YOUTH SUMMER CAMPS
MAKING KEY CHANGES has successfully designed and delivered programs and OPPORTUNITIES for ORGANIZATIONS and PROFESSIONALS to grow. Now, we are excited to offer STUDENT programming, too! During summer 2025, we will launch our first youth summer camp! Camps are designed to be educational and enjoyable.
📣 Please spread the word!
Keep scrolling to learn specific details about THE CONFIDENCE CAMP. Also, listen to Dr. Reichl’s podcast episode and read her article to learn more about the camp and discover key changes everyone can make to build confidence in ourselves and others!
THE CONFIDENCE CAMP is a unique and supportive experience for girls entering grades 4th-9th to create and maintain confidence in themselves and others. The camp is intended to be educational and enjoyable.
Young people are navigating a time in their lives when figuring out who they are, what they believe, and where they fit in our world can be uncomfortable and challenging. It is essential to remind them that confidence does not magically appear. Instead, it is built through experiences, relationships, and self-perception. Providing children with the education, resources, role models, and strategies for creating and maintaining confidence is crucial.
GENERAL CAMP INFORMATION
- Eligibility: Girls entering grades 4th-9th (for the 2025-2026 school year)
- Cost: $345 per attendee
- Dates: Monday, June 23 – Friday, June 27, 2025 (5 days)
- Times: 9:30 am – 3:30 pm
- Location: Wesley Freedom Youth Center
- Address: 961 Johnsville Road, Eldersburg, Maryland 21157
- Lunch: Students will bring their own packed lunch/drinks/snacks.
- Devices: May NOT be used during camp hours. This includes smartwatches, phones, etc.
- Before/After Care: If there is interest in a before/after-care option, this may be offered later for an additional cost.
- Discount: Sibling discounts are available. Please contact Dr. Reichl for information.
- Supplemental Programming: An abbreviated Caregiver/Parent Session will be offered after the camp has concluded so that interested adults can learn about the topics discussed/activities experienced and ways to implement them in the students’ living situations.
- The Confidence Camp — T-SHIRT
- sneakers (to be worn during physical activity – possibly walking, dancing, yoga, step aerobics, jumping rope, etc.)
- lunch, snacks, drinks
- pencil
- crayons/markers
- book of choice
- notebook (any style the student would like to use to reflect, draw, write, etc.)
- 9:15 am – Drop Off May Begin
- 9:30 am – Welcome
- 9:35 pm – The Miracle Morning S.A.V.E.R.S
- 10:05 am – Making Key Changes with Dr. Reichl
- 10:30 am – Confidence Activity
- 11:00 am – Creating & Maintaining Confidence with Daily Inspirational Female Leaders
- 12:15 pm – Lunch
- 12:45 pm – Confidence Activity
- 1:30 pm – Physical Activity
- 2:15 pm – Creativity
- 3:15 pm – Goodbye & Clean-Up
- 3:30 pm – Dismissal
ACTIVITIES & TOPICS
- dreaming & doing
- embracing uniqueness
- entrepreneurship (earning & saving money)
- executive functioning
- fitness/nutrition/body image
- friendship
- inclusion
- kindness
- mental health (device use/social media)
- resilience
- risk-taking
- The Confidence Code for Girls: Taking Risks, Messing Up, & Becoming Your Amazingly Imperfect, Totally Powerful Self — BOOK by Katty Kay & Claire Shipman
- The Confidence Code for Girls: A Guide to Embracing Your Amazingly Imperfect, Totally Powerful Self — JOURNAL by Katty Kay & Claire Shipman with JillEllyn Riley
- The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life (Before 8AM) — BOOK by Hal Elrod
- Making Key Changes — PUBLICATIONS by Lori Schwartz Reichl
- Should a student need to cancel for any reason, written notification via email must be given to Dr. Reichl. A full refund will be issued to each paid registrant if written cancellation is made 2-weeks prior to the start date. NO refund will be issued after Sunday, June 8, 2025.
FOR CONSIDERATION
💗 If you know responsible, energetic, and current high school or college-aged females who would like to be considered as mentors for this camp, encourage them to contact Dr. Reichl who will respond to them with more information.
INSPIRATIONAL ACTIVITY LEADERS & SPEAKERS
🎤 Some activity leaders/speakers have already been invited and confirmed. However, if you would like to be considered as an activity leader/speaker for this camp (for a small portion of one day) and/or know a remarkable female who could confidently and engagingly guide this grade-level group of students on any of the activities/topics mentioned, encourage them to contact Dr. Reichl who will respond to them with more information.
ON THE MOVE
🌎 Love this camp but live elsewhere? Bring the camp to your area! Please contact Dr. Reichl to brainstorm ways to bring this camp to your area in the future.
We cannot assume we know how students feel, interpret, and learn. We must be willing to ask them, actively listen to them, encourage their confidence and uniqueness to emerge, and make the necessary key changes to ensure their voices permeate our living, learning, and leading spaces.
