January, 2009 — June, 2010

Program:	Date:	Location:
Rock Climbing Fundraiser (Open to all adults and children)	Thursday, April 16, 2009	The Circuit Bouldering Gym
BettiesRock! Outdoor Adventure Weekend	May 16-17, 2009	Smith Rock State Park
BettiesExplore! Day Trip	Saturday, June 20, 2009	Forest Park
Bike Maintenance Fundraiser (Open to all adults and children)	Saturday, July 26, 2009	Vera Katz Eastbank Esplanade (SE Clay St. and SE Water Ave.)
Surfin’Betties! Program	Saturday, August 15, 2009	Hood River
Fine Wine and Feather Boas Annual Fundraiser (Open to all adults and children)	Saturday, November 7, 2009	Ecotrust Building
Snowshoeing Fundraiser (Women-only event)	January 16	Mt. Hood
SnowBetties! Program	February 19	Mt. Hood

September, 2010 — June, 2011

Program:	Date:	Location:
Facilitator Training	Saturday, August 21, 2010	Open Meadow MS
Betties High Ropes Challenge Course	Friday, September 17, 2010	OES Challenge Course
Bikin’Betties! Weekend Trip	October 2-3, 2010	Hood River
Fine Wine and Feather Boas Annual Event	Saturday, November 6, 2010	Ecotrust Building
Stoneworks Climbing Night	Thursday, November 18, 2010	Stoneworks
SnowBetties! Snowshoeing Program	Friday, January 28, 2011	Mt. Hood
FREE NIGHT FEBRUARY (Girls’ choice!)	February 17, 2011	TBD
BettiesRide! Horseback Riding Day Trip	Saturday, April 16, 2011	TBD
BettiesRock! Outdoor Adventure Weekend	May 14-15, 2011	Smith Rock State Park
End-of-year Completion Lunch	Friday, June 3, 2011	Cathedral Park

September, 2011 — June, 2012

Program:	Date:	Location:
Weekly, for-credit Betties4Life Course (Topics Include: Self-defense/Projecting Confidence, Yoga/Stress Management, Archery/Concentration, and Rock Climbing/Goal Setting)	Fall Semester	Open Meadow HS
BettiesExplore! Overnight Trip	October, 2011	Opal Creek Wilderness
Fine Wine and Feather Boas Annual Event	Saturday, November 12, 2011	Ecotrust Building
Weekly, for-credit Betties4Life Course (Topics Include: First-aid/Preparedness, and Cooking/Nutrition, Bouldering/Trust, NIA/Self-expression)	Spring Semester	Open Meadow HS
SnowBetties! Cross-country Skiing	January, 2012	Mt. Hood
Bikin’Betties! Day Trip	Spring, 2012	Hood River
BettiesRock! Outdoor Adventure Weekend	April, 2012	Smith Rock State Park
Surfin’Betties! Day Trip	May, 2012	Hood River
End-of-year Completion Lunch	June, 2012	Cathedral Park
Whitewater & Wine Fundraiser	July, 2012	Central Oregon

September, 2012 — December, 2012

Program:	Date:	Location:
Fall After-school Girls enCourage Program with Girls Inc. (Topics Include: Preparing for the Outdoors, Orienteering, Hiking or Mountain Biking, Wilderness First Aid, Planning and Goal Setting)	10 Sessions, Fall Term (Oct-Dec), 2012	Astor Middle School
Fine Wine and Feather Boas Annual Fundraiser—RSVP HERE!!!	Saturday, November 3rd, 2012 at 7 pm	Ecotrust Building, 721 NW 9th, Portland
BettiesMove! Hula Hoop Dancing	November 10, 2012	Portland, OR
Fall enCourage End-of-term Excursion: Indoor Mountain Biking	December 12, 2012	The Lumberyard
Winter After-school Girls enCourage Programming	10 Sessions x 2 Schools, Winter Term (Jan-Mar), 2013	Program 1: Beach School Program 2: Ockley Green Middle School
BettiesBoulder! Climbing Event	February 9, 2013	The Circuit Bouldering Gym
Winter enCourage End-of-term Excursion: Cross-country Skiing	March 10, 2013	Mt. Hood
BettiesExplore! Challenge Course Adventure	April 13, 2013	Camp Collins Gresham, OR
Spring After-school Girls enCourage Programming	10 Sessions x 2 Schools, Spring Term (Apr-May), 2013	Program 1: George School Program 2: Lent School
Girls Inc. Mind+Body Fair for Mothers and Daughters	May 12, 2013	Laurelhurst Park, Portland
Spring enCourage End-of-term Excursion: TBD	May 25, 2013	TBD

 

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The BettiesExplore! program generally includes any hiking, horseback riding, exploring, or ropes course adventures. In the past we have visited Tryon Creek State Park, Mount Tabor, the challenge course at OES, and Opal Creek. A collection of between 10 and 20 girls and 6 or more women forge strong relationships while they develop their outdoors skills together. As a group the participants learn backcountry safety techniques and map / compass skills, and participate in team-building and goal-setting exercises. All of this is working toward the central mission of Betties360: to inspire confidence, well being, and community in under-represented girls through action sports, outdoor adventures and life-skill education.

SnowBetties!

SnowBetties! adventures take place on Mount Hood at the Mazamas Lodge, Trillium Lake, or the White River Canyon area, every year in January or February. Up to 20 girls and 8 women forge strong relationships while they learn to snowshoe or cross-country ski together. As a group the participants also learn backcountry safety techniques—one year we even built a snow cave!—and map / compass skills, and participate in team-building and goal-setting exercises. All of this is working toward the central mission of Betties360: to inspire confidence, well being, and community in under-represented girls through action sports, outdoor adventures and life-skill education.

The Bikin’Betties! mountain biking adventures take place in the Columbia Gorge outside of Hood River. Up to 14 girls and 6 women forge strong relationships while they learn to mountain bike together. As a group, the participants learn biking skills—how to wear a helmet and fit your bike, safe braking technique, good body positioning, and stress management techniques—and also participate in team-building and goal-setting exercises. All of this is working toward the central mission of Betties360: to inspire confidence, well being, and community in under-represented girls through action sports, outdoor adventures and life-skill education.