If you are a member of a community organization that is utilizing the GoGirlGo! San Antonio program or are about to get your girl-serving programs underway, then read up!
By Lauren Gordon
Published: October 23, 2008
The race is about to begin for what is sure to be another successful grant cycle for all community organizations utilizing the Women’s Sports Foundation’s GoGirlGo! San Antonio program, and we would love for you to be a part of it. You have the unique opportunity to be awarded a portion of the $100,000 grant pool funded by the Women’s Sports Foundation and our grant-making partner, the San Antonio Sports Foundation (SASF). The Request For Proposal (RFP) is set to be released in November 2008. The deadline to submit applications for consideration will be February 28, 2009. Check the SASF website in the coming weeks for the application.
GoGirlGo! grants provide funds to support programs wishing to incorporate physical activity and sports programs for sedentary and inactive girls. Grants are for programs that are seeking to add new or expanded participation opportunities for an under-served population of girls, particularly economically disadvantaged girls and/or girls from populations with high incidences of health-risk behaviors. This past year, 16 organizations applied for more than $211,000 in grant money. Of that amount, nine received grant awards, serving a little over 4,000 girls!
The Women’s Sports Foundation, in partnership with the San Antonio Sports Foundation, launched GoGirlGo! San Antonio in the fall of 2006. The goals of the program are to increase the physical activity of San Antonio girls, create sustainable programming and execute a model public education campaign on the importance of getting girls moving. GoGirlGo! San Antonio is dedicated to the development and funding of girls’ sports and physical activity programs that combine athletic instruction and programming with the delivery of educational information by qualified adults aimed at reducing risk behaviors that threaten the health and social development of girls ages 8 – 18.