East Palo Alto, California
Girls to Women partners with families, other local youth development agencies, and local schools to provide a nurturing environment supporting 45 under-resourced elementary and early middle-school girls' healthy development each year. At the core of their youth development approach is respect for the abilities, knowledge and potential of each girl they serve. They thrive among the positive, culturally-reflective female role models they find at Girls to Women.
Dozens of low-income, single-parent, and immigrant families in East Palo Alto (San Mateo County, California) depend on Girls to Women for quality after-school and summer youth development programming.They emphasize academics, the arts, contact with nature, movement and fitness, and social development in a multicultural, non-denominational context for girls ages 6 to 16.
They are the only girl-centered youth development organization in the community.
Champion: Patricia Foster, East Palo Alto, CA.
Web site: www.girlstowomen.org
