy CircleThese donors have included Camp Fire in their wills or estate plansDianne Toebe

2006 Annual Report

ALASKA COUNCIL

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