“Through the Looking Glass” Week 4 provided an opportunity for campers to enjoy all things Disney while self-reflecting and recognizing their beauty inside and out!

🖌️Crafts this week included personalized, hand-crafted tea cups, beautiful roses made of duct tape, a painted Cheshire Cat, and unique and colorful sand necklaces.

🎉On Wednesday, campers enjoyed Toy Story-themed carnival games, a bounce house, and a Selfie Mirror, where everyone was able to take pictures with friends and staff! The day concluded with a Girls Inc. Tea Party, featuring a fashion show of campers debuting their Disney attire.

🧬For their STEM challenge, campers created a Moana “survival raft” to get off the make-believe island using only resources that were available on their island (their table). Resources included plastic straws, paper, popsicle sticks, and tape. Upon completion, the rafts were tested in water to see if the raft would float!

⭐This week’s STEM stars are Davina C. from Unit 2 and Eden B. from Unit 5 for their hard work in creating the floating structure.

🚴‍♀️Our Bold Adventures (Unit 7/8) campers visited the Essex Steam Train and Steam Boat, The Dinosaur Museum, Hammonasset Beach State Park, and the Beardsley Zoo. Leaders in Training (Unit 9+) campers enjoyed a visit to Hammonasset on Friday!

NEXT WEEK – WEEK 5 “JUST BEACHY” 🏖️

It’s o-FISH-al: you never know what type of aquatic life you’ll run into when you’re at the beach! Mermaids, pirates, and deep-sea divers welcome to explore. Starfish, whales, and all things fishy come out to play this week as campers discover the beautiful, bizarre, and truly odd goings-on in the deep blue sea. Dress up as your favorite sea creature, play water games, and live like a pirate.

Tuesday: We will have a FOAM Party that includes colored foam! Please make sure your camper wears clothing that may get stained during their playing time. 🫧

WEDNESDAY: Dress up as your favorite underwater creature or character! 🪸

Friday: Girls Inc. Pool will be closed, but alternative water activities and games will be played throughout the day.

Week 4 Bold Adventures (U7/8) Field Trips:

**Please note the change in the Field Trip Schedule for Week 5. Campers will NOT travel on Monday and Tuesday this week. Field Trips are scheduled on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday due to Specialties scheduled this week.**

• Monday – NO FIELD TRIP
• Tuesday – NO FIELD TRIP
• Wednesday – Harkness State Park, Waterford, CT
• Thursday – Ocean Beach, New London
• Friday – Lake Quassy

Week 4 Leaders in Training (U9+) Field Trip:

• No field trip this week

Please make sure Field Trip campers pack appropriate items for the trips, including brown bag lunch, water bottle, a light jacket or sweatshirt, bathing suit (when applicable), towel, sunscreen, and closed in shoes for all trips (flip flops can be carried in a bag).

REMINDERS:

• Please check the lost and found if your child is missing items.
• To ensure the safety of every camper please make sure they are coming to camp with closed in shoes (No open-toed/open-back sandals).
• Unfortunately, lunch will NOT be provided by Meriden Schools for Unit 7/8 or 9+ field trips for the duration of Summer Camp. Please send your camper with a brown bag lunch on their field trip days. Free lunch will be available for their days on-site at our Center
  • Unit 7/8 – Lunch provided on Friday ONLY (Field Trips on Mon-Thu)
  • Unit 9+ – Lunch provided on Monday-Thursday (Field Trip on Friday)
• All campers received their Girls Inc. Summer camp T- shirts today, and every Friday starting Week 3 will be “Wear your Girls Inc. shirt to camp day!”