Pictures: Camp gives girls hands-on experience in construction careers

Campers get supplies to begin building a planter box, one of the daily construction projects during Camp Garney at Orange Technical College, West Campus in Ocoee, FL, on Wednesday, June 24, 2026. The camp gives female high school students an opportunity to explore different careers with a hands on introduction to construction and engineering. (Barrett Walsh/Orlando Sentinel)

Focused campers work on a plumbing exercise using pipes that will be water pressure tested during Camp Garney at Orange Technical College, West Campus in Ocoee, FL, on Wednesday, June 24, 2026. The camp gives female high school students an opportunity to explore different careers with a hands on introduction to construction and engineering. (Barrett Walsh/Orlando Sentinel)

Instructor Bob Harman gives a drill demonstration for campers during Camp Garney at Orange Technical College, West Campus in Ocoee, FL, on Wednesday, June 24, 2026. The camp gives female high school students an opportunity to explore different careers with a hands on introduction to construction and engineering. (Barrett Walsh/Orlando Sentinel)

Binder with directions the campers will follow for the planter box construction project during Camp Garney at Orange Technical College, West Campus in Ocoee, FL, on Wednesday, June 24, 2026. The camp gives female high school students an opportunity to explore different careers with a hands on introduction to construction and engineering. (Barrett Walsh/Orlando Sentinel)

Campers begin by measuring for the planters box construction project during Camp Garney at Orange Technical College, West Campus in Ocoee, FL, on Wednesday, June 24, 2026. The camp gives female high school students an opportunity to explore different careers with a hands on introduction to construction and engineering. (Barrett Walsh/Orlando Sentinel)

Campers work together to drill in screws to build a planters box during Camp Garney at Orange Technical College, West Campus in Ocoee, FL, on Wednesday, June 24, 2026. The camp gives female high school students an opportunity to explore different careers with a hands on introduction to construction and engineering. (Barrett Walsh/Orlando Sentinel)

A camper wears protective gloves while drilling for a construction project during Camp Garney at Orange Technical College, West Campus in Ocoee, FL, on Wednesday, June 24, 2026. The camp gives female high school students an opportunity to explore different careers with a hands on introduction to construction and engineering. (Barrett Walsh/Orlando Sentinel)

A camper celebrates finding the solution to a drill problem during Camp Garney at Orange Technical College, West Campus in Ocoee, FL, on Wednesday, June 24, 2026. The camp gives female high school students an opportunity to explore different careers with a hands on introduction to construction and engineering. (Barrett Walsh/Orlando Sentinel)

Campers work on a plumbing exercise during Camp Garney at Orange Technical College, West Campus in Ocoee, FL, on Wednesday, June 24, 2026. The camp gives female high school students an opportunity to explore different careers with a hands on introduction to construction and engineering. (Barrett Walsh/Orlando Sentinel)

A camper pressure tests her pipe exercise during Camp Garney at Orange Technical College, West Campus in Ocoee, FL, on Wednesday, June 24, 2026. The camp gives female high school students an opportunity to explore different careers with a hands on introduction to construction and engineering. (Barrett Walsh/Orlando Sentinel)

Construction projects, including an electrical training board and pipe plumbing exercise, completed during Camp Garney at Orange Technical College, West Campus in Ocoee, FL, on Wednesday, June 24, 2026. The camp gives female high school students an opportunity to explore different careers with a hands on introduction to construction and engineering. (Barrett Walsh/Orlando Sentinel)

A camper gets assistance with the plumbing exercise during Camp Garney at Orange Technical College, West Campus in Ocoee, FL, on Wednesday, June 24, 2026. The camp gives female high school students an opportunity to explore different careers with a hands on introduction to construction and engineering. (Barrett Walsh/Orlando Sentinel)

Campers laughing while working on their plumbing projects during Camp Garney at Orange Technical College, West Campus in Ocoee, FL, on Wednesday, June 24, 2026. The camp gives female high school students an opportunity to explore different careers with a hands on introduction to construction and engineering. (Barrett Walsh/Orlando Sentinel)

Camp Garney’s counselors, all women in construction and engineering industries, pose for a photo after assisting with the first round of projects for the day at Orange Technical College, West Campus in Ocoee, FL, on Wednesday, June 24, 2026. Camp Garney gives female high school students an opportunity to explore different careers with a hands on introduction to construction and engineering. (Barrett Walsh/Orlando Sentinel)