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Camp
Fire USA's Rural Alaska Water Safety and Recreation Program provides
swimming and cold-water survival instruction and day
camp activities to children and teens living in Alaska's
native communities. The program came to life more than 40
years ago as a means to address the high rate of drowning
in Alaska--a rate more than ten times the national average. Over
the years, the program has evolved to include other activities
that promote healthy life skills such as boating safety instruction, arts
and crafts, cooperative games, hikes, camp-outs, teen activities, service
projects and community events. |
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Typically, a program runs for two weeks and is facilitated by a team of two or three Camp Fire staff. Each team travels to three or four rural communities over the summer to facilitate the program. In 2009, the Rural Alaska Program visited 19 communities and served over 900 youth.
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