Rosie's Girls
2010 Dates
Session 1: June 21-July 9; Elyria, Lorain County
Session 2: July 19-August 6; Cleveland, Cuyahoga County
Building Strong Girls
A Trades Exploration Camp for Girls grades 6th-8th
Staff
216.861.6500 x22
Over 90% of our campers come from families below the poverty level. Sponsorships are critical to making the camp possible.
HHW wants to thank the following camp sponsors to date:
AKA Contracting and Ariane Kirkpatrick
Arteriocyte, Inc.
Coleman- Spohn Corporation
Council for Economic Opportunities in Greater Cleveland
Dominion Foundation
G2G Consulting, Inc.
Gilbane Building Company
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 129
Independence Excavating
Northeast Ohio Sewer District
Ohio Children’s Foundation
REpower Solutions
Rockport Construction and Materials, Inc.
Ronald McDonald House Charities
Saint Gobain Performance Plastics
Tomboy Tools
United Black Fund
If you are interested in sponsoring any portion of Rosie's Girls Summer Camp, please click here to find the sponsorship form. Sponsoring Rosie's Girls will allow more young girls to attend the camp free of charge. You may also donate safely through our website by clicking here. Specify in the description that the donation is for Rosie's Girls.
Check out some videos from Lorain County Community College's 2009 Rosie's Girls program on You Tube. Video 1 (4.37 minutes) and Video 2 (2.25 minutes)
Rosie’s Girls Summer Program is an exciting three-week day camp for girls entering 6th – 8th grade that challenges girls to think beyond preconceived notions of what they can do and become.  |
 Combining hands-on instruction in the skilled trades with a rich array of expressive arts activities, the camp allows girls to develop their own strength, power and confidence in an atmosphere that is fun, encouraging and positive. |
Rosie’s Girls ® Summer Camp includes a unique combination of activities that are designed to expose girls to a variety of trades and technical fields, strengthen their own voices, build a sense of community and encourage participants to challenge the expectations our society has for girls and women. The program incorporates the following components:
Carpentry
In the carpentry unit, girls learn basic skills such as hammering and sawing, and then progress to increasingly more difficult projects. Girls start by building toolboxes to hold the tools we give them, and the unit culminates in a collaborative community service project that will meet an identified community need. Carpentry runs throughout the three weeks of the program.
Trades
Additional trades blocks during the session introduce participants to the tools, methods, materials and safety techniques used in various other trades areas such as electrical wiring, welding, fire fighting, and bicycle and auto repair. These other trades units last from one to three days to balance young girls’ need for variety with our desire to give the girls adequate time to gain comfort with and mastery of trades skills.
ARTS
Daily arts activities further encourage participants to develop their own voices by exploring a range of activities designed to promote individual self-expression. Yoga and dance promote physical movement. Visual arts activities might include silk-screening camp t-shirts, casting plaster masks of each girl’s face or hand, and making collages to represent aspects of themselves.