According to murrayjournal.com, the “Girls on the Run 5k” awards everyone a medal to celebrate the hard work they put in and their accomplishments during an eight week long program that helps educate and prepare young girls for a lifetime of living healthy. 600 girls participated in the run that took place in Utah, this […]
Category: Girl Power
Teen Girls Learn Self-Defense at Police and Firefighter Camp
According to mlive.com, in Ann Arbor, Michigan there was a summer camp for 15 local girls from ages 13-17 called “Blaze & Blue Camp”. The camp was hosted by Ann Arbor police and fire departments and held its inaugural session from June 27th- June 30th, and was a part of the departments efforts to introduce […]
Young Female Wrestlers converge on Stillwater for Camp
According to stwnewspress.com, Helen Maroulis, the first American to win an Olympic gold medal in women’s freestyle at the 2016 Rio Summer Games; believes that one of the 200 girls that came to Stillwater for a wrestling camp will become the next great female wrestler. She is quoted in saying that, “I definitely think that with […]
Summer Camp For Girls Self-Esteem
In Las Vegas, a local girls camp is attempting to improve the lives of young girls through building their self-esteem. The camp is hosted by a nonprofit, Rescue the Children, an organization with the goal of changing the world through one child at a time. The camp is four weeks long, free, and focuses on […]
The First Female Firefighter in Harlingen Helps Inspire Young Valley Girls
According to Krgv.com, in Harlingen, Texas, female firefighter Bree Rios has been on the job for five years now, inspiring girls throughout the Valley with being the cities’ first female firefighter. Rios stated, “Whenever I first came in, I didn’t come in thinking, ‘Oh I want to be the first, It was just something I wanted to […]
Adele’s All Female Hyde Park Performances
According to Bustle.com, Adele’s sold out Hyde Park shows on July first and second, will star a girl power lineup of musicians. The lineup was announced via Adele’s Social media accounts where she posted, “The line up for my Hyde Park shows next week is going to blow your socks off!! An all female bill, from […]
Braveheart Fundraiser Aims at Worldwide Goals for Women
According to lobservateur.com, the Braveheart Foundation is going to be hosting a wine tasting in order to support a medical trip to Uganda this year in more remote areas of Uganda. Their event, “Uncork for a Cause”, is taking place from 6-9 p.m. on Tuesday, June 30th at the Second Vine Wine Bar located at […]
Arizona Girl Power Group Teaches Coping Skills
According to AZFamily.com, A new summer program for young girls is available this Summer for girl in the Valley in Arizona. The camp is called AZ Girl Power and is a part of the Empowered Girls Summer Series, meant to teach young girls how to empower themselves and embrace their own self-worth. The creator Jamie […]
Event Meant to Empower Young Women Via Self-Defense Skills
According to 12newsnow.com, in Beaumont, Texas an event will be held in order to help teach safety and self defense to teens. “Nurse Shonda” ( Shonda Armstrong), a nurse from Orange, and Beaumont’s Tiger Rock Martial Arts have decided to partner up in order to help teach young girls how to defend themselves in case they […]
Female Empowerment Group Collects Hygiene Products for Students in Need
In Greensboro, N.C., A non-profit group is doing its part to make feminine hygiene products easily accessible to middle and high school girls in Guilford County. The non-profit, ‘I Am A Queen’, is an organization for girls aged 10-18, and is collecting pads, wipes, tampons, and hand sanitizer to give to Guilford County Schools. The […]