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Important Reasons To Send Your Daughter To Agawak!

by: 
Camp Director

If you’ve been to Agawak you know what camp does for you. You know how it changes you for the better. If you came to Agawak as a child, you know the profound positive effects that still matter to you as an adult, and you also know that you want the same thing for your own kids. But if you didn’t go to camp as a child, you may not realize just how good the experience is. You may not know why so many parents are committed to sending their kids to camp. So, while I’ve mentioned most of these before, here is a list of the most important reasons you should send your daughter to Agawak.

At Agawak, girls:

1. Spend their day being physically active – As children spend so much time these days inside and mostly sitting down, Agawak provides a wonderful opportunity to move. Running, swimming, jumping, hiking, climbing! Agawak is action!

2. Experience success and become more confident – Agawak helps our girls build self-confidence and self-esteem by removing the kind of academic, athletic and social competition that shapes their lives at school. With its diverse opportunities to succeed, Agawak life is a real boost for our campers. There’s accomplishment every day. Agawak teaches kids that they can.

3.Gain resiliency – (Gain Grit) The kind of encouragement and nurture kids receive at Agawak makes it a great environment to endure setbacks, try new (and thereby maybe a little frightening) things, and see that improvement comes when you give something another try. Agawak helps conquer fears.

4. Unplug from technology – When campers take a break from TV, cell phones, and the Internet, they rediscover their creative powers and engage the real world— real people, real activities, and real emotions. They realize, there’s always plenty to do. Agawak is real!

5. Develop life-long skills – Agawak provides the right instruction, equipment and facilities for our girls to enhance their sports abilities, their artistic talents, their adventure skills and their friendship skills. The sheer variety of activities offered at camp makes it easy for campers to discover and develop what they like to do. Agawak expands every child’s abilities.

6. Grow more independent – Agawak is the perfect place for campers and staff to practice making decisions for themselves without parents and teachers guiding every move. Managing their daily choices in the safe, caring environment of camp, campers welcome this as a freedom to blossom in new directions. Agawak helps kids develop who they are.

7. Have free time for unstructured play – Free from the overly-structured, overly-scheduled routines of home and school, life at camp gives children much needed free time to just play. Agawak is a slice of carefree living where kids can relax, laugh, and be silly all day long. At Agawak we are free to play!

8. Learn social skills – Coming to camp means joining a close-knit community where everyone must agree to cooperate and respect each other. When they live in a cabin with others, campers share chores, resolve disagreements, and see firsthand the importance of sincere communication. Agawak builds teamwork.

9. Reconnect with nature – Agawak is a wonderful antidote to “nature deficit disorder,” to the narrow experience of modern indoor life. Outdoor experience enriches kid’s perception of the world and supports healthy child development. Agawak gets kids back outside.

10. Make true friends – Agawak is a place where girls make their very best friends. Free from the social expectations pressuring them at school, camp encourages kids to relax and make friends easily. All the fun at camp draws everyone together— singing, laughing, talking, playing, doing almost everything together. Agawak builds friendships.

So, the next time someone looks at you a bit funny and seems to question why you send your daughter to overnight camp refer them to this blog above!

Yes, camp is GREAT!!

Smile on,

Mary