Backwards Wednesday!

Started backwards day with the goodnight song and ended it with a delicious breakfast. Today returning campers led a ceremony to welcome the rest of the girls into the camp community! The ceremony included thoughtful poems, gifts, and a wonderful song.  Its great to see how good of friends the campers have become with each other, and how much they genuinely care about each other. :)

Terrific Tuesday!

Another great day at camp! Started the morning with "relax & swim" earlybird and during team time, we wrapped up our body image module. The afternoon meant crate stacking, archery, pool, and chill time...we canoed and Zumba-d too. After Natasha's delicious homemade lasagna (so good), we had a thought-provoking discussion about body image and wrapped up a busy day with all-camp volleyball tourney, Smores campfire, night hikes and sleeping under the stars!  Woo hoo! Another empowering day!

Magnificent Monday!

As we get farther into the second week of this session, the girls have begun to really value and trust each other.  Tonight was the untalent show and dance, where the girls sang, danced, and performed skits for the entire camp.  Performing took courage and preparation, and every single performance was breath-taking!

Cabin Quality Day!

After sleeping-in and a cabin picnic, the whole camp participated in dam jumping, mud volleyball, canoeing, and swimming in our very own waterfall!
Later each cabin performed an awesome skit and song for the entire camp!

Friday the 13th only means good luck at camp!

In arts and crafts, these young ladies built the very bench that they are sitting on! The rain didn't prevent us from having a blast at a hip-hop dance class and arts & crafts!  In honor of positive body image day, all of the mirrors at camp have been covered up and replaced with inspirational messages!  The girls are embracing the opportunity to love themselves and each other without any judgments.

Teamwork Thursday!

"Diversity is not about how we differ. Diversity is about embracing one another's uniqueness." -Ola Joseph

This is the quote of the day, which we discuss every morning as an entire camp.  With early morning Zumba classes and late afternoon canoeing, every girl is becoming more confident and empowered to try challenging activities and make new friends.  Additionally, teams grew closer as we wrote and shared poems about our diverse backgrounds.  

Las Mujeres, go Las Mujeres! Today is the first day of teams, the ladies made team agreements and cheers! Later we went on a camp tour and had our first day of La Tienda (Aye, aye, aye!) Later we had show and tell, where the girls explained an object that represents their heritage. All of the campers come from different homes, and it was wonderful to see each one be empowered to tell her story tonight! :)