Girlventures offers expeditions for girls in grades 6-12. The organization provides full scholarships based on family income and strives to ensure that one-third of the participants in each adventure are on full scholarship.
Come to a one-hour information session at the GirlVentures Office to see a slideshow about GirlVentures, hear more about the programs, understand the admissions process and get all your questions answered!
6pm - Thursday - Feb 24, 2011 3543 18th Street between Guerrero & Valencia
The Women's Building, fourth floor
San Francisco
From the Girlventures website:
Critical to success on a GirlVentures course is a girl's motivation and willingness to "say yes to try". The first decisive factor in admissions at GirlVentures is motivation!All of our programs provide our girls with opportunities to:
- Experience physical success
- Express creativity
- Celebrate girls' diverse identities
- Practice group decision making and problem solving
- Develop community responsibility
- Engage in healthy conflict resolution
- Cultivate a sense of appreciation and stewardship for nature and the environment.
Girlventures offers such programs as Project Courage:
For Bay Area Girls Entering 7th & 8th Grades
June 12 - 25, 2011&
July 3 - 16, 2011
Full financial aid is available! (Full cost to non-low-income participants: $2,350)
Embark on a 14-day outdoor adventure that inspires self-discovery, creative expression, and fun. Paddle your sea kayak on Tomales Bay, rock climb beside the windswept Sonoma Coast, and backpack through stunning Point Reyes National Seashore. As a group, you will learn to live outdoors, sleeping on beaches and under stars, as you navigate challenges, learn new skills, and support one another. Friendship, laughter, and new experiences await you on this exciting adventure!
SAY YES TO...
Outdoor adventure: rock climbing, backpacking, sea kayaking, hiking, camping
Individual challenges: Healthy risk-taking, leadership opportunities, creative expression
Group building: Decision making, problem solving, conflict resolution, community responsibility
Environmental stewardship: Leave No Trace ethics, ecology education
Girlventures also offers fee-based summer daytime adventures for groups. For information, go to the website or contact Sarah Heath, director of programs & outreach, 415/864-0780, extension 303.
Outdoor adventure: rock climbing, backpacking, sea kayaking, hiking, camping
Individual challenges: Healthy risk-taking, leadership opportunities, creative expression
Group building: Decision making, problem solving, conflict resolution, community responsibility
Environmental stewardship: Leave No Trace ethics, ecology educationGirlventures also offers fee-based summer daytime adventures for groups. For information, go to the website or contact Sarah Heath, director of programs & outreach, 415/864-0780, extension 303.
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