GIRLS INC OF GREATER PITTSBURGH

BOSTON:GIRLS INC PROVIDES HIGH-QUALITY MENTORSHIP PROGRAMS IN COLLABORATION WITH LOCAL SCHOOLS, COMMUNITY CENTERS, AND HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS TO DELIVER RESEARCH-BASED LESSONS THAT FOCUS ON STRONG FEMALE ROLE MODELS WHILE BEING CULTURALLY-RELEVANT AND DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE TO FOSTER IMPORTANT SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING. ESTABLISHED IN 2004, GIRLS INC BOSTON HAS GROWN INTO ONE OF BOSTON'S LARGEST MENTORSHIP PROGRAMS HAVING CREATED MORE THAN 6,000 MENTORING RELATIONSHIPS OVER THE LAST DECADE. EACH YEAR, GIRLS INC'S SKILLS BUILDING MENTORING PROGRAM SERVES OVER 500 ELEMENTARY GIRLS IN 3RD-5TH GRADE ACROSS 45 PROGRAM SITES (SEE SCHO)(CONTINUED FROM PART III, LINE 4A) FULFILLING THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION TO EMPOWER GIRLS TOIMAGINE A BROADER FUTURE FOR THEMSELVES. THIS UNIQUE MODEL RECRUITS AND TRAINS MORE THAN 250 COLLEGE WOMEN MENTORS FROM SEVEN LOCAL UNIVERSITIES (HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TUFTS UNIVERSITY, UMASS BOSTON, SIMMONS UNIVERSITY, NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY, BOSTON UNIVERSITY AND BOSTON COLLEGE) TO SERVE AS A COHORT OF VOLUNTEER MENTORS, WHO ARE THEN MENTORED THEMSELVES BY 90 PROFESSIONAL WOMEN.

PITTSBURGH:IN 2006 GIRLS INC EXPANDED ITS PROGRAMMING TO PITTSBURGH, PA. GIRLS INC PITTSBURGH IS ALSO ONE OF ITS REGION'S LARGEST MENTORSHIP ORGANIZATIONS, HAVING CREATED AN ADDITIONAL 5,000 MENTORINGRELATIONSHIPS SINCE INCEPTION. ANNUALLY, GIRLS INC PITTSBURGH SERVES OVER 550 ELEMENTARY AGE GIRLS AND RECRUITS AND TRAINS MORE THAN 300 COLLEGE WOMEN MENTORS FROM SIX LOCAL UNIVERSITIES (CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY, DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY, POINT PARK UNIVERSITY, CARLOW UNIVERSITY, ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY, AND UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH). THE COLLEGE WOMEN ARE THEN MENTORED BY OVER 100 PROFESSIONAL WOMEN.