Camp Fire Minnesota

✨ Spark Joy ✨

When was the last time you truly connected with the natural world around you? What did it feel like to listen to the birds, to feel the breeze, to watch as deer moved quietly through the woods? What did this moment spark within you?

At Camp Fire Minnesota, we help over 11,000 youth a year experience a powerful sense of joy, belonging, and discovery in the outdoors. 

By providing year-round environmental STEM education, afterschool programs, and camps, youth embark on their first adventure in nature, build confidence, and make a commitment to care for our planet. 

Your gift will strengthen our programs and help us:

• Ignite lifelong discovery and a love of nature for Minnesotan youth
• Preserve our 102-year legacy for the next hundred years
• Protect the place thousands of young people call home
• Ensure access to nature for all youth, regardless of financial means
• Fuel growth and leadership, developing the next generation of nature stewards

Give today to ensure that all young people experience the magic of nature. 

✨ Our Work in Action ✨

The impact of Camp Fire Minnesota’s programs goes beyond our 103-acre property in Excelsior, MN. We partner with over 75 community organizations and schools to deliver nature programs in local neighborhoods!

At Nellie Stone Johnson Elementary School (NSJ) in North Minneapolis, youth are working alongside Camp Fire Minnesota naturalists to plant and care for a community garden. 

For six years, we have partnered with NSJ through our Afterschool Explorers program. This program focuses on connecting young people who face barriers to accessing nature with engaging outdoor learning opportunities.

Your gift to Camp Fire Minnesota brings transformative programs like this, and so many others, to youth in the Twin Cities and beyond.

Please note that if you indicate your donation to be anonymous in the donation form, Camp Fire is not informed of your name. If you would like to make your gift anonymously here, but for the Camp Fire team to know of your gift and to ensure you receive updates and information from Camp Fire, please email us to let us know at: giving@campfiremn.org. Thank you!