Welcome to the ICF Website! 


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.
  You are invited! 

American Camp Association invites the international community to the annual National Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, February 21-24, 2012. Click here to learn about International Camping Fellowship Pre-Conference Tour and International Youth Development Summit.
Special recognition and hospitality is available for international participants.  Registration and hotel information is available at www.acacamps.org/conference 
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 
  9th ICC in Hong Kong, November 4-7, 2011 

International Camping Fellowship Outreach to Japan
Campers Helping Campers

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.

To veiw a full report of partnership between ICF and NCAJ and a list of donors, click these links:

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...
ICF posts articles and information translated into different languages. Follow the links below to read pages translated into Russian and Japanese. We need articles and information related to outdoor camping in different countries. If you have any, please submit them in the language of your preference to webmaster@campingfellowship.org

Click here to read ICF news in Japanese


Click here to read ICF news in Russian

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