Campers and their counselors, or chiefs, make daily plans considering all basic needs of safe responsible living. Groups construct shelters, plan and cook meals in the campsite two days a week, cut wood, care for equipment, and have fun. With a well balanced program, the tasks themselves provide objective discipline and a sense of personal worth.

Through planning, doing, and evaluating, a girl discovers her ability to positively affect her world. One camper put it, “Around here we live with our answers.” How true when a meal tastes delicious or a sturdy shelter keeps one dry!

Daily routine is relaxed enough for the group to deal with behavior and attitude problems as they arise. Each girl is led to express herself freely, yet constructively. When needed, chiefs work with a camper alone, but the caring group is the real instrument of change.