About B.R.I.D.G.E.S. 
The Camp Experience
Building Bridges – General Sessions
Interactive and fun large group activities Experiential activities: Role-playing, challenges, presentations and skits Opportunity to re-group to process small group experiences Get to know everyone (campers & facilitators) Bridges Girls’ Circle (BGC)
Small groups: 8 girls with the same two facilitators throughout camp Interactions with Girls Circle groups once or twice per day Structured support groups that integrate relational theory, resiliency practices, and skills training delivered in a specific format,
which is designed to increase positive connection, personal and
collective strengths, and competence in girls
Encourages girls to share experiences that are helpful to each other When girls voice their ideas, opinions, and feelings in a safe environment, it strengthens their confidence and self-esteem, and
encourages them to express themselves and critically think
through their behavior and choices
Girls’ Circle is recognized as a “promising approach” in the Model Programs Guide (Office of Juvenile Justice & Deliquency Prevention).
Outcomes showed significant increases in self-efficacy, body image
and social connection
Fitness Classes
Opportunities to have fun and re-energize
Yoga, Pilates, Kickboxing, Hip Hop and more
S.H.A.R.P. (Sexual Harassment and Rape Prevention) training
Free-Time
Spend time with friends in your dorm or explore the campus
Swim, listen to music, chat with other girls
Opportunities to have fun and re-energize Yoga, Pilates, Kickboxing, Hip Hop and more S.H.A.R.P. (Sexual Harassment and Rape Prevention) trainingFree-Time
Spend time with friends in your dorm or explore the campus Swim, listen to music, chat with other girls Pay-it-Forward Projects
Learn about social change
Join a team of like-minded girls to develop strategies around a social issue
that you would like to see change
Take the first step in "Paying-it-Forward" through journaling
and writing articles
A Typical Day
Learn about social change Join a team of like-minded girls to develop strategies around a social issue that you would like to see change
Take the first step in "Paying-it-Forward" through journaling and writing articles
A Typical Day
