April 18, 2006
SFist Cares ... About Girls, Girls, Girls
Fess up, readers. One of you was at the Princess Project dress giveaway on April 1st and started opening your big mouth about SFist. Who was it? Fess! Because we kiss you, big mouth reader! Thanks to your blabbering we were contacted by Girls, Inc. of Alameda County who we've now come to love almost as much as we not-so-secretly love you.
Why do we love them? It's right there on the home page: Their mission is to inspire all girls to be strong, smart and bold. That's frickin' awesome! Kids need all the help they can get and focusing on the specific needs of girls is also something we support. We are so going to bust into a chorus of Greatest Love of All here any second, just hang on...
We encourage you to check out Girls, Inc. for volunteer opportunities working directly with the girls where you can make a serious, personal impact on their lives through tutoring and mentoring, working in the WOW! afterschool or summer activity program (sporties, there's some good spaces for you there), or as a general volunteer. An opportunity we think someone could really fill is for Latina speakers who can talk to girls about her career and education and answer their questions about how to succeed with their own. We signed up to be pen pals - c'mon even the laziest of you can do that!
Or, you could buy them a van. Just a suggestion.
We've been in touch with Girls, Inc of Alameda County, but they are also in Contra Costa county (in Richmond) and Alameda proper (Island City - we think their Homegrown Gardening Project sounds cool).
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Yes, and Girls Inc. has been serving Bay Area girls for almost 50 years. We host an amazing food and wine event in September, Women of Taste, at the Oakland Museum. This will be our 15th year, and the event features over 45 local chefs and wineries/beverage companies, and attracts over 1,200 attendees. Check out the website for more information!
I have been in this program from 2nd 3rd 5th 6th and 7th grade
This is my first year in the program and i learned that it inspires girls of all ages.
wuzzzzzzz up! My name is josephine and i would like to say that this program is da hook.
are u in girls inc? well i am... and you probably kno nottin about it... and wats with "that's so freakin awsom?" U SOUND LIKE A HIPPIE!!!!!!!! D:
This is my first year and I have found out that this porgram is really kool!!!
Hey every body!!!! Ma nombre iz Marbella and i'm proud of it 2!!!!! I'm in Girls inc and it iz berry fun!!!! I waz in WOW!!! last year wen i waz in 5th grade. I hope i will stay in da program 4 ever until 8th grade. Mexicanaz rule!!! :)
I have been in girls inc for a very long time. I started when I was in 1st grade. it has lots of fun activities so i wont get bored.
Hi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hav ben in girls ink cince 1st grade!!! -mar
yo.... I rule..bwahahahaha... J/k! but i do rule more than mar hur -hay
Hay what do u tink you doin!!! by the way..... we r really cool sevent graders that's smarter than hay's mommy..... -mar
C U!!
It's nice to hear that you all are enjoying the Girls Inc programs.
Neeleel, I'm not in Girls Inc, since I'm pretty much well outside the target demographic. I'm also not a hippie. I hate hippies. I'm a wasp-y yuppie. And believe me, when you're my age you'll look back on your own pre-teen slang and cringe also. Trust me on that.