Girls Inc Of The Pacific Northwest

Eureka! The programs delivery model takes place over the course of five years with a continuing cohort of girls eighth through twelfth grade. Eureka! Is a comprehensive magnet program that serves as a pipeline strategy for equipping at-risk, low-income girls for academic and career success, especially in steam (science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics) fields. Eureka! Selects rising 8th grade girls each year and engages them in a summer camp experience; thereafter, youth engage throughout the year with steam learning, post-secondary preparation, and career connections. The innovative program connects older girls, many of whom will be first-generation college or university applicants, to programming and mentoring aimed at augmenting and sustaining skills, self-efficacy, and the motivation to continue on to post-secondary options, with a focus on steam-related careers. Eureka! Served 102 unduplicated girls during the year ending june 30, 2024. Eureka! Programs included a hybrid model, incorporating virtual and in-person programming supplemented by supply kit distributions.

Leadership council leadership council, the youth leadership body of our organization, served 25 youth in the 2023-24 school year. Comprised of amazing young leaders from communities across the pacific northwest ranging in age from 13-18, leadership council members help our affiliate understand the needs of young people, and use the power of their voices to create meaningful change within their own communities. Youth serve on leadership council for at least one year, focusing and honing skills around leadership, advocacy, and community action. These skills are built through engagement with community partnerships, a variety of experiential learning activities, as well as individual and group advocacy and research projects.throughout the season, leadership council members follow girls inc. Nationals taking action toolkit and work on individual/small group advocacy projects which focus on a topic that they are passionate about, as a means of leading and facilitating meaningful change in their communities.