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Camp Fire USA Central Puget Sound Council holds two major events during the year to raise funds for our youth programming.

• Leadership Fundraising Breakfast
• Camp Fire Benefit Auction Gala

16th Annual Leadership Breakfast - June 10, 2008 – “Camp Fire USA and the tweenteenillenials”

What are those kids thinkin'?? Ever wondered how much money teens spend these days in the US? Try 1.7 Billion (yes, parents, that's 1.7 Billion.) Did you know they spend real money to buy virtual money to spend in virtual stores to get a discount coupon for a real store? What do they do with all that screen time? How do they use those Facebook and MySpace pages and what should you know about that? What IS their SecondLife avitar up to these days? And, what do they think of you, as parents? Do you need to get out of your helicopter?

You got questions (or need a translation)? We got answers.

Join us for a lively morning presentation (and we do really mean that) by Michael Woods, Vice President of TRU-insight, a research firm whose only purpose in life is to research teens, tweens and twenty-somethings. Michael and TRU are consultants to Camp Fire USA, nationally, as well as other firms and folks you'll recognize like the American Camping Association plus some other local folks like Nordstroms, Google, Verizon, Nintendo, Microsoft...the list goes on. Michael is a self-proclaimed "convert" to Camp Fire USA and said so, out loud, in front of a whole bunch of people in Kansas City at the Camp Fire USA National Leadership Conference in November 2007. He'll tell you why and WOW you in the process with what his firm continues to research and learn about all the teens, tweens and twenty-somethings including our caring, confident youth and future leaders. Seattle doesn't get someone with this kind of niche experience all to itself very often. Join us, won't you. You'll be most welcome.

The Westin Hotel, downtown Seattle – June 10, 2008
7:00 Meet and Greet
7:30 – 8:30 Breakfast and Program

Please RSVP to jessie-p@campfire-usa.org.

Bring your friends, bring family, bring co-workers. Don't you think your marketing department/ad agency/ graphic designer/in house firm would be just a little bit intrigued by all this??? Ask them. They should be. Share the link to this webpage.

The breakfast is, of course, complimentary but we will ask for a donation.

The Camp Fire USA Leadership Fund Raising Breakfast was created to broaden the base of financial support for Camp Fire by increasing the number of individual donors and donations and making the public more aware of the remarkable programs and curriculum we offer. The breakfast is an opportunity for individuals who care about youth to learn about the positive impact that Camp Fire programs have on youth development. During the breakfast, guests are asked to financially support these programs.

All proceeds from the breakfast provide funds for youth development programs in areas where Camp Fire programs currently are not available.

More ways to participate:

• Help contribute to the success of the breakfast and host a table of 10 people.
• Invite nine friends and business associates to the breakfast and share information about Camp Fire and the importance of youth development programs with them.
• Join business leaders, Camp Fire corporate sponsors, parents, alumni and friends by attending the Leadership Breakfast.
• Get your company involved! Think about becoming a Corporate Partner in support of this event with us. For a contribution of $2,500, $5,000, $7,500 or $10,000 your company will receive unique recognition benefits (wild applause, splashes of your logo everywhere, groveling, and the right to say, "I was here.". We also have some other more creative sponsorship opportunities available. Let's discuss!

For more information, please contact Jackie Peterson, Director of Marketing & Communications, at 206 461 8550 ext. 253 jackie-p@campfire-usa.org

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Michael Wood Vice President, Director of Syndicated Research TRU

Michael directs TRU’s syndicated division, where he is responsible for the TRU Subscription, the ongoing youth intelligence program relied on by more than 150 of the world’s leading youth-oriented brands.

Michael presents to and consults with many of TRU’s syndicated clients, including: adidas, Coca-cola, Disney, ESPN, Estee Lauder, Frito-Lay, Gap, Hewlett Packard, JC Penney, Kraft, Leo Burnett, Microsoft, MTV, Neutrogena, Nike, Nokia, Nordstrom, PacSun, Pepsi, Seventeen, and Target. (If they’re interested in teens, chances are Michael’s talked to them.)

Michael has been widely quoted on teen-marketing issues, appearing in USA Today, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Time, Business Week, Newsweek, Forbes, Fortune, Advertising Age and on CBS, CNN, CNBC, NPR, and countless more publications and electronic media. (If they’re interested in teens, chances are they’ve talked to Michael.)

Prior to joining TRU in 1997, Michael worked in youth-oriented market research at Levi Strauss & Company in Brussels. His return to the U.S. also marked a return to the world of youth marketing.

In between, he worked for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris. His first job was with the Small Business Administration (SBA) in Washington, DC. (Michael always had a thing for acronyms.)

Michael has a Masters degree in International Marketing from Boston University and a BS degree in Marketing from the University of Alabama.

http://www.tru-insight.com/view.cfm?page_id=34&image=images/13_14_18.gif&pic=picspace.cfm

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Benefit Auction Gala

We need your help! Auction volunteer opportunities are listed here.

2007 Auction Catalogue (3.3 MB PDF)

Donor Form in pdf format (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader *). * If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer, you can download it for free at http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html#reader.