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walkitout

Cheri Dickmeyer — Sun, 05 Mar 2023 05:16:11 +0000

Walk it Out, Talk it Out
Each Mind Matters

Adolescents tend to view their own peers as being more credible, having a better understanding of the concerns of young people, have a sense of responsibility to their friendship group, and are more likely to model the behaviors of peers than adults (DuBois & Karcher, 2014; Karcher, 2009; Smith, 2011). Furthermore, social networks among peers provide emotional, informational, and appraisal support that creates a sense of psychological safety within the peer group, resulting in higher motivation to change behavior and sustain behavioral change.

FITGirl, Inc, in partnership with Fontenelle Forest, is hosting a 4-week physical and mental health program, every Sunday focusing on social-emotional learning with 90-minute brisk walking, yoga cool down, mentorship, and journaling.

Cost for the 4 week program is $25 total and includes a shirt, journal and access to Tree Rush Adventure on last day of class. This program was created for girls and non-binary youth in grades 5th-7th. The program will be held at Fontenelle Forest every Sunday, April 16th to May 7th, 1-3 pm.

REGISTER HERE!
**After submitting the registration form, a confirmation will appear with a URL link to the payment portal. If that link does not work, please click here.

HIGH SCHOOL VOLUNTEERS!
As a volunteer, you will be responsible for guiding participants on a hike through Fontenelle Forest, leading journaling sessions, and providing mentorship support to young girls. This experience will not only help you develop leadership skills but also enable you to make a positive impact on the lives of these girls.

Dates are April 16th – May 7th (Sunday’s) from 1-3pm at Fontenelle Forest
(1111 Bellevue Blvd N, Bellevue, NE 68005)

VOLUNTEER HERE!

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FGOA – Community Courses

Cheri Dickmeyer — Thu, 16 Dec 2021 03:41:32 +0000

According to a report by the Outdoor Foundation, a non-profit organization that encourages future generations of outdoor enthusiasts, teens overall are spending less time outside.

Research has repeatedly proven that time outdoors reduces levels of stress, depression, and anxiety. Many factors contribute to this effect. Our feelings of mindfulness, positivity, and wonder increase when we spend time outside. Furthermore, being surrounded by nature can inspire tranquility and positivity. Therefore, our state of mind improves.

Fun, safe, multi-sport outdoor activities provide opportunities for teens to take calculated risks and push their limits. Moreover, this type of risk-taking develops resilience and self-confidence, as opposed to risky behaviors associated with substance use.

Our community courses and camps will provide life-long skills, build confidence, increase physical activity, improve mood, and educate teen girls on how to participate in a variety of outdoor activities safely and independently.

Walk it Out, Talk it Out
Each Mind Matters

Click here to register!

**After submitting the registration form, a confirmation will appear with a URL link to the payment portal. If that link does not work, please click here.

GenFIT

Cheri Dickmeyer — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 23:10:42 +0000

GenerationFIT is an after school program designed for both boys and girls ages 7-11 years.

In a world that is rapidly changing, children in both primary and secondary schools benefit from developing a range of personal and social skills such as peer relationship skills, prosocial behaviours (e.g. respect), leadership skills, problem-solving skills, and personal and social responsibility skills. When children develop these personal and social skills, they will not only be more successful learners, they will also be more likely to make a more successful transition to adult life (Wright and Craig, 2011). Evidence suggests that youngsters can develop these personal and social skills through their participation in physical education (Weiss, 2011) and sports!

Students participating in the GenerationFIT after school program receive an activity tracker over the duration of the program. Students sync their activity tracker to parent’s iphone or ipad (android coming in 2021) and receieve videos weekly created by our college athletes that provide up to 30 minutes of daily activity. Students are then provided with an additional list of ideas on how they can stay active for a full 60 minutes each day. In addition, the athletes come out to the school once a week to meet the kids and provide additonal fitness activities.

Students set their own personal goals and when they reach levels, they earn badges. Some badges will have rewards tied to them and those rewards are handed out at school every week.

ACTIVE KIDS ARE HAPPY KIDS! Our goal is to make fitness fun and create a lifelong love for staying active! Interactive fitness and gaming is simply active play. That is, participants are physically playing a game and not just passively watching it or doing some boring, monotonous exercise.

The GenerationFIT program encourages and rewards children (with support from parents and teachers) to improve their physical activity, healthy eating, self-confidence, mental health and general lifestyles. Our EmpowerU curriculum is tied to the GenerationFIT program providing lessons on diversity, body image, self respect, bullying, teamwork, nutrition and more!

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2019 Summer Camp Activities

Cheri Dickmeyer — Tue, 02 Apr 2019 02:24:35 +0000

We are so excited for the 2019 Summer Empowerment Camp! Below are details regarding park information, schedule and activities. We are still in the planning stages so please give us a little more time to add additional information regarding specific details. All parents will receive emails starting in April with updates. A schedule with packing list will be mailed out in June!

Camp is held at Platte River State Park. Check in is around 5PM on Sunday with checkout on Wednesday at 10AM. Parents will get a tour of the cabins and meet the cabin leaders on first day.

Cabins sleep 6-7 and girls stay with same cabin leader throughout the week. Cabin leaders are all CPR and First Aid Certified and over the age of 18 years.

Cabins have a refrigerator and parents are encouraged to pack campers additional snacks and label bags/boxes. Restrooms and showers are all within steps of the cabins and are all private. cabin leaders take turns using the commons in early evening and campers do everything as a group – a camper will not get to use bathroom or visit another cabin without a leader.

Nurses will be available for questions at check-in and will discuss requirements and concerns with parents regarding medications.

During camp we will always have 2-3 nurses on-site monitoring activities.

*All vehicles traveling into Platte Park will need a Park Permit. You can obtain a daily pass for $6 and order online at https://ngpc-home.ne.gov/

Activities and Events

Outside of kayaking (8-10) and paddle boarding (11-14), the schedule will be fairly consistent at the two camps. Presentations are age appropriate.

FULL SCHEDULE WILL BE MAILED WITH PACKING LIST TO THE PARENTS PRIOR TO CAMP.

Sunday
Opening Ceremony
Grill Out!
Introductions
Friendship and Team Games
Rules and Guidelines
Escape Room Contest
Speaker: Michelle Homme & Courtney Hill

Yoga every morning.
Horseback Riding Daily.

Monday
Water Sports!
Kayaking
Paddle Boarding
Fishing
Swimming/Courses
Self Defense Workshop
Speakers
Crafts
Breakfast-Lunch-Dinner
Movie Night Under the Stars

Tuesday
Land Sports!
Archery
Biking
Hiking
Surprise Games
Volleyball
Dance
Nutrition
Speakers: Bully Panel
Nature Center

Wednesday
Closing Ceremony

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: TIERRA WILLIAMS

Tierra Williams graduated from Auburn High School in 2013. She was a standout jumper and sprinter for the Bulldogs, winning state gold medals her sophomore, junior and senior seasons.

She earned a full-ride scholarship to the University of Nebraska – Lincoln where she became a Big Ten Champion long jumper and triple jumper in indoor and outdoor track and field. She earned all-american status and was named the Nebraska Student-Athlete of the Year for the 2016-2017. Williams also qualified for the Olympic trials.

However, Williams had to walk a long, dark path to find her success.

Williams was born and raised in what is considered a dangerous part of New Orleans, Louisiana. Her, her sisters and their friends were forced to be home before the street lights came on. Gun shots could be heard frequently during the night.

Education was limited and Williams suffered, struggling in areas of math, reading and writing. Her mother,

Her family was displaced by one of the most devastating hurricanes to hit the continental United States: Hurricane Katrina in August 2005. Her family moved to Nebraska.

Tierra says it was a culture shock when they landed in Omaha and began their one hour, 13 minute trek south to Auburn. It was flat, there was a lot of corn and people were friendly. They enjoyed their first Nebraska Cornhuskers football game thanks to their new neighbor. They had carolers sing to them at Christmas for the first time ever.

Williams says the biggest challenge she overcame moving to a new state was trying to figure out where she fit-in, coming from a town with a strong African-American presence in Louisiana to a town primarily Caucasian in Nebraska.

“Identity of kind of feeling split of who I was, who I wanted to be and who I was told I should be,” Williams said. “I overcame it by just being myself. I found when I went to UNL that everyone liked me for me. I didn’t have to be the black girl, the white girl or the whatever girl. All I had to do was be myself and I made friends.”

Williams went from not wanting to run for ten minutes and struggling in the classroom, to a conference champion and an academic all-Big Ten team member in 2015 and 2016 at NU. She was also a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar.
Williams graduated with a degree in Child Youth and Family Development at UNL in December and wants to attend graduate school. She is also training to compete for a spot on the 2020 U.S. Olympic team.

JENNY GREEN

Jenny Green is a huge advocate for women in sports and learning how to push yourself outside of your comfort zone to try new things.
Jenny grew up in Grand Island, Nebraska and from a young age was involved in a wide variety of sports and extracurricular activities. She became a pioneer in the women’s pole vault breaking not only the Nebraska state record but the high school national record as well during her time at Grand Island Central Catholic.
Her biggest accolades came during her time as a Husker when she competed on the women’s track and field team for the University of Nebraska. Jenny is a four-time Big XII Conference Champion in the pole vault and represented Team USA at the Jr. World Track & Field Championships in Italy. Jenny graduated from Nebraska with her bachelor and master degrees while twice earning Academic All-American honors.

A career ending accident in the pole vault ended Jenny’s Olympic dreams but resulted in learning new skills through personal experience in positive mindset, resiliency and the power of determination. She has been a motivational speaker across the country for various colleges, high schools and community organizations. Jenny’s passion for overcoming obstacles and growing 1% better each day, fuels her to empower others every day.

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