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GLOW 2011
by Sarah Goldberg
Camp GLOW 2011 was held at Pelister
National Park in Bitola. The camp spanned
nine days, with a two-day staff training and a
seven-day camp for eighty girls from
Macedonia. In addition to our campers,
twenty
young
women
from
across the country worked as Counselors or
Counselors in Training, teaching many of the
classes offered at camp and helping oversee
each camper group of ten girls. Everyone did
a phenomenal job at camp this year.
Camp
GLOW concentrates on
offering
interactive lessons and classes on subjects
such as Civil Society, Women's Issues, the Jenny Acosta, MAK15, with her camper group (photo
Environment,
Life
Choices,
Artistic by Sarah Goldberg)
Expression,
Volunteerism
and
Leadership. Also offered this year were many elective classes, including Photography, Improv
acting, How to Build your own Country!, and even Kickball. Girls from ages 14-18 participated in
the classes and recreational activities. They had the opportunity to lead group discussions, create
posters and plays discussing important issues, and enjoy the company of girls from different regions
and of different ethnicities.
This year’s camp also included two theme activities: one half-day was spent with Red Cross
Skopje volunteers, teaching the girls First Aid and staging different "emergency" scenarios all over
the camp site for our campers to diagnose and treat. The second was a half-day Pirate Themed Field
day, courtesy of the indomitable Kate Bennett.
Groups competed against each other in games
and dressed up as Tie-Dye Pirates.
Photo submitted by Keri Stidham
With the partnering organization of Peace
Corps Volunteers, YouthInk Gostivar, camp
was a great success this year. Now GLOW
Macedonia's efforts will turn back toward the
GLOW Club project. This project is a yearlong activity that encourages grassroots
participation in GLOW events, such as
regional training workshops, monthly contests,
and our Minigrant project (an opportunity for
each club to write a "minigrant" for funding
for a community development activity). We
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