Just FIVE Weeks Until Girls Camp

Welcome to Young Women camp! With the world of nature as your classroom, you can experience the wonder of God’s creations and learn skills that will help you become self-reliant and able to live comfortably in the outdoors. At camp, you will make new friends and develop lasting friendships with your leaders as you work and play together. Through shared experiences, you can draw closer to your Heavenly Father and strengthen others in living the gospel.

The goals of Young Women camp are to help you:

• Draw closer to God.
• Appreciate and feel reverence for nature.
• Become more self-reliant.
• Develop leadership skills.
• Respect and protect the environment.
• Serve others.
• Build friendships.
• Enjoy camping and have fun.

To help you reach these goals, you will be participating in the camp certification program. There are four levels that correspond to your first four years in Young Women:

Level 1—age twelve
Level 2—age thirteen
Level 3—age fourteen
Level 4—age fifteen

During your last two years in the Young Women program, when you are sixteen and seventeen, you can be a Youth Camp Leader and share what you have learned with others. This is an exciting part of your own learning. The younger girls will look up to you, and you will have the opportunity to make a difference in their lives. Think about the fun you will have at camp. Imagine looking into the starlit heavens before going to sleep each night and waking to the sounds of birds each morning! You will organize and cook meals with your new and old friends. You will work beside them on projects to help protect the environment. High adventure activities can be physically demanding and will help you feel a special fellowship with those who share these challenges.
Think about how fun it will be to have leaders and young women living together—participating in mealtimes, sharing times, presentations, firesides, creative surprises, cultural activities, and certification classes. There will be laughing, singing, praying, and maybe even some crying as you move through your days and nights at camp. Imagine yourself returning home knowing how to do things you have never done before, feeling the glow of new and old friendships, and realizing that you are closer to your Heavenly Father. All of these things are waiting
for you at camp!
*Young Women Camp Manual, p 7