Happy to Be Me Camp for Girls

The Robert Crown Center (RCC) for Health Education is registering summer campers for a new camp just for girls, grades 6 and 7: Happy to Be Me! This girls-only social-emotional learning camp will be an active and fun-filled journey, teaching adolescent girls how our brains serve and guide us toward unique interests and choices; how to manage stress and build our happiness quotient through exercise, nutrition and mindfulness; how to communicate positively with oneself and others and to appreciate our differences.

The Happy to Be Me! Camp was developed in response to requests for more girl-centered social-emotional learning opportunities. In February, RCC held its third annual Happy to Be Me! Luncheon for adolescent girls. The guest speaker addressed the importance of self-acceptance, individuality and resiliency. The summer camp will expand on those messages and provide campers with self-actualization tools through fun, interactive games and exercises. Being held in Hinsdale at the Robert Crown Health Center, the camp will take place from August 3-7 from 1-4 pm each day.

For more information about Happy to Be Me! camp, please visit www.robertcrown.org.

The Robert Crown Center for Health Education is the largest provider of health education for school-age children and young adults in the country. RCC educators travel more than 15,000 miles each year teaching in eight Illinois counties to more than 85,000 students. Since the Center began serving the community in 1958 as the former Hinsdale Health Museum, RCC has prepared more than 5 million children for an ever-changing mix of health challenges. The RCC staff educate students, parents, teachers and caregivers of children in three important subject areas: puberty and sexual health; addiction prevention; and general health, including obesity and type 2 diabetes prevention.

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