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Thank You June Volunteers!
With the start of Girlstart Summer Camps each week came a hardworking group of high school volunteers. These ladies help with everything from setting up snack and eating lunch with campers to...
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Hermione’s Mayhem of Mazes Week 1 Guest Speakers
The week started out with Amy Griffin and Hilary Keenan of the Texas Department of Public Safety Crime Lab who visited campers to explain the world of forensic science. Amy and Hilary specialize in...
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Hermione’s Mayhem of Mazes Week 2 Guest Speaker
Priya Ramachandran from National Instruments visited the 4th-5th graders this week. Priya is an electrical engineer and spoke to the girls about circuits and what they’ve learned from the Circuit...
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Hermione’s Mayhem of Mazes Week 3 Guest Speaker
The last week of camp began with a virtual visit from Olivia Pavco-Giaccia, CEO and founder of LabCandy, a company that aims to encourage young girls in science. Olivia shared with the campers her...
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Thank You July Volunteers!
The last half of Summer Camp at Girlstart finished smoothly thanks to the help of our July volunteers. Each week, a group of high school girls assisted in preparing lesson materials, running our photo...
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Back to School STEM Saturday
Girlstart hosted it's annual Back to School STEM Saturday on August 27th. Throughout the day close to 500 girls, boys, and families participated in hands-on STEM activities at Girlstart. Activities...
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Game Changers Committee 2016
A huge thank you to this year's Game Changers Committee! Our committee members helped raise a record amount for Girlstart this year, and packed the house with a record number of attendees. Thank you...
View ArticleDeSTEMber Fest
Girlstart hosted it's annual DeSTEMber Fest at the Girlstart STEM Center on December 3rd. Kids of all ages attended and participated in winter themed hands-on activities. There was liquid nitrogen ice...
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WeatherFest
Girlstart partnered with the Bullock Museum and Spectrum News to host WeatherFest on February 5th. Families came out for the free event to explore how tornadoes form, try their hand at forecasting the...
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Thank you Google!
A group of Google employees volunteered with Girlstart in January and helped put together prizes for Girlstart's After School participants. These volunteers assembled Valentine's Day goody bags for...
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Thank you Cisco!
In fall 2016, Girlstart was grateful for a significant in-kind contribution of much-needed Cisco networking equipment. In November, December, and January, a huge team of Cisco volunteers assessed our...
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Thank you Dell!
On February 17th, Girlstart welcomed several Dell volunteers from the MDP/MMDP Program to the Girlstart STEM Center in Austin, TX. Volunteers prepped materials for our 'Under the Sea' summer camp,...
View ArticleGirls in STEM 2017
Girlstart hosted the 12th annual Girls in STEM Conference on Saturday, April 22nd at Travis High School in Austin, TX. Close to 600 girls registered to attend this one day conference from all over the...
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