Camp Fire Central Oregon | Light the Fire Within

AIKD

All of Central Oregon is invited to join us to celebrate incredible kids our lives at our annual ice skating party—fun for the whole family with activities and tasty treats!

Sunday, March 15, 2026
(four days before National AIK Day, Thursday, March 19)
12:30 - 3:30pm
The Pavilion: 1001 SW Bradbury Way, Bend

FREE ice skating for all kids! 
*Must be accompanied by an adult
* Arrive by 3:00 p.m.
* First 200 kids in the door.

Volunteer to help make this event a success!
We're always looking for amazing volunteers who can help with this event's set-up, all the fun activities during the event, and the post-event clean-up! We welcome teen volunteers, as well as adults and organizations/companies looking to bring in their teams and help make this event a success!

• Teen volunteers: please sign up through our Teen Connects program here.

• Adult volunteers and/or businesses/organizations: please contact our outreach & communications manager here.

This program is made possible in part by our generous sponsors: the City of Bend, St. Charles, Camp Fire (National) & AT&T.


We are so excited to share that AT&T is celebrating #KidDay as our Premier National Sponsor!

And as part of the celebration, we are giving away 25 laptops to 25 incredible kids and teens.

Adults can enter the contest by telling us about the incredible young people in their lives. Details below.

The contest runs Feb. 12th, 2026 - March 10th, 2026. Click HERE to enter to win!


How often do we stop to tell the kids and teens in our lives how incredible they are?

Absolutely Incredible Kid Day® is a national holiday celebrated every third Thursday in March. Every year, millions of people—like you—write/tell a young person in their life what makes them incredible. We founded this holiday in 1997 to lift up young people nationwide.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS for the next #KidDay #AIKD: March 19, 2025. And plan in advance, clicking on and downloading this letterhead and coloring page, located to the right. Use the letterhead to craft an official AIKD letter to an amazing youth in your life! And use the coloring page to get creative and reflect with that incredible youth, then post it to social media, tagging @CAMPFIRENHQ!

Pledge your voicecommit to encouraging a special kid in your life on March 19! Whether you write a note, send a text, tell a kid in person, or give a kid a phone call, your words are powerful. Make an impact.

Participating in #KidDay #AIKD is a simple, meaningful way to let young people know how much they are appreciated. Young lives are changed by this day and the simple act of your encouragement, love, and kindness.

Here are some resources to help you write to a kid in your life:

 

Our Promise

Young people want to shape the world.

Camp Fire provides the opportunity to find their spark, lift their voice, and discover who they are.

In Camp Fire, it begins now.

Light the fire within