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Welcome to the ICF Website!
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The International Camping Fellowship is a worldwide assembly of camping professionals interested in sharing their enthusiasm, knowledge and commitment to the camping experience. It was founded in 1987 amidst the energy of individuals gathered around the dream of a better world through camping and it is rooted in the belief that we can make a difference by "bringing together the world of outdoor experience." The International Camping Fellowship welcomes all who foster international understanding through the organized camp experience.
The Objectives of the ICF
To coordinate the exchange of news and information between individuals, camps, outdoors experiences and organizations in different countries.
To encourage and facilitate bilateral and multilateral exchanges.
To stimulate efforts to achieve international understanding and global living, leadership, and ecological action through organized camping and outdoor experience.
To encourage the organization of regional and national camping associations.
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Global Citizenship Research Announcement
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We invite all member camps of the ICF to participate in the Global Citizenship Study for 2012. The unique social and curricular setting of ICF camps is well suited to the development of global citizens as the lessons learned through camp experiences have the capacity to transcend cultural and national boundaries. Help us to provide proof of this message to all children and parents around the world. Click here for more information... | |
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International Camping Fellowship Outreach to Japan
Campers Helping Campers
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After the March 11, 2012, earthquake and Tsunami in the Tohouku Region of Japan, the International Camping Fellowship spearheaded an effort to raise funds to support grief recovery camps for children in the affected area. A total of $38,092 US was presented to Hirohide Nagayoshi and Tatsuya Kanayama at the 9th International Camping Congress.
On March 11, 2012, (the first anniversary of the tsunami), Malcolm Turner, director of Killdevil Camp in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, announced an additional $2000 gift to NCAJ. This is the culmination of a year of fund-raising activities by the staff and campers of Killdevil Camp.
To veiw a full report of partnership between ICF and NCAJ and a list of donors, click these links:
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The 9th International Camping Congress Report
314 Delegates from 20 countries all over the world had attended the ICC Hong Kong 2011! To veiw photos of ICC Hong Kong 2011, please visit ICC Hong Kong Facebook Page |
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9th ICC in Hong Kong, November 4-7, 2011
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ICF 2011 Hong Kong
Whether you were in Hong Kong or not you will be interested to learn about the wonderful things that our Congress hosts and delegates were able to provide during the Congress itself. The exciting… Click here to read more...
Membership
Complimentary ICF memberships are now available! The new category of Affiliate Membership is available to any individual, at no cost. In the few short weeks since the Hong Kong Congress, hundreds of camping leaders… Click here to read more...
ICF Logo
After a great degree of deliberation, the International Camping Fellowship has a new logo. The universal ICF symbol (the butterfly) remains very much a part of the new logo and branding. From the Guidelines for Usage it is easy to see how it extends… Click here to read more...
Ambassadors
Each member country of ICF (currently numbering 31 countries) now will be able to have a designated person to act as their ICF Ambassador. The Ambassador will be the official representative of the … Click here to read more...
Governance
ICF has moved from a Steering Committee model to a Board of Directors with a much stronger emphasis on a competency-based approach to getting things accomplished for entire camping community. The ICF Board (2011-2014) is partially … Click here to read more...
Association Presidents and Executives (MAPE)
ICF will be coordinating ongoing communication and resource sharing between camping association Presidents and Executive staff from around the world. ICF Board Member Jeff Bradshaw will be collecting this contact information early in 2012 and… Click here to read more...
10th International Camping Congress 2014 – Antalya, Turkey
The NEXT International Camping Congress (ICC) is being held in Turkey in 2014! Be sure to bookmark the ICC 2014 website. There is already some TERRIFIC information about this exciting event posted on the ICC 2014 website. Pre- and Post-Congress … Click here to read more... |
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