SMART Girls, STRONG Women
A Marquee Fundraiser to Help Support Programming for Girls
Thank you for supporting SMART Girls, STRONG Women!
We are blown away by your support at our SMART Girls, STRONG Women event this year!
Please make a donation or pay your Fund-A-Need pledge with this online form.
Please mail made out to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Bloomington to PO Box 1716 Bloomington, IN 47402.
For questions or to make payments over the phone, please contact our Donor Relations Director, Rebekah Thomas, at rthomas@bgcbloomington.org or 812-287-7422.
THE EADS FAMILY
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What is SMART GIRLS Programming?
An immensely beneficial and world-class program that directly impacts Club females, SMART Girls is a health, fitness, prevention/education and self-enhancement program for young women ages 8-17.
"SMART Girls taught me how to be myself and have fun!"
Julie B. | Age 12
SMART Girls Club Member
SMART Girls helps young women reach their full potential. Through dynamic sessions, group activities, field trips and mentoring opportunities with adult women, Club girls enjoy life-changing opportunities to build skills for eating right, staying physically fit, getting good health care, and developing positive relationships.
Other topics addressed through the SMART Girls programming with older girls include how the media influences attitudes about females, date rape and sexual harassment, sexually transmitted diseases, sexual myths and truths, getting regular gynecological care and the physical and emotional changes girls experience in their lifetime.
"You are you, and what you do matters. You can't be someone else while you're trying to be yourself. That's what SMART Girls gave me!"
Sasha A. | Age 14
SMART Girls Club Member
WHAT IS THE SMART GIRLS, STRONG WOMEN EVENT?
SMART Girls, STRONG Women is an annual event where funds to support SMART Girls programming are raised through various avenues including ticket sales, sponsorships, a live auction component and a concluding fund-a-need. This specific event, typically held during the springtime, has been a staple for the Club since 2016, and is traditionally a sold-out spectacle with nearly 300 people in attendance.
During the business-casual event, it will focuses on the importance of positive female-imagery to young girls in today's world. The event also includes a buffet-style dinner with dessert.
"SMART Girls allows people to talk about things that don't often get talked about that I believe are important for youth to know. It brings people out of their shells and into a safe space where we get to fully be ourselves."
Alex Wiley
2024 Youth of the Year, Boys & Girls Clubs of Bloomington (Ferguson Crestmont Unit)
PREVIOUS SMART GIRLS, STRONG WOMEN SPEAKERS & PANELISTS
Laurie Burns McRobbie
Mae Cassady
Joani Crean
Mona Dixon
Doris Sims
Sara Laughlin
Susie Graham
Mattie White
Sherry Dunbar-Kruzan
Dr. Sue Ellsperman
Sara Hamidovic
Jessika Hane
Nichole Hickman
Morgan Miller
Wendy Miller
Madalyn Moorman
Courtney Payne-Taylor
Tina Peterson
Ann St. John
Janis Stockhouse
Dr. Lori Thompson
Gracie Turner
Jennie Vaughan