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| NOTE FROM RACHEL |
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All you need is love... and Girlstart, to change the lives of girls. Whether you're passionate about making the world a better place for your daughter, you love science and math, you dream of a vibrant future for Austin, or you just can't get enough of giving back, stand tall this month and declare, "I Heart Girlstart!" This month Girlstart spreads the love to girls far and wide at our Valentine Saturday Camp. Campers will take the Valentine Card to a whole new level as they learn the ins and outs of designing and publishing e-cards. We also welcome back a few old flames as our Club Girlstart girls return to our in-school programs after holiday break. We've missed them! Don't worry, we've got even more love to go around! We are registering girls for our summer camps and upcoming day-long, extreme adventure, math and science love-fest, Expanding Your Horizons. Camp Girlstart and Expanding Your Horizons will both show girls that the things they love are bigger and better with math, science and technology. Whether her passion is animals, music, style or a mystery, we've got something she'll love! If you're feeling the love this Valentine's Day why not show your love by giving girls the gift of Girlstart? We've got lots of ways to give! Feel the love! Love is all you need! XOXO 
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| GIRLSTART EVENTS AND NEWS |
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Register Before Time Runs Out!Register early for Girlstart Summer Camp 2006 before time runs out! Summer camp themes for 2006 include Making the Video, Dream Spaces, You're the Boss, and Hermione's Adventures at Girlstart for girls entering the 4th through 8th grades in the fall! Register before March 17 and receive a $25 discount. Registration for the Expanding Your Horizons (EYH) conference on March 25 is in full swing! EYH workshops are offered in six distinct tracks including “Girl, MD” and “Tech Me Out," presenting girls in the 6th through 8th grades with unique opportunities to learn about the careers that await them in math, science and technology! Find out how your company can become a sponsor for these programs by contacting Milissa Tivnan at 916-4775. National Engineers Week - February 19 - 25, 2006 Celebrate National Engineers Week with Women in Engineering at Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day on February 25! Families and educators are encouraged to join their students at the University of Texas for an afternoon of engineering fun. You can register girls in the 1st - 8th grade to enjoy grade-specific, hands-on engineering activities; meet students, professors and engineers from industry; explore discovery booths including a great activity with Girlstart; and see what it's like to be an engineer! |
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| VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT |
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Girlstart is looking for Club Girlstart assistants for a one hour commitment for eleven weeks during the spring semester. Visit our volunteer opportunities to sign up! 
Girlstart would like to recognize all the hard work that Bill Witten has done to improve the technology at Girlstart! Bill, an Infrastructure Architect and Exchange Ranger at Microsoft, has shared his time both in training Girlstart staff and assisting with the Girlstart server upgrade and configured a second server. Bill generously makes himself available for any and all technical questions. Thank you Bill for sharing your experience and your time!
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| A GIRL'S STORY |
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The Club Girlstart after school program encourages girls to enroll and participate in advanced math and science classes. One parent describes the impact the program has made on her daughter. "Club Girlstart has made tremendous impact for Lauriel. She's an eighth grader this year and going on her third year with Girlstart. We encouraged our daughter to take Algebra from the onset of this program. It can be done due to your program and positive influence you've given these girls. She's proof the program works. She's looking towards a math, science or engineering career. Thanks to your program!" |
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| DONOR HIGHLIGHTS |
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Girlstart is proud to partner with Cisco Systems to bring Expanding Your Horizons to girls in the Central Texas area. Thanks to Cisco's generous donation, girls will participate in hands-on math, science, and technology workshops designed to set them on the path to successful careers. We appreciate Cisco's support in this special event just for girls! Girlstart is made possible by a grant through the National Science Foundation. Girlstart's after-school programs are funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation and Intel. The Girlstart Digital Detectives program is supported by the Texas Education Agency. Saturday camps are funded by AMD and the Sooch Foundation; and our Baty Elementary after school program is sponsored by AMD. The Girlstart Technology Center is underwritten by Janet Harman, Jeff and Gail Kodosky, Nav Sooch, KLE Foundation, Betsy Blair and Jim Van Winkle, AMD, Austin Community Foundation, the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation, and National Instruments. Girlstart's 2005 Summer Camps were made possible by generous grants from Dell, Seawell Elam Foundation, Applied Materials and the Alice Kleberg Reynolds Foundation. Scholarships for campers were made possible by the Silverton Foundation, Freescale, Wells Fargo, the Strake Foundation, the Chaparral Women's Club, employees of Motion Computing, the LCRA Employees' United Charities, and numerous individual donors. Underwriting for 2006 Summer Camps is provided by Dell and the Sooch Foundation. The Sooch Foundation is also generously sponsoring a research study on Girlstart alumnae. We are pleased to have the support of Cisco Systems, Applied Materials, Intel, UPS and numerous individuals in presenting Girlstart’s first Expanding Your Horizons event. Girlstart would also like to thank the Webber Family Foundation and ExxonMobil for their support. For their generous donation of goods and services, we would like to thank Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr, P.C., Fox 7, IBM and Cupidz Clozet. Girlstart gives girls the tools they need to be leaders of their generation. Help a girl change the world. Give to Girlstart now! |