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Home > 2008 GoGirlGo Boston Grantees Announced

2008 GoGirlGo Boston Grantees Announced


$200,000 in awards is being given out to aid organizations to help get girls active in the Boston area by the Women's Sports Foundation.



Organization Name

Funding for Program

Grant Award Amount

Beantown Jumpers Double Dutch Team

To support the Double Dutch program

$6,000

Big Sister Association of Greater Boston

Get Girl Moving Initiative

$10,000

Bird Street Community Center

The Girls Arts Entrepreneurship Dance Troupe

$7,000

Blackstone Community Center

A girls self-defense program working to help break neighborhood divides

$12,000

Boston Raiders Youth Football & Cheerleading Club

Support camps and clinics

$5,000

Boston Showstoppers

Girls basketball team

$7,000

Boys & Girls Club of Middlesex County

Girls Out Loud Physical Activity program

$5,000

Charlestown Lacrosse & Learning Center

Boot camp and Lacrosse Scholarships

$5,000

Citywide Board of Boston Comm. Centers, BCYF

Girls on the Move

$15,000

Community Academy

Total Fitness Program for Girls

$12,500

Dorchester House Multi-Service Center

StepUp! Girls Fitness and Dance Program

$7,000

Girl Scouts Eastern Massachusetts

SHINE –supporting a variety of physical activities

$9,000

GoKids Boston

Support program promoting general physical activity, team-building, swimming, and basketball

$10,000

Hyde Square Task Force (WEPA)

Support safe girls-only space for physical and social development

$10,240

Jamnastics (w/ YWCA Cambridge)

Summer dance program

$2,185

Josiah Quincy Elementary School

Got Ya Moving Girls- non traditional physical activities

$7,300

Ohrenberger Community Center

Support new girls after school wellness program

$10,000

Roxbury Youthworks, Inc., part w/ Roxbury Multi Service Center

New GoGirlGo! program using dance

$13,520

Sociedad Latina

The Unique Rhythm Program

$7,300

South Boston Neighborhood House

Support new self-defense, physical conditioning and GoGirlGo! program

$4,155

Sports4Kids

The Girls Interscholastic Basketball League

$9,000

Girls Golf of New England, Inc. with Youth Enrichment Services

Support biking and hiking day trips as well as sports outings including golf, biking, hiking, canoeing, camping, skiing, and snowboarding

$5,000 each

YMCA Boston at the Mason School

The Step 2 It Girls Dance Program

$5,000

YMCA Greater Boston
    Hyde Park
    Egleston Square
    East Boston

After school program promoting physical activity, leadership, teamwork, and a positive self-esteem

$10,800