LGBTQIA+ Empowerment Camp
$395.00
This LGBTQIA+ Youth Empowerment Summer Camp specifically supports LGBTQIA+ youth in finding belonging, dealing with bullying, and supporting their courageous choice to be who they truly are in an inspiring, fun, and empowering way! LGBTQIA+ youth, understandably, rate the highest in engaging in high-risk behaviors. Our Exec Director and lead instructor is “L,” so we understand – and we can help them walk their path with ease and grace!
- Union Reservoir, Longmont
- Ages 11 – 20
- NOW THREE LGBTQIA+ Weeks!
- Monday – FRIDAY!
- 10AM – 4PM
ABLE to Sail uses that pesky “no-wind” time to TEACH self-esteem. we TEACH IT, empowering our youth by using the metaphors of sailing to change the negative mental chatter that causes depression, anxiety, excessive ‘screen-time,’ and ultimately leads teens to participate in high-risk behaviors like Drugs, Alcohol, Self-Harm. Isolationism, and Suicidal Ideations.
Based on surveys, our youth report a 246% increase in pride, self-esteem, and belief in their place in the world – EVEN HIGHER with LGBTQIA YOUTH!
See what LGBTQIA+ Youth have to say about their experience with us!
- This is an event I couldn’t have even considered without financial aid, so THANK YOU for allowing this camp to happen. To the staff, you have shown so much curiosity in our identities and community, as well as a willingness to learn. This made me feel so much safer, which was required for me to accept your warmth and lessons in positivity. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
- Thank you for contributing to a camp that teaches kids how to accept themselves and believe they are enough!
- Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! This camp has honestly helped me so so much and I feel like EVERYONE could benefit from this camp!
- I found out I’m not alone. I learned I have courage and that people don’t dislike me right off the bat. I learned I can actually make new friends just by being myself~WEIRD! LOL!
- I learned that I already AM all the things I ever WANTED to be! People don’t see me as the flaws I thought were obvious, like insecure, clingy and annoying.I am valid and important. I’m a good person. I can change my beliefs. I am everything good and true and I can be whoever I want to be!
- This was one of the best experiences I’ve EVER HAD, THANK YOU! Before I started this camp I was planning to commit suicide. This camp is something I NEVER WANT TO END. I don’t wanna be lonely anymore, and I’ve made more friends here than anywhere else in my life. This place made me feel something I thought I couldn’t…LOVE! THANK YOU!
- I really want to thank Diane for changing my life! ABLE To Sail truly saved my life. I’m so happy you helped fund this, because I would still be at home, depressed about my sad stuff…that isn’t so sad anymore! Thanks you for making this possible. I learned so much and would do it all again for the confidence and friends I gained!
- THANK YOU SO MUCH. I wouldn’t be alive without you…(without Diane’s inspiring words!) Seriously, thank you. You’re the best people and camp that I’ve ever been to! It definitely helped me to be confident in myself. I met new people, and I have friends now, YAY!!
- Thank you for doing what you do, it means a lot and you really are making a huge difference! Thanks for helping fund and support this camp. It’s a great experience and I’m so glad I was a part of it!
- Thanks for supporting ABLE To Sail so they can do things like this that are SO beneficial for kids like me!
Are you an Ally?
We LOVE our allies! In regards to THIS camp, however, due to limited space, and in order to guarantee a safe space for our LGBTQ+ Youth, if you are an ally, you must be directly invited by one of our attending LGBTQ+ Youth. To that end, if you ARE one of our attending LGBTQ+ Youth, we would like to make an allowance for your “best friend,” if they are not LGBTQ+. This is not a space to invite several allies as a “learning/exposure” space for them. We are limiting you to inviting one ally if you so choose, and will make the same payment allowance for them, if necessary. You may click above to register for the LGBTQ+ Camp as usual. We can’t wait to meet you!