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Moonseed Teen Leadership for Girls
for four days including 2 overnights Here is a relaxed, supportive session for older campers. See more details below for a description of this unique time for girls in community together.
What’s the mood of Moonseed Camp? Relaxed and engaged. Description: When the first day begins, we integrate new campers and welcome all participants. Very soon there is a blending of ages and the happy hum of feeling socially safe.We move into a slow-paced sequence of activities that include lots of choice.Girls cluster in small groups as each finds what feels like her place during the activity periods. Around the conference house, at one moment many activities will be buzzing. Do you want to work with knitting, crocheting, weaving? Together as a whole community in late morning, we go up the trail into the woods and gather on Pocumtuck Ridge. That’s a treasured time. There’s a choice of stick-house building, hiking, watercolors, and enjoying conversation. What is Moonseed like? Think of an extended family on a no-pressure holiday. Maybe not all the “cousins” know each other in advance, but very soon they are laughing together, feeling comfortable and welcomed. We’re multi-age: Our staff includes older adults as well as college-age women who have been part of camp each year since they were campers themselves. They are incredible role-models – weavers, writers, nursing students, caring listeners. One of the special features is the range of ages from twelve to sixty. At any moment of camp you’ll see a mix of ages talking and laughing together and this interaction underscores our belief that everyone has a gift, everyone is valuable. We build community: We create a social space where people can be themselves. We listen to the girls and pick up on the topics they want to talk about – in the kitchen, around the campfire, in our open-question discussion time – so that they can feel us responding and caring. This year we’re emphasizing the skill of being an active bystander if you see exclusion or harm occurring – a skill we want them to use during camp, if they need it, but most of all it is an orientation of taking care that we want them to use the rest of their lives. We want the campers to know how to speak their needs and learn how to foster community. We live out the sense of being together in a shared web of life. To register:
We have limited space and expect this session to fill up fast. Questions?
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