Girl with Grit Summer Camp – Session I
June 4 @ 9:30 am - 2:30 pm
Join us for a fun and unique hands-on opportunity to learn life skills with various experienced instructors. From tools to tires to financial literacy to safety on the roads, in wilderness, or at home – Girl with Grit is all about teaching surviving life’s basics.
Things Learned:
Trusty Tools
Students will build a birdhouse and learn about tools This module is geared towards growing handiness with tools.
Drive and Thrive
Students will learn the basics of automotive care and how to handle emergencies including how to change a tire, jump a battery, weather related roadside emergencies, vehicle maintenance – such as checking fluids and signs of needed maintenance, and more.
Try-a-Trade
The goal of this class is to implement knowledge (i.e. wall structure, plumbing, electrical, etc.) about buildings that everyone needs to know in a fun, interactive way. Students will make their own lamps and a fun project out of PVC pipe. We will also talk to women and knowledge of the Skilled Trades.
First Response
We will cover how to handle some very simple and some very scary emergencies. Students will get hands-on use with a fire extinguisher and knowledge on fire safety directly from a visitor from our local fire department. Students will learn how to deal with various emergencies from clogged toilets to bursting pipes to how to safely disarm a firearm and perform CPR.
Wild One
Learn basic wilderness survival skills.
Home Fix It DIY
Youth will learn basic household skills to help them achieve independence from hanging heavy curtains to patching a pair of jeans or a hole in the wall. Students will take home a sewing project.
Financial Fast Facts
The goal of this workshop is to understand a basic budget and principles of financial health.
Entrepreneur Lab
We will learn the basics of business through a fun and interactive pop-up business.
Certificate of Completion
Youth and families can come join us for a celebration of their new grit and skills with a review of skills taught. Students will be awarded their Certificate of Completion.
Summer Camps Session I
6/3 – 9:30 am – 2:30 pm – (pick up by 3 PM)
6/4 – 9:30 am – 2:30 pm – (pick up by 3 PM)
6/5 – 9:30 am – 12:00 pm – (pick up by 12 PM)
Summer Camps Session II
7/29 – 9:30 am – 2:30 pm – (pick up by 3 PM)
7/30 – 9:30 am – 2:30 pm – (pick up by 3 PM)
7/31 – 9:30 am – 12:00 pm – (pick up by 12 PM)