Summer in Alaska is here, and across the state, kids are spending their days exploring new places, making new friends, and creating memories that will last long after the season ends. And as the season kicks off, here is a look back at some memorable camp moments from last year.
These experiences are made possible by communities that invest in their young people and partners who support the Camp Initiative Fund. This year, $845,000 is helping 47 camps across Alaska provide safe, enriching opportunities for kids and peace of mind for working families.
First hikes. New friends. And the kind of confidence that doesn’t wash off when summer ends.
Explore the camps happening in your community: alaskacf.org/camp
2026 Camp Initiative Grant Recipients
- Alaska Safe Riders
- Alaska’s Healing Hearts
- Arctic Education Foundation
- Bird Treatment and Learning Center
- Calypso Farm & Ecology Center
- Camp Fire Alaska
- Challenge Alaska
- Chickaloon Village
- Copper River Native Association
- Denali Arts Council
- Denali Education Center
- Fairbanks Children’s Museum
- Fairbanks North Star Borough School District
- Four Valleys Community School Inc
- Friends of the Sutton Library
- Girl Scouts of Alaska
- Haa Tóoch Lichéesh
- Homer Wilderness Leaders (HoWL)
- Hope Community Resources Inc
- Hospice of the Central Peninsula
- IARC Outdoor Science Camps: Inspiring Girls* Expeditions Alaska & Fostering Science
- Irene Ingle Public Library
- Juneau Dance Theatre
- Juneau Economic Development Council
- Kenny Lake Public Library
- Ketchikan Wellness Coalition
- Kuspuk School District Lynn Canal Adventures
- Museum of the Aleutians
- Native Village of Afognak
- Nome Community Center
- Onward and Upward Inc
- Palmer Lifeways
- Petersburg Medical Center
- Qagan Tayagungin Tribe
- Reach 907
- Sitka Trail Works, Inc
- Southeast Alaska Independent Living (SAIL)
- Statewide Independent Living Council of Alaska
- Takshanuk Watershed Council
- United Way of Mat Su
- Victory Ministries of Alaska, Inc
- VOA Alaska
- Wrangell Institute for Science and Environment (WISE)
- Yakutat Surf Club
- YMCA Anchorage
- Young Life Alaska and YoungLives Alaska