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Health & Fitness Summer Camps
Girl's On The Run Introductory Camp
The South County YMCA has been approved to be the official Girls on the Run Council for Sarasota County! The mission of Girls on the Run is to educate and prepare girls for a lifetime of self-respect and healthy living.
About Girls on the Run:
Girls on the Run is a life-changing, experiential learning programs for girls age eight to thirteen years old. The programs combine training for a 3.1 mile running event with self-esteem enhancing, uplifting workouts. The goals of the programs are to encourage positive emotional, social, mental, spiritual and physical development.
Girls on the Run delivers it’s message to young girls through volunteer coaches and mentors. The 12-week character building program of experiential learning through running teaches very specific and well-defined social and personal skills. The program culminates in a non-competitive 5K race event which gives the girls a chance to shine and an overwhelming sense of accomplishment.
Teaching Kids to Eat and Love Their Bodies Too
Anxiety about weight and shape, as well as unhealthy lifestyle habits diminish the self esteem and integrity of growing bodies and egos while consuming attention and energy that should be available for other important developmental tasks.
This Summer program will help the participant:
- Develop an identity based on inner strengths, not on appearance
- Gain historical perspective on current unhealthy body image attitudes
- Understand normal weight gain during puberty
- Respect genetic diversity of body size and shap.
- Become aware of the dangers of dieting
- Develop incentives for healthy eating and active lifestyles
- Think critically about media messages
- Resist unhealthy cultural pressures regarding weight and dieting
- Program based on the curriculum developed by Kathy Kater, “Healthy Body Image; Teaching Kids to Eat and Love Their Bodies Too”
Pre-Teen Fitness/Triathlon Camp
Each day will be jam packed with fun fitness activities which include, but are not limited to, age appropriate strength and cardiovascular fitness training in the Wellness Center, the climbing wall, exercise balls, medicine balls, exer-tubes, Bosu’s, obstacle courses, swimming, biking, running/walking activities, games and challenges. Healthy eating and healthy body image activities will also be included. Some days will include trivia games with totally cool prizes! If you want to go back to school totally fit then be a part of this awesome club! Activities will vary week to week. Healthy snacks will be provided every day. Eleven and twelve year olds who attend at least three weeks of camp and are evaluated as mature and responsible by the instructor, may be tested and certified to work out in the wellness center WITH A PARENT after summer camp is over. Kids who attend all five sessions will be prepared to do a sprint triathlon. Scholarships for bikes will be available.
