Our Mission 

To make an impact on young women’s lives by helping them transition through adolescence via education, integration and genuine ‘heart’.  This will be accomplished by providing a secure and stable environment of acceptance, encouragement and respect.  This atmosphere will be conducive to increasing self-esteem, confidence, and a healthy body and self-image, as well as challenge the girls to realize and reach for their potential.

 

Building Relationships Involving the Development of Girls' Empowering Selves

At BRIDGES Camp we explore: 

     Beauty 
             - Discover inner beauty in ourselves & others    
             - Change society’s definition of beauty 
      Respect/Relationships 
             - Respect for ourselves & others 
             - Build healthy relationships with peers & adults 
      Individuality 
             - Be true to yourself 
             - Resisting peer pressure 
      Dignity 
             - Build self-esteem & confidence 
             - Love ourselves & our bodies 
      Goals 
             - Personal:  Who do you want to BE?
             - Academic:  How will you get there? 
             - Career:  Follow your passions 
             - Financial:  Money management 101 
      Empowerment 
             - YOU can do it!
             - Make a difference in your own life & that of others
             - Self-Defense Training
             - Fitness Classes 
      Selflessness 
             - Pay-it-Forward Projects/Campaigns 
             - Power of Giving

    

  BRIDGES Core Values
       
         Women helping women 
         Believing in others 
         Creating possibilities for yourself
         Everybody is Beautiful
         Identifying the beauty in ourselves & others
         Suspending judgment, seeking first to understand & respect others
         Everyone deserves to be appreciated & valued
         Encouraging & inspiring girls to find their true & authentic selves
         Helping girls discover their self-worth; 
                                      that they are worthy of esteem & respect

                                            
                     About BRIDGES       
   The Camp Experience