GO! (Girls Only) Club at Griffith Elementary School Receives Grant from The Women's Fund

The GO! (Girls Only) Club at Griffith Elementary School has received a $2,850 grant from The Women's Fund.

The grant was announced at a luncheon on Wednesday attended by six representatives from Griffith. The GO! Club grant is one of almost $105,000 in grants the fund is giving to eight organizations that help women and girls in Forsyth County.

The club was organized during the 2013-14 school year.

In the grant application, media coordinator Cynthia Needham wrote that “achievement and social learning data revealed staggering declines in academic growth for many of our 3rd, 4th and 5th grade girls (across all cultures.) So, in July of 2013, several classroom teachers, the social worker, the guidance counselor, the school librarian, the school nurse, the curriculum coordinator and the school principal came together to “brainstorm” objectives for an enrichment program that would positively impact the  “success rate” of our 8 to 12 year old female students. After hours of critical conversations, data sharing, visioning, dreaming BIG, and a whole-hearted commitment to improving the lives of our children…The Griffith Girls’ Only (GO!) Club was born!”

In addition to activities at the school such as a father/daughter dance, club members have participated in such community events as Link Up!, the annual walk to support kindness.    

This school year, students at Winston-Salem State University have agreed to serve mentors for club members.

Money from the grant will be used to support club activities, programs and off-campus events during the 2014-15 school year.

You will find a story about the club at GO! Club