youth board members sought, Chester County Fund for Women and Girls

Posted by on June 03, 2013

Chesco Fund seeks high school girls for advisory board

The Chester County Fund for Women and Girls is currently accepting applications for its award-winning Girls Advisory Board (GAB) program.

Applications are available online and will be accepted until Friday, June 28th.

http://www.ccwomenandgirls.org/girls-advisory-board/

The Fund is looking for high school girls entering their sophomore or junior year in the fall of 2013. Girls must live in Chester County to be admitted into the program and can participate up to two years in the GAB.

One of only 11 in the nation, the Girls Advisory Board is a unique girls grantmaking program in which 20 local girls gain the opportunity to award $25,000 in grants to nonprofit organizations that help other young women in Chester County. During the past nine years, the GAB has awarded $170,000 to agencies who through innovative services target the needs of women and girls faced by issues such as poverty, illiteracy, violence, homelessness, mental illness, teen pregnancy and substance abuse. From September to December 2013, GAB members will learn about and discuss community needs, create their own grant application, review proposals, conduct site visits and work together as a group to award grants to the organizations they feel best address their identified priorities.

Contact Lisa B. Stokes for more details at lisa@ccwomenandgirls.org.