This one-day boot camp consisted of learning about critical skills with local sponsors like banks, gyms, and grocery stores with locally grown products to teach kids about the importance of self-control and the decision-making process when dealing with health, food, and money. It was specially curated for ALL kids between the ages of 10 - 16 years to learn first-hand from local professional trainers, bankers, dieticians, and more!

Participating kids learned how to increase coordination, speed, and strength from the Youth Program Development Director at Healthtrax. They learned about the value of saving money at an early age from Bank Newport as well as choosing the right type of food from Dave's Marketplace — all while having fun! 

The afternoon session consisted of SoF Survival Game for Team Building Activity by BDMT Global, a soccer session by East Greenwich Challenger Youth Sports to learn about sportsmanship, and a special yoga session with Medea Sargsyan to learn about self-control and internal power.
 
A Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), with over 22 years, 15 of those years in pediatrics including being a classroom nurse in special education for 10 years, also assisted the camp.

To celebrate the accomplishments of the children for the successful completion of the 1st Life Skills Boot Camp, SoF conducted a small ceremony to give out the SoF Life Skill Certificate during SoF’s first Annual Fundraiser on 28th of July (the next day of the camp). The kids' dinner was sponsored by Orange Biomed, one of the sponsor companies with cutting-edge diabetes management technology that aims to promote healthy minds and healthy bodies.