All Entries in the "The Girls Give Back" Category
No Guts Know Glory-Overcoming Crohn’s
Rob Hill, a Crohn’s patient and outdoor enthusiast from our home town Vancouver, BC has embarked on the No Guts Know Glory Seven Summits campaign. His mission is to increase awareness of – and remove the stigma around – IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease) by climbing the seven highest mountains on each of the seven continents. [...]
Choose You Campaign + Swag Bag Giveaway
Winner: Anne-congrats! The GGS crew are pleased to team up with The American Cancer society to gently remind, us woman type, to not forget about about YOU! with the Choose You Campaign. We urge all of our readers to take the online pledge that could save your life! We recently posted Ellen Pompeo spreading the word [...]
Fresh Air Fund Seeks Host Families
Live on the East Coast? Maybe you can help… In 2009, The Fresh Air Fund‘s Volunteer Host Family program, called Friendly Town, gave close to 5,000 New York City boys and girls, ages six to 18, free summer experiences in the country and the suburbs. Volunteer host families shared their friendship and homes for up [...]
Ellen Pompeo & American Cancer Society Tells Women: Choose You!
Today, “Girl Get Strong” is “Girl Choose You”! It seems that one of our favorite nonprofits, the American Cancer Society, has embraced our motto! The Society has teamed up with Gray’s Anatomy actress, Ellen Pompeo, to launch The Choose You Movement, which encourages women to put their own health first in the fight against cancer. [...]
Run, Ride, Inspire…and two ways to help
I’ve written about the inspiring and amazingly dedicated ultra-marathoner Sarah Stanley (pictured on the right) a few times here on Girlgetstrong.com and I’m really excited to share her latest project with you. It’s called Run, Ride, Inspire and Sarah’s doing just that: Sarah’s 2010 project will incorporate 50 mile run/ride events in all 50 states, [...]
Girls Giving Back – Helping Children Through The Fresh Air Fund
Looking for a great cause to support? Why not consider The Fresh Air Fund , an independent not-for-profit agency, that has provided free summer vacations to more than 1.7 million New York City children from low-income communities since 1877. Nearly 10,000 New York City children enjoy free Fresh Air Fund programs annually. In 2009, close [...]
Fresh Air Fund-Racers Team looking for runners and sponsors
Girls, here’s a great idea for getting fit while giving back! Would you like to run this year’s New York City Half-Marathon on August 16th while also helping Fresh Air Fund children? The Fresh Air Fund is looking for runners and sponsors to join our Fresh Air Fund-Racers team. Since 1877, The Fresh Air Fund, an independent, not-for-profit [...]
Girls giving back: Rona MS Bike Tours 2009
This is for our Canadian Girlgetstrong girls (or those girls visiting Canada – can we say adventurous girlfriend getaway!?)…are you looking for a fun event to train for as well as a way to help others? The GGS girls are excited to share with you this worthwhile event where you can make a difference in [...]
