Rosie's Girls
Programming is underway for the 2010 session.
The dates for 2010 will be
Session 1: June 21-July 9
Session 2: July 19-August 6
Applications are due March 12, 2010
Building Strong Girls
A Trades Exploration Camp for Girls grades 6th-8th
Staff
216.861.6500 x22
If you are interested in sponsoring any portion of Rosie's Girls Summer Camp, please click here to find the sponsorship form. Sponsoring Rosie's Girls will allow more young girls to attend the camp free of charge.
Rosie’s Girls Summer Program is an exciting three-week day camp for girls entering 6th – 8th grade that challenges girls to think beyond preconceived notions of what they can do and become.  |
 Combining hands-on instruction in the skilled trades with a rich array of expressive arts activities, the camp allows girls to develop their own strength, power and confidence in an atmosphere that is fun, encouraging and positive. |
Rosie’s Girls ® Summer Camp includes a unique combination of activities that are designed to expose girls to a variety of trades and technical fields, strengthen their own voices, build a sense of community and encourage participants to challenge the expectations our society has for girls and women. The program incorporates the following components:
Carpentry
In the carpentry unit, girls learn basic skills such as hammering and sawing, and then progress to increasingly more difficult projects. Girls start by building toolboxes to hold the tools we give them, and the unit culminates in a collaborative community service project that will meet an identified community need. Carpentry runs throughout the three weeks of the program.
Trades
Additional trades blocks during the session introduce participants to the tools, methods, materials and safety techniques used in various other trades areas such as electrical wiring, welding, fire fighting, and bicycle and auto repair. These other trades units last from one to three days to balance young girls’ need for variety with our desire to give the girls adequate time to gain comfort with and mastery of trades skills.
ARTS
Daily arts activities further encourage participants to develop their own voices by exploring a range of activities designed to promote individual self-expression. Yoga and dance promote physical movement. Visual arts activities might include silk-screening camp t-shirts, casting plaster masks of each girl’s face or hand, and making collages to represent aspects of themselves.