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July Summer Camp Volunteers
July brought new themes of summer camps, new and returning campers, and more awesome volunteers. Throughout the summer we had 33 high school volunteers help each week with taking pictures, setting up...
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August Volunteer Spotlight
This year Girlstart is offering after school clubs in over 30 schools in central Texas and close to 20 throughout the state serving approximately 1300 girls each week. That means we need lots of...
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Thank you 2015 Game Changers Luncheon Committee!
Special thanks to our 2015 Game Changers Luncheon Committee! This year's committee helped us raise a record number of sponsorships at our sold out Game Changers Luncheon on September 23rd at the JW...
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Thank you 2015 Game Changers Volunteers!
Girlstart hosted it's annual Game Changers Luncheon on September 23rd at the JW Marriott. The event sold out and raised funds that directly benefit Girlstart's After School Programs. Throughout the...
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Thank You Spooky Extravaganza Volunteers!
Girlstart teamed up with the Bullock Texas State History Museum on October 30th to host our annual Spooky Extravaganza! The weather was a bit dreary outside but that didn't stop hundred of kids and...
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DeSTEMber Fest
Girlstart hosted our annual DeSTEMber Fest at the Bullock Texas State History Museum in Austin, TX on December 6th. Close to 500 girls and boys attended and participated in winter themed hands-on...
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Thank You National Instruments!
This spring, after school programs in Girlstart to-go schools are learning about earth sciences. Lessons include the use of sand, gravel, dirt, top soil, and more. Thankfully a group from National...
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Thank You Acxiom!
This year Girlstart is offering after school clubs in over 30 schools in central Texas and close to 20 throughout the state serving approximately 1300 girls each week. That means we need lots of...
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International Women's Day
March 8th was International Women's Day. Girlstart celebrated the day at Visa with a panel of women in technology to discuss how to empower the next generation. Panelists included:Arleene Porterfield...
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Thank You Dell!
Dell has been a long time supporter of Girlstart with active volunteers throughout the years. A group from the Configuration Services team joined us for a morning of summer camp prep. Volunteers...
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Thank You Stitch Fix!
This year at our annual Girls in STEM Conference, the day kicked off with an engineering challenge. Girls learned a little about the Chilean Miner incident and were tasked with creating a prototype...
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Thank You AAUW!
Members from the Austin branch of AAUW joined us for a morning of goody bag stuffing. Volunteers helped stuff over 650 bags for girls attending our annual Girls in STEM Conference. AAUW has been a...
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Thank You National Instruments!
Summer is right around the corner and Girlstart is getting ready to host several weeks of camp at our facility. Thankfully a group of volunteers from National Instruments helped get our building...
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Girlstart hosted the 11th annual Girls in STEM Conference on April 16th at Travis High School in Austin, TX. A little over 650 girls registered to attend this one day conference from all over the...
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Camp Jurassic Adventure Week 1 Guest Speakers
This week, Camp Jurassic Adventure 4th and 5th graders were treated to a visit from Lauren Bussiere and Stacy Drake from the Texas Archeological Research Lab. Lauren and Stacy spoke about the research...
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Circus Circus Guest Speakers
This week members of DPR Construction came to our Circus Circus campers with a fun project: building their very own toolboxes! When they asked the girls if anyone in their family worked in...
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Jurassic Adventure Week 2 Guest Speakers
At the beginning of the week, Jurassic Adventure campers received a visit from University of Texas paleontology graduate student Lauren English. She explained that paleontologists study not only...
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Charles Schwab Volunteer Week
Charles Schwab hosted their annual Schwab Volunteer Week the week of May 23rd. Girlstart hosted two groups of volunteers and they were packed full of fun and productivity. On May 24th, a group of...
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World Tour Guest Speaker
Meha Jha of Emerson Electric Company took World Tour campers on her own “Lady Jha Jha” World Tour that showed the girls her journey in engineering. A lot of the campers expressed their interest in...
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Under the Sea Guest Speakers
Camp Under the Sea hosted two guest speakers this week. First, campers received a visit from Erin Keenan of Texas State’s Department of Anthropology. Erin spoke about archaeology, specifically...
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