Active Girls-Healthy Girls 2025 Camp

This April, sixty 4th–6th grade girls from across Guilford County joined us at UNC Greensboro’s Kaplan Center for a three-day experience that was full of movement, laughter, learning, and connection.

Hosted during Guilford County Schools’ spring break, the Active Girls-Healthy Girls Spring Break Camp once again delivered on its mission: to help girls feel strong in their bodies, confident in their abilities, and inspired to stay active for life. The camp was held by UNCG’s Center for Women’s Health and Wellness with the School of Health and Human Sciences. The camp was generously sponsored by the Dawn S. Chaney Foundation, enabling the camp to be free for the fourth through sixth grade girls who attended.

WHAT A DAY AT CAMP LOOKED LIKE

Each day began early, with some girls picked up by the Spartan Chariot and welcomed with breakfast, matching t-shirts, and brand-new water bottles. From there, the day unfolded with a thoughtful balance of movement, learning, and reflection.

On Day 1, campers warmed up with relays and icebreakers before rotating through sports like pickleball, volleyball, and basketball. They also enjoyed hands-on sessions on nutrition, mental health, and emotional expression, including a bracelet-making activity that sparked meaningful conversations.

The day wrapped up with yoga and mindfulness, group discussions, and time to reflect on what they learned before heading home. Other days followed a similar rhythm, with different activities including dance, soccer, yard games, and rock climbing, as well as health education topics like sleep hygiene, hydration, body image, and leadership.

nature as a classroom

The final day of camp was something special. In partnership with Greensboro Parks and Recreation, we headed outside to the local greenway, where the girls explored ways to stay active in nature. Activities included:

The day wrapped up with yoga and mindfulness, group discussions, and time to reflect on what they learned before heading home. Other days followed a similar rhythm, with different activities including dance, soccer, flag football, and rock climbing, as well as health education topics like sleep hygiene, hydration, body image, and leadership.

• Trail Running
• Geocaching
• Nature Journaling
• Bird Watching

These sessions helped girls see that movement doesn’t have to be competitive or structured , it can be joyful, adventurous, and part of their everyday lives, right in their own neighborhoods.

TOOLS FOR CONTINUED LEARNING

Throughout camp, each girl received a colorful camp manual packed with engaging tools they could take home. These included:

• Mindfulness and journaling pages
• Healthy recipes, nutrition and hydration tips
• Body image discussions and feelings trackers
• At home workouts, warmups, strectches, how to take your HR
• Word searches, coloring, and yoga routines

To extend the learning beyond camp, girls also received free six-month access to the SpringSpot app — a mobile companion filled with videos, interactive lessons, and activity trackers that align with what they explored at camp.

A CAMP BUILT ON COMMUNITY

This year’s camp was made possible through the generous support of the Dawn S. Chaney Foundation, whose continued commitment allows us to offer the program completely free of charge to all participants. We were proud to collaborate with Beyond Sports, Greensboro Parks and Recreation, and UNCG Recreation & Wellness to provide a robust and meaningful experience both inside the gym and out in the community. Their partnership helped make this year’s programming more dynamic, inclusive, and accessible than ever before.

Led by a passionate, mostly all-women team of UNCG students, alumni, faculty, and community members, AGHG 2025 provided a space for girls to move their bodies, build community, and grow their confidence, all while having fun.

2025 PARENT CAMP FEEDBACK

Because here at the Center for Women’s Health and Wellness, we are committed to creating the best possible experience for our campers and their families, we ask for feedback at the end of each camp through anonymous surveys. Hearing from both parents and campers helps us celebrate what went well and identify ways to improve for the future.