Annual Leadership Summer Camp for High School Girls

Join us for our 10th Annual Wings To Fly Summer Camp, a transformative week long experience designed to help today’s girls, become tomorrow’s leaders. With only 30 spots available, this exclusive camp sells out every year. We specialize in teaching high school girls leadership skills, goal setting skills, confidence skills and financial literacy skills so they can thrive in their life, school and career. Our camp provides the essential tools, education, and mentorship to help your daughter unlock her full potential and achieve her dreams. Plus she will have all the camp fun and opportunities!

Wings To Fly Is For Girls With Big Dreams:

We know you have big dreams and goals and we welcome you to our annual Leadership Wings To Fly Summer Camp
for Teen Girls! This week-long Summer camp is designed
for 30 girls who dream big. You’ll enjoy:

🏕️ Outdoor Adventures – Zipline, swimming, challenges, and team-building activities.
🌸 Personal wins – Learning more about her own strengths and dreams!
💃 Theme Nights – Fun, laughter, and unforgettable memories!
💡 Money skills – Building confidence and learning real money skills.
👩‍🍳 Cooking Lesson – Hands-on experience with a fun cooking class.
🔥 Launching a Real Business – Girls learn to create a small business.
🎤 Leadership Challenges – Confidence-building and leadership.
💖 Friendships – Building lifelong connections with like-minded girls.

10 Reasons girls love to attend:

Exciting Activities: Who said becoming a leader can’t be fun? We have a BLAST with activities like: rock walls, zip lines, swimming & campfire. Plus the girls have a hands-on entrepreneur experience to build their own pop-up restaurant event during camp, where they go from concept to execution in just seven days.
Empowering Curriculum: Our 12 core leadership principles develop girl’s leadership skills. From communication and collaboration to resiliency and teamwork. Each principle is crucial to navigate high school, workplaces, relationships, career, college and dreams successfully.
Fun Team Building: Through fun team-building activities, girls will learn to work effectively with others, build trust, and inspire her peers to achieve common goals.
Expert Guidance: The girls will learn from the best! Our experience plus our passionate coaches are dedicated to providing a great experience. With daily activities that range from the large group of 30 girls to small groups of 6, girls will never be ‘stuck’ with one group. We keep things moving!
Confidence Boosting: Confidence is key to effective leadership, and we’re here to help the girls unlock their confidence! We help them go from good to great in their confidence skills so she can explore her passions, discover her strengths, and build her dreams confidently. College/adulting/workplace is coming soon for these girls, and we teach girls the tools to thrive.
Great Life Skills: Beyond leadership, our camp equips girls with essential life skills they’ll carry with them into college/workplace. From time management and decision-making to problem-solving and working in a team, girls leave camp feeling empowered and prepared to tackle any challenge life throws her way.
Safe and Supportive Environment: We understand that going to camp is a big decision, which is why safety is our top priority. Our camp prioritizes the well-being of every camper with our coaching team, plus the venue’s staff looking out for their safety.
Lasting Friendships: Camp is about more than just learning—it’s about forging lifelong friendships and memories.
Financial literacy: We are passionate about empowering and educating girls around money, so they will get ‘Monopoly’ money upon arrival to spend, save and budget in fun ways throughout the week.
They build their own pop-up restaurant: At Wings to Fly, girls don’t just learn to be leaders —they become leaders! In just seven days, they launch and run a pop-up restaurant, a fabulous event on Friday night that they design! They develop real-world entrepreneurial skills, teamwork, and leadership. The experience culminates in a spectacular one-night-only event (Friday night of camp), where the public and parents are invited to dine and celebrate the incredible talent and hard work of these future leaders.

Our purpose is simple:

We help girls become the next generation of leaders.
We help girls build healthy, empowered, successful lives.
We help girls build a path to their dreams and education.
We help girls know that they are brilliant, beautiful & bold as they are.

Celebrating 10+ Years Training the next generation of female leaders!

Details: 2026 Wings To Fly Summer Camp for Teen Girls:

2026 Camp Dates: June 2026 TBA – in Northern Arizona
For girls who are: rising high school freshman to rising Seniors.
Applications will open in January of 2026
Location: Northern Arizona (yes girls fly in for this camp from other states, we will arrange pick up at the airport)
Flight details: Arrange to fly into Phoenix International Airport we will coordinate with you.
Arrival: Day 1 arrival at 11am then Parent Orientation from 1130-1230pm. If you are unable to drop off (or she is flying in) we can zoom you into the parent meeting.
Pick up: Please arrive by 11:45 then Parent celebration & slide show 12-1pm then goodbyes. If you are unable to drop off/pick up or she is flying in we can zoom you into the parent meeting.
IMPORTANT: Please arrange to drop off and pick up. If you are unable to get a family member to pickup/drop off (or your girl is flying in) please let us know in your application.
Rooms: The girls can decorate their bed (pictures, fairy lights, art etc) & if she is coming with a friend they will be in the same room.
They build their own pop-up restaurant: At Wings to Fly, girls don’t just learn to be leaders —they become leaders! In just seven days, they launch and run a pop-up event experience, developing real-world entrepreneurial skills, teamwork, and leadership. The experience culminates in a spectacular one-night-only event with food and music, where the public and parents are invited to dine and celebrate the incredible talent and hard work of these future leaders.
Groups: Each girl will be assigned to a coach with 5 other girls, in addition to two other groups so she meets new people.
Packing list: The packing list will be sent to you.
Questions: dena@girlsrulefoundation.org
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Camp Tuition:

Attendee’s Tuition: $950 per girl. Come with a friend and you both get $50 OFF the tuition. Register below.
Payment plans are available. ($225 for 4 months)
Price includes: Lodging, programming, materials, activities and 3 fresh meals with daily snacks.

Be a camp sponsor:
We can’t make camp happen without our financial partners. Become a champion of girls. Be a financial sponsor – click here!

What do our campers and parents have to say about camp…..

“Camp was exactly what our family and our girl needed! Fantastic group of ladies coaching these girls. Can’t say enough
good things about camp and the girls rule foundation.”
– Joseph (Dad of attendee)

“It was the perfect camp for my daughter. The Parent orientation was great, the coaches gave us a lot of information
about the program.”
–Reina (mom of attendee)

“Camp was a great experience that made me less shy and more open then I was before.
It was like a new start for me.”
-Shelby (attendee)

“Life-changing! This was a stepping stone for me and it helped me better understand who I am as a person and also
made me realize that I had some pretty amazing qualities about myself.”
-Carly (attendee)

Register Here:

2026 camp will open January 2026.
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Our Camp Coaches:

Our coaches are extraordinary leaders and successful women in corporate or business owners. They are certified in the Girls Rule training and background checked for safety. They volunteer a week at camp because of their passion to make a difference for girls. Camper to Coach ratio is 6:1. We create a intimate, inclusive environment where the girls truly build themselves and build each other. In addition, our lead facilitator is Dena Patton owner and cofounder of Girls Rule Foundation, a facilitator and trainer of 20+ years. Together we be bring years of leadership and facilitation to camp to create an extraordinary experience for the girls.