Mission Statement: The *I AM* Girls program connects
girls to their truth, power and purpose through a selection of thoughtfully
planned and led group activities.
Goals:
- Connect to your truth, beauty and perfection by
developing your skills for living in balance and looking inward for guidance
- Connect to your power to create your life, and
to impact the world, through your thoughts and actions
- Connect to your purpose through self knowledge
and being inspired by others
|
Program
Features
|
|
Benefits
to You!
|
|
Explore wholistic health in a fun, supportive environment
|
|
- 54
percent of Canadians used alternative medicine in 2005/06. Put another way,
in 2005/06 there were more than 17.6 million people spending their own money
on complementary and alternative medicine.
- 51%
of Albertans like alternative medicine because it takes their whole lifestyle
into consideration
- Only
15% of Albertans feel that alternative medicine doesn’t work
Fraser
Institute Report on Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Canada (2007)
|
|
Full 75 minute yoga class with YAA certified instructor
|
|
Yoga
Helps To Develop Confidence, Self-Esteem, Imagination And Creativity In Teens
Yoga
Benefits Teens - Helps Them Deal With Many of the Challenges Specific to
Adolescence
|
|
Guest speakers bring a variety of viewpoints on topics of interest to
girls
|
|
Opportunity to think deeply, ask questions, reflect on new
information, and develop skills.
|
|
Facilitated by a qualified leader
|
|
Creates a safe environment for personal growth and exploration.
|
|
Group format and content addresses 21 of the 40 building blocks of
healthy development that help young people grow up healthy, caring and
responsible.
|
|
“Beaumont FCSS is using the philosophy of developmental assets
in everything we do with youth in our community and we hope you will too.
Everyone, whether you are a parent, a grandparent, aunt, uncle, friend,
neighbor, doctor, teacher or employer can help build assets in our children
and our youth.” Search Institute 40 Developmental Assets
|
|
The Leader In Me leadership
development program based on “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” by Dr.
Stephen R. Covey. Read more
|
|
“The first three habits focus on teaching youth to be
self-sufficient, personal responsibility for one’s life, having a plan and
making good use of time. The next
three habits focus on how to interact effectively with others. They encompass skills for seeking win-win
solutions to problems, skills for listening and speaking, and skills for
working in teams.“ Promising News in Education by Covey & Hatch
|
|
Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Project Read more
|
|
Offers a supported opportunity to achieve goals and meet award
criteria through a combination of activities completed during both during the
*I AM* program and at home.
|
|
|
