GLOWrious Testimonial

this worthwhile experience taught me so many things as a youth in society today,while at camp glow i learnt that having that arrogant attitude  just shows how weak and pointless you are, not only this but i learnt how to be a young lady of God and know my worth as a being,during these days spent at camp i was engaged in many activities which helped me to understand  the way of life and how we as young ladies perceive it.

At camp glow they don’t just teach you life lessons,the mold and shape you into someone who would be ready to face anything that comes your way. At this point in life the amount of knowledge that i was fed i have brought it back to my peers and taught them everything that i had learnt, because trust me going to camp glow was one of the best decisions i had ever made, they treat u all like family no matter your colour, religion,origin, condition or background you were welcomed with open arms and bright smiles from day 1.

 i  personally would like to thank all the camp glow member for making me who i am today, an example in society to the upcoming generation.

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My name is Tori Courtney and I was a camper at Camp GLOW (Girls Leading Our World) 2018. In the year 2017 some persons came to our school and spoke to us about the camp but I thought since no one who I was friends with at my school was interested in going I decided I wasn’t either. They returned in 2018 and although no one still wasn’t interested I decided to go. I went to the principal’s office and got an application form and brought it to my mother as soon as I could, immediately she signed the form. When I told my friends about my decision and how excited it would be I was able to persuade them to come also and their parents approved (mostly because we were not allowed to use our phones for that week).

Thursday, July 12th all campers arrived at Mount St. Ervans where we had to check-in. We started the excitement with a communication exercise after which we had our group orientation and this was where I was chosen to be in the yellow group and during our first meeting we established our group name as THE GOLDEN SQUAD. There were times when personalities clashed but we were able to get past it together. We participated in many purposeful, informative and exciting exercises such as, the shade-ism and body image workshop where we were able to give our beliefs of ourselves both the good and bad and how we can accept “our flaws” more, Yoga with the most energetic camp counselor, Sisterhood where we shared our experiences; we cried, laughed and learned about each of our backgrounds, Cake icing tutorial and competition where a young lady not older than many of us who’s love for baking became her way of life showed us some of her tricks and after we tried some of them ourselves in the competition Golden Squad won, Ted talks and discussion, Natural hair workshop where we learned to accept and how to better take care of our hair, wood craft where we personalized keys made out of wood and spa night where we made organic face masks made of coffee and local coconut oil and also where we made scented oils ,Sex Education where we learned about our bodies and how we can best protect it and my personal favorites Zumba; exercising isn’t my favorite but soca is so despite it being linked with physical exercise it proved to be very fun and a great activity to bring us all at the camp together, Talent Show where we able to display our hobbies, gifts and talents and also where various persons received awards such as sleepiest camper, hungriest camper and the one which I received the Camp Glow 2018 Leader and Jeopardy where the different groups competed to win prizes. Most activities would grant us prizes which made it more exciting.

My favorite thing to learn was the Camp Glow song; When You GLOW, my favorite part was the chorus which sung;

There’ll be times in life when troubles they will find you

When your GLOW will dim like a candle in the wind

When giving up seems easier that trying

Its then you light your candle from with…

And the campers chant;

We’re camp GLOW and we couldn’t be prouder

If you don’t believe us we get a little louder…

Which we sang until the notes were too high and we could only scream.

We established great bonds and friendships with campers and councilors the same, but not those that are temporary, no, we built those that would last forever no matter the distance between us. This was a very beneficial experience, I learned so much about myself and was able to vent and allow for persons to help me become a better me. On Wednesday, July 18th we woke up and grief covered us. We prepared for the day, ate breakfast and prepared for the closing ceremonies where we shared our experiences as a Camp Glow girl and once again cried and laughed at all we experienced during that week. After the ceremony it was time for final packing and goodbyes; and yes we laughed and cried again. We checked out, got on our various buses and took off for home; but to me it was never goodbye forever but see you next time my dear friends because ‘ONCE A GLOW GIRL ALWAYS A GLOW GIRL’. And to think I didn’t even remember I had a phone or even missed it. If I was asked to refer a camp, 150% I would recommend camp GLOW, where girls can go experience new things, make forever friends and become a GLOW.

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I am 16 year old Levida Date from Mirabeau St Andrew and am writing this to tell you how camp glow will change your life and how it was changed mines  (of course in a positive way).

During the month of June the camp directors came to inform us about camp glow what it means and how it can change our lives. So I applied and was successfully chosen. Camp glow is a great camp to develop and prepare young girls for the future. My life experience was life changing, at camp glow I learnt things that are helping me today as I go through life e.g. how to work as a team, and how to be a role model towards the younger ones and how to protect myself in sexual intercose. Camp glow is a very fun, funny, exciting and healthy camp some of the activities I loved was were zumba, condom race (lol), sextalks and icing cake competion they are many more. As old as I get I wish that every summer I can be at the camp glow to meet new friends and interact with each other. The best part was the directors treating us as their own daughters and corrected you in times necessary. My favourite directors was Princess, Nakisha and Ayisha.

Camp glow is a great opportunity in order for girls to interact with each other, make new friends, and be educated and how to be a proper young women in the future. To me camp glow is the best camp ever made I hope it stays around for a very long time so that my children can have the greatest life experience I had in July 2018.

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BY : Shenique Forsyth

Camp GLOW is an extraordinary camp. It’s only for one week. You get to meet girls around the same age as you from all over the country. The counselors are very friendly and kind. They try their best to make you feel comfortable and that you are safe.Camp Glow is an educational camp for girls where we learnt new things about the female body and the struggles we have to go through on a daily basis. They have speakers all throughout the week coming to speak to us on different things. Camp Glow is not a camp where you come sit and write there are many activities that are used as a way for us to interact with each other such as cake icing competition, zumba, arts and crafts, word carving and designing just to name a few. At camp glow you get to build yourself as a person. You also learn how to go about better taking care of yourself such as with your hair and health. I guarantee that you will have an amazing time at camp Glow!!!

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