Have You Seen Her?

All over San Francisco's Muni bus stops are appearing 3 of GirlSource's own success stories.

The bus kiosk posters are a part of GirlSource's spring fundraising campaign.

Our efforts to raise $125,000 by April 1 have almost reached fruition. Our funders' generosity has raised over $110,000 toward our goal!

Incredible.

WAVE 2006

The Women of Achievement Vision and Excellence (WAVE) awards is in its fourth year with GirlSource. These awards honor women in the Bay Area who have inspired the community through their leadership throughout their lifetimes.

The 2006 WAVE Awards Luncheon is taking place on Thursday, May 4, 2006.
Join us at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in San Francisco's Union Square as we
honor four outstanding women for their lifetimes of achievement.

Reception at 11:00 AM and luncheon at noon. Tickets are $125 and up. Tables are $2,500 and up. For more information, call Holly Million 415-252-8880 x303.

GirlHealth

GirlHealth is a health and wellness website created by GirlSource's Technology and Leadership Program. It contains content, research, and illustrations developed by GirlSource participants regarding issues they face.

As experts on their lives they have tackled everything from how to navigate the foster care system, defining date rape, surviving domestic violence, to how to apply to college.

This spring our Technology and Leadership Program participants are tackling the following topics. Look for them on GirlHealth in the summer:

• Healthy relationships,
  
  
• Self-esteem,
  
  
• Drug abuse,
  
  
• and How to find a job.
  
  

Momentum on GirlSource's Spring 2006 Fundraising Campaign!

Phone Bank Successful Beginnings 8 staff, participants, and board members formed a phone bank and made to our supporters on Tuesday evening, March 7, and garnered almost $20,000 for GirlSource!

In addition to $26,000 worth of funds donated since our campaign began on March 3rd, we have almost netted $46,000 toward our goal of $125,000 by our April 1 deadline! Thank you so much! Our phone campaign continues on Wednesday, where we hope to fill in more on the thermometer!

Kimmy Manniquis, the Outreach and Education Team, and various participants will be preparing for the Young Women's Health Conference on Thursday. GirlSource will be outreaching to recruit potential new GirlSource girls, as well as reconnecting with young women we have served. We will also have the opportunity to connect with agencies from around the San Francisco Bay Area to see what opportunities we have to partner with them. We're looking forward to the report back from Thursday's event!

Welcome to the GirlSource Blog!

GirlSource has been serving San Francisco and the surrounding area since 1999. We serve low-income young women, 14 - 18 by providing them meaningful job experiences through 4 distinct programs: Community Leadership Program, Technology & Leadership Program, Young Women's Speaker's Bureau, and Bound for Success.

Through these programs our young women have the opportunity to earn income for the work they produce. They take on leadership roles in developing media products with a young women's voice for young women. They write, create, and educate themselves, each other in their specific programs, and the community about the issues that are relevant to them!

It's March, Women's History Month, and GirlSource's first quarter of 2006 has been an exciting one!

• Community Leadership and Technology & Leadership Programs are half-way through their spring cycles, educating and employing 24 young women.
  
• Accepting applications for our annual Glady Thatcher Scholarship
  
• Bound for Success' Outreach and Education Team are making conference appearances at the Empowering Women of Color Conference on the UC Berkeley Campus, the Young Women's Health Conference, and continuing their mentorship of middle school-aged girls at Aptos Middle School.
  
• On March 9th our staff and young women will attend a production of the Vagina Monologues at the Castro Theater in partnership with San Francisco VDay's efforts in exchange for flyering for their event and providing support.
  
• Our graduating seniors have been working with Kimmy Maniquis to complete their FAFSA information by the March 1 deadline. She'll continue to support them as they transition from high school graduates to college freshman!
  
  
• GirlSource has launched a campaign to raise $125,000 by April 1, 2006. We are beginning this campaign with a challenge grant of $20,000from a GirlSource family foundation funder. That means, every dollar you donate between now and April 1, 2006 will be
  doubled by our funder up to a total of $20,000.
  

Support GirlSource in supporting San Francisco Bay Area's future leaders today!

Meanwhile, we'll be updating you on our goings-on, including program updates and what our young women are up to!