Anyone recall the wonderful YMCA Indian Princess Program?

http://personal.kent.edu/~dfriend/ip.htm#Program

My daughters and I loved it. We did it around 25 years or so ago over a period of 8 years due to their age overlap. We had around a dozen fathers and more daughters at any given time. Our tribe, the Tontos, was the #1 tribe in the Nation by the second year we became involved Native Americans were always referred to with admiration and reverence and respect. Of course a few years after we aged out, the YMCA nationwide was besieged until the program ended. My daughters now in their 30’s and I often reminisce fondly about those years.

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Jenny1234 · 51-55, F

What do you do in that program?

jackjjackson · 61-69, M

Monthly meetings with arts and crafts and snacks. Visiting nursing homes. Discussing Native American history and lessons to learn. Four long weekend camp outs at YMCA camps per year. Great camp fires. Girls ate all the sugar they wanted , skipped showers and the motto was “don’t tell mom”. Great bonding. Cross country skiing, boating, archery, target shooting, candle making and more. Girls made lots of friends. Fathers got to know each other and had some fun after the girls went to sleep. @Jenny1234

goodlil666 · 51-55, MVIP

@jackjjackson Don't think much of the don't tell mom motto.

jackjjackson · 61-69, M

That’s the girls thinking they wee “getting away with something “. Of course girls tell their moms everything. @goodlil666

independentone · M

@jackjjackson It was a much kinder country before people started being offended by names and tags.

jackjjackson · 61-69, M

It was nicer when one didn’t have to extremely carefully frame every word. @independentone

twiigss · M

@jackjjackson One thing I don't do is sugar coat what I say or mean. We had a few people at my work who reminded you of snake oil salesmen, I said they are gypsies and the person I was talking to says that's racist. I said how? Gypsies exist. The person I was talking with replies, you can't say like I got gipped, it's derogatory. Okay. Anyway I told them it's a group of people making words what they are today, which they agreed with but it's like I'm gonna tell you exactly what it is and if you don't like that then oh well.

jackjjackson · 61-69, M

Good! @twiigss