Teen girls urged to make a difference

Making a difference: That is what the Chester County Fund for Women and Girls has encouraged more than 100 high school girls to do during the past 11 years.

Now the fund is accepting applications for its award-winning Girls Advisory Board (GAB) program. Applications are available online at http://ccfwg.org/girls-advisory-board/ and will be accepted until Monday, June 6.

The fund is looking for high school girls entering their sophomore or junior year in the fall of 2016. Girls must live in Chester County to be admitted into the GAB program and can participate for up to two years.

One of only a few in the nation, the Girls Advisory Board is a unique girls grant-making program in which 20 local girls gain the opportunity to award $20,000 in grants to nonprofit organizations that help other young women in Chester County. During the past eleven years, faced by issues such as poverty, illiteracy, violence, homelessness, mental illness, teen pregnancy and substance abuse.

From September to December 2016, GAB members will learn about and discuss community needs, create their own grant application, review proposals, conduct site visits, and work together as a group to award grants to the organizations they feel best address their identified priorities.

Since the fund’s inception, nearly every public, private and parochial high school in Chester County has been represented on GAB. Girls have helped the Fund for Women and Girls raise awareness of the issues girls and young women face daily in communities across the county.

The Girls Advisory Board has awarded 70 grants to organizations working on behalf of girls. These grants have helped organizations across Chester County start new projects, provide training and leadership opportunities, and reach out to diverse populations.

In 2007, the GAB was awarded the Outstanding Youth in Philanthropy award from the Association of Fundraising Professionals’ Greater Philadelphia Chapter. This award has previously recognized youth philanthropy projects such as Alex’s Lemonade Stand and Youthadelphia.

For any questions about the application process, contact Michelle Legaspi Sanchez  at michelle@ccfwg.org.

 

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