body image

What Makes You Beautiful

The theme of today at Kupugani was “what makes you beautiful.” All the mirrors in camp were covered, so the girls recognize that beauty is not physical but all about their personality and that it is what is on the inside that counts. In the spirit of the day, the girls were at ease. A lot of them tried new camptivities. Slacklining was the favorite of the day, with cratestacking hot on its heels. The girls enjoyed a “free to learn” period in the evening. There has been a lot […]

Friday Flurry

What makes you beautiful was the theme of today–a day when all the mirrors in camp were covered so the girls understand that appearance is not everything and that they are beautiful inside and out. In the spirit of the day,the girls seemed to be completely at ease. A lot of them tried new camptivities. Frolfing was the surprise favorite of the day with slacklining hot on its heels. The girls are presently enjoying the campwide ga-ga tournament. There has been a lot of talk about it throughout the day […]

Loving Yourself Unconditionally

At our multicultural summer camp, especially during our all-girls camp, we cover many topics from diversity, empowerment, to self-expression, leadership, and body image. One of our well-loved activities at camp is “Letter to a Body Part”, where we write a letter to one of our body parts expressing how much love we have for it—such as our eyes, stomach, hair, brain, etc. Why should we tell our body we love it? I was recently browsing internet feeds and noticed a variety of posts either encouraging body acceptance or encouraging diets […]

Final Friday!

“There is no time left for anything but to make peace work a dimension of our every waking activity.” -Elise Boulding We spent two weeks focusing on modules such as positive body image and social awareness, and now it’s time to take our knowledge out into the world! With each other’s support and love, we have learned to communicate and trust each other. With tomorrow’s departure from camp, we will go into the world as empowered women and as world changers.

Terrific Tuesday! – August 6, 2018

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!

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.

Sunshine Will Do Me Fine!

I’m alive, awake, enthusiastic…I’m alive, awake, alert, enthusiastic! Goooood morning folks! The weekend is nearly upon us, as is the 95 degree heat we have been expecting and looking forward to as a reason to do even more water activities! Last night we went on a secret mission to cover the mirrors at camp so the ladies can feel empowered and recognize that inner beauty is of critical importance…the cool part is that no one seems to mind the lack of mirrors. I sense this crew of young ladies could […]

What Makes You Beautiful

Friday Flurry

Loving Yourself Unconditionally

Terrific Tuesday! – August 6, 2018

Friday the 13th only means good luck at camp!

Sunshine Will Do Me Fine!

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