Athletics
Organization and program: Children and Family Mental Health Services, Inc
Type: mentoring, golf, foster care
Ages:
Address/Phone: Long Island
Funding: Long Island Fund for Women and Girls
Utilizing golf as an intervention, girls from foster care will be paired with an adult female mentor to foster leadership skills and begin planning for their futures.
Organization and program: G-WIS Foundation
Type: role model awareness
Ages: 4th-6th grade
Address/Phone: John Icardi, PO Box 5891, Cary, NC 27512 / 919-468-1386
Funding:
Girls attend various women’s basketball games and are introduced to pleayers and coashed as school assemblies to provide role models and encourage girls’ participation in sports.
Organization and program: Girls in the Game; Leveling the Playing Field
Type: after-school, special “game days”
Ages: 4th-10th grade
Address/Phone: 1940 W. Irving Park, Chicago, IL 60613, 773-935-2401
Funding:
http://www.sportingchancefdn.org/
Focuses on health & nutrition education and life skills. At Game Days, girls are exposed to both traditional and non-traditional sports, including golf, basketball, soccer, tennis, self-defense & yoga. Girls participate in hands-on workshops addressing leadership development, nutrition & body image and self esteem. Girls in attendance interact with outstanding role models from the community, build meaningful friendships and learn about their own unique strengths and gifts. There is also an annual Community Service Project.
Leveling The Playing Field is an annual event, organized by the Girls Advisory Board (GAB) that brings hundreds of girls and their mentors together for a day of advocacy, education, and fun.
Organization and program: Girls in the Game, SUMMERGAMES 2003 Sports & Leadership Summer Camp
Type: 4-week summer camp
Ages:
Funding:
http://www.sportingchancefdn.org/
Combines day and overnight experiences and includes workshops and educational discussions on nutrition, self-esteem, conflict resolution and cultural diversity.
Organization and program: Girls on the Run
Type: 6-12 week programs
Ages:
Address/Phone:
Funding:
http://www.girlsontherun.org/
The six to twelve week programs use physical activity (running) and experimental learning to teach very specific and well-defined social and personal (character development) skills. Pre- and post-tests are used to measure participant attitudinal changes.
Organization and program: SportsBridge
Type: mentoring, workshops, camps
Ages:
Address/Phone: Ann Kletz, 965 Mission St, Ste. 600, San Francisco, CA 94103
Funding:
Year-long mentoring program with women athletes, after-school sports clinics and literacy workshops, a one-day sports and wellness expo and/or various camps that empower girls through sports. |
