{"id":745,"date":"2020-06-17T15:30:37","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T19:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ayfarchives.com\/home\/?page_id=745"},"modified":"2025-08-21T14:03:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T18:03:23","slug":"founders-through-the-years","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ayfarchives.com\/home\/?page_id=745","title":{"rendered":"Founders Through the Years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Prior to 1924, Alexander, Danforth, Orwig and Waite were leaders at the International Sunday School Association camp conferences at Lake Geneva in Wisconsin.&nbsp; These men, the Four Founders, formed the American Youth Foundation and revised the ISSA program concept to create &#8220;research camps&#8221; for 1925.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All participants in any program are still known as Founders and Founder Friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-custom-size has-very-dark-gray-color has-text-color has-noto-sans-font-family has-custom-font has-custom-weight has-custom-lineheight has-custom-letterspacing\" style=\"font-family:Noto Sans;line-height:1;letter-spacing:0.1px;font-weight:400;font-size:16px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ayfarchives.com\/home\/?page_id=544\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Four Founders<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-custom-size has-noto-sans-font-family has-custom-font has-custom-weight has-custom-lineheight has-custom-letterspacing\" style=\"font-family:Noto Sans;line-height:1;letter-spacing:0.1px;font-weight:400;font-size:16px;color:#0071a1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ayfarchives.com\/home\/?page_id=538\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Historical Founders<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-custom-size has-very-dark-gray-color has-text-color has-noto-sans-font-family has-custom-font has-custom-weight has-custom-lineheight has-custom-letterspacing\" style=\"font-family:Noto Sans;line-height:1;letter-spacing:0.1px;font-weight:400;font-size:16px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ayfarchives.com\/home\/?page_id=795\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Notable Founder Friends<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-custom-size has-very-dark-gray-color has-text-color has-noto-sans-font-family has-custom-font has-custom-weight has-custom-lineheight has-custom-letterspacing\" style=\"font-family:Noto Sans;line-height:1;letter-spacing:0.1px;font-weight:400;font-size:16px\">Legacy Families &#8211; 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