Healthy Living

Is self-esteem or a poor body image an issue for your girl, aged 8 to14? Programs such as Uniquely Me! can help. We cover the gamut of hot buttons for adolescents—peer pressure, hygiene, exercise, healthy eating, drugs, alcohol, tobacco abuse and prevention. 

Thank you for your support!

Your votes helped us win a $35,000 grant so Girl Scouts of Connecticut’s Live Healthy, Lead Healthy program can reach even more girls across the state! Thank you for taking action to support us. 

What is Live Healthy Lead Healthy?

Live Healthy, Lead Healthy provides girls throughout the state with the tools they need to understand the connection between the choices they make today and their future health status. Girls gain skills that prepare them for a positive, healthy and independent future and learn to effectively explain their ideas to others and motivate them to get involved in community service and action.

The Live Healthy Lead Healthy grant from Aetna helps provide:

•    Expansion of health and fitness programming at all day and resident camps through development of “program kits” and an additional seasonal staff to support health and fitness programming.
•    Healthier meals for campers in resident camps and healthier snacks for day campers who supply their own lunch.
•    A team of 80 volunteer fitness “Champions” to assist with programming and promote health and fitness activities throughout the council. Volunteers will attend “Training Camp” kick-offs and “Breakfast of Champions” Celebration.
•    A Fitness Challenge Patch Program “Olympic Challenge” – girls set exercise goals for a three month period to earn a 1st, 2nd or 3rd level patch.
•   Stress management and empowerment workshops to help girls feel more “in control” and make good decisions.
•    TV Free Campaign to encourage girls and families to spend less time in front of the television and more time engaged in physical and social activities with their families.
•   Walks organized for Girl Scout sand their families, to help promote healthy family activities.

Girls have already seen changes this summer:

•    At Camp Laurel, campers participated in an Early Otter swim, an extra and optional free swim period in the morning before breakfast. Fries and potato chips in the dining hall were replaced with healthier options like rice and carrots.
•    At Camp Candelwood, 110 girls played at least 2 hours of Newcomb volleyball on our playing field. Campers also played "sidewalk games" including jump rope, hula hoop, four square and jumping games.
•    At Timber Trails, campers got to chill out with yoga, beach aerobics and walking, and then get energized running relay races, sack races and playing sponge volleyball. Girls also enjoyed a new fruit bar and salad bar in the dining hall.
•    At An-Se-Ox, Carlson, Aspetuck and Katoya Day Camps, campers ate healthy snacks like grapes, apples, carrots and learned how to "Love Your Liver" through an educational program.