Recent News
Boston Hosts its First Annual GoGirlGo! Week September 22 - 26
Published: Monday, September 22, 2008
GoGirlGo! Week is a citywide campaign to increase community awareness for programs that help inactive girls and their families experience physical activity in a safe and fun environment. GoGirlGo! Boston is asking you to open your doors or host events aimed at drawing more interest to your organization. We'll provide all the support that you need--completely free! Get more details and read about Open House events in other GoGirlGo! Communities.
GoGirlGo! Boston Welcomes India Fontes
Published: Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Since its launch in November of 2007, GoGirlGo! Boston has reached out to more than 10,000 girls in the Boston area through our curriculum and programming support. We’re thrilled with the progress our office has made and would like to welcome a new addition to our force. Read more about our new Project Coordinator, India Fontes, who is joining us this month.
Venus Williams and Joan Norton: Role Models in Action
Published: Wednesday, August 13, 2008
No event has better captured the spirit of GoGirlGo! Boston than the July 10 tennis tournament at the Ferncroft Country Club. Venus Williams was playing a World TeamTennis match for the Philadelphia Freedoms, and Joan Norton, an avid GoGirlGo! donor and supporter, was a host sponsor of the event. Read more about the event and Joan Norton’s dedication to girls' empowerment.
2008 GoGirlGo! Boston Grantees Announced
Published: Friday, June 06, 2008
At our June 6th Leadership Conference, GoGirlGo! Boston announced the 2008 Grantees. $200,000 was awarded to various organizations to help get girls in the Metro Boston area physically active.
Michelle Guerette, GoGirlGo! Spokesperson, Gears up for the Beijing Olympics
Published: Friday, May 23, 2008
Michelle Guerette, Olympic hopeful, is a two-time World Championships bronze medalist in the single scull. She is training locally out of Weld Boathouse on the Harvard campus and is also a GoGirlGo! spokesperson. Read more about her rowing technique and ascension through the sport.
GoGirlGo! Boston Grant Award Winner, The Blackstone Community Center
Published: Thursday, August 14, 2008
GoGirlGo!, a nationwide initiative designed to motivate girls to be more physically active, recently awarded a grant to the Blackstone Community Center on West Brookline Street. The grant, part of a $2.6 million nationwide grant fund, will help create and sustain programs targeting local girls that will encourage them to become more physically active, to help them deal with issues of weight and body image, and to help them make better choices about their health. As part of the grant, GoGirlGo! will also provide Blackstone with education materials designed to help them create better curriculums for girls ages 8 to 18. For 8 to 12 year olds, the materials include a GoGirls! Guide to Life, featuring personal stories from female athletes who have made healthy choices, and accompanying GoGirl scrapbook; for the 13 to 18 year olds, the GoGirlGo! Ambassador Leadership Program provides them with college scholarship and team grant incentives to individuals and programs that advocate physical activity among their peers.
This grant is particularly valuable in Boston, where studies have shown that female high school students are more likely to be overweight than the national average.
Zoe Magid Plays Baseball
Published: Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Massachusetts athlete Zoe Magid plays baseball, not softball, but struggled to get authorization to play baseball in a state with a strict law against it. With the help of athletic directors, the Women's Sports Foundation and the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association, Zoe was granted a waiver and allowed to compete. Read about her experiences in a traditionally male sport.
Inspiration Behind Home Plate
Published: Friday, May 02, 2008
Elms College catcher Gina Gilday plays for the love of the game despite being born without legs. Watch video and read about this inspirational college athlete.
GoGirlGo! Boston and Simmons Athletics
Published: Wednesday, April 09, 2008
GoGirlGo! Boston has partnered with Simmons College by having its offices at the Simmons Athletic Department in the Holmes Sports Center.
Boston Welcomes GoGirlGo!
Published: Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Billie Jean King, the Women’s Sports Foundation’s founder, was joined by soccer great Kristine Lilly and Mayor Thomas A. Menino in celebrating the launch of the Women’s Sports Foundation’s GoGirlGo! Boston. Community leaders, corporate partners, girls and local girl-serving organization leaders spent the day laying out a plan for how to improve the lives of Boston girls through sports and physical activity.