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Ready for a smart-strong-bold summer?
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Registration is now open for Girls Inc. Summer Camp
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 If your girl is looking for the perfect mix of growing, learning and having fun, Girls Inc.'s Strong-Smart-Bold Camp is the place to be this summer.
We offer three affordable two-week sessions for girls ages 6-18 guaranteed to inspire and transform in ways
only Girls Inc. can. Choose one, two or all three!
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'I struggled. I conquered. I overcame'
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Congratulations to Girls Inc. National Scholar Rae-Jean Davis
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Let's hear it for Overton High junior
Rae-Jean Davis, who has been chosen as a 2016 Girls Inc. National Scholar and awarded a $5,000 Lucile Miller Wright scholarship--one of only 15 from across the U.S. and Canada. She'll be eligible to apply again as a senior.
Rae-Jean credits Girls Inc. staff
Ms. Candice and
Ms. Nezi for inspiring and always being there for her.
"I can honestly say that Girls Inc. has made me the Respectable, Appreciative, Energetic, Joyful, Exceptional, Accessible, and Noble (RAE-JEAN) that I am today, and I am grateful," she said.
She was selected for her outstanding academic achievements, community service work and dedication to the Girls Inc. mission of inspiring all girls to be strong, smart and bold.
A year away from graduating, she's already making plans for her future, narrowing her college choices down to three: Texas A & M, Florida State University or Boston College. She plans to become a marine veterinarian.
Whatever she chooses, we will be be reading more about Rae-Jean Davis in the future. And she got her start right here in Memphis - at Girls Inc.
"I struggled. I conquered, I overcame and I am proud to be the young lady that I am today, and I owe it ALL to Girls Inc."
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Making a difference by making robots
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Thanks to volunteer Jennifer Brooks, more girls have STEM options
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Despite a recent increase in the number of young women with successful careers in fields based in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), just 14 percent of engineers today are women.
Lucky for scores of Mid-South girls, one of those women is
Jennifer Brooks.
Three years ago Jennifer, a product specialist with Medtronic in Memphis, led an effort to start a local robotics competition for young people using Lego Mindstorms kits. The first competition drew three teams. The winner was the only all-girl, non-school team from Girls Inc. Twenty teams competed in year two, mentored by Jennifer and other engineers. The winner was - you guessed it - a Girls Inc. team!
This year's competition will welcome 30 teams from across the Mid-South - four of them from Girls Inc.
Jennifer says her interest in math and science doesn't run in the family. But her parents supported her interest and she was exposed to activities that put her on the path to becoming an engineer. She went on to earn an undergraduate degree in engineering and a masters in biomedical engineering and has worked for six years at Medtronic.
"Coming up in engineering school, I was often the only girl in class," Jennifer says. "I want to be able to move that needle. And Girls Inc. is doing a great job with that."
With help from volunteers like Jennifer, Girls Inc. of Memphis is working to move that needle. In addition to her time, Jennifer was recently among five Medtronic employees nationwide to receive the company's volunteer award, which allowed her to direct a $5,000 grant to Girls Inc.
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Thanks NIKE for 'just doing it!'
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Global brand knows the importance of girl power
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 We are grateful to
NIKE volunteers for the time they spent with our girls last week during NIKE's Community Involvement Week. Groups of employees spent three days at the Youth Farm, preparing soil and painting signs and two other groups were busy at our LDT and South Park centers.
At South Park Center, NIKE employees
Jonathon Jackson,
Bonnie Mas and
Rebecca Silver encouraged girls to
be strong, smart and bold by moving their bodies and being active.
"Girls Inc. is an amazing program that allows for creativity and individuality and we're proud as NIKE employees to support them," Jonathon said. "NIKE's motto is 'Just Do It' and we want to encourage girls to do just that."
Thanks to NIKE and all our corporate partners!
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Give and go green for Girls Inc.
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It's time to green up, Memphis!
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You can bring safer, cleaner and more playful spaces to your neighborhood AND support the Girls Inc. Youth Farm program during the ioby (In Our Back Yard) and Livable Memphis Green Up Match.
Your donation to this match will help build a greener Memphis by equipping our youth crew to plan and build a community garden on the edge of our own full-scale farm.
For every dollar you give before March 23, Girls Inc. will earn an additional $3 from ioby and an anonymous donor. So what are you waiting for?
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2670 Union Avenue Extended Suite 606, Memphis, TN 38112
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