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Why Girls?
America’s Superheroes
The Power of Literacy
Simpson Center for Girls
2013 Giving Guide
dear friends,
Three years ago, we asked you to dream with us…to imagine a Girls Inc. resource
center where in the late afternoon you would hear the enthusiastic sounds of strong,
smart and bold girls filling the air.
There’s an energetic group coming out of the Fitness Center after a Power Kickboxing
class. A group of mothers and daughters is together in the College Prep space preparing
for the upcoming flurry of college applications. There’s a Family Read Night in full
swing in the Learning Center, a collaborative media-arts project in the Internet Café,
and a whole lot of conversation happening in the Girls’ Space. The Girls Inc. Resource
Center is alive with activity. There is a sense of belonging, a sense of community, and
a sense of possibility.
Because of YOU this vision is no longer a dream. Completion of the Girls Inc. Simpson
Center for Girls has made the vision a reality for girls and families throughout Alameda
County. Our new location in downtown Oakland, close to public transportation, allows
more girls and families access to our services. Saying THANK YOU hardly seems
enough for the impact the Simpson Center will have on the future of our girls, their
families, the community and for us as an organization.
Kristin Pace*
Robin Evitts
Carla Koren
Christine Gouig
Glenn Voyles
Julie Baeder
Mary Bailey
Kathy Baldanza
Connie Berkeley
Iris Chavarria
Melvin C. Harrison, Jr.
Susan Jordan
Stacy Leier-Valentine
Janet Loduca
Rosanna Mucetti
Susan Muranishi
Monica Olivares
Joyce Prescott
Carole Quan
Amy Slater
Priscilla Stewart-Jones
Monica Tell
Kathleen Thurmond
Ije-Enu N. Udeze
Rhonda Ramlo
Lois De Domenico**
Linda L. Boessenecker, CEO
*President
**Board Emeritus
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3 | Role Model Cross
5 | SuperGirls
7 | 2013 Giving Guide
10 | Literacy Foundations
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For the first time, girls have a space to call their own where they can:
• Grow strong in our Girls’ Kitchen and nutrition center and learn
skills for healthy living.
• Build smart academic skills in our Learning Center to ensure
college and career success.
• Create bold futures in our Girls’ Space and expand their sense
of what’s possible.
Perhaps most of all, girls have a place to feel pride in --- one that has truly been built
for them --- a place where they can find their voice and the self confidence to become
our next generation of leaders!
This is your space too! We are incredibly thankful and inspired by your passionate
investment in our mission and our work. We invite you to come for a visit and explore
what’s possible!
Warmly,
Linda Boessenecker | Chief Executive Officer
Girls Incorporated of Alameda County® is a local affiliate of
the national Girls Incorporated organization with the shared
mission of inspiring all girls to be strong, smart, and bold. For
over 55 years, Girls Inc. has responded to the unique needs of
girls in the most underserved communities of San Francisco’s
East Bay through a continuum of academic achievement
programs, and counseling services. Programs challenge
girls to explore their potential, develop life skills, ensure
college and career success, and expand their sense of what
is possible. Through its innovative approach, Girls Inc. has
established itself as one of the Bay Area’s leading providers
of supplemental education, reaching nearly 7,000 girls, family
members and clients annually. For more information, visit
girlsinc-alameda.org.
donor profile:
It isn’t strange that K. Patricia
Cross believes in the power of
investing in girls. “It would be
strange if I didn’t,” she laughed.
In 1959, at the age of 33, Pat became the first Dean of Students
– of both women AND men –
in the United States. Cornell
University’s decision to combine the traditionally segregated
departments was both controversial and progressive. Pat spent
the next six years successfully
navigating the male-dominated
administration by “being herself.” More than five decades
later, Pat is still being herself.
how to give:
After eight years as Professor
and Chair of the Department of
Administration, Planning, and
Social Policy at the Harvard
Graduate School of Education,
publishing eight books on classroom teaching, learning, and
assessment, and being voted
one of “the most influential
voices” in higher education
TWICE by a Change Magazine
poll, Pat moved to Berkeley. She
taught as a professor of higher
education, from 1988 until her
retirement in 1995. Today, she
maintains emeritus status at UC
Berkeley, and her interests primarily focus on shifts in college
student populations, adult learning, and the improvement of
teaching and learning in higher
education.
Throughout her distinguished
career, Pat lectured on American
higher education widely in the
United States and abroad, traveling throughout Europe, Asia and
Australia. At 87, she still enjoys
exploring, and it was this that
led her to Girls Inc. “I was walking in the neighborhood last year
when I noticed your new building
under construction,” she explained. Later, when she learned
more about Girls Inc.’s academic
achievement and leadership programs for girls she thought it was
a great fit with her own personal
philanthropic goals. We applaud
Pat, for not only investing in her
passions, but being a role model
for our girls for what’s possible.
For questions about contributing
to Girls Inc. of Alameda County,
please contact us at (510) 3575515 ext. 233
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K. Patricia Cross
Trailblazer, Educator &
Philanthropist
Leadership in Giving:
“I focus my giving
on organizations that
promise to educate and
develop constructive
leadership for the future.
Girls Inc. does that.”
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“I am capable of achieving great things. I can act.
I am powerful. I can change the world.”
—Sharon
Girls Inc. programs: WOW!, All Stars, Eureka.
UCLA Pre-Business Economics major, first to go to college in her family
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The New Meaning of
S u p e r G i r ls
Girl power has taken on a whole
new meaning in the 21st century. The collective power of girls
is thought to interrupt cycles of
poverty, disease, and instability.
Girls have become the unlikeliest
agents of social change. Leading
NGOs, private companies, governments, and multilateral agencies are all rallying around this
idea that girls can change the
world. The data suggests that
indeed they can. In a virtuous cycle when a girl is educated, she
stays healthy, increases her earning power, and reinvests 90%
of it back into her family, thus
transforming generations, lifting communities and effectively
changing the world. A country’s
gross domestic product can even
increase in direct relation to the
access and quality of education
its girls receive.
Girl power has gone global, and
the rate of investment is undeniable. At Girls Inc. of Alameda
County, we understand the power
of a girl and have built our entire
theory of change around this concept of supporting and inspiring
the next generation of girls.
We, at Girls Inc. understand that
generations are transformed
when girls are equipped with
the knowledge, information and
confidence they need to grow up
strong, smart and bold. While
the role of women in the United
States has changed dramatically
over the past few decades – and
for the better in some cases – substantial inequalities still remain.
A nationwide report by Girls Inc.,
suggests that the challenges of
America’s girls parallel the social and professional struggles of
America’s women. Stereotypes
are still deeply held within our society, and glass ceilings are very
real. While women are 53% of the
voting population, they represent
only 18% of Congress. Women
are the primary breadwinners
in 40% of American households,
but still earn only $.77 for every
dollar earned by a man. Despite
profitable earnings in business,
professional women account for
only 4% of top Fortune 500 CEOs
and the most common job for an
American woman in 2013? The
same as it was in the 1950s: a
secretary.
Additionally, as a media nation,
it’s important to understand the
nuances of how women and girls
are portrayed. Women hold only
5% of leadership roles in media, an
imbalance that affects the overall
content of programming, news,
film, and most importantly, how
women and girls are represented.
The average American will spend
nine years of his or her life watching television, including nearly
two years just watching commercials. The average teenage girl,
with combined online interaction
and television, consumes almost
10 hours of media per day. This
exposure shapes and influences
our ideas of culture and our respective roles within it, and it has
an even greater impact on young
developing minds. Media messages add to the pressure that
women and girls feel the need to
be everything to everyone all the
time. This has been deemed the
“supergirl dilemma.”
Girls often feel they must navigate supergirl expectations and
the outcome of this pressure is
troubling. We see young girls as
carbonated cans, shaken. Rates
of depression and anxiety for
girls are soaring. Suicide rates
have increased and in some cases, particularly among minority
populations, doubled. Girls feel
as though they are never enough,
even in the best of circumstances.
Girls from underserved communities must deal with this supergirl dilemma alongside poverty,
crime, and an overwhelming lack
of opportunities. Access to quality education can parallel that of
a developing nation, depending
on where a girl falls on the socioeconomic scale. School shootings, safety concerns to and
fromschool, as well as unreliable
access and possible school closures are very real problems and
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economy, our girls are being
exploited right here at home.
happen in American’s poorest school districts. Achievement gaps follow suit with high
school dropout rates hovering at
30 to 40% in Bay Area communities, served by Girls Inc. The
sex trafficking of girls has also
become a domestic humanitarian crisis. Due to our coastal cities, fluid borders, and strong
At Girls Inc., we believe that our
mighty supergirls deserve more.
We know that when a girl is engaged with us as young as possible, she develops the essential
skills and tools she needs for college, career and life success. We
couldn’t do it without the passionate investments of our supporters like you. But we can all
support our supergirls through
the simple power of our words.
Let’s tell girls to pursue their
dreams, without apology; employing tenacity, grit, and even
aggression if needed. Let’s see
what happens when girls are encouraged to respect others rather
than to merely be polite.
Let’s create a whole new generation of STEMinists. At Girls Inc.,
it’s always been cool to be smart.
For over 20 years, we’ve provided
hands-on, minds-on integrated
learning in science, technology,
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spotlight
Girls Inc. Partner: Oracle
California needs to fill an estimated 1.1 million STEM
jobs – science, technology, engineering and math by 2018. Nonprofits, educators and businesses are
rushing to improve STEM education and coordinate
efforts in order to build California’s next generation
of STEM workers. Girls Inc. has offered successful,
innovative STEM programming for over 20 years.
Since 2000, Oracle has been our partner in this
work, most recently contributing a $20,000 grant in
support of our technology programs.
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engineering and math. Encourage your girls, like we do, to tinker, explore, innovate, code and
experiment. The potential pay-off
is enormous: the STEM industry
is one place where pay gaps do
not exist, with women earning
33% more than in any other profession.
Perhaps most importantly, let’s
tell our girls that their worth does
NOT lie in appearance or sexuality. A girl’s smart ideas and bold
pursuits are true beauty. A strong,
healthy body can take a girl places
she might never have imagined.
Our supergirls have the power
to transform generations and lift
our neighborhoods right here at
home. Girls win, families win, the
nation wins. It’s also quite simply,
the right thing to do.
Join us and the nearly 7,000 supergirls we serve at girlsinc-alameda.org.
“We are proud to support an organization that
helps girls achieve their full potential,” said Colleen
Cassity, Executive Director of Oracle Giving. “When
you support helping girls awaken and deepen their
interest in STEM topics – science, technology, engineering and math – they develop skills vital for life
and work in the twenty-first century. To our way of
thinking, that’s a great investment.”
Oracle’s support of Girls Inc. of Alameda County is
representative of Oracle’s larger commitment to improve the quality of life in the communities in which
it does business, advance education and deepen
students' interest in computer science and engineering through initiatives and giving centered on STEM
education. In FY12, Oracle donated more than $10
million to nonprofit organizations, more than half of
which went to organizations in the Bay Area.
Thank you, Oracle, for your support and belief in us
and the importance of STEM education for the future of our girls and our communities!
Giving Guide
Recognizing our Girls Inc. supporters, starting
at the Girls Inc. Members level ($100+) and
above from fiscal year 7/1/12-6/30/13.
Leader Circle ($100,000+)
The Beaver Foundation
Lois M. De Domenico
Donna & Ken Coit
The Joseph & Vera Long
Foundation
S. D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Barclay Simpson
Thomas J. Long Foundation
Thrive Foundation for Youth
Glenn & Ellen Voyles
Katharine & Daniel Whalen
Michael & Nancy Pretto
Jon & Ann Reynolds
The Saul Zaentz Company
Mary Jo & Art Shartsis
Shartsis Friese LLP
State Farm Insurance
Priscilla Stewart-Jones
The Stocker Foundation
Patti & Bruce Westphal
Whittier Trust Company
The Women's Foundation of
California
Strong Circle ($50,000+)
Gerson & Barbara Bakar
The California Endowment
Chevron Corporation
Clorox Company
Lois M. De Domenico
Gap Foundation
House Family Foundation
Jean Simpson
Change-Maker Circle
($5,000+)
Armanino LLP
Julie & George Baeder
The Bellini Foundation
Connie Berkeley
Linda & Jim Boessenecker
Patti James & Joseph Di Prisco
Gail & Harvey Glasser
Judy Glenn & James O'Leary
Anne & Marshall Grodin
Julie & Walter Haas
Ann Hatch
Margaret Hauben
J.W. & H.M. Goodman Family
Charitable Foundation
Kaiser Permanente East Bay
Public Affairs
Stacy Leier-Valentine &
Mark Valentine
Janet & Joe Loduca
Mills College
Mowat Mackie & Anderson LLP
Nasgovitz Family Foundation
Amy Slater & Garrett Gruener
Cherida & Glenn Smith
Belinda Tam-Kimura &
Loren Kimura
Smart Circle ($25,000+)
Crescent Porter Hale Foundation
Dr. K. Patricia Cross
Anne Gattis
Girls Incorporated National
Resource Center
Helzel Family Foundation
Kaiser Permanente GSAA
Oliver & Company, Inc.
Carole Quan
S.H. Cowell Foundation
Stewardship Council
Thrive Foundation for Youth
Penny & Roger Westphal
Bold Circle ($10,000+)
Alfred D. and Jean C. Lawson
Family Foundation
Anne Phillips Architecture
Mary Bailey
Kathy Baldanza & Alison Garvin
Barry Bonds Family Foundation
Bernard E. & Alba Witkin
Charitable Foundation
Gwen Campbell
Caryl and Ralph Cechettini
Comcast
Dana Corvin & Harris Weinberg
The David B. Gold Foundation
East Bay Community Foundation
Robin A. Evitts
The Fremont Group Foundation
Gap Giving Program
Christine Gouig
Irene S. Scully Foundation
Kenneth Rainin Foundation
Carla Koren & Neal Parish
Anonymous
Susan & John Muranishi
Oracle Corp.
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
C.E. & Berniece Patterson
Perforce Software Inc.
Innovator Circle ($2,500+)
Alternative Mortgage Sources
James Anderson
Nancy & Bob Bishop
Chevron Humankind Employee
Funds
Equity Community Builders, LLC
David & Jacqueline Fenton
Fitzgerald Abbott & Beardsley LLP
Give Something Back Business
Products Inc.
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Rhonda Hirata
The Isabel Allende Foundation
Lisa & Robert Kalmbach
Pamela Dobie Key &
Thomas Fisher Key
Pat Loomes
Philip & Silvin Lorch
Marjorie Mosher Schmidt
Foundation
Whitney Morris & David Fry
Janet & Norman Pease
Ramsell Corporation
Emily Rosenberg &
Darlene de Manincor
Tricia Schnedar
Cheryl Shimek
Kathleen Thurmond
Candace Tom
Union Bank NA
Lauren Westreich & Bob Emerson
Laura Wolff & Robert Harwayne
Peter & Donna Zuber
Inspiration Circle ($1,000+)
AAA NCNU Insurance Exchange
Jeffrey & Heidi Abramson
Alameda County Firefighters
Association
Karen & Jeffrey Banks
Barney & Barney, LLC
Ann & Edmund Bartlett
Elisabeth & Robert Bathgate
Ann & Scott Cameron
Carbonated Agency
Barbara & Don Carlson
Joanne F. Casey
Susan and Larry Cerf
Jennifer Chaiken & Sam Hamilton
Sarah Chance-Rudney &
Eric Rudney
June & Earl Cheit
Cisco Systems Foundation
City National Bank-San Leandro
Branch
Sarah Clarke & Alex Woods
Clearinghouse CDFI
Comerica
Nina & Tom Cooper
Kathleen Costa
Edith Davidson & Jeanne Squires
LaDene Diamond
Joyce Dobbel
Doris Foster Foundation
Amy Draizen
Linda Drey-Nightingale &
John Nightingale
Kimberly Duir
Nicholas & Rebecca Eaton
EDesignC Incorporated
Kathleen & Charles Elliott
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
Eva Gunther Foundation
Everest Waterproofing &
Restoration, Inc.
Neelam Sekhri Feachem
Lisa and Vintage Foster
Joyce & Stuart Freedman
Moira Fry & Robert Ewert
Julie Gardner
Donna Gibbs
Girls Incorporated National
Headquarters
Deborah & Howard Goodman
Linda Graebner
Katherine and Charles Greenberg
Shirley Griffin
Kerrie Halmi
Barbara Hardacre & Mel Harrison
Marilyn & Michael Harryman
Kathy Hart
The Hartford
Susan Herzig & Paul Hertzmann
Carle Hirahara
Dina Hirahara Honda
Illuminosa Lighting Design
John & Linda Jermanis
Stacy L. Jones
Michelle Jurika
Jurika, Mills & Keifer Investment
Advisors
Elizabeth Keiley-Roark
Deborah & David Kirshman
Kristen Kwan & Greg Heywood
Legg Mason
Levi Strauss & Co.
Debby & Bruce Lieberman
Kara Madsen
Christine & Mark Malcolm
Carolyn Marley
Mary Wohlford Foundation
Matson Navigation Company
Chris Page and Jen Mayer Fund of
Horizons Foundation
John & Sunne McPeak
Cheryl McPhillips
Mechanics Bank
Janis Medina
Kirsten & Mark Melton
Valerie Messer
Morgan Stanley-The Cypress
Group
Morgan Stanley-The Harper Koren
Group
My Dutch Uncle
Susan Myers
Laura & Donald Nathlich
Carol Neil
Penny & Noel Nellis
The North Face
Northern California Community
Loan Fund
Lavonne O'Leary
Judy Oliphant
One PacificCoast Bank
P.O.W.E.R.
Kristin Pace & Mark Boxer
Pican Restaurant
Steven Polkow
Jennifer Post
Precision Graphics
Jennifer & Frances Rainin-Stevens
Patricia & Gil Raposo
Laurie Reid Casey & Charles Casey
The Honorable Joann Remke
RINA accountancy corp.
Lisa & Scott Robinson
Dale Rogers Marshall
Roisman Henel LLP
Carol & Dan Sandoval
Santen Inc.
Alice Sarafian
Mary & Tom Schmitz
Brooke Schwartz & John Corlett
Raquel Sefton
Loy Sheflott
Robert Sherman
Shoresh Foundation
Simpson Strong-Tie
Keely Stevenson
Inge & Karel Svoboda
Roselyne Chroman Swig
Syserco
Clio Tarazi
Telecare Corporation
The Kahn Foundation
Thoratec Corporation
Laurie Thornton
Gabrielle Tierney &
Eric Bindelglass
Roseann Torres
The VF Foundation
Margaret Weinberg
John Weiss
Wendel, Rosen, Black &
Dean LLP
Westphal Family
Foundation
Lalita Tademy & Barry
Williams
Karen & Elana Yarkin
Diane Yasuda
Cristina Yoon
Eureka! Circle ($750+)
Catherine Adcock
Jeannette Alexich & Bruce
Harris
Ask.com
Carla & Ken Betts
David Brown
Kathleen Brown
Iris Chavarria &
Javier Prospero
Paul Cortese
Jachyn Davis
Ann Fukumoto
Paula Hudis
Mary Karsant
Sherry Keith &
Robert Girling
Stephen &
Jacqueline LoPresti
Roger & Joan Mann
Patricia Motzkin
Joyce & John Prescott
Genelle Relfe
Katie Ross
Nancy Ruskin
Denise & Michael Stern
Daniel Tellep
Ashley Tyler
Thomas Tyler &
Cheryl Fields Tyler
Greg & Ann Welch
Sharon Wilson &
Gene Crocker
WOW! Circle ($500+)
ADG Referral Services, Inc.
AECOM
Mia Alexander
Daniel Altemus &
Marie Riehle
Jill Appenzeller &
Wally Wallner
Karen Baynard
Susan & Richard Bennett
Dona A. Boatright
Christine & Rey Caraballo
Janelle Cavanagh &
Dominic Walshe
Charles Schwab
Laurette Cisneros
PM Clary
Mary Colby
Laura Collins
Elizabeth Colton
Barbara & Michael Conley
Pamela Dernham &
Gregory Linden
Rebecca Dowdakin
DPR Construction
Cathy Ellis &
Linda Slaughter
Joanne Garvey
Kelly Gaynor & Kevin Arndt
Gail Ginder & Jesse Shaw
HandsOn Bay Area
Sharon Heitzenroder
Vasanthi Holtcamp
Sue & Blair Horst
Teddy Huddleston
John & Cindy Iavarone
Tammi Jackson
Teri Johnson
Cheryl Kane
Liza & Duane Kimball
Microsoft Matching Gifts
Program
Elinor & Mark Mumm
Carol & Mark Norberg
Shanna O'Hare &
John Davis
Lee & Arthur Oller
Nancy O'Malley &
John Vidano
Susan Opp &
John Bonsignore
Milan & Dmitry Piterman
Irma Ramirez &
Eric Saldate Riestra
Marjorie Randolph
Joan Reid
Terry Lynn Rolleri
Natalie Rosas &
Eric Villasenor
Ann & Jim Saavedra
Katherine Sarafian and
Meher Gourjian
Linda Schacht-Gage
Sedgwick LLP
Janine & Ray Slaughter
Nellie Smith
Rick Spickard &
Charlotte Anderson
Moyra & George Swan
Matthew & Suzie Szuhaj
Diane Tokugawa &
Alan Gould
Laura Tow
Towill, Inc.
The Tuesday Forum
Tim Whalen
GIRLStart Circle
($250+)
A & P Fund of Horizons
Foundation
Chihiro Akiyama
Camille Anacabe
Aimee Grimes Barton
Ophelia Basgal &
Gary Fitschen
Martha & Jim Bauman
BayWolf
Cary Bernstein
James Best &
Susan Quinlan
Larry & Sharon Borskey
Mildred Brown &
Bob Salmons
Lesli Caldwell-Houston
Becky Cannon
Ellen Carroll
Janet Carter
Terri Castaneda
Wilma Chan & Carl Zeff
Annette Clear &
Michael Begert
Clorox Company
Foundation
Gail Coney
Shanna Connor
Aubrey Cool
Holly Costa
Tiffany Cothran
Christine Daniel
Justine DeCosta &
Barbara McPhail
Silvia Duenas-Bielser
East Bay Chapter of the
Association of Legal
Administrators
Traci Eckels
Timothy & Jennifer Elliott
Crystal Eng
Francine Falk-Allen &
Richard Falk
Catherine & James Fisher
Jennifer Fisher &
Karen Tyger Fisher
John Flanders
Mary & Jim French
Lisa Frydenlund
Miguel Furtado
Cynthia Gaylor &
Adrian Polak
Michael & Nicola Gillespie
David Glenn
Fara Gold
Alan &
Barbara Goldenberg
Arturo & Rosa Gonzalez
Lisa Gotts
Leslie Gould &
Howard Varinsky
Christiann Halverson
Elaine Hamblin
Muriel Hanley
Maryln Hawkins
Kirsten Hawkins
Health Unlimited of
America, Inc.
Marcia Heckman
Mary Higgins
Patricia Howze
Kelly & Don Johnston
Stephanie & Jeffrey Jones
Marilyn Kecso
Judy Kirkpatrick &
Roy Powell
Mari Kolb
Carol Larsen &
Steven Parnes
Jill Lebsock
Kathleen & John Lee
Vandi Linstrot &
Jami Matanky
Debra Louis-Jones
Lisa Lucheta &
Richard Vaterlaus
Jennifer Lutz
Pam & Steve Mack
Zoe Maduros & Steve Mills
Cecilia Martinez &
Peter Winship
Susan McCue &
Hillary Gitelman
Kimberly McKay &
Jorge Taborga
Martha Mena
Mark Menke &
Anne-Marie LaMarche
Gisela Merker &
Marilyn Miller
Donna & Ian Mitroff
Pam Moore
Patricia Muscatelli
Mutual of America
Naomi Nakashima, M.D.
Theresa Nelson &
Bernard Smits
Jane Nicholson
Zainabu & Seun Oke
Glen Olson & Diane Lake
Joseph Otten
Jennifer Pahlka &
Chris Hecker
Mary Patton
Margaret & Charles Pilgrim
Michele Pla
May Pon
Mayor Jean Quan and
Floyd Huen
Dotty & Christopher Reesor
Susan Rogers
Mimi Rohr
Nancy Rupprecht
Debra Schoenberg
Sara & Jon Schroeder
Rosemarie Schultz
Cynthia Schwerin
Ruth Shapiro
Emily Shepard
Christine Shiu
Ivor & Beryl Silver
Maureen Singleton
Nancy Skowbo
Muriel &
Howard Smalheiser
Suzanne Smith &
Robert Izmirian
Janet Stevens
Lorraine Sue
K M Tan & May Chen
Monica Tell
Cora & Pablo Tellez
Evalyn & Joseph Terry
Marie-Eve Thomaes
Heidi Timken
United Way California
Capital Region
Nikki Van Ausdall
Terri Van Hare &
Larry Levitt
Susan Varner
Olivia Ware
Lauran &
Jeffrey Weinmann
Wells Fargo & Company
Donna H. White
Robyn Wilkes &
Manith Thiang
Katarzyna Witkowski
Stasha Wyskiel
Frances Yee
Amy Young &
Carl Farrington
Heather Zeh
Girls Inc. Members
($100+)
Julie Absey & Roy Allen
Cynthia Adkisson
Norma &
Joseph Adwere-Boamah
Alice Agogino &
Dale Gieringer
Cathleen Ahearn
Marjorie Albo
Geri & Paul Alpert
Rebecca Alvarez
Sharon Anderegg
Joni Anderson
Barbara Anderson
Alexandra Anderson
Barbara Jane Andrews
Betty & Jack Argabright
Mary Asturias
Eva S. Auchincloss
Samuel & Patricia Bacon
Megan Bangert
Bank of the West Employee
Giving Program
Carol Beck &
Brandon Bergmark
Zabe Bent
Dana Bergen &
Chana Wilson
Robert & Wendy Bergman
Gil & Ann Berkeley
Donelda Bernard
Helen Bersie &
Christopher Hadley
Amy & Stephen Bess
Betsy Bigelow-Teller &
Charles Teller
BlackRock
Danielle Blanc
Tess Blengino
Lori Bloustein
Mark Boessenecker &
Janet Rivas
Jessie & Laurent Boucher
Anita Bowers
Paige Bowie
Maddie Boxer
Diane Boyer
Dana Boyer
Eva & David Bradford
Christina Brily
Emily & William Brizendine
Barbara & Victor Brochard
Reva Sylvia Brodsky
Loren Brody
Terri Brown &
John Cossette
Judith Bryan
Carla Bryant
Barbara Bryant
Robert Burkes
Stacie Burks-Garcia
Wendy Calimag &
Edward Sisson
Colleen Callahan
Yasmin Carim
Martha Carlson
Dixi Carrillo
Linda Cartwright
Darlene Ceremello &
Jessea Greenman
Marcia Chan
Susan & Richard Christie
Amanda Chung
Janet Cobb
Jessica & Robert Collett
Megan Colwell
Susan & Kevin Consey
John &
Deborah Constantine
Robert Cook
Joyce & David Copenhagen
Senator Ellen M. Corbett
Adele & Jim Crawford
Sylvia & Donn Crilly
Cynthia Curbo
Barbara Cyphers
Drs. Michael Darby &
Toni Martin
Mark Daugherty
Patricia Davis
Syvenia Davis
Carol Dayton
Lyle Dean
Lauriann Delay &
Anthony Robello
Denise Deleray
Elissa Dennis
Angie Dennis
Joan Dickie
Johanne Dictor
Mary Ann Donegan &
Timothy Gray
Guinevere Doner
Shirley Douglas
Kevin Dowling
Mary Ann & Milton Downer
Diana Downton
Karen Drucker &
James Baka
Patricia Durham &
Doug Hammer
Elana Dykewomon &
Susan Levinkind
Doris Edwards
Myra Emanuel
Barry Epstein & Judy Levin
Barbara Estrada &
Richard Hale
Pamela Evans & Tom Smith
Karen Fagerstrom
Valerie Fahey &
Ronald Heckman
Nancy Falls
Ann & Joe Farias
Tina Fernandez &
Peter Towner
Catherine & Andrew Ferrier
Lauren Field
Laurence & Joann Finberg
Patricia & Burch Fitzpatrick
Mary Flaherty
Marilyn Ford
Lisa Foster
Joan French
Sandra & Thomas Friedland
Steven Friedland
Julia & John Fuller
Marianne & William Gagen
Bridget Galka &
Matthew Chilcott
Martha Garcia
Emily Garner
William Gavelis
Josie & Stanley Gibson
Sandra Gilbert
Lara Gilman
Thomas & Juliana Gong
Teresa Goodwin
Gail Gordon
Julie Gordon White
Surlene Grant
Sandra Greer &
Ruth Fassinger
Lashonda Griffin
Dr. Pamela Gumbs
Joanne Haase
Laila Halsteen
Bonnie & Earl Hamlin
Narvelle & Otis Handy
Edward Hannemann &
Anne Bodel
DeAnna Hanson
Sally Harper
Renee Harper &
David Knorr
Mary Harris
Donald Harvill
Pan Haskins
Cheryl Hayes
Carl Heiles
Maxine Heiliger
Inge Hendromartono
Deirdre Henry &
Steven Kliegman
Allison Hensleit
Raquel Hermosilla
Martha Hill
Adrienne &
Don Hillebrandt
C. J. Hirschfield &
David Stein
Judith & Thomas Holland
Nancy Hom
Annalisa Horecka
Tammy Huff
Innerstellar Pilates & Yoga
Studio
Betty & Dale Isaacs
Milli-Ann Iuso-Cox
Karen Ivy &
James Ringland
Yvonne Jackson-Perkins
Beth Judith Jay
Barry & Rose Jellison
Brenda & William Jemmott
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Alan Plummer
Carolyn Jensen
Kirstin Jensen &
Julie Lewis
M. D. Johnson
Susan & Alex Jordan
Alan Jung
Sylvia Kahn
Abbe Kalos
Jane Kaplan &
Donatello Bonato
Kathy & Guy Kelley
Carolyn Kemp
Sharon Kerr
Deborah Keweshan
Mardi Kildebeck
Mira Kim
Lynn Kirshbaum
Kim Kita & Ronald Mah
Kathy Klein & Scott Fink
Julie Kobayashi
Gerald & Rosette Koch
Lynn Koolish
Jennifer Kopec
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Deborah Krow
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Karen L. Landau
Laython & Lisa Landis
Barbara Lanier
Pat Larsen
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Joan Lautenberger
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Donna Linton
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Michael Lowe
Barbara Ludlum
Charles Ludvik
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Karen Maki
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Sara Mann
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David Lichtenstein
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Beth Morris
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Gretchen Morris
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Bonnie Moss
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William Murray
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Thuy Thi Nguyen
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Michael & Joann Oliver
Josh Oliver & Azar Zavvar
Kathryn Olson
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Rachel Osajima
Ruth Oscar
Maggie Parente
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Coleen & Fred Patterson
Monika Pelz
Steven Perryman
Pete Stark Foundation
Zachary Polsky
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Ruth & Bernard Poole
Patricia Powell
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Thomas Willis
Shannon Presson
Prime Produce Limited
Anne & Keith Prince
Sergio Quintor &
Stan Osofsky
Nichelle Rachal
Kim Ramirez
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Janean Regas
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Rosa Richardson
Gina Rieger
Margaret & Drew Robarts
Janina Roberts
Joyce Roche
Christina Ro-Connolly &
Michael Connolly
Linda Roodhouse &
Bruce Loper
Tracie Rowson
Susan Rubio
Myra Rudy
Melissa Russo
Robin Ryan
Susan Sakaki
Susan Sakuma &
Wilfred Lim
Brian Saliman
Suzanne Samuel &
Dave Lewak
Robin Sandberg
Mary Rita Sandoval
Kim Scala &
Akaya Windwood
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Susan Schlicht
Diane Schnapp
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William Schwartz
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Samantha Scott &
Liz Turner-Scott
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Kimberlee Seney
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Robert Vanscoy
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Suzanne Shenfil
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Patrick O'Brien
Susan Shipley
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Andrea Simms &
Albert Dytch
Joshua & Ruth Simon
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Lawrence Steiner
Sally Stephens
Tanya Stevenson
Mary Stevenson
Joann Strang
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Holly & Jerome Suich
Elizabeth Summers
Ellen & Eugene Switkes
Shirley Sword
Jennifer & Maya Tacheff
Sharareh Tavafrashti
Nicole Taylor
Royal Taylor
Deborah & Wendell Taylor
Walt Tchirkine
Alison Teeman
Breanna Teichman
Kit & Lance Thompson
Jeanne & Arthur Tibbets
Timken Johnson Hwang
LLP
Marilee Tiras
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Laura Tsang
Maxine Turret
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Jane Ullrich
Valerie & Volker Ulrich
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Ronald Vandongen
John Varney
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Gladys Velez
Audrey & David Wagman
Carol Walb
Maire Walsh
Marlene & Gerard Walters
Norma Ward &
Rona Cremer
LaVena Ward
Joan Warner
Christopher Washington
Barbara Wein
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Jennifer Willmann
Debra Wills
Dr. Richard Winefield and
Jeanne Menary
Doris Wong
Betsy & Kenderick Wong
Sylvia Woodruff
Morris Wright
Amelia Wu & Sachin
Adarkar
Kay Yamagata
Lily Young
Susan & Richard Zare
Ellen Zucker
Alex Zwissler
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dear world,
Insight for youth,
parents
and guardians
"You have brains in your head. You have feet
in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any
direction you choose. " - Dr. Seuss
Authors like Dr. Seuss make reading fun, with stories
filled with rhythmic syntax, colorful characters, and
opportunities for one’s imagination to run wild. Our
award-winning GIRLStart program uses dynamic
stories such as these to help K-3rd grade girls build
early literacy foundations; this is critical to ensuring
future academic success. Research shows that
children who read at grade level by 3rd grade not only
do better in school but are significantly less likely to
drop out of school. Those who do not read at grade
level by 3rd grade are four times more likely to drop
out of high school. Early literacy is that powerful.
The GIRLStart learning model provides opportunities
for girls to regularly exercise their reading, writing,
speaking, comprehension and listening skills,
empowering them to take ownership of their
learning. They read books that have empowering
themes as well, reinforcing our strong, smart and
bold intentional continuum. Visit sites such as www.
amightygirl.com or talk to one of our Girls Inc. staff
for reading recommendations.
Parents can support and encourage girls to become
better writers and readers, and in so doing, help them
pursue academic excellence. Enjoy our GIRLStart tips
below and learn more about our GIRLStart program
at: www-girlsinc-alameda.org.
Tips for Getting Your Daughter to Read!
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Find books with topics or themes that interest her! (animals, sports, fantasy, sci-fi,
fiction, etc.)
Make reading a routine - whether it's right before breakfast, or right before bed,
set aside a special time every day.
Create a reading space – make a space comfortable with pillows, blankets or
stuffed animals and good lighting.
Read aloud to your daughter. Try alternate reading: you read a page, your child reads
a page, and so on!
Read poems to and with your child. From Shel Silverstein, to Roald Dahl,
to Emily Dickinson, there is a poem that will resonate with your daughter.
Share your favorite children’s book or magazine with your daughter
When your daughter can read on her own, stay engaged. Ask questions, have her
read aloud to you, take an interest in the plot and discuss related ideas or real life
situations that connect to the book.
Echo Read: Choose something fun to read, such as a poem, song, or joke.
You read a sentence with expression and ask your child to repeat the phrase after you.
Have your child think of a new ending to the story.
Read! Show her your own passion for reading and she’ll follow suit.
Meet Girls Inc. Talent and Literacy Specialist,
Katie Hendricks
Katie Hendricks is no
stranger to innovation
in the classroom. Prior
to her tenure at Girls
Inc, Katie was awarded
a Teach for America
fellowship in 2007 and
has taught 2nd & 4th
grade in both public
and charter schools in
New York. Her passion
for
teaching
and
commitment
to
her
students was admirable:
Katie ensured that every
child was on or above grade level, advancing in
each individual subject area, despite whatever
obstacles he or she may have been facing. She
also helped her students to build self-confidence,
intrinsic motivation and an overall love of learning.
Katie loves languages which is apropos for a
literacy specialist. In addition to earning a Bachelors
of Science from George Washington University,
Katie also received a Masters in Teaching from
Pace University, with an emphasis in Bilingual
Education Extension. Her love of Spanish cultures
and language is reflected in her speaking Spanish
fluently, her favorite book “One Hundred Years
of Solitude” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and her
favorite fitness activity, Zumba!
Since joining Girls Inc. in 2011, Katie has
exemplified what it means to be a strong, smart and
bold community mentor, teacher, and advocate.
Katie has worked in five school sites, designing
cutting-edge curriculum for GIRLStart, our awardwinning afterschool K-3 girls’ literacy program.
Katie supports the overall literacy integration
throughout our continuum of programs and trains
our teachers and leaders to help inspire our girls
to read, write, and think critically, ensuring future
academic success. We are so proud to have talent
like Katie and leaders like her at Girls Inc. helping
to inspire the next generatoion of strong, smart
and bold girls.
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Grand Opening Gala Celebration
Our Grand Opening Gala surpassed all expectations and raised a
record-breaking $500,000 for high quality girl programming and
community mental health services at our new Girls Inc. Simpson
Center for Girls. A special thanks to our Co-Chairs Janet Loduca
and Kristin Pace, and Honorary Chair, Lois De Domenico, for their
amazing leadership. We were truly inspired by our generous
sponsors, donors, and auction bidders showing their spirited
support through the paddle- raise.
If you missed the truly magical night, we invite you to plan to
visit us soon! Our new Girls Inc. Simpson Center for Girls at 510
16th Street in downtown Oakland is a dynamic space for girls to
create bold futures and expand their sense of what’s possible. In
2014, there will be more six-year old girls reading Dr. Seuss on
their own. More middle school girls building apps and websites
to create change in their communities. More high school girls
successfully preparing to go on to college, as well as grad school,
law school, medical school, and more.
Come explore our new center with us and discover the stories
and dreams of our girls. Thank you for your strong vision, smart
partnership, and bold commitment to our critical work.