2022 Summer Camp Session 3

July 11th, 2022 - Summer Camp Session 3

Our focus for this session was teaching our group about opioids and positive, healthy relationship building. With the help of our friends from Drug Free Charlotte County and C.A.R.E, we had a variety of material to share. Seven kids in our group volunteered to act out a skit provided by our friend Crystal, an employee with C.A.R.E. Each participant was assigned a character to play from a group of seven teens who are beginning to notice unhealthy relationships around them. Everyone had a great time during the role-play activity. Afterward, we discussed as a group the problems we saw with the characters' relationship and what they could have done differently.

While we did have a great time teaching about relationships, we also had to discuss the dangers of opioids in our society today. We explained why trying a drug is one of the most dangerous and consequential mistakes anyone could make, not just teens.

Toward the end of our session, we gave each of the kids in our group a "positive image board" to decorate and take home to keep. Everyone had to write one positive thing on an index card about each person sitting at their table. The index cards were given to hang on the boards for display. Imagine that you were able to take home and hang up on your wall every kind word or compliment you receive in a day. This exercise built self-esteem and positive relationships between kids that hardly know each other. :) :)