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Friends + Sisterhood, Help!

Help! Friends + Sisterhood

ORGS + WEB SITES
Boys and Girls Clubs of America (BGCA)
404-487-5700
www.bgca.org
With locations nationwide, BGCA offers confidence-building programs focused on your future, character, leadership, health, athletics, and the arts.

Girls' Circle Association
707-794-9477
www.girlscircle.com
Facilitates Girls' Circles, which are support groups for girls age 9 to 18 years that strengthen their self-respect by maintaining a connection with peers and adult women in their communities.

Girls For A Change (GFC)
408-515-8147
www.girlsforachange.org
Matches women mentors with girls who develop social change projects to transform their communities, learn leadership skills, and strengthen their sisterhood.

Girls Inc.
800-374-4475
www.girlsinc.org
Dedicated to inspiring all girls to be strong, smart, and bold, and to prepare them to lead successful, independent, and fulfilling lives. The Web site has a great reading list and resources. Check out the Girls' Bill of Rights.

Girl Scouts of the U.S.A.
800-478-7248
www.girlscouts.org
With chapters nationwide, the Girls Scouts helps girls ages 5 to 17 build self-worth, values, leadership skills, and a bunch of other important skills through meetings, activities, trips and, volunteer work.

International Order of Rainbow Girls
918-423-1328
www.iorg.org
This nondenominational organization helps girls ages 11 to 20 build leadership and speaking skills and promotes confidence, sisterhood, and charity. Girls are elected to office by their peers to run the local chapters' meetings, business, and events, which include dances, fundraisers, and extended trips.

YMCA
www.ymca.com
The largest nonprofit community service organization in America, working to meet the health and social service needs of 18.9 million men, women, and children in 10,000 communities in the United States. Ys are for people of all faiths, races, abilities, ages, and incomes. The YMCA's strength is in the people it brings together.

YWCA
800-YWCA-US1 (800-992-2871)
www.ywca.org
With more than 25 million members around the globe, the organization's mission is to "eliminate racism and empower women." The YWCA provides safe places for women and girls, builds strong girl leaders, and advocates for women's rights and civil rights in Congress.

BOOKS
How to Say No and Keep Your Friends: Peer Pressure Reversal for Teens and Preteens
by Sharon Scott
Keep that respect flowing by learning to set boundaries with your friends.

Odd Girl Speaks Out: Girls Write About Bullies, Cliques, Popularity, and Jealousy
by Rachel Simmons
Poems, songs, confessions, and essays from girls about in-fighting among girls and how to stop it.

Teen Girlfriends: Celebrating the Good Times, Getting Through the Hard Times
by Julia DeVillers
A look at why our friendships are so important and how to keep them healthy and strong.


llustration by Catherine LePage © Free Spirit Publishing Inc. 2005

 

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