Financial Aid

Earn Your Way to Camp

Camp Fire and Camp Tannadoonah offer several great ways to make the camp experience more affordable for our camp families in 2012. You can contact our office at 574-234-4145 or email info@riverbendcampfire.org for more information about any of these Earn Your Way to Camp activities.

Refer a Friend

For every NEW camper you refer for 2012, you’ll receive a $25 credit towards camp.

Papa Murphy’s Pizza Sales

Sell Take and Bake Pizzas from Papa Murphy’s in Granger. Earn $7-$11 towards camp fees for every pizza you sell. Get your order forms from our office and start selling anytime!

Old 2 Gold at Notre Dame

Earn $10 or more toward camp for every hour you work. You can help set up the sale, work at the sale, and clean up afterwards. Last year our workers earned $13 per hour, all of which is applied to your camp fees. All workers must be 18 or older. More information will be available Spring 2012.

Fun Run and Fun Fair

Get pledges for running laps in the Fun Run, and 25% of what you raise goes to your camp fees. Then stay for the Fun Fair to play some great games and win prizes! Youth must be accompanied by a parent at the Fun Fair. More information will be available Spring 2012.

Car Wash

Sell tickets for $5 and every ticket you sell goes directly to your camp fees. You can also work the car wash and earn a share of the sales for the day. Youth who work the car wash must be accompanied by a parent. More information will be available Spring 2012.

ND Football Stadium Booths

Must be 18 or older, participants earn $75-$120/game in camp credit. Information will be available for the 2012 season in Spring or Summer 2012.

Note: If you have already paid for camp, you can still participate! Any money you earn through these fundraisers will be applied as a credit to your account – you can attend another week of camp, or get a refund.

Campership Funding

Need help to send your child to camp? Camp Tannadoonah offers financial aid for camp in the form of full or partial “camperships.” This campership fund is for campers whose families demonstrate financial need (it is not a merit-based scholarship). If you would like to apply for financial aid, please download and send in a campership application. The deadline for applications is April 30th.

Please note: campers who received campership funding in 2011 are only eligible for funding up to 50% of the cost of camp the subsequent summer (except under exceptional circumstances).

If you are applying for campership funding, please do not register your camper for camp until you have received notification of any campership funds that have been awarded.