Dear Friends, We are celebrating our busiest month ever — 38 Parent-Daughter workshops across the country and nine Parent Education presentations — reaching over 2000 parents and 450 girls! That’s a lot of people laughing, playing, and developing the emotional and relationship skills necessary to live a life of leadership. People are often surprised that …
Dear Friends, September marks the season of back to school and back to work, with all the potential of a new class, new school, or new season ahead. For the thousands of families in our community, this is the time when “How was school today?” emerges as a nightly mantra, sometimes complete with the eye-roll …
Dear Friends, We enjoyed an incredible community of girls at our camp this summer. They took risks on the ropes course, in art projects, and most importantly, in sharing their authentic selves. While we try to capture it in our photos, it is hard to communicate the inspiration, energy, and joy that comes from 185 …
Dear Friends, Happy camp season! We have 250 girls participating in GLI Summer Camps this year, from California to Massachusetts. At Day Camp, our youngest girls are already forming amazing communities and taking the risk of being true to themselves. Is there any better preparation for middle school? Check out our Facebook page to catch a glimpse of …
Dear Friends, Happy Summer! We are using these longer days to get ready for our flagship program – our three-week, over-night, life-changing, Summer Camp for girls. This is the program where GLI Co-Founder Rachel Simmons first paused over ten years ago, to ask, “What is girls’ relationship to leadership? How can we most effectively prepare …
Dear Friend, Across the country, people are talking about women’s leadership. While people have been talking, Girls Leadership Institute (GLI) has been acting. For over a decade, we’ve been teaching thousands of girls the practical skills they need to live a life of personal and societal leadership. This summer, we will host our most in-depth …
Dear Friends, Because of your help and support, the GLI team is growing this month! Our first Director of Development, Adriana Solís López, starts at GLI next week. I am excited to work with Adriana on growing GLI capacity. With her guidance, GLI will be able to reach more girls, provide more programs at a …
Dear Friends, Do you see the signs of spring? The days are getting longer, the flowers are poking through, and all signs point to Summer Camp on the horizon! February is one of our favorite months because we get to send out “love notes” – not the romantic kind, but the GLI kind. GLI love …
Dear Friends, Thank you for an amazing start to the new year! During the holiday season 87 of you donated a total of $42,400 to our Annual Fund Campaign, four times the support that we received last year. Because of you we were matched with another $42,400, allowing GLI to hire our first Development Director …
Dear Friends, Great news! Last week long-time GLI supporter Ann Tisch generously offered GLI $50,000 in matching dollars for all donations raised during this important end-of-year giving season. GLI is poised to leverage this support into real change for girls, families, and schools across the country in the form of scholarships, new programs, primary research, …
