North Star Quest Camp

North Star Quest Camp is a five-day, overnight camp for girls entering the sixth through eighth grades and it is associated with the Humboldt County chapter of Girls Inc. (www.GirlsInc.org)

Located on the beautiful Mattole River in Petrolia, Calif., North Star Quest provides a safe place for early adolescent girls to start a quest to discover who they are, explore the issues and pressures they face in our culture and to learn the skills needed to develop their own values.

Daily activities include centering exercises, swimming, journaling, crafts, games, singing, campfires, workshops, as well as free time.

Workshops cover such topics as communication, personality types, conflict resolution, healthy relationships, self-defense/assertiveness, career opportunities, stress reduction, tolerance, labeling and forming your own body image and expression through music, dance and poetry.

I feel SO strongly that this camp is special that I’m going to be a counselor this year! :-) Part of each counselor’s job is fundraising – we’re each responsible for raising the $300 that it costs to send one girl to camp. Since no girls are turned away if they’re unable to pay, it’s VITAL that the money is raised to ensure that any girl who wants to go is able to. Thank you so much for supporting this AMAZING cause – don’t you wish YOU could have gone to this camp when you were a girl?? :-)

I sure do! :-) --Jess

You can read more about this AWESOME camp at North Star Quest’s Website