Girls Across The Canyon - GATC is an experiential and life-changing personal development program, and a team-in-training activity that prepares girls physically and mentally to participate in an annual rim-to-rim hike across the Grand Canyon. The program trains girls 15 to
coaching that build self-esteem, self-reliance, team spirit and cooperation with others, and enhance every aspect of a girl's emotional, social, mental, spiritual & physical development. PREPARATION Training lasts 6 months. Girls meet with coaches and trainers at least once a week between October and April. The night before the event, team members celebrate with a pasta party which recognizes "honored teammates" who have raised funds and triumphed over significant challenges in their commitment to hike the Grand Canyon, a natural wonder of the world, and Arizona’s most important natural feature. Girls will record their experiences in writing, and in other in artistic forms, and will also make scientific/academic observations. Two months after the hike, this documentary will open to the public. Girls Across The Canyon lets girls exercise their strengths and discover their possibilities and potential. It helps them frame a more positive view of their physical, mental and spiritual capabilities, learn to conquer fears and limitations, and experience the empowering and life-affirming satisfactions of victory, proficiency, and self-efficacy. Benefits to girls: v Girls acquire an intensified sense of their ability to succeed v Girls become more confident of their value and self-worth v Girls begin to develop deeper relationships with their natural environment v Girls learn to see themselves as important contributors to their world v The discipline of sports training helps girls improve in critical life areas v Girls gain access to resources and persons that help position them for success Benefit to Schools, Communities, and Parents: v A reduction in girls’ involvement in risky behaviors and activities v Fewer high school drop-outs and teenage pregnancies v Fewer victims of relationship violence v Fewer confrontations with the juvenile justice system. v Measurable increase in girls’ attendance to their civic and societal responsibilities
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Every girl succeeds. Everybody wins.
Every girl succeeds. Everybody wins.
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