Girls Inc of Bristol, Virginia

AKA:

VA

Description:

Structured programming in careers and life planning, culture and heritage, leadership and community action, sports and adventure, health and sexuality, and self reliance and life skills.

NATIONAL PROGRAMS
Girls Inc. delivers life-changing programs that inspire girls to be strong, smart, and bold. Research-based curricula, delivered by trained professionals, equip girls to achieve academically; lead healthy and physically active lives; manage money; navigate media messages; and discover an interest in science, technology, engineering, and math. The network of local Girls Inc. nonprofit organizations serves 140,000 girls ages 6-18 annually at over 1,200 sites in 350 cities across the United States and Canada.

Girls Inc. Economic Literacy

Girls learn about money and the economy, including how to manage, invest, and save money and how to help others through philanthropy. As girls explore how the economy affects everyone locally and globally, they develop skills critical to being financially savvy and to becoming economically independent adults.

Girls Inc. Friendly PEERsuasion

Girls develop skills to resist pressure to use harmful substances, such as drugs, alcohol, tobacco, and household chemicals. After learning healthy ways to manage stress and to deflect peer, media, and other pressures that contribute to substance use, girls become peer educators (PEERsuaders) for younger girls.

Girls Inc. Leadership and Community Action

Girls build leadership skills and create lasting social change through community action projects. With support from women in their community, girls celebrate the heritage of girls and women as leaders and social change agents and realize their own power as community resources and trustees of the common good.

Girls Inc. Media Literacy

Girls increase their awareness of the scope and power of the media and the effects of media messages on girls and women. They learn to analyze what they see and hear in the media and advocate for change in entertainment, news, and advertising. As girls create media that are more realistic and reflective of their lives, they learn about careers and the positive use of media.

Girls Inc. Operation SMART

Girls develop enthusiasm for and skills in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Through hands-on activities, girls explore, ask questions, persist, and solve problems. By interacting with women and men pursuing STEM careers, girls come to view these careers as exciting and realistic options for themselves.

Girls Inc. Preventing Adolescent Pregnancy

Girls acquire the knowledge and skills for taking charge of and making informed decisions about their sexual health. Exploring values, practicing responses in different situations, and thinking about their futures help girls identify ways and reasons to avoid early pregnancy and prevent sexually transmitted infections, including HIV.

Girls Inc. Project BOLD

Girls learn skills and strategies to lead safer lives in their homes, in relationships, in their communities, and online. Girls learn specific self-defense techniques and how to seek out and talk to caring adults about personal violence. Older girls also take on a community action project to advocate for a safer world for all women and girls.

Girls Inc. Sporting Chance

Girls build a foundation for enjoying physical activity, sports, and adventure throughout their lives. As girls develop movement and athletic skills, cooperative and competitive spirit, and healthy habits, they experience the benefits and excitement of taking positive risks that bolster their self-confidence and personal growth.

Girls Inc. Mind + Body

Girls learn to develop and maintain a healthy lifestyle, becoming involved in decisions about their health. Girls are equipped with the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and support for maintaining a positive sense of self and for being healthy today and throughout their lives. Focus is on physical activity, nutrition, body image, and stress management.

Hours:

Operating Hours:
School Year
(August-May)
2:00PM-6:00PM Monday-Friday
Summer Program
7:00AM-5:30PM Monday-Friday

Office Hours:
10:00AM-6:00PM (School Year)
Children are not to arrive before 2:00 during the school year.
Children must be picked up by 6:00PM
IN AN EMERGENGY CALL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE>

Intake Process:

Call to enroll

Program Fees:

Registration: $10.00
Summer Session: $75.00/month
During School Year: $35.00/month

Is Shelter?

No

Date of Official Change:

October 11, 2023

Employer ID:

620514164

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Legal Status:

Nonprofit (Incorporated)