Camp Fire Central Ohio

Annual Meeting and Yearly Membership

lisa — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:26:30 +0000

Lindsey Christ is our new Executive Director and she wants to hear what you think about the future of our Council! Join us at the annual meeting (information listed below) to meet her and share your thoughts.

Come and give Lindsey your best idea for Camp Fire. Everyone will have just 30 seconds. Do you have an idea for our camps, our clubs, fundraising? How can we make Camp Fire in Central Ohio better?

We would like to have input from all the “generations” of Camp Fire and camp volunteers, staff, members and stakeholders.

Thursday January 26, 2012
7:00 pm to 8:30pm
Upper Arlington Library – Main Branch
2800 Tremont Road, Upper Arlington, Ohio 43221

It is also that time of year to pay your membership. Click here to register as a member and/or RSVP for the annual meeting.

Adult membership (non-club leader) $25.00
Adult membership (club leader) $15.00
Youth membership $15.00
Family Membership (for immediate family living in same household) $45.00

Help Us Promote Our Summer Camps

lisa — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:21:04 +0000

Our beautiful new yard signs are available at the office. We need your help to promote both Camp Wyandot and Camp Otonwe. By posting one of these signs in your yard, we can raise awareness about our great summer camps! The signs will be available to pick up at the Annual Meeting and at the office. Please call the office at 614-481-8227 for the best time to stop in and get your sign.

Supplies Needed for Camp and Before and After School Sites

lisa — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:20:38 +0000

The following supplies are needed for Before and After School:

Construction Paper (all Colors) /Paper
Mechanical Pencils /Erasers
Dry Erase markers /Markers /Sidewalk Chalk
Stickers /Coloring Books
Sport Balls (football, soccer, kick balls, Rhino Skin Coated, Soft balls)
hula hoops /Frisbees /jump ropes
Foam Blocks /Building toys
Modeling Clay & Dough /Matchbox Cars & bigger toy cars
Toy Mats n Playing Carpets / Legos
Plastic Figurines (animals, army men, all sorts)
Board Games (classics)
Microscopes /Binoculars /Magnifiying Glasses
Chess Games & extra pieces
Kleenex / Cottton Balls, Circles, Squares
Duck Tape / Gimp (plastic lanyard string) / Wire/Pipe Cleaners (all colors)
Cardboard boxes /Laundry baskets
Bean bags or Big Dog Beds
Blankets
Barbie Dolls & Barbie Clothes
Lysol Anticabterial Kitchen Cleaner (Kills 99.9% of viruses and bacteria)
Lysol Disinfecting Wipes (Kills 99.9% of viruses and bacteria)
Lysol Disinfectant Spray (Kills 99.9% of viruses and bacteria)
Instant Cold Packs

The following supplies are needed for Camp Wyandot and Camp Otonwe:

Brooms / Dustpans / Small waste baskets
Liquid soap / Dish towels / Pot holders / Outdoor cooking mitts / Serving spoons
Blueprint paper / Construction paper / Glue
Wood burners
Lanyard / Pony beads / Seed beads
Scissors / Pencils
2 Liter bottles / Toilet paper and paper towel rolls
Peanut butter jars / Egg cartons

In Memory of Gwendolyn Campbell Trudeau M.D.

lindsey — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:50:12 +0000

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of a long time member and friend of Camp Fire USA, Gwendolyn Campbell Trudeau M.D.

Gwen Trudeau was a camper, CIT, and counselor at Camp Wyandot. She was a parent of Camp Fire kids and a Camp Wyandot volunteer with her grandchildren. She will be greatly missed and in the words of her daughter Marie, ” her fading embers will continue to glow.”

TRUDEAU Gwendolyn Campbell Trudeau , MD Gwen Trudeau was born on March 6, 1923 to Clare Lowry Campbell and Avis Elder Campbell in Columbus, Ohio at the home of her grandmother. She died December 29, 2011 and was preceded in death by her husband of over 50 years Andre’ (Andy) Norbert Trudeau and their daughter Dolores Sue. She is survived by her brother, Donald Elder Campbell (Yvonne); and her eight children and their families, Michael (Linda), Gregory (Jeanne), Marie, Phillip (Denise), Martha (Hugh Donahue), James (Eugene Bible), Laura (Eric Weinbrom), Charles (Michelle); 20 grandchildren; and five great grandchildren, soon to be six. She welcomed Joan Trudeau and Sina Iranpour into her family and treated them as her own children. Her home was always open to visitors, particularly on Saturdays when she routinely had an endless pot of “Saturday Soup.” She graduated from North High School (class of ’41) in Columbus before attending the Ohio State University for her undergraduate and medical degrees. She was inducted into the Alpha Epsilon Delta pre-med fraternity in 1944, received her BA in 1946, and her MD in 1949. Dr. Trudeau completed an internship at St. Luke’s Hospital in New Bedford, MA and returned to Columbus to complete an anesthesia residency at OSU. She was Chief Resident in Anesthesia from 1951 to 1953 and was Board Certified in Anesthesiology in 1956. During her career she worked at the Ohio TB Hospital and was Chair of the Department of Anesthesia and Chair of the Medical Staff at Columbus St. Ann’s Hospital. After retiring from anesthesia, she served as an Assistant Medical Director for Nationwide Insurance. She served a term as President of the OSU Medical Alumni Association from which she later received a 50 year award. She was active in Camp Fire Girls (now known as Camp Fire USA) and in later life enjoyed visiting Camp Wyandot, the organization’s rustic residence camp in Southern Ohio. She enjoyed photography and was an avid baker, particularly at Christmas. While Andy was alive they enjoyed traveling and visited many states and foreign nations, including Iran, China, Egypt, Spain’s Canary Islands and South America. She spent her final years contentedly at Westminster-Thurber Retirement Community where the staff addressed her as “Doc” and treated her like family. The family will receive friends 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Monday, January 2, 2012 at SCHOEDINGER NORTHWEST CHAPEL, 1740 Zollinger Road, Columbus. Funeral Services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, January 3, 2012 at King Avenue United Methodist Church, 299 King Avenue, Columbus; Rev. John Wooden, officiating; interment St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Lockbourne, Ohio. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Camp Fire USA Central Ohio Council, 1890 Northwest Blvd, Suite 130, Columbus, OH 43212 (614) 481-8227 or Westminster-Thurber Community, 717 Neil Avenue , Columbus , OH 43215 (614) 228-8888.
Please visit www.schoedinger.com to share memories or extend condolences.

Published in The Columbus Dispatch from December 31, 2011 to January 1, 2012

New Executive Director wants to hear from you!

lisa — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 20:07:31 +0000

Come and give Lindsey you best idea for Camp Fire. Everyone will have just 30 seconds. Do you have an idea for our camps, our clubs, fundraising? How can we make Camp Fire in Central Ohio better?

We would like to have input from all the “generations” of Camp Fire and camp volunteers, staff, members and stakeholders.

Thursday January 26, 2012
7:00 pm to 8:30pm
Upper Arlington Library – Main Branch
2800 Tremont Road, Upper Arlington, Ohio 43221

It is also that time of year to pay your membership. Click here to register as a member and/or RSVP for the annual meeting.

Adult membership (non-club leader) $25.00
Adult membership (club leader) $15.00
Youth membership $15.00
Family Membership (for immediate family living in same household) $45.00

Results from The Big Give

lisa — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:30:23 +0000

Thanks to all of you who donated during the Columbus Foundation Big Give. Camp Fire received $14,137. This includes donations and a 13% match from the Columbus Foundation. The 3% credit card fee we were expecting was reimbursed by a grant from the Columbus Foundation. We will not received a list of who donated to Camp Fire for several weeks, after we do, we will send acknowledgements of your donation.

If you did not participate in the Big Give and still want to make a year-end donation to Camp Fire, please do! Click here or send a check to the office.

Camp Wyandot is available to rent!

lisa — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:10:24 +0000

Many of you may not be aware that Camp Wyandot is available to rent when our council is not using it. There are many weekends during the school year that are available and many weeks during the summer that are open. Go down with your family or bring a whole group! We even have a few buildings that are winterized for cold weather camping. We can offer meals and programs for large groups so pass the word on to your Church and Civic organizations. Our prices are very reasonable so give us a call at 614-481-8227 to reserve your spot in the beautiful Hocking Hills.

Camp Fire Kids Before and After School Program

lisa — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 18:39:23 +0000

Camp Fire Kids is our before and afterschool program for kids in grades K-5. We are located in two charter schools in the west side of Columbus. We have 27 kids that we serve at the Imagine School at Harrisburg Pike and we have 42 kids we serve at the Imagine School at Sullivant Avenue. We provide these kids with tutoring and homework help. We have qualified caring instructors some who were even our camp counselors during this past summer. Camp Fire Kids has a partnership with the Children’s Hunger Alliance in which they provide our kids with a warm afternoon meal. We have a lot of free play with the kids where they enjoy playing chess, doing arts & crafts and sports of all sorts. Overall, we want every child and parent to have a fun and relaxing experience in our Camp Fire Kids before and afterschool program.

Would you like to help? We could use the following supplies:

Any form of building blocks (foam if possible)
Card Stock and any kind of contruction paper drawing paper is always helpful.

Change to Camp Atagahi

alice — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 02:25:31 +0000

The Camp Fire Board of Directors has decided to suspend the sponsorship of Camp Atagahi at this time. The grief camp programming will continue under new sponsorship and a new name. We will provide contact information and post it on our website when we receive it. We hope the grief camp might choose to rent Camp Wyandot in the future and we look forward to seeing them again!

On the passing of Ally Morrow

alice — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:11:50 +0000

Camp Fire USA expresses its condolences to the family and friends of Ally Morrow. She was a good friend to Camp Fire.

Ally Morrow was a Camp Fire Girl, a Camp Wyandot counselor and our Executive Director in the during the 1940s and 1950s. She continued to support Camp Fire through out her retirement and attended our annual luncheon and other events.

Alice Marie Morrow

MORROW Alice Marie “Ally” Morrow, age 87, longtime resident of Willow Brook Christian Village in Delaware, passed away peacefully Tuesday, November 15, 2011. She was born on September 26, 1924 in Columbus to the late William and Cecile (Finn) Morrow. A graduate of North High School in 1942, she attended The Ohio State University and then began a career centered on youth services. For 34 years she worked with Camp Fire Girls, serving as the executive director for the St. Louis chapter from 1957 – 1970. Moving to Lancaster in 1970, she served as the director for the Lancaster YWCA. In 1996, she moved to the Willow Brook Christian community in Delaware. She was a member of Asbury United Methodist Church and The Ohio State Alumni Association, as well as a former member of the Pilot, Quota, and the BPW. Her positive nature and caring personality attributed to her vast number of friends. Family vacations to Northern Michigan were treasured. She will be remembered for her mentoring of youth and her warm smile. She is survived by brother, James William Morrow; nieces, Ann (Randolph) Bueche, Kathy (Michael) Martin; great-nieces and nephews, Justin and Nathan Bueche, Michelle (Alex) Kinne, Beth (Kevin) Peterson, Brian Martin; great-great-niece, Malin

Peterson; special cousin, Joyce (Ernest) Mease; and friend, Tommie Stranahan. A service celebrating the life of Alice Morrow will be held 2 p.m. Wednesday, November 23 in the Terrace Room of Willow Brook Christian Village, 100 Willow Brook Way S., Delaware, OH 43015 with Rev. William McCartney officiating. Her family will greet friends afterwords until 4 p.m. Arrangements entrusted to DeVORE-SNYDER FUNERAL HOME in Delaware. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions should be made to Heartland Hospice, 685 Delaware Ave., Marion, Ohio 43302. Condolences may be expressed at www.snyderfuneralhomes.com

Ally Morrow was a Camp Fire Girl, a Camp Wyandot counselor, a Club Leader and our Executive Director in the 1940s and 1950s ( Lisa maybe you can find the exact years – had to be at least mid 1950s cause my Mom was a leader then and Ally talked about Mom at the 2010 luncheon to me). She continued to support Camp Fire through out her retirement and attended our annual luncheon and other events.

Published in The Columbus Dispatch on November 17, 2011