The Latest News from the Campfire Collective - The February issue of the association’s Branches enewsletter is now available. It features the workshop proposal form for the Annual Conference, the first batch of 2026 Member Benefit discounts, the two Compass Points events in March, and the new Lilly grant. If you did not receive this in your email inbox, you can subscribe by going to the sign-up page.
A Zoom Gathering for our Camp and Conference Leaders is Held Every Third Thursday - Our monthly Zoom calls are held almost every third Thursday of the month at 11:00am EDT. These Zoom call with your fellow camp and conference leaders will cover a specific topic, as well as offer mutual support. We hope you will be a part of this conversation. You can join us for the Zoom call listed below at https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86804832918?pwd=8glPhz1XltFc1F4PS9KWJslWrzvaG3.1. If needed, the passcode is 957937. For our Zoom call scheduled for Thursday, March 19, at 11:00am EasternYou are invited to gather on Zoom for a collaborative conversation about preparing summer staff for a meaningful and successful season. This call will provide space for us to share training ideas, compare approaches, and highlight practices that help staff grow as leaders and caregivers for campers. Please come to the call with what has worked well (and not so well) at your camp. In order to facilitate the conversation, we are asking folks to contribute documents related to their staff training before the call. Please share your files now in this Google Drive. We hope you will join us for a practical and encouraging exchange that will help strengthen your staff training for the summer ahead. For our Zoom call scheduled on Thursday, April 16, at 11:00am EasternThe title of this session is “Policy to Practice: Creating a Culture of Safety at Your Camp Through Training, Supervision, and Internal Feedback Systems,” and it is offered by the Insurance Board. Please join us to explore practical abuse prevention strategies with a particular focus on elements of training, monitoring, and supervision. We will discuss how these components work together to reduce risk, strengthen accountability, and foster a culture of safety across your camp’s programs and your staff (both paid and volunteer). Jennifer Perri and Chad Cunningham from the Insurance Board will help you take a good look at your camp’s current policies and how you teach them to your leaders – starting with your staff this summer. We hope you will join us for this time of fellowship and support among your fellow camp and conference leaders. If you have a topic suggestion for a future call, please contact Joel Winchip. 36 Discounts for Our 2026 Members! - As a part of the benefits you receive through membership, Campfire Collective offers special discounts on different products and services related to camp and conference ministries. This is a complete list of the discounts that will be offered to our members this year. Utilizing one or more of these company discounts could save you more money than you pay in membership dues. If you are a current Campfire Collective member, you can log into the Membership System and access the discounts in the menu at the top of the page (it is there that you will see the actual discounts and the methods for accessing them). If you are not yet a member, you can join or renew at campfire-collective.org/membership.