Extra Mile: GULICK, Luther & Charlotte plaque in Washington, D.C. by Sam Pena

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Luther Halsey Gulick, M.D., (December 4, 1865–August 13, 1918) was an American physical education instructor, international basketball official, and founder of the Camp Fire Girls, an international youth organization. He was born at Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands. While working as head of physical education at the International Y.M.C.A. Training School, now Springfield College, in Springfield, Massachusetts, Gulick directed James Naismith, a teacher at the school, to create a winter sport to be played indoors; Naismith would invent and popularize basketball in response. Gulick worked with Naismith to spread the sport, chairing the Basketball Committee of the Amateur Athletic Union (1895–1905). In view of his continued efforts to increase the popularity of the game of basketball and of physical fitness in general, Gulick was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a contributor in 1959. Source: Wikipedia

Camp Fire USA is a nationwide youth organization that began on March 17, 1910 as Camp Fire Girls. The organization has been co-ed since 1975 and has youth from pre-kindergarten through age 21. For a time it was known as just Camp Fire and then as Camp Fire Boys and Girls as more boys joined the organization. Source: Wikipedia

Luther and Charlotte Gulick

FOUNDED CAMP FIRE IN 1910 AS AMERICA'S FIRST NONSECTARIAN, INTERRACIAL ORGANIZATION FOR GIRLS, WITH BOYS JOINING IN 1975. THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDED OPPORTUNITIES AND REAL-LIFE LESSONS IN SEVEN AREAS KEY TO SUCCESSFUL CHILDHOOD AND ADULTHOOD: SEEKING BEAUTY, GIVING SERVICE, PURSUING KNOWLEDGE, BEING TRUSTWORTHY, HOLDING ONTO HEALTH, GLORIFYING WORK, AND BEING HAPPY.

"The primary purpose of Camp Fire is to promote service to others, team work, and opportunities for a well-rounded life -- a vivid, intense life of joy and service."
Dr. Luther Halsey Gulick

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Artist: Sam Pena(click name for more of that artist's work)
Related subjects: Philanthropists
Location: G St NW east of 14th St Washington, D.C. Extra Mile

Nearest Metro: Federal Triangle(Orange - Blue - Silver) (click station name for all sculptures nearby) (dcMem ID #729 )

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