Summer Camp for Girls, By Girls Teaches Horse Care, Golf, and the Power of Intention

If you haven't seen the press release, this summer I sponsored a summer camp for girls in Northern California.

How did this happen? This camp, organized and run by Alex and Kate Guernsey (ages 7 and 8, respectively), is the perfect example of using the power of intention to make a plan and achieve a goal.

“Steadfast and Resolute”
Their mother, Lana Guernsey, tells the story: “They started saying in January they didn't want to go to any summer camps, but wanted to run their own. I thought they might change their mind or that I could convince them otherwise, but no. They were steadfast and resolute that they were running their own summer camp. I finally gave in and told them that they would need a theme and should give me a proposal about what would happen at this camp, if that was what they really wanted to do."

Eight-year-old Kate followed up with a PowerPoint presentation outline of what five days of horse care camp would look like, complete with a camper and instructor schedule for she and her best friend, who were to teach the units.

“How can you say no to that?” Guernsey relates. “And that's how Cow Camp was born.”

Life Lessons from Summer Camp
For one week this summer, the Guernsey girls learned about marketing, finance, problem solving, time management and even how to motivate employees, as Kate hired one of her friends -- a camp attendee -- as an assistant.

Best of all, they hardly realized they were learning these lessons (which are rarely taught in school), as they gathered with their friends for fun activities like garden hose jump rope (a game they invented during the all camp water fight), plus field trips, mini-golf, swimming, and horse care.

Or, as Kate noted, “At other camps, you can't even get to smell manure, but at my camp you get to do real horse care and touch real horses. Now that's fun."

"I couldn't believe how seriously the girls took the task of running their own camp.  They did everything on their own from managing the schedule to solving conflicts and teaching the units, and their campers were so engaged.  It was powerful to see kids teaching kids," said Lana Guernsey.

Lana went on to say, "Watching the girls run their camp was a great reminder of what happens when we listen to kids and validate their ideas.  The chance to design their own camp gave them a freedom to pursue what they really cared about in a way that doesn't happen very often these days and having a corporate sponsor made the entrepreneurial experience that much more real."

“Booked Solid!”
Alex and Kate used social media (i.e., sent out e-vites) to promote their camp, and soon had all five camper slots filled and began to build a waiting list. A key selling point, to Alex, was that “summer camp is 'funner' with your friends only.”

She continued, “My friends sometimes argue over who gets to play with me, and my camp was designed to help them become better friends with each other. Other camps basically make stuff, and do stuff, and eat. In my camp, we did stuff as a group, played together, enjoyed each other, and did stuff together -- as friends!”

Kate adds, “Other summer camps are boring and you have to talk to teachers you don't know. If I am running the camp, I don't have to talk to a teacher I have never met in my entire life.”

The camping activities culminated in a big sleepover at Alex and Kate's house, complete with a campfire, marshmallows and a chance to sleep outside under the stars.

One of the girls that attended said she liked that she “got to go to a camp that doesn't rot your brain.” What more can you ask for?


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