Camp Fire Girls - Birthday Honors

Camp Fire Girls - Birthday Projects

Each year, starting in 1916, Camp Fire Girls had Birthday Projects, later called National Projects or Annual Projects.

Every group was encourage to participate in the program.
Each year had a special design for the honor, once earned, to be stenciled to the ceremonial gown or later, sewn to a vest.
First year with a verified special design was 1927. Earlier years may not have had a special design.
Later charms were offered for sale, but did not have to be earned.
By the mid 1950's these honors, pre-printed on felt, were likely available for sale, due the uniformity of felt patches and the uniformity of stencil and paint quality.
Summer Honors, for girls meeting during summer break, were discontinued in 1958.
These annual projects seemed to fade after 1968, though the birthday themes continued, there was less emphasis, except for...
"We The People" in 1976. National Projects became standardized.

Finding this information is difficult, but goes a long way in helping to date these items. Any help in identifying the honor design, or filling in gaps would be appreciated!

1916 - Baby Kits to Children Overseas		The first project grew from a warmhearted concern for the plight of small children during the First World War. The suggestion was made in 1916 that girls might make clothing for "babies in Belgium, France, Germany, Poland, Serbia, Armenia, as well as in our own land." The response was overwhelming. Parcels spilled over the mailing room at National Headquarters and necessitated temporary rental of addition space to handle and classify them for shipment abroad. WO-HE-LO The Camp Fire History, 1980 edition, page 215
1917 - references found for helping the Red Cross as a Birthday Project, but not verified as the project theme
1919 - Assisting the American Committee for Devastated France
1920 - Mothers' and Fathers' Festival
1923
1924 - Recipe for Good Singing (not verified)
1925 - Helpfulness in the Home (not verified)
1926 - Interior Decoration or Beautify Your Corner
1927 - Tree Planting
1928 - Give Service
1929 - Flower Birthday	Honor Design Unknown	Camp Fire Girls "Flower Birthday" display in San Diego, CA flower show. Could the design be the Honor Design? 1929
1930 - Indian Lore	Honor Design Unknown
1931 - International Friendship
1932 - A Home Environment, Harmonious and Enriching
1933 - Making the Most of Me	"Making The Most Of Me"
1934 - Hobbies

1935 - My Place in the World	Honor Design Unknown
1936 - Hospitality at Home and Abroad
1937 - Silver Jubilee	The bottom quarter symbols represent Camping The left quarter - Membership The right quarter - Service Top quarter - Birthday	This is the Silver Jubilee Honor symbol at the beginning of the jubilee year. The four empty quarters were filled in one by one during the year as the group earned them; Camping, Membership, Service and Birthday.
1938 - My Land and Me also noted as This Land of Ours
1939 - Americana	Honor Design Unknown
1940 - Skillful Living
1941 - Treasure Trails - Exploring, Creating, Sharing	Honor Design Unknown
1942 - Fortifying the Family	Honor Design Unknown
1943-1944 - Serving by Saving

1945 - Hi Neighbor!	Honor Design Unknown	Unknown if there was a charm	Sewed and collected "clothing kits" for Europe's children
1946 - At Home in the World	Honor Design Unknown
1947 - Going Places	Honor Design Unknown
1948 - 1949 Make Mine Democracy	Honor Design Unknown
1949 - 1950 -Discovery Unlimited, an Adventure in Creative Living	This may or may not be the design for the 1950 Birthday Project - more research needed	Charm Design Unknown
1951 - Everyone Counts	.
1952 - Design for Friendship
1953 - Down to Earth		Charm Design Unknown Honor Design Unknown
1954 - Let's Be Different Together
1955 - Let Freedom Ring	Honor Design Unknown	1955's charm is shown: The Liberty Bell

1956 - Plant Seeds - Reap Friendship	Design was to be stenciled in yellow on brown suede or navy felt
1957 - Together We Make Tomorrow	Honor Design Unknown	1957
1957 -1958 - Meet the People	1958 Annual Project Honor
1959 - 1961 -The World Around Her - She Cares - Do You? Golden Jubilee Girl Project, 2 1/2 years long	Golden Jubilee Honor, stenciled onto green felt Yellow for the Golden Jubilee, seed pod design for promise of new life and continued growth. This was an earned honor	Golden Jubilee Honor memento charm, shown on navy blue felt Charm had no requirements for wear, unlike the felt honor
1962 - 1963 - Today's Program for Today's Girl
1964 - 1965 - Think Big, Widen Your World 1965 - 1966 - Think Big, See the World	2 piece patch set	National Projects Charms, center 1964-65, outer 65-66,
1966 - 1967 - Spotlighting the Arts 1967 - 1968 - Star in the Creative Arts
1969 - Giving the Camp Fire Way
1970 - Take A Look; Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
1971 - My Country - Clean and Free
1972 - For Each One, Bring One
1976 - We The People Camp Fire Project to celebrate the 200th birthday of the United States.

This Summer Honor design was used in 1955, 56, 57 and 58 (the year the Summer Honor ended). It was only earned by Advisors and Guardians who arranged for 6 gatherings of their girls during the summer break.

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